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Dive into the archives of psychedelic thought. Lorenzo Hagerty hosts essential conversations on entheogens, science, and the counterculture.
…Giorgio Sammarini, Paul Stamets, Manuel Torres, Terrence McKenna, Rob Montgomery, Ken Symington, Sasha Shulgin, Ann Shulgin, Christian Rasch, Michael Bach and Jonathan Ott return with us to those lush and mysterious environs of palenque for one of…
…festival in Christmas. We've got the spring festival in Easter. The next great festival is September the 29th the feast of st Michael and all angels, the angel festival. So there are a whole traditional set of seasonal festivals which I think connect us…
…and they're all associated with chaos and basically they're okay. Suddenly we have saint George killing the dragon, we have saint Michael with his foot on the dragon's throat we have all this energy given to killing the dragons in celtic mythology in…
…which shamanic journeyings ritual practices like an annual liturgical year where like still today September the 29th the festival of saint Michael and all the angels liturgies and masses for the angels say it all throughout the Christian world a day of…
…you are going to learn more about in a little while. As you will hear, this conversation took place last year when Michael was part of the troupe who performed a stage version of Matteo's Wonderful novel land without evil. Interestingly, Michael has been…
…last year when Michael was part of the troupe who performed a stage version of Matteo's Wonderful novel land without evil. Interestingly, Michael has been a fellow salonner for quite a while and if I'm not mistaken, I first met him either at burning man…
…conferences where he showed me some of the incredible psychedelic hats that he also applies his art to. So now let's join Matteo and Michael and hear what they had to say a few weeks before the big 2012 event was due. Hi welcome once again to the…
…Garfield. He's a musician and a visionary. Artist and he'll tell you a little bit more about that in a moment. But I've known Michael more by reputation. We've never met but we know many of the same people as it is with the tribe and it was great…
…was great to run into him and hear his part in the show. We could talk a bit about that too. But I'm going to have Michael give a quick little intro spiel and he and I are going to have a good show here and a good talk about all things:…
…draws on as many influences as musical history has to offer, from Mingus to motown, beatles to Mozart, Radiohead to pink Floyd and Michael Bolton. Mix it all up, sprinkle a bit of future perspective on it and you end up with what's been called post…
…that. And so that I don't feel guilty about forgetting to say this, I sure want to send my thanks to Stephen B and Michael M both of whom made donations this week, and Michael You'll probably remember better as a dime short, who's also been a regular…
…to say this, I sure want to send my thanks to Stephen B and Michael M both of whom made donations this week, and Michael You'll probably remember better as a dime short, who's also been a regular contributor here to the salon. So thank you both for…
…So my thanks go out to all of you who have written and especially to Janus gate creative James H, Jason H John M, Michael, Better known as a dime short, William R and bailey, otherwise known as beaded bohemian. And I also want to thank yarov I hope…
…all these materials together and then you would play music. Certain notes were sanctioned for this so that people like Michael Mayer There's actually alchemical music extant to be performed at these invocations, and through building up these sympathies and…
…out special places and it's probably the case they also try to align sacred places to create these systems. One is the st Michael line going from the west of Ireland right through to delos and through to Carmel in Israel or Lebanon, Wherever it is it…
…page with the program notes about this podcast, which is number 61 from the psychedelic salon by the way and the talk that Michael told me about is by Fred turner of Stanford University and in it he discusses his new book, which is titled from…
…part time I mean half of this year I spent here. So I did a lot of workshops, including one with esselin friends where Michael Morphy himself was over there and trying to create the future of esselin as well as relating to what happens in the world…
…movement. I finally got it. Ralph is an amazing teacher and he's still going strong as his schedule shows below. And then Michael listed a few of the items on Ralph's Current schedule, like speaking engagements in the states as well as in Greece, Italy,…
