We are living in dire times of planetary crisis with runaway global warming now having crossed eight of the 10 major tipping points and extreme weather the new normal. How can we evolve our consciousness to meet this global challenge? Can strategic use of psychedelics assist your spiritual path and our collective survival?

Timestamps
00:05:03 Ecology beyond the physical
00:12:52 The lineage of shamanic plants
00:21:53 Oceanic, white light, unity consciousness
00:35:32 A larger relationship of understanding
00:43:58 The planet is reaching out
00:52:07 Come back to the garden

Read more: https://rakrazam.com/5-bar-consciousness-dna-activation-evolution/

5-Bar Consciousness: DNA Activation Evolution

The old ways are breaking down and a new paradigm is emerging in the post-industrial, information era. This new world age that we're coming into is a fresh start, which needs a new mythology (which is also developing rapidly around us).

Timestamps
00:08:15 How Hollywood discovered ayahuasca
00:14:31 The timeline of opening our hearts and minds
00:27:20 Continuing the legacy of the alchemists
00:43:53 Mushrooms - the first line of Gaian defense
01:00:28 Our conscious labor on the earth
01:10:59 Graduating from the catalyst
01:22:17 Don’t fixate on the body

Read more: https://rakrazam.com/consciousness/seasons-of-consciousness-psychedelics-gaia-and-you/

Seasons of Consciousness: Psychedelics, Gaia and You

All through history people have reported having spontaneous “mystical experiences” naturally and through the aid of external catalysts like shamanic plant and earth medicines. Our consciousness is always changing and, like our DNA, adapting to the circumstances of our environment.

Timestamps
00:02:51 Vegetal technologies of indigenous cultures
00:10:39 Letting go to know yourself
00:17:03 Ground zero of the psychedelic 60s
00:26:10 A massive time of transformation
00:34:03 Word map mythologies of ancient cultures
00:46:38 The planet is an organism
00:57:52 Medicines for the soul

Read more: https://rakrazam.com/consciousness/evolve-or-die-enhancing-consciousness-through-plant-earth-medicines/

EVOLVE or DIE: Enhancing Consciousness Through Plant & Earth Medicines

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Join immersive journalist Rak Razam and Dr. Andrew Gallimore, a neurobiologist, chemist, and pharmacologist who has authored the new book Alien information Theory: Psychedelic Drug Technologies and the Cosmic Game. 

Discover a neurobiological explanation for the role of DMT in switching ‘reality channels’ in the brain and entraining us to the larger structure of reality. 

Ponder on the implications for cultural entrainment that shamanic cultures and neuroscience both explore. Savor the legacy of Terence McKenna’s 90’s memetic architecture in his linguistic map of the DMT space and the popularization of archetypes like the “DMT elves”. 

And listen to a provocative thesis for immersing psychonauts into an extended DMT space for deeper contact and inner space exploration Gallimore has published with Dr. Rick Strassman of “DMT: The Spirit Molecule” fame. 

Buy the book and download Dr. Gallimore’s published scientific papers on DMT research at: http://www.buildingalienworlds.com.

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144. DMT Immersion

Join immersive journalist Rak Razam and Rev. Aryshta, Dean of the Sacred Foundation, an organization dedicated to re-establishing the sacred traditions of ancient mystery schools and their entheogenic usage. Aryshta is a modern-day Priestess of Isis and the co-founder of the Priesthood of Neferetem, dedicated to the education and sacred use of the Blue Lotus flower. 

Learn how the Blue Lotus synergies with psilocybin and the changes to brain states it engenders. Listen to the history of entheogenic initiation in the mystery cults of Egypt, Greece and Rome and discover how those traditions and structures can support modern entheogenic work. Is the group ritual the next step in the Western relationship with the Divine? 

