Best Science And Nonduality Podcasts (2023)

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The Entheogenic Evolution

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Episode 257: Integration in Real Time 1:40:48

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The other month I was contacted by a person looking to make use of my nondual entheogenic integration services with a twist - he proposed that we record the integration call and make it available as a podcast episode. So, that's exactly what we've done. As an additional bonus, we've got a surprise twist for you at the end of our conversation ;). If…

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Sounds of SAND

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#54 Nordic Animism: Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen 59:42

2h ago59:42

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Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen is a Historian of Religion, Ph.d from Uppsala University in Sweden. His research into Afro-diasporic strategies for maintaining animist reality in the modern world has lead him towards reading North European cultural history from the perspective of rejected animist knowledge and practice. The objective is to recover Euro-tradi…

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The Entheogenic Evolution

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Episode 256: Facilitating 5-MeO-DMT, Chapter 4, Juan David Alvarius 54:54

3d ago54:54

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This week we're on to the sharing of Chapter 4 from the Facilitating 5-MeO-DMT anthology with the contribution from Juan David Alvarius. This one comes in from Costa Rica, making it the 3rd region represented so far (Hal was U.S., Magda was Canada). With over 14 contributors, the F5 book is truly an international work of representation! The full au…

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Sounds of SAND

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#53 Lines in the Sand: Tyson Yunkaporta 47:04

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Recorded live at a Science and Nonduality Community Conversation hosted by Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo on July 12, 2023. Tyson Yunkaporta is an academic, an arts critic, and a researcher who is a member of the Apalech Clan in far north Queensland. He carves traditional tools and weapons and also works as a senior lecturer in Indigenous Knowledge at D…

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The Entheogenic Evolution

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Episode 255: Beneath the Surface with Acacea Lewis 1:37:20

10d ago1:37:20

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This week my guest is the fascinating and dynamic Acacea Lewis. Acacea shares her story of personal struggles, being a precocious youth, studying astrophysics, alchemy, her work with Mike Crowley, Kilindi Iyi, and Tom Lane, her use of high-dose mushrooms and her efforts to educate people on the topic, and so much more. It was my pleasure to not onl…

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Sounds of SAND

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#52 Embodied Awakening: Judith Blackstone 47:58

14d ago47:58

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Judith Blackstone, Ph.D., is a psychotherapist and innovative teacher in contemporary spirituality. She developed the Realization Process®, an embodied approach to personal and relational healing and nondual realization. She is the author of Trauma and the Unbound Body, Belonging Here, The Intimate Life, The Enlightenment Process, and The Empathic …

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Sounds of SAND

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#51 After The Wisdom of Trauma: Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo 59:58

22d ago59:58

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Today on the podcast, we welcome two special guests, Science and Nonduality co-founders Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo. Zaya and Maurizio are both filmmakers and activists. They merged their lifelong passions for science and mysticism when they met in 2007, and their first project together was filming the documentary Rays of the Absolute on the life and…

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The Entheogenic Evolution

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Episode 253: Tom Lane on Mushrooms, Time People, and the Yuta Tnoho Codex 1:24:23

25d ago1:24:23

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This week I welcome Tom Lane back onto the podcast to continue and expand on our conversation about the Yuta Tnoho Codex from a few years ago. Tom returns with some new interpretations and ideas on how psilocybin mushroom rituals and religion worked in Mesoamerica and was encoded in the codex. I've also created a video for YouTube with the images w…

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Sounds of SAND

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#50 Reflections: Sounds of SAND's First Year 50:40

29d ago50:40

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We wanted to create this episode highlighting some shimmering jewels from the first 50 episodes of the podcast. We know that getting into a podcast can be daunting when there are dozens of episodes to choose from. So we wanted to distill some of the varied guests from our previous episodes with some clips from the show. Consider becoming a member o…

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Sounds of SAND

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#49 Resonance of Being: Mauro Bergonzi 1:27:02