…who bought a copy of my novel, the pay what you can audiobook, the genesis generation. And those fine people are Sean B rob p Michael E Karen L Stuart P robin b and Andy H and hey I really want to thank you all so much for your continuing support.…
…a talk about plants and creativity. So let's dive in and stay tuned. Thanks for listening. Maybe I'll start with a quote from Michael Pollan that exists in my iphone. Basically, he states that a Lima Bean, when attacked by a spider mite, can release a…
…it's beautiful but maybe it's because the rose is also trying to survive. Yeah exactly and this is the great insight that Michael Pollan has in this and you've read some of his books you've read the omnivore's dilemma. Perhaps and that's the point that…
…In my last podcast, I won't spend a lot of time on reintroducing it, other than to once again say thank you to Michael Decertio, the producer director of the film Tryptozane, who sent me the recording of what I think may have been a workshop at…
…by identifying that as what is going on, can accelerate much faster. Anything else? I was just picking up on a conversation with Michael this morning. Maybe you could talk more about the other. Oh, the other. Well, I'm not sure exactly what he meant by…
…the salon rolling next year as we begin our psychedelic salon 2.0 adventure. And these fine souls are Scott M. Spendon P. David A. Michael N. Todd C, Jamie B. And Frank N. Who not only made a donation to the salon, he also made recordings of this…
…the expenses associated with these podcasts. And these faithful people are Kira S. Joel W. Fabian R. Float on SNJ LLC, Jean Red F. Michael Z. Jim from Venice, Robert M. And a donation came in, along with a nice card via snail mail from Deborah R. So…
…with these podcasts are Mark C, Brian T. Or maybe I should say from the cult of Brian, which is how you signed your note, and Michael T. Also, who said, well, at 20 years of age, I decided to, and I better not say move to where, from where. And I…
…I have not yet met in person, I feel as if we're old friends. So thanks for everything, Robert. And also thank you, Mark, Michael, and the cult of Brian for being an integral part of the salon. And another fellow saloner I want to thank this week is…
…and then last week I joined Bruce Dahmer on the Third Eye Drops podcast, where the two of us were interviewed by Michael Philipp. And then I was also interviewed for the Novelty Generators podcast by fellow saloner and planque Norte lecturer Niles Heckman.…
…shit, and I thought you might see if this could be for real neutrons. Neutrons being exactly equal. Hi. Hi. My name is Michael. Hi, Nick. Michael. Nick. Andy. Yeah. How it's for you to moderate this? Yeah. I'm just kind of curious what you think of…
…I thought you might see if this could be for real neutrons. Neutrons being exactly equal. Hi. Hi. My name is Michael. Hi, Nick. Michael. Nick. Andy. Yeah. How it's for you to moderate this? Yeah. I'm just kind of curious what you think of this. Yeah, I…
…dream of anesthesia. You know, that feeling you feel is the gurney that's rolling you toward the tissue disposal of. Anyway. Yeah. Michael, isn't what you're defining. Yeah, it does. I mean, you're right. That cool, then? If you aren't cool, you go to…
…a teenage boy undergoing cancer treatment. Sound design mixing an original scoring for that story by Aaron Leder. Thanks also to Michael Reed for additional sound recording. Sergey Baranov lives in Peru, in the sacred Valley of the Incas. Check out his…
…a book called Cross Cultural Perspectives on hallucinogens. Probably one of the books that I recommend most to people is Michael Harner's anthology shamanism and Hallucinogens, where he gathered a bunch of very good articles together. There Hofer and Osman's…
…of you are interested in these subjects, another area where this has occurred is some of you may know the book by Michael Chadwick called the decipherment of linear b. Linear B is a proto minoan language and a linguisthood at Cambridge named Michael…
…to post with the notes for today's program. What we are now going to hear is a March 1999 appearance by Terrence McKenna on Michael Kranzie's forum, which is a show on the NPR station KQED. And so I want to thank Michael KQED, Bruce Dahmer, and the…
…appearance by Terrence McKenna on Michael Kranzie's forum, which is a show on the NPR station KQED. And so I want to thank Michael KQED, Bruce Dahmer, and the unnamed person who actually made the recording and sent it to Bruce. Without all of you, these…