For more information, see http://www.sacredfoundation.org and www.sacredbluelotus.com. The Sacred Foundation is also organizing a rescue mission in 2019 to establish a formal plan to farm and ensure the survival of the flower: http://www.sacredbluelotus.com/html/egyptian_tour.html

137. The Blue Lotus

Join immersive journalist Rak Razam and yogi and entheogenic retreat leader Joël Karamdeep Singh Brierre as they dive deep into the Vedic maps of Samadhi and Source Consciousness. Learn what Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras are and how these sequences operate like apps to cleanse and restore our consciousness operating system to optimal configurations. 

Discover the connection between the non-dual unity states Vedic culture mapped and the entheogenic tryptamine states of shaman space. Hear how Vedic practices can prepare you for deep unity experiences like 5-MeO-DMT and support your integration and optimization after the peak experience to anchor the vibration of Source in your temple body. 

“Your greatest awakening happens when you are aware of your infinite nature.” - Amit Ray. 

Book an integration session with Joël at: joel@itsallsource.com and find more of his work at: www.itsallsource.com.

136. The Tryptamine Sutras

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and were part of a 'Golden Age' of Vedic cultures that connected to Deep Source states of Samadhi and anchoring on higher God-consciousness. In this interview with religious scholar and entheogenic freedom advocate Richard King, experiential journalist Rak Razam questions the resurgence of 5-MeO-DMT in relation to these same states of being. 

Does King's upcoming 'Toad palace Protocols' essay prove a connection between modern Bufo Alvarius usage and Vedic states of consciousness? Does group work with 5-MeO potentiate an anchoring of Source in the individual and group? Do threshold dips into the deep oceanic Infinite correspond to the Sutras (weavings) between Heaven and Earth? 

Is the essence of religion (to 're-connect') flowering in human consciousness again at the turn of the cosmic seasons? What are the dangers and teachings of these technologies of the sacred coming through from the Source recognizing itself? Join us on this intimate, mystical Satsang for initiates who hear the call to awakening.  

For more information on Richard's work, see: https://www.facebook.com/Wassail

Artwork by Niv Bavarsky The "Toad Palace Protocols" will be published soon.

118. The Toad Palace Protocols

An intimate conversation about the medicine path, art, iboga and love above all with author Elizabeth Bast and experiential journalist Rak Razam. Elizabeth wrote Heart Medicine: A True Love Story, One Couple's Quest for the Sacred Iboga Medicine & The Cure For Addiction. 

Come share her beautiful and uplifting story of awakening with her partner Chor Boogie. 

What is iboga, the ancient African entheogen and ibogaine, the chemical extracted from it? How can it be used to treat addiction and trauma? Does it connect to the ancestor spirits, and what messages can we learn? How does it differ from other entheogens like ayahuasca? How can these medicines be integrated into Western understanding? 

Listen to this deeply personal and transformative story of one woman's journey to iboga and the medicine path. For more information:
http://www.ebast.net/heart-medicine.html

117. Heart Medicine

Join experiential journalist Rak Razam and guest Jo Slater, who, four years ago, suffered a blow to the head that left her brain damaged and rerouted her neurochemistry at the same time. 

Healed by an Australian indigenous medicine person with the didgeridoo, Slater also experienced endogenous tryptamine excitation that led her into the shamanic realm and a spiritual path. As she healed, she was drawn to study neuroscience to explain her condition and what she calls ‘endotheogens’: the spontaneous and natural secretion of tryptamines in the brain at levels beyond the Western norm. 

Told by her aboriginal Arnhem land tribe to share this knowledge with the world, Slater communicates her shamanic initiation and her scientific thesis behind her neurochemical reaction. Titled: Metabolites of Tryptamine: Endogenous psychedelic neurotransmitters, and N,N dimethyltryptamine (DMT) in explaining a new pathway to produce Serotonin, Melatonin and hallucinations, she posits a natural rerouting ability of the brain that promotes Divergent pathways for endogenous chemical synthesis. 

She has also found naturally occurring enzymes that promote endogenous tryptamines. She has been working on integrating this neuroscience perspective with the indigenous wisdom and cosmology of an interdependent reality with entities, ancestors and embedded cultural wisdom. Jo Slater will speak at the 2016 Somara Shamanic Medicine Forum, held Feb 2-7th, 2016, in Byron Bay and webcast for the global tribe. 

