End of the Road Podcast (Immanence = Transcendence)

Jasun Horsley is an English cultural critic, metapsychologist, conspiracy researcher, and podcaster.  He is the author of several books:  Seen and Not Seen, Prisoner of Infinity, and The Vice of Kings:  How Socialism, Occultism, and the Sexual Revolution Engineered a Culture of Abuse. Jasun spent his early life fleeing from a sense of unreality and has been trying to get to the bottom of it ever since.  He as been a New York barfly, a Hollywood wanna-be, a sorcerer chaser in Mexico, and an acid eater in Haight-Ashbury.  He had an End-Times community in Taos, was destitute in North Africa, begged in Paris, lived with Benedictine Monks in France, ran with the bulls in Pamplona, had alien encounters in Navarra, apprenticed with a shaman in Guatemala, lost his mind in Columbia, made digital movies in London, edited a newspaper in Oaxaca, read Tarot in Portugal, saw UFOs in Patmos, ran an existential detective agency, and followed a guru in Canada. He says he is currently working on his next incarnation with David Oshana, but to my mind, he is already there    He also sorts out people’s junk and runs a thrift store    More information about Jasun can be found at his website:  https://auticulture.com/ Links to this podcast:     https://endoftheroad.libsyn.com/ep-78-jasun-horsley-prisoner-of-infinity-and-the-next-morning https://open.spotify.com/episode/47JaFqCaStZN43nmKTdFzP?si=J2oFJOdCS2a0cfg11EwXzw

Lorenzo Hagerty's professional career is as diverse as they come:  attorney, consultant to Fortune 500 companies, electrical engineer, hot air balloon pilot, Naval officer, Internet/Java promoter, motivational speaker, and multimedia software developer.  Hagerty was president of Success, Inc., which provided sales training and network marketing courses to other companies, and he founded Dynasty Computer Corporation, which sold home computers even before IBM did.   Hagerty is perhaps best known as the congenial host of the Psychedelic Salon, a podcast series which for the past thirteen year has been showcasing interviews, lectures, and assorted additional audio sources that feature some of the brightest most creative individuals from the community of folks interested in psychoactives. He is the organizer of the Palenque Norte theme camp at Burning Man. Hagerty is also the author of the book "The Spirit of the Internet:  Speculations on the Evolution of Global Consciousness, as well as "The Genesis Generation:  A Psychedelic Novel," available for free in both audio book and e-book formats.  In 2012, along with Bruce Damer, Hagerty produced a series of events at the Esalen Institute and other places to celebrate the life and ideas of their friend Terence McKenna. In this podcast, you will hear about Lorenzo's time at Notre Dame, how he obtained a piece of the Golden Dome from on High, the Chronicles of Lorenzo, how he changed his name from Larry to Lorenzo, Bruce Damer, Sonic Brainwave Modulation, why he would never want to be my sitter in a ceremony, and the crazy event horizon of our future. More information about Lorenzo and his work can be found at:  https://lorenzohagerty.com/  or at: https://psychedelicsalon.com/

I heard Dr. Kate describe her journey on the local NPR Station's version of the Moth Radio Hour.  When she finished, there was not a dry eye in the audience.  There is no spoiler alert, I'll let her tell her story.  I do like foreshadowing though, and there is a white swan along the way named Athena.  And the story ends well.  And if you or anyone you know ever encounters a swan responding to the name Athena, we want to know about it.  And I'm sure Dr. Kate does as well. More information about Dr. Kate's journey, her blog, her upcoming book, and her upcoming podcast can all be found here: https://fatefuldetours.com/                   00000081 0000007F 0000819A 00007A62 0000407D 00004C53 00007E3C 00007E3C 00281468 00281468