…mp3 player, let's tune into the mind of McKenna and drop out of the default world for the next hour. Now here is Michael Crancy to get things rolling. We always enjoy having Terence with us to talk about all kinds of things. Welcome to the program.…
…How do we begin to even assume a kind of cosmic consciousness or awareness of what might be alive beyond this planet? Well, Michael, imagine if there were a force in the water or in the air or in the advertising that was causing a certain significant…
…cartesian thought, I think time and space, therefore time and space exist. Something like that. Absolutely. The world is made of language, Michael. That's the insight of psychedelics. What we expect to see, we see. What we say is there, is there. And this…
…in the ecstasis of hallucinogenic visions that unfolds around you a situation that to us, with all our sophistication, Husserl, Heidegger, Michael Jackson, the whole thing, we are as in awe of that as those protohuman beings must have been. So there it…
…time and effort has been expended to establish the medical concept that there are healing images. You know, Stan's work, some of Michael Murphy's work, some of the continuum work. Healing images are an article of faith around here. I believe it. But has…
…recent donations to help offset some of our monthly expenses here in the salon, well, those people are Florissem Shane N. Alex B, Michael W, Sean V. And Benjamin P. So I thank you one and all for your continued support of these podcasts. I really…
…book about ayahuasca that is no easy read is a book with the unlikely title of shamanism, colonialism and the Wild man by Michael Taussig. And it is an intellectual journey to places you never thought you'd pass through. Could you spell the title of the…
…iota of spirituality in them. If you're interested, there's a very interesting book called shamanism, Colonialism and the wild man by Michael Taussig. Michael Taussig, I dare say, would be very uncomfortable in this room. He would dismiss us all as fruits…
…spirituality in them. If you're interested, there's a very interesting book called shamanism, Colonialism and the wild man by Michael Taussig. Michael Taussig, I dare say, would be very uncomfortable in this room. He would dismiss us all as fruits and flakes…
…history of the southern Putumayo and all of this, I don't think you can read a better nor more challenging book than Michael Taussig's book shamanism, colonialism and the wild man. It really. It will astonish you what that book covers and the tones it…
…you would be able to log on and see me. I wouldn't see you. I wouldn't even know you were there. If I were Michael Jackson, millions of people could watch you all the time, but you wouldn't know they were there and they would be fully satisfied as…
…will obviously happen. It may not happen me. I may not be able to afford the budget on that project. But, you know, first Michael Jackson, then every man. Yeah. How do you account for the sort of ascension of novelty and in the physical, I mean, as a…
…competition does is it's a race to the bottom. It's a, you know, it's like, how can we book this psychic who's talking to Michael Jackson about what it's like to be dead, that kind of news instead of the real economic, instead of the real issues, you…
…Harrison and Terrence McKenna under the teaching tree at the Ojai foundation in California. And once again, I would like to thank Michael Dacertio, a friend of the salon and the producer director of the recent film Trip du Sane, for sending me the set…
…recordings from the workshop so that we could all hear them without having to cycle through a dozen or more YouTube videos. And Michael, after listening to this entire workshop, now, I can see why it's one of your favorites. It's also now one of my…
…movement that has now spread all over the planet. And at the end of this program, I'm going to play a clip from a Michael Moore speech at Occupy San Francisco the other day, and in it, he points out that although this movement is only six weeks old,…
…one of these demonstrations remain peaceful on the part of the demonstrators. But rather than me say it, let's hear what Michael from Occupy Nashville has to say about the difference between terrorists and the Occupy movement. Now, I understand that they…
…us. See, because we are moral, we are correct, and we will win. Join us. And we will win. Join us. So says Michael from Occupy Nashville. And I happen to think that he is completely correct in his assessment that if this movement continues to remain…
…me, I've got one more clip to play for you. It's a bit longer than the others. But it's by a very inspiring speaker, Michael Moore. And here he is speaking at Occupy San Francisco this past weekend. But, you know, listen, this is the beauty of this…