See more at: http://www.somara.org/jo-slater, and tickets are available here: http://www.somara.org/tickets and can also be contacted at: joleeslater@gmail.com. 

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105. Divergent

The psychedelic and shamanic worlds are increasingly entering the public consciousness, and the building wave of interest in these fields has been seeded by consciousness explorers of the last generation, like Australian Julian Palmer. Join experiential journalist Rak Razam and Julian Palmer, author of the recent Articulations: On the Utilisations and Meanings of Psychedelics, in a fictional interview discussing theoretical characters called Rak Razam and Julian Palmer engaging in hypothetical discussion about psychedelic issues. 

The fictional Palmer is a notorious Australian psychonaut, alchemist and rogue shamanic facilitator, the self-professed originator of the Changa-DMT blend. Here he talks about his long and deep experience with ayahuasca, DMT, acacias, hyperspatial entities, the global shamanic resurgence and the rebirth of consciousness, as well as his own legendary reputation within the Australian psychedelic scene. 

Palmer debates fundamental concepts like what spirituality is. What is the correct duty of care? What is indigenous dogma, and what can we take from modalities like ayahuasca and make our own? What is 'God', and which messengers does 'he' choose? Listen in to a pivotal, far-ranging and controversial, if a fictional interview with a global psychedelic seeder, sharing the Secret Origin of Julian Palmer! 

For more info, see: http://www.articulationsbooks.com

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95. The Chosen One

with Meriana Dinkova

How can the modern psychonaut best navigate innerspace? Experiential journalist Rak Razam meets Western psychotherapist and relationship counselor Meriana Dinkova, who also organizes retreats in Peru combining Medicine Work and neo-shamanistic psychotherapeutic tools. Meriana discusses her experience as a woman in the machismo world of male shamans and how to use advanced psychological techniques to navigate the shamanic landscape and hack the unconscious. 

Her spiritual toolkit embraces somatic techniques, mudras, NLP, breathing, visualization, command words, hypnotic techniques and much more to maximize our potential within altered space. But how do we recognize and protect ourselves from the entities native to these realms? Can we choose our own cultural archetypes as allies and godforms in the shamanic space (Spiderman and Yoda vs. jaguars and snakes?)? 

And can we integrate these deep experiences after the journey and find support within the psychedelic and shamanic community to facilitate this integration? 

Meriana is the author of the upcoming book 'Navigating Altered States' and is hosting deep shamanic healing retreats in Peru in July and December 2014 with experienced shamans. (In a Perfect World is an affiliate partner, so please mention us if you book: July Shamanic Retreat in Peru with Ricardo Amaringo and The Retreat's Facebook Event )

For more info about Meriana's work, go to:

https://merianadinkova.com
https://merianadinkova.com/events-2/ 

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85. Navigating Altered States

Experiential journalist Rak Razam interviews a legal psilocybin shamanic facilitator from the Netherlands, Olli, where the mushroom sclerotia ('Philosopher Stones') are a legal thing to possess and ingest. Olli has been working with mushrooms for over 20 years. Here we discuss potentiating them with an MAO-inhibitor, just like ayahuasca does in its brew and the benefits of 'psilohuacsa'. 

We examine the issues around ayahuasca and its resource management, the advantages of locally-sourced entheogens in native settings, and the role of the magic mushroom as a global sacrament for healing and enlightenment. The role of neo-shamans like Olli in the West using entheogenic sacraments and the history of mushroom use in Europe is explored. 

Moreover, Olli discusses the heart-opening, ego-dissolving experience of high dose psilocybin to bring us back into unity consciousness and the need for such remembrances in today's world. 

For more info, see http://www.psilohuasca.com

78. Psilohuasca

Experiential journalist Rak Razam is interviewed by anthropologist Robin Rodd from James Cook University in Queensland, Australia, on all things ayahuasca, Down Under. What are the cultural uses of ayahuasca in Australia, and how does it relate to other entheo cultures in South America and elsewhere in the world? Without an unbroken shamanic lineage, Aussiehuasqueros have had to stitch their shamanic practice from multiple sources, sometimes united in a cultural synergy for group shamanizing. 