Singer, Songwriter, Composer Caleb Smith (aka Mista Smyth) is the lead singer and co-founder of Black Queen, "A tribute to Queen."  Rumor has it that Black Queen has the largest world-wide following of any Queen tribute band with a straight African-American frontman:-).  And of course, we at the End of the Road stridently adopt all rumors.  Be sure to check out Caleb's original five full length albums and studio recordings here:  https://mistasmyth.bandcamp.com/ The Black Queen official fan site is here:  Black Queen site Check out one of their shows:   Black Queen video Mary Frances is a college instructor in environmental science and has been displaying her found art assemblages in group exhibits throughout the midwest.   Galleries which have shown her work include Woman Made Gallery in Chicago, Art St. Louis in St. Louis, and Oakland Community College near Detroit. Mary offers the following artists' statement: "I create assemblages primarily with found objects.  Environmentalism influences me most as nature is the source of all things, including creativity.  I find materials for my work anywhere, although primarily outdoors.  Judging each object individually on size, weight, texture and color, I assemble them together.  Eventually, unlike objects fit together in ways that make people think about unwanted things.  These include environmental degradation, exploitation, and conflict.  Some of pieces are satirical or simply interesting to look at.  In the future I want to expand my base of materials and continue to express difficult as well as playful concepts." Mary's art pages and contact information can be found here:   https://maryfrancesartistfoundart.webs.com/ https://maryfrancesartist.webs.com/ I would like to thank them both for coming and for Mary's kind gift of the official End of the Road wizard staff for future conjuring of everything good.   I look forward to Caleb's new side side project, and I believe we may have heard the first live recording that upcoming new project on this podcast.  Much love, Mike    

Abdi Assadi, M.S., Lic. Ac. is a spiritual counselor and acupuncturist is his 34th year of clinical practice in New York City.  His work centers on helping his clients use their disease and dysfunction as a doorway to spiritual serenity.  Through his decades of practice, he has learned that identifying and integrating the human shadow--those disowned or repressed puzzle pieces of self that wreak havoc in our lives--offers the most lasting hearing for what ails us in the body, mind and spirit.  He has studied Chinese, Japanese, and Vietnamese acupuncture, body centered psychotherapy, external and internal martial arts, indigenous shamanic practices as well as diverse meditative techniques.  He rides motorcycles, curses with abandon, and believes we should live in this transient world as fully as possible.   For more information about Abdi's work please see: https://abdiassadi.com/ Twitter: Abdi's Twitter Feed Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/abdiassadi/  

Dr. Espi teaches and practices medicine in the Psychiatry Department of Rush Medical College in Chicago.  He has more than 20 peer reviewed publications on many aspects of Psychiatry including:  akathisia due to drugs, metabolic syndrome, inflammation, dissociative symptoms, the cinema, and the history of Psychiatry.  He is the founding member of the Journal of Humanistic Psychiatry and the author of the book Monsters, Demons and Psychopaths:  Psychiatry and Horror Film.  In this book he studies society's perception of mental illness through horror film according to its historical context.  His major interests are philosophy, art history, rock music, gastronomy and cinema and has found Chicago a good niche to combine all these interests.   In this episode, we discuss:  Magic, Witchcraft, Demons, the Devil, Magical Practices in the Catholic rituals, the Inquisition (and especially the Spanish Inquisition, which no-one expects:-)), the Trier trials, the Salem Witch trials, ergotism, Belladonna, Toad medicine (5MeO-Dmt), Jumilla wine, Grenache, Rioja, and Monastrell wines, the unreliability of evidence at the Witch-trials, especially "spectral evidence," scapegoating against women, and other marginalized groups, Stanislav Grof, spiritual emergence vs. psychosis, the roots of discrimination against mental illness and its continuation in modern psychiatry, the anti-psychiatry movement, Thomas Szasz, Michel Foucault, the silent movie "Haxan", werewolves, vampires, zombies, and other monsters, Horror movies, Psychedelics, hysteria and much more. Dr. Espi's Professional Website can be found here:   https://www.rushu.rush.edu/faculty/fernando-espi-forcen-md-phd The Journal of Humanist Psychiatry can be found here: http://www.humanisticpsychiatry.com/ Dr. Espi's YouTube channel can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJhYmcLASwBUBl7h4Yq6xyQ  