…listen, this is the beauty of this movement. It really doesn't need the Jerry Browns or the Naomi Klein's or really the Michael Moore's. In fact, I've spent the last 20 years making movies about corporate America and Wall street. I've occupied it before…
…with these podcasts. And these wonderful souls are Yuri S. Gregory G. Raymond R. Sean M. David Mhdeh, Penny R. Kevin P. And Michael W. Also, I want to thank the four bitcoin donors who, by virtue of the way that the currency works, must remain…
…for you, and it is that I interview a lot of near death experiencers. I interview a lot of people like Gordon Michael Stallion, who have had some sort of physical trauma to their selves and inevitably, near death experiences. Physical trauma followed by…
…I got a break, so I got a break. We'll be right back. All right, once again, here is Terrence McKenna. Do you remember Michael Dukakis chance? Yes. Didn't he run for something? Yeah, he ran for the presidency, and he was a fellow that took the very…
…sympathies and so forth and so on. And he looked silly. You remember that? Yes. Okay. Well, in the debates, Michael Dukakis was absolutely floored when somebody asked him. They were talking, debating the death penalty or something, and somebody asked,…
…whatever else people expected him to say, he was very moderate and he was perceived to have lost the debate. So I have a Michael Dukakis like question for you. Okay. And it comes by a fax or a derarde. You and Miss McKenna were talking about how hung…
…of spirituality, space, and time, where you are now is the most immediate sector of your universe. And if you're worrying about Michael Jackson or Bill Clinton or somebody else, then you are disempowered. You're giving it all away to icons, icons which are…
…souls are Kyle G. Paul W. Timothy H. Olivia S. Hollad R. Vera H. Patrick T. Cablesorus.com Paul S. Zach M. Robert J. Michael Lithe and my good friend from Illinois, John Jay. Wow, that's the longest list of supporters we've ever had here in the salon.…
…actually bought a book and made a significant donation to the salon. Gary B. Robert T. Cord M. Revlyn Jennae C. Jones, and Michael M. Longtime friend and another long time listener and regular donor, Mark C. Also, I'd like to thank Xe Velvet, who has…
…every year for a while now at Palenque or somewhere else in Mexico, because next year it'll be held at Palenque as well. And Michael Bach, who is one of the people who's figured all this out in Australia, is going to come and talk about it. Yeah, the…
…the other big honchos of edgy science. And Dennett, who wrote consciousness, Dennis explained, was his name Dennis Dennett or Michael Dennett? Anyway, he was there. Rupert said at one point, his book should have been called consciousness explained away. But…
…mean, this is what alchemy turned into. And in the 16th century, people like Gerhard Dornan and Robert Flood and John Dee and Michael Centivorgius and all of these people were on the trail of what they called the lapis, or the philosopher's stone. And it…
…The most recent interesting book about ayahuasca, other than Eduardo's commentaries on the paintings of Pablo Amaringo, is probably Michael Kaustig's book shamanism, colonialism and the wild man, which is just a wonderful book, even if you don't give…
…your help. Well, I couldn't have kept these podcasts coming. And the last five saloners to make donations this year are Joseph G. Michael L. Magnus J. Bruce W. And Jaguar Knight. I thank you one and all for your amazing support of these podcasts. And…
…is Lorenzo, and I'm your host here in the psychedelic salon. And right now I'd like to thank fellow saloners Charles V and Michael B. Who recently made donations to the salon that will be used to keep us keeping on. I really appreciate your support,…
…Who recently made donations to the salon that will be used to keep us keeping on. I really appreciate your support, Charles and Michael. Now getting on with today's program. We're going to get to hear the fourth tape in the series titled history ends in…
…of Minoan religion, there is no question that opium was the drug of choice. And in fact, the linear b tablets that Michael VeNtris deciphered, they couldn't believe their eyes when they saw what the scale of the opium production. Well, if you know…
…for entry into several film festivals. And to give you a little more information about this film and about Peter and the medicines, Michael and Jeff are going to be with us here one week from tomorrow. That will be November 19, 2018, for the 06:30 p.m.…