The hybridization of not just ayahuasca but of Amazonian shamanism itself is potent in the Australian counterculture as it births a new hybrid modality suited to the conditions on the land. But what of the cultural archetypes? Do they remain the same? How do Australian aboriginal spirits and energies affect the mix? Is there something activating in the vibrational frequency of the Australian Land itself, its songlines and energetic grid, and how does all of this tie into other indigenous prophecies of these changing times? 

A personal exposition from Razam on his own journey and collective journey in the culture…

37. Ayahuasca, Down Under

An experiential podcast with Rak Razam and special guest, Sufi academic Wahid Azal. In which is discussed the feminine Godhead (Sophia), which precedes the masculine Logos, the two trees of knowledge in the Garden of Eden, and the synergy between Hebrew, Islamic and Christian religions, amongst other things... 

Wahid is the sheik of an Iranian Sufi mystic order that uses an ayahuasca analog–haoma–as its active sacrament. Here he expounds at length about the mystic traditions of the Middle East and the entheogenic sacraments that catalyzed them. Sufism predates Islam, and Wahid's order–Fatimiya–believes in multiple levels of divinity, where the Word of God is in the book, not the many prophets of God, and where they worship the daughter of the prophet Mohammed as the representation of the Godhead-ess. 

The entheogenic use of plants within these secret sects of Sufis has been underground for millennia. It is again sprouting in some areas of the Middle East, despite persecution from the mainstream religions. Wahid discusses the ancient entheogenic use of acacias, blue lotus, psilocybin, Syrian rue and haoma as well as the unspeakable name(s) of God–in Greek, the Tetragrammaton (the four lettered name of God), the Logos, and the other trigger words to invoke the vibrational essence of the divine. Word!

20. Sufi Tetragrammaton

Australian ayahuasquero and shamanic practitioner Darpan is interviewed by experiential podcaster Rak Razam in this revealing talk about the sacred South American vine and the medicine of the soul. What is ayahuasca, and why is it seeding itself across the planet at this critical time? 

An in-depth examination of the history and uses of Madre ayahuasca and the shamanistic worldview, with detail about Darpan's origins and the significance of Terence McKenna in introducing him to the vine. How does aya help reveal the infinite levels of the world, and how do you manifest your own reality? Darpan explains the flowering of consciousness in the astral and the planet as Gaia opens up and how the planet seeders–the programmers– are tending to the earth just as we tend to gardens... Galactivation! 

The bulk of the podcast is a lengthy lecture by Darpan recorded by Razam in 2006, in which Darpan expounds at length about sacred sound, ayahuasca and plant-based shamanism and beautifully sings some of his icaros while practicing Tuvan throat singing... Enjoy!

Transcribed portions of this interview were published in the print edition of The Journeybook: Travels on the Frontiers of Consciousness in 2009.

18. Planet Seeders – an interview with Darpan

Pharmauscas glossalize and tantalize in their quest for the divine spark. What are ”rec-chems”, the thousands of new wave chemical compounds cataloged by bio-chemist Alexander Shulgin and others? What pathways do these compounds open up, and what do these keys say about the architecture of consciousness itself? Are rec-chems a neurochemical language of the divine, a “Neurobet” spoken only by a new wave of psychonautical translinguists? Is better living through chemistry possible, and what potentials does it offer us individually and as a species? What new maps of hyperspace do rec-chems open up? If rec-chems were integrated by society at large, would we be medicated or augmented? What are the dangers? Are rec-chems catalysts to transhumanity?

Panel discussion held at EntheoGenesis Australis 2009 moderated by Rak Razam, featuring speakers: Torsten, Martin Williams, Jeremy, Nano Brain, Julian Palmer.

photo courtesy of Spiral Monk ©2009

15. REC-CHEMS - Language Of The Gods

An experiment in chanting, vocal projection and weaving with the power of sound... These sonic circles are powerful activators that resonate on different tonal levels and facilitate vibrational healing... A workshop in a charming old acoustic church in Uki, NSW, led by Sue... All song and no talk for a change!