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Mauro Bergonzi taught ‘Indian Religion and Philosophy’ from 1985 to 2017 at the University of Naples “L’Orientale”. About twenty years ago - after 25 years of meditative practices - a spontaneous fading out of his spiritual seeking just happened unexpectedly and only a radical non-dualism prevailed. From then on, he has been invited to hold regular…

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The Entheogenic Evolution

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Episode 251: My Scarlet Letter: Living with the Aftermath of Psymposia's Unethical Journalistic Abuse 1:18:51

1M ago1:18:51

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Approximately 2.5 years ago, completely out of the blue, Psymposia came along and weaponized a then-five-year-old video of one of my public talks and through blatant distortion and radical decontextualization, launched an abusive campaign against me. Despite engaging in clearly unethical journalism, Psymposia's labeling of me as an "abuser" has bee…

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Sounds of SAND

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#48 Ancestral Healing: Daniel Foor 1:13:01

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Dr. Daniel Foor is a ritualist and educator focused on helping others to reclaim their innate capacity to relate with their ancestors and with the greater web of other-than-human kin. He is the author of Ancestral Medicine: Rituals for Personal and Family Healing and an internationally respected teacher of ancestor reverence and ritual. Since 2004 …

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The Entheogenic Evolution

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Episode 250: Trauma Informed Entheogenic Guide Certification with Stephan Kerby 1:19:55

2M ago1:19:55

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Stephan Kerby of The Unchurch (www.theunchurchchurch.com) returns to the Entheogenic Evolution Podcast to share about his upcoming certification course on being a "Trauma Informed Entheogenic Guide." In addition to talking about the course, we cover more info about the UnChurch and Kerby's desire to move from facilitation to more education. There's…

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Sounds of SAND

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#47 What Shines: Parvathy Baul 1:01:00

2M ago1:01:00

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Parvathy Baul is a practitioner, performer and teacher of the Baul tradition from Bengal, India. She studied closely with two of the most respected Baul Gurus of the previous generation, Sri Sanatan Das Thakur Baul and Sri Shashanko Goshai. According to her Guru's vision, Parvathy Maa has created Sanatan Siddhashram - as a place of learning, pract…

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Sounds of SAND

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#46 Remembering to Remember: Marlon Barrios Solano 1:09:26

2M ago1:09:26

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Marlon Barrios Solano is an internationally recognized interdisciplinary artist and researcher specializing in software engineering, generative AI, dance improvisation, and mindfulness. His diverse work, ranging from AI-driven apps to digital therapeutics, manifests in web applications, interactive installations, multimedia performances, education,…

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The Entheogenic Evolution

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Episode 248: Psychedelic Cults and Outlaw Churches with Mike Marinacci 1:14:50

2M ago1:14:50

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My guest this week is author, Mike Marinacci, discussing his just-released book, Psychedelic Cults and Outlaw Churches: LSD, Cannabis, and Spiritual Sacraments in Underground America. It's a fascinating historical read and brings to light both well known and obscure religious movements in the US where psychedelics have been used as part of religiou…

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Sounds of SAND

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#45 We Must Risk New Shapes: Sophie Strand 1:03:50

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Two recent appearances of Sophie Strand at SAND. One was her Community Conversation with Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo the second a story she read called “Healing: A Ghost Story” with Bayo Akomolafe. Sophie’s course The Body is a Doorway at SAND Sophie Strand is a writer based in the Hudson Valley who focuses on the intersection of spirituality, storyt…

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Sounds of SAND

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#44 Sacred Places: Martin Gray 1:02:42

2M ago1:02:42

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Martin Gray is a seasoned explorer, photographer and travel writer renowned for his profound insights into pilgrimage to sacred sites around the world. He created the World Pilgrimage Guide website in 1996, which has received more than 100 million visitors and shares lists of places, writings and photos of sacred sites in over 160 countries around …

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The Entheogenic Evolution

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Episode 246: Swimming in the Sacred with Rachel Harris 1:17:35