…about right, I maintain. Since the middle 19th century, we've just been exploring totally new territory. You know, once you get Michael Faraday and Conrad Lorenz and Baron Lobachevsky and Fitzhugh Ludlow and all this, you know, in other words, non Euclidean…
…pay for our monthly expenses. And these wonderful people are, first of all, our frequent donor, stabila and Tom, Jose, William, Michael, and we also received a very nice donation from Nicholas M. So, collectively, you have all covered the entire month's…
…you all ever so much. Truly appreciate your support. Now, one other saloner who has given us much help over the past few years is Michael Di Certio, who I also thanked as a donor a few weeks ago, and who, along with a check that he sent, enclosed a…
…with a Terrance McKenna workshop that I hadn't heard before and which we will begin to listen to in just a minute or so. Michael, by the way, is also the man behind the new dvd titled Tryptucine, which I've mentioned before and will post a link to…
…behind the new dvd titled Tryptucine, which I've mentioned before and will post a link to with today's program notes. In his letter, Michael told me that he hadn't heard this talk on a salon podcast yet and that it was one of his favorites. Well, I'd…
…I did is what I usually do in those circumstances and went back to good old Terrence McKenna once I remembered that CD that Michael sent. Now, this talk is also available on YouTube, I found, but there's no video with it. It's just one of those still…
…which is somewhat formidable if you just want to kick back and listen to it. So the talk on YouTube and the disc that Michael sent actually is titled the Rites of Spring. But after listening to the first part of this talk, the one I'm going to play…
…I could do more. Thanks. One day soon we will meet in person and chat about life, the universe, and everything. Peace. Michael Decertio well, Mike, I can't thank you enough for all of those goodies, which also included a very generous donation to the…
…space. This is Lorenzo, and I'm your host here in the psychedelic salon. And I'd like to begin today by first thanking Michael. Yeah, and also thanking Casey H. Who once again made another donation to help offset some of the expenses associated with these…
…Who once again made another donation to help offset some of the expenses associated with these podcasts. So thanks again, Casey and Michael. I really appreciate your help. Also, I want to give you a heads up about this coming Monday night, which will be…
…a book called Cross Cultural Perspectives on hallucinogens. Probably one of the books that I recommend most to people is Michael Harner's anthology Shamanism and Hallucinogens, where he gathered a bunch of very good articles together there. Hoffer and Osman's…
…have to experiment individually and graduate through the specific. The first is you're describing your brother's experience. Remind me of Michael Harnon's description of his ayahuasca experience. And he said after, I guess, going through a kind of death like…
…interview with our good friend Alex Gray. And I should add that at the end of that program, Alexander plays a song by Michael Bustamante titled finally, 1994 and I can't say why, but it's become my new favorite song. I guess I've probably listened to it…
…said, I can't say why exactly, but this particular piece is just something I really resonate with. So thank you, Alexander and Michael, for bringing those beautiful sounds to my ears. And by the way, you can find the visionary artist podcast on the…
…of you two guys there right now. Also, I want to mention that we received donations during the past ten days from Brian Michael, Sean, Jeffrey, Stephen Thomas, and once again, from our friends at Stabila. You have all put us well on our way toward…
…your host here in the psychedelic salon. And I'm pleased to begin today by thanking Alicia djdehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe. Michael y. Ryan M. And casey H for their donations to the salon that are going to be…
…back next year. And I've been meaning to mention this for over a month now, but one of our fellow saloners, I think his name is Michael, asked me for a copy of the Vav Ohm CD when we met at center camp. On Tuesday morning and I didn't have a copy…
…me for a copy of the Vav Ohm CD when we met at center camp. On Tuesday morning and I didn't have a copy with me. But Michael, I think you did come back to the yurt later on. But if you reminded me about that CD, I must have zoned out on you, for…
…that is culturally slipping beyond this. How will aspects of our culture look? How long will it be interpreted? Something like Michael Jackson, for example. How long will this remain coherent to historians of culture? They may just finally say these people…
…fine people who have made donations to the salon, I also want to thank Tommy B, George R. Kyle H. Shudderma, and Michael for posting a review about my novel, the Genesis generation on Amazon. Those reviews actually help almost as much as purchases, so…
…him that he has already done time travel and gone from the stone age right into the stoned age he's bridging it. I'm going to put Michael on here and we're going to talk a little bit and then I want to give him if he would, Michael, give us just a…
…it. I'm going to put Michael on here and we're going to talk a little bit and then I want to give him if he would, Michael, give us just a little bio spiel. Tell us what you think sure, thanks, matt, it's a funny handle so I want to just riff off…
…osmic cosmic music and art. But we've been working together for about a week now we're having a good time, it's great. So Michael has this saying which I love. It says everything is equally: art, science and spiritual practice. I want to do a little…
…said. Interestingly enough, doing this show together. It's a bit of that experience with all the multiple contributions from everybody. Michael does a great acoustic guitar and you do this distortion thing, electronic distortion thing on it or it's like a…
…around at certain times to help heal or have a battle with death. All these elements are coming to play so the music that Michael and the other people have been doing has really added to the whole effectiveness, the emotional tone of it all of it. So…
…all their hearts into it it's just. I can't even articulate how awesome that is. It's a wonderful, truly collaborative experience. So Michael and I were talking about all kinds of different stuff and we thought we'd hit on a few different topics. But one…
…who started our collective thought line that way was Terrence McKenna, and he made some predictions and prophecies and things. I think Michael has some thoughts on Mr T and his impressions of here we are living it right now while going through it whatever…
…eye before some really cosmic tricked out hats man best way I can put it if you go to his website. So check him out Michael. Do you have any more final words you want to say to the cosmic brothers and sisters out there? Well, thanks for listening and…
…are changing their lives one thought at a time. And now I'm going to close for today and leave you with some new music that Michael is about to release. The track that I'm going to play is titled elusis and is from an as yet unreleased album that was…
…going to play is titled elusis and is from an as yet unreleased album that was recorded live in Austin, Texas Earlier this year and Michael tells: me that I can let you know that you are now hearing this for the first time here on the salon, and so…
…the substances over and over the substances work. Yes, Lee is our first caller from Pine Grove. Good morning. Good morning, Michael. I'd like to ask Mister McKenna if he can direct me to references in the botanical literature regarding salvia dividorum. I…
…you, and you get a unity of fantasy rather than a unity of love and work. All right, you're listening to forum. I'm Michael Krasny. Terrence McKenna. Let's go to you on that. Well, this is a standard argument, meditation versus drugs. I think there's a…
…don't want to go to the grave without having been exposed to. Troy is our next caller from Pacific Grove. Good morning. Good morning, Michael. Thank you very much for this. This has been one of the best in a long time. And I'd like to get my fingers…
…an amazing number of our old and now new best friends at the symbiosis gathering last weekend. Not only did we bump into Michael, Darren, and some of our other friends from the Oracle gathering the month before, we also came across a lot of people that…
…and there's no spokesperson. All spokespeople. Anybody here can speak at the General assembly. Right? You're ready for the apartment. Wow. Michael Moore was singing the time today. What's happened to him? Oh, thank you so much. Just sit here. Go with the…
…Michael Moore was singing the time today. What's happened to him? Oh, thank you so much. Just sit here. Go with the flow, Michael. I wore sweatshirt today because I figured I was in San Francisco. There's only, like, five warm days out of the year here.…
…this talk was given at the Ojai foundation in 1986. And as I said in his letter forwarding the CD with this talk on it, Michael said that it was one of his favorite Terrence McKenna talks. And after only hearing the first part of it so far, I have…