Birds also have divine dreams... And their dreams are always magical. Follow the wind to the heart of the universe.

When Birds Dream (A Melody)

Yariri

Un ikaro para abrir las puertas de la imaginación. Un ikaro para entrar al poder del corazón. Inspirado por la belleza de las plantas sagradas.

Médica Pintura

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Episode 5: Jeronimo Mazarrasa, social innovation director at ICEERS.

This episode was recorded on March 6th, 2023. 
Video version: https://youtu.be/4NRy2fQQi2A
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00:00:00 Foreword
00:02:38 Introduction and Jeronimo's work with ICEERS
00:06:03 What is ayahuasca, and why is this a difficult question?
00:13:14 Ayahuasca as an adaptogen
00:17:40 Preserving and transforming traditions
00:22:51 Difficulties in integrating sacred plants
00:35:09 Yoga, meditation and the stripping of cultural contexts
00:41:48 The collective and communal aspects of ayahuasca practices
00:50:50 Local identity and ancestors
00:58:30 The dark side of glamorizing indigenous traditions
01:10:21 Modern initiation rituals
01:16:44 Psychedelics and the ethics of touch
01:22:54 The role of mentorship and apprenticeship
01:36:35 Tribes and tribalism
01:45:19 Relationships between indigenous and western cultures
01:51:46 Tourism destroys what it looks for
02:01:59 The tensions between individuals and communities
02:13:08 New age, globalization and populism
02:25:44 The unintended consequences of the psychedelic renaissance
02:44:19 After the renaissance, the enlightenment
02:51:33 Ayahuasca accidents, deaths and media panic
03:00:00 Envisioning a positive psychedelic future
03:07:57 Comparing ayahuasca to other risky activities
03:16:20 Proceeding slowly, responding to moral panics
03:24:31 Better ayahuasca practices
03:36:00 Ayahuasca and consent – tricky
03:42:55 The dangers of "ayahuasca told me"
03:55:24 Ayahuasca and narcissists
04:03:42 Brazilian ayahuasca churches
04:15:03 Infrastructural and financial aspects of ayahuasca churches
04:23:04 Innocently disrespectful psychedelic tourists
04:33:05 William Gibson and the starfish
04:41:11 The Ayahuasca Defense Fund
04:45:57 Meaning, disenchantment and psychedelic adaptogens
04:49:17 Psychedelics are hard to categorize
04:54:56 Jeronimo's separation ritual
04:56:51 Forgetting who we are
05:00:51 Short final questions
05:07:29 Afterword

Adam Curtis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Curtis

A collection of Jeronimo's talks and interviews https://t.ly/VURFn
Jeronimo's film with Bruce Parry, Tawai: A Voice From the Forest https://www.tawai.earth
Jeronimo's Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ayadox
ICEERS: web page https://www.iceers.org/
ICEERS: Safety and Integration courses https://iceersacademy.mykajabi.com
ICEERS: "Towards Better Ayahuasca Practices" guide https://t.ly/N4gAu
ICEERS: Twitter https://twitter.com/NGO_ICEERS
ICEERS: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/weareiceers/
ICEERS: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ICEERS/
ICEERS: Telegram https://t.me/ICEERS
ADF: Twitter https://twitter.com/DefendAyahuasca
ADF: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/defendayahuasca/

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#5 Jeronimo M.M. Unintended consequences of the psychedelic renaissance – and thinking beyond

Un canto para las montañas hecho para gozar la belleza de la tierra y todos sus bellos regalos.

Medicina Milagrosa

This song was written by my dear friend Martina Alimisha.
https://www.instagram.com/heart.of.jungle/
And I was honoured to play and record it for her.

Martina about the song:
"Esta canción nació durante un proceso con plantas en la selva de Perú. Allí se abrió el Código de Libertad, un código universal que duerme olvidado en nuestra sangre y que espera ser despertado. El ser humano, por su naturaleza de origen, es libre y espero que esta canción nos ayude a recordarlo."

Libertad, Libertad

In the words of Terence McKenna, since the rise of western monotheism the human experience has been marginalized. We have been told that we were unimportant in the cosmic drama when one considers the power of creation of the one God. But we now know as the global temperatures rise and glaciers melt from the burning of fossil fuels and the feedback mechanisms associated with the greenhouse effect: the impact of human culture on the Earth is massive. So how do we reverse the course of destruction created out of the human imagination? Some have postulated plant medicines learned from Indigenous societies of the Americas have a way to reintegrate humans into the processes of the Earth to heal the sickness and warming all around.

In this show, we explore human symbiotic relationships with plants and chemicals in the sacred peyote medicine used by the Native American Church in the US and in societies in the mountains of Mexico. We look at the work of several ethnobotanists who also studied the plants and the rites associated with ayahuasca or yage in South America. Richard Evans Schultes and Terence McKenna researched the ancient human relationship with chemicals that would open the doorway to the divine, and perhaps a solution for saving our troubled world. This show aims to explore the powerful potential to replace abuse of illegal drugs with a shamanic understanding, insistence on community, reverence for nature, and increased self-awareness that can re-orient people to heal the fractured relationships with our communities and ecosystems.


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Resources/Articles:
Sacred Peyote Short documentary
Creed Spencer Film
with Bryce Jarrett 
Appearing: Lisa Aldred PhD
Hartford Stops Crow
Dennis Holds - Crow
Alexandra Witkin-New Holy PhD Montana State Univ

Link: https://youtu.be/9rYdgHx8yrw?si=HWYDh8USmEEezLvC 

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Fred Wahpepah - About the Peyote Ceremony from 7 Circles Foundation

https://youtu.be/7qa6N7anaV8?si=bNKuyXo_aTUT1IOp 


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Benedict Allen
Peyote the last of the medicine men - Huichol People of Mexico
https://www.benedictallen.com/ 

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Native Lens: Healing Through Peyote  -- Rocky Mountain PBS

Amber Lahabe Dine/Navajo

Video: https://youtu.be/Q7gR5oXARII?si=XxHb1OrkdAS5vTOu 


Icaros: https://youtu.be/hS21jI7p3hQ?si=QzRvHyvk2jhDRJTi 

Father of Modern Ethnobotany, Richard Evans Schultes Interview from 1990

https://youtu.be/1lxtn7zbQfw?si=Z_5UXi0IOG-ml8Xg 


Terence McKenna Culture is Your Operating System
https://youtu.be/9c8an2XZ3MU?si=kEfa47NLkh8-mZND 

Terence McKenna - Eros and the Eschaton
https://wilderutopia