3M ago1:17:35

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It's a great pleasure to welcome back Rachel Harris to the podcast. In this conversation, Rachel shares all about her new book, "Swimming in the Sacred," which documents the practices of female underground psychedelic practitioners who have no intention to going "above ground" in their work with entheogenic medicines. Listen in and find out more.…

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Sounds of SAND

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#43 I Am a Seed: Bayo Akomolafe and Chief Oluwo Obafemi Fayemi 1:19:06

3M ago1:19:06

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The full title of today’s episode is: “They thought they buried me; They did not know I am a seed” In this community conversation from June 2023, SAND co-founders Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo host Bayo Akomolafe and Chief Oluwo Fayemi peeling back the layers of history and tap into the wellspring of resilience that resides within us all. Weaving Bayo'…

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Sounds of SAND

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#42 The Great Liberation Through Hearing: Lama Lhanang Rinpoche and Mordy Levine 1:04:02

3M ago1:04:02

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“The past is history. The future is mystery. The present moment is a gift” — Lama Lhanang Rinpoche Today’s guest are the authors of a new book out on Sounds True, The Tibetan Book of the Dead for Beginners: A Guide to Living and Dying. In this episode we go into Tibetan Book of the Dead’s cultural significance in the West, the West’s death phobic c…

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The Entheogenic Evolution

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Episode 244: Marketing Psychedelic Services with IcaroConnect 1:17:12

3M ago1:17:12

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My guests this week are Carson Barker and Clif Haley from the marketing firm, IcaroConnect.com, which specializes in marketing for legal psychedelic services such as therapy and entheogenic churches. Based in Austin, Texas, a progressive island in a sea of reactionary conservatism, we talk all about how they got into the business, what they offer, …

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Sounds of SAND

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#41 Black Therapists Rock: Deran Young 54:43

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Hosted by SAND Co-founders Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo Deran Young is a licensed therapist specializing in racial trauma and legacy burdens. She is also a Co-Author of the New York Times Best Seller, You Are Your Best Thing, a retired military officer, & founder of Black Therapists Rock. Black Therapists Rock is a non profit organization with a netwo…

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Sounds of SAND

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#40 Living the Mystery: Shakti Caterina Maggi 53:29

3M ago53:29

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Spiritual guide and author, Shakti is known internationally as one of the most authentic and profound voices in contemporary spirituality. Presenting the message of Advaita and non-dual Tantra within a contemporary framework, Shakti offers, with compassion and great clarity, an inner technology for dissolving the contraction of suffering that tradi…

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The Entheogenic Evolution

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Episode 242: One World Heart with Jessica Marie 1:32:30

3M ago1:32:30

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Joining the Entheogenic Evolution Podcast for her interview debut, my guest is Jessica Marie who shares her own healing story with a chronic health condition and psychedelic medicines, her work with Bufo, her experience with Tom Lane and the ceremony of the deified heart, and her entheogenic church, the "One World Heart." You can find out more at w…

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Sounds of SAND

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#39 Tending Our Inner & Outer Landscapes: Lyla June 1:07:24

4M ago1:07:24

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Lyla June in this illuminating community conversation with Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo shares ways in which indigenous food systems of the past and present teach us how to relate to our inner and outer world. These highly successful systems have been proven to operate based on respect, reverence, responsibility, and reciprocity. She explores, among o…

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Sounds of SAND

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#38 Weaving the Eternal Golden Braid: Donald Hoffman & Rupert Spira 1:29:34

4M ago1:29:34

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“For now, what is important is not finding the answer, but looking for it.” ― Douglas R. Hofstadter, Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid Donald Hoffman is a cognitive scientist and author of more than 100 scientific papers and three books, including Visual Intelligence: How We Create What We See (W.W. Norton, 2000). He received his BA from…

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The Entheogenic Evolution

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Episode 240: Psychedelic Buddhism with Lama Mike Crowley 1:41:50