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6. Sonic Circle

In the Jonson street park in Byron Bay, talking with the Mob... Myban (the eagle or farsighted one) and Bundjalung custodian Louis (the Walker Between the Worlds), alongside Rak Razam and Jungian analyst Jeremiah Abrams... A deep ecology discussion synthesizes the indigenous Australian aboriginal approach to 2012, tribal hive mind, collective dreaming, contingency plans for the apocalypse and the return of the Dreamtime... 

*Warning* sound quality is scratchy and replete with windy muffles, overlapping voices and a slow start, but this kicks into deep cosmic wisdom, so stay with it. This is very strategic knowledge from the Mob, who gave rare permission for this recording to go out to the white man…

3. Talking with Mob

Experiential journalist Rak Razam interviews Hal Lucius, High Priest of consciousness with the Temple of Awakening Divinity, a traveling medicine space using 5-MEO-DMT as its active psychedelic eucharist. Lucius draws upon his past as a ceremonial magician in the Crowley/ Golden Dawn Alchemical Hermetic tradition to anchor this syncretic entheogenic church turning on the West Coast with a "complete dissolution of egoic consciousness". The Church claims a 95% success rate inducing a +4 on the Shulgin state with returning parishioners going into the godspace each time. But what are the dangers and logistics of a mystical-religious experience outsourced to an external catalyst? What are the benefits? Lucius posits that by changing the individual, the collective changes as well. The collective awakening is then part of the quickening of the paradigm change we are now experiencing. Is this the next wave of entheo-based gnostic religion? Hallaleuh, brothers and sisters!

40. The Temple of Awakening Divinity

Bridging Heaven is a platform where we entrain ourselves with low-level 5-MeO-DMT married with ancient yogic pathways. The idea is to remain focused and use techniques like meditation and breathwork, along with subtle 5-MeO-DMT doses, to access and learn about the Divine space within ourselves.

The Entheogenic Evolution

Bridging Heaven

Keynote presentation at the World Bufo Alvarius Congress, Mexico City, 2019

Rak Razam (USA) The Bufo Nation. The medicine of the Bufo alvarius toad is a powerful tool to unlock human consciousness and reveal our full potential. As it spreads across the world via a network of practitioners nurturing a global community, we are witnessing and participating in a cultural shamanic movement. What are the dangers and the potentials, the ethics and the sustainability of this medicine? How can we remember All Is One and work together as a community to self-regulate, educate, and move beyond the catalyst to the integration of this endogenous experience?

The Bufo Nation

When the world went into lockdown and the noise of modern life quietened, something unexpected began to stir. A circle of psychedelic explorers—linked by Zoom, not jungle vines—gathered to reflect on what the global shake-up might be asking of us. Joël Brierre facilitated the conversation with Tom Lane from Portland, Natalie James from London, and Rak Razam, beaming in from San Francisco.

Medicine Visions: Surrender, Ceremony & Shaping a New World

Under the awe-inspiring dome of Red Lightning at Burning Man, a truly extraordinary event unfolded. Amidst the swirling desert winds and the soft hush of shared intention, the DaVinci Dialogues created a sacred, participatory space. This wasn't just a panel of experts—it was a portal. A co-creative invocation. A ceremonial gathering where each voice added to the collective resonance. The invitation was clear: step into the unknown, bring your whole self and reflect deeply on the question at the center of it all.

The Second Psychedelic Wave: From Burning Man to a Planetary Awakening

Standing in the Australian bush is profoundly sacred, surrounded by pulsing basslines, radiant art, and a communal energy that whispers—anything is possible. This is the world of Rainbow Serpent Festival, a unique container where not only sound and movement come alive but where the visual dimension takes on a transcendental life of its own.