Matt is a multimedia artist, musician, inventor and sculptor.  He was a founding member of the dark ambient band Lab Report that included such diverse musicians as Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Lydia Lunch and Chris Connelly.  Schultz also invented the A.T.G. or Anti Tank Guitar and utilized this instrument with the Lab Report and Pigface.  In total, Schultz has appeared on over 29 cds with 9 solo productions and 2 feature film soundtracks (Ivan's XTC and Snuffmovie) for Hollywood director Bernard Rose.   In 2010, Schultz manifested the esoteric and ancient fraternal order of The Division which reconstructed ancient spells and rituals reinterpreted aurally.  Mantras is the first in a trilogy of discs that express all aspects of The Division.   Matt's latest release is Mandalas.  This album contains binaurual beats and tones to aid in meditation and dream states. Matt has also spent time in Peru working at an Ayahuasca healing center as a facilitator.  He has worked extensively with Lakota and Mayan Elders for over 15 years and is a water pourer for sweat lodges.  He continues to be involved in indigenous medicine ceremonies of many varieties. In this episode, we discuss:  Throbbing Gristle, The Ministry, Pink Floyd's The Wall, Germany in the early to middle 20th Century, the structures of Belief Systems, The Occult,  Ritualistic Magic, The Jester Archetype, Psychedelics as spiritual bypassing, Psychedelics as subversive agents, why all lawyer gringos should not take Ayahuasca unless they learn to ride a horse, MK Ultra, New Age Hippies channeling all that white light and nothing else, shadow work, we are not kidding, shadow work, listen to Lab Report if you dare, our mutual admiration of Roni Mohan, why gringos should not go to Peru, Brujos, All the plants that go into Ayahuasca that you do not want to know about, Sweat Lodges, Meditation, Kirtan, and much much more.  More information about Matt's art can be found here: http://www.mattschultz.com/ More information about Matt's music and Lab Report can be found here:  http://www.labreport.com/ More information about Matt's SweatLodge at related activities can be found here:  http://www.sweatlodge.love/index.html  

Elihu Genmyo Smith is the zen teacher of the Prairie Zen Center in Champaign, Illinois, and one of the co-founders, with Charlotte Joko Beck, of the Ordinary Mind Zen School.  He is the author of "Everything is the Way: Ordinary Mind Zen,"  (Shambhala Press 2012).  Elihu has practiced Zen for over thirty-five years, beginning as a student of Soen Nakagawa and Eido Tai Shimano, then he trained with Taizen Maezumi Roshi, who ordained him in 1979, and then with Charlotte Joko Beck in 1984.  He was her first dharma heir in 1992.  Elihu has also been associated with Bernie Glassman and the Zen Peacemakers.  He blogs on "current events, books, and random themes on his blog "Clouds".   Here is the link to his blog:  http://clouds-genmyo.blogspot.com/ Here is the link to the Prairie Zen Center:  http://www.prairiezen.org/ You can order Elihu's book here:  https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/216347/everything-is-the-way-by-elihu-genmyo-smith/9781590309728/ Have a great weekend!  

Professor Roberts discusses his new book which is an exploration of "mind design" technologies and practices--MindApps--that boost intellectual capacity and enable new ways of thought and action.   By way of background, Thomas Roberts earned his Ph.D. from Stanford and taught for many years at Northern Illinois University.  He taught the world's first and longest running catalog listed psychedelics course beginning in 1981.  Professor Roberts is a founding member of MAPS, former visiting scientist at Johns Hopkins, editor of Spiritual Growth with Entheogens, and author of Psychedelic Horizons and The Psychedelic Future of the Mind and co-edited volumes on psychedelic medicine, religion, and policy.  He lives in Sycamore, Illinois.  He originated the celebration of Bicycle Day. Professor Roberts' lengthy retirement CV can be found here:  http://niu.academia.edu/ThomasRoberts/CurriculumVitae You may order his book from Inner Traditions by following this link: https://www.innertraditions.com/mindapps.html

Intro Music:   “Town to Town” from the upcoming Chickadee Sermon release scheduled for later this year.  Mike and Olivia share their journey and love of music.  Topics covered: concert, festival and venue  management and promotion, benefit concerts, the Grateful Dead tribe, The Route 66 music festival, block parties, Donnie’s Homespun, cultivating local and regional acts, The String Cheese Incident(s), growing up in small towns and much more. More info about the Chickadee Sermon can be found here: Chickadee Sermon Portal and the Sunshine Daydream portal:   Sunshine Daydream Portal