4M ago1:41:50

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This week Lama Mike Crowley comes back on the podcast to discuss his new book, Psychedelic Buddhism: A User's Guide to Traditions, Symbols, and Ceremonies. It's always great to have Mike - a vast reservoir of knowledge of Buddhism and Indian religions - back on the podcast. His new book is available now.…

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Sounds of SAND

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#37 Collective Consciousness: Orland Bishop 59:36

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Orland Bishop is the founder and director of ShadeTree Multicultural Foundation in Los Angeles, where he has pioneered approaches to urban truces and mentoring at-risk youth that combine new ideas with traditional ways of knowledge. ShadeTree serves as an intentional community of mentors, elders, teachers, artists, healers, and advocates for the he…

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The Entheogenic Evolution

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Episode 239: The Fate of Miraanni, Chapters 1 and 2 51:03

4M ago51:03

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Now that my 12th audiobook is all wrapped up and currently making its way through the inspection and approval process, I want to take the opportunity to share the first two chapters with you, my listeners. Once approved, the full audiobook will be joining my 11 others at Audible, Amazon, and the iBookstore. The soundtrack album I created for the au…

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Sounds of SAND

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#36 Holographic Being: Mukti 1:09:54

4M ago1:09:54

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Mukti’s name originates in Sanskrit and is most often translated as “liberation,” a term used in Vedanta and Buddhism much the way the term “salvation” is used in Christianity. Mukti has been the Associate Teacher of Open Gate Sangha since 2004 and has been a student of her husband, Adyashanti, since he began teaching in 1996, when they founded Ope…

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Sounds of SAND

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#35 Deep Medicine: Rupa Marya 1:38:02

5M ago1:38:02

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Dr. Rupa Marya illuminates the hidden connections between our biological systems and the profound injustices of our political and economic systems. What is deep medicine? How can re-establishing our relationships with the Earth and one another help us to heal? The first part of the episode is taken from a live SAND Community Conversation hosted by …

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Sounds of SAND

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#34 Converations on Complexity: Neil Theise 52:32

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“We are not walking through the world; we are interwoven with it. In everything we do, we participate in complexity." –Neil Theise Neil Theise is a professor of pathology at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Through his scientific research, he has been a pioneer of adult stem cell plasticity and the anatomy of the human interstitium. Dr. Theise’…

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The Entheogenic Evolution

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Episode 236: Cinesomatics with Andrew Daniel 1:41:10

5M ago1:41:10

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My guest this week is the founder of the Center for Cinesomatic Development (www.cinesomatics.org), Andrew Daniel. We get deep into his own story of discovering his authenticity and how traumas and patterns are encoded in the body and our expressiveness, and how he developed the cinesomatic program to help others release and transform themselves…

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Sounds of SAND

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#33 Intimacy with the Sacred: Mirabai Starr 51:48

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Mirabai Starr is an award-winning author of creative non-fiction and contemporary translations of sacred literature. She taught Philosophy and World Religions at the University of New Mexico-Taos for 20 years and now teaches and speaks internationally on contemplative practice and inter-spiritual dialog. A certified bereavement counselor, Mirabai h…

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#32 Breathing Bamboo: Cornelius Boots 1:00:41

5M ago1:00:41

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Cornelius Boots is a woodwinding pioneer, composer and root philosopher. He is a nanotheist and elemental-nature lover. After a 30-year career of high-caliber jazz, classical, rock and experimental music activities (on multiple woodwinds with a focus on the bass clarinet), Boots has now positioned himself at the crossroads of personal expression an…

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The Entheogenic Evolution

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Episode 234: Psilomethoxin, Usona, The Church, and EntheoGenesis 48:52

5M ago48:52

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This week's episode is my reading of an essay I've been working on since returning from The Church of Psilomethoxin's event, EntheoGenesis, last weekend in Austin, Texas. While no definitive answers are provided, I explore the topic of Usona's "study" that psilomethoxin is "fiction" and "placebo effect" by taking a well-rounded look at claims made,…

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