At the heart of this year's festival, an extraordinary panel of artists, thinkers, and psychonauts came together for a deep-dive conversation into the nature of visionary art. What unfolded was less a panel discussion and more a ceremonial transmission. The circle explored how psychedelics impact creativity, how art becomes a spiritual practice, and what it truly means to be a visionary in a world that remembers how to dream.

Painting the Divine: Visionary Art at Rainbow Serpent

"I'd like to say that I am a playing character in this simulation that is becoming more and more aware of the contours of the game."

It’s not just a metaphor. For Rak, our daily reality is more like a nested frequency—a vibrational layer within greater realms of consciousness. Drawing from indigenous wisdom, Vedic metaphysics, and direct psychedelic experience, Rak reframes our world as just one stop in a multidimensional journey.

Rak Razam's Theory of Everything

Something is brewing deep in the Amazon; and it's not just the ayahuasca vines. As spiritual tourists from the West head into the jungle in search of healing, vision, and meaning, we're faced with a very real question: what are we bringing with us, and what are we taking away?
At the heart of the CBC Radio documentary 'In Search of the Divine Vegetal', filmmakers Thomas McKinnon and Leonard Cler-Cunningham offer a unique perspective as they venture into the world of ayahuasca shamanism. Their journey yields a complex tale that transcends the stereotypical jungle brews and trippy visions. It's a narrative that delves into power, culture, medicine, and mystery, exploring the intersection of ancient plant knowledge and modern Western yearning. It's a story of two worlds with vastly different values colliding in the maloca.

In Search of the Divine Vegetal: Ayahuasca, Spirit, and the Ethics of Healing

What happens when ancient plant wisdom, clinical science, and spiritual yearning all meet in the same room? You get something like ABC Radio National's "Mind at Large"—a wide-ranging chat on the transformative power of psychedelics. Featuring mystics, researchers, and spiritual adventurers, the conversation dives deep into how entheogens are reshaping our understanding of consciousness and connection.

Mind at Large: Journeying with Psychedelics in a Modern Age

In my lecture "Beyond Omega," I laid out a visionary perspective on the converging crises and awakenings shaking our world. Drawing from over two decades of deep ecological inquiry, Indigenous wisdom, and immersive psychedelic exploration, I didn't just diagnose the problems - I extended a sacred invitation to see them differently.

Beyond Omega: The Planetary Ceremony of Our Times

When a musician and a mystic meet on the digital vine, things are bound to get juicy. In a deeply connected conversation between Australian artist Ben Lee and entheogenic explorer Rak Razam, we dive into the story behind Aya: Awakenings, the rise of plant medicine in the West, and what it means to reconnect with the sacred in an age of distraction.

The Ayahuasca Awakening: Plant Spirit Journeys and Cultural Revival

Last night, a curious blend of ancient ceremony and modern activism came together in a powerful panel to launch the crowdfunding campaign for The God Molecule and the Shamanic Toad. This documentary explores the mystical realms of 5-MeO-DMT, its sacred use, and its potential to transform consciousness on a planetary scale.

Toad, Whale, Sun: A Shamanic Odyssey into the God Molecule

What if the world we live in is not the real world, but a dream? And what if the truth lies hidden behind the veil of ordinary consciousness, waiting to be remembered? In a profound conversation between myself, Rak Razam, and podcast host David Porter on "Death Proof," we delve into the transformative potential of plant medicines. We also explore the nature of ego and the forgotten maps of the soul. Our dialogue is not just an interview; it's a deep dive into the spiritual undercurrents of our age.

The Fishermen of Consciousness: Dreaming the Real World Awake

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Unprecedented change is upon us and the world is transforming. We are invited to awaken from the illusion of separation and reclaim our place in the web of life  – and to do that we need to understand who and what we really are. Let me guide you through the chaos to a safe space within, to the person that you are here to be.

Rak Razam is an alchemical storyteller with his finger on the pulse of tomorrow and the heart of today. A screenwriter, documentary filmmaker, author, journalist, and culture maker, his focus is on the cultural paradigm birthing in this brave new world. 

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