In this episode I travelled to the conference Sumiruna Awakenings in Bucharest, Romania. There I had the great pleasure of talking to ethnopharmacologist Dennis McKenna. Dennis has recently published a book about his life with Terence McKenna. Check out more here: The Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss. You can also connect with Dennis on Twitter and Facebook.
Music featured in this episode:
Lars Eriksson
It’s the last Sunday of the month and as usual we are going to listen to a pre-recorded talk this time by ethnobotanist Kathleen Harrison. The talk is called Weaving Modern Ritual from Traditional Roots and was lifted from the Psychedelic Salon podcast. Also check out Kathleen's own website: www.botanicaldimensions.org
Music featured in this episode:
Woven Songs of the Amazon
In this episode I am joined by my friend Julián Moguillansky who runs the Salón Arcano website. The purpose of this site is to exhibit works that deny the existence of a dividing line between art and Hermetic philosophy, and to promote dialogue between the artists and audience. Have a look for yourself at: www.salonarcano.com.ar
Music featured in this episode:
Days N Daze
In this episode I am joined by journalist Bill Mathie, and we are going to talk about plant medicine.
Music featured in this episode:
Psychedelic Suns
In this episode I am joined by John Davis who is the American President of The Flat Earth Society and we are going to talk about Flat Earth Theory. If you want to follow John on Twitter his account is @JohnEricDavis. Also have a look at: www.theflatearthsociety.org
Music featured in this episode:
Anahata Sacred Sound Current
www.anahatasacredsoundcurrent.bandcamp.com
In this episode I will be talking to Tatayo who has been working to keep the Bwiti tradition alive for many decades now. Back in 2012 Tatayo fascilitated my own initiation with Iboga. Check out his website: www.ebando.org
Music featured in this episode:
Pap N'Zenge
Another Sunday, another interesting talk... and in this episode we are going to hear Terence McKenna talk about creativity and shamanism. This talk is lifted from the Psychedelic Salon podcast.
Music featured in this episode:
Nameless Archive
The Bee-Headed Mushroom Shaman.
This is a re-drawn image of a rock painting in Tassili-n-Ajjer, Algeria.
In this episode my guest is once again alchemist and author Salazius. This time we will talk about the mysterious Emerald Tablet. Check out his blog: The Hermetical Blog of Salazius D'Artigné
In this episode we dissect each line of the Emerald Tablet, and you might enjoy it more if you can read along:
Emerald Tablet - from Fulcanelli, new translation
It is true without untruth, certain and most true:
that which is below is like that which is on high,
and that which is on high is like that which is below;
by these things are made the miracles of one thing.
And as all things are, and come from One,
by the mediation of One.
So all things are born from this unique thing by adaption.
The Sun is the father and the Moon the mother.
The wind carries it in its stomach.
The earth is its nourisher and its receptacle.
The Father of all the Theleme of the universal world is here.
Its force, or power, remains entire,if it is converted into earth.
You separate the earth from the fire,
the subtle from the gross, gently with great industry.
It climbs from the earth and descends from the sky,
and receives the force of things superior and things inferior.
You will have by this way,
the glory of the world and all obscurity will flee from you.
It is the power strong with all power,
for it will defeat every subtle thing and penetrate every solid thing.
In this way the world was created.
From it are born wonderful adaptations,
of which the way here is given.
That is why I have been called Hermes Tristmegistus,
having the three parts of the universal philosophy.
This, that I have called the solar Work, is complete.
Music featured in this episode:
Samanvaya Kirtan
The Emerald Tablet.
My guest in this episode is Roberto Migliussi. He is the founder of Idola Tribus, a fanzine published in the 80s that was dealing with music and iconic historical people. In the last decades he became a publisher and translated various Kenneth Grant and Austin Osman Spare writings as well becoming a Peat therapist (Peat is a method of energetic psychology perfectioned by Zivorad M. Slavinski). We will mainly talk about magician and artist Austin Osman Spare's work The Focus of Life which Roberto, together with Lunus, set to music.
Music featured in this episode:
Lunus Milusic
In this episode my guest is Graham St John who has recently written a cultural history of DMT called Mystery School in Hyperspace. Check out his website: www.edgecentral.net
Music featured in this episode:
Eric Fullerton
"Divine Moments of Truth" by Beau Deeley 2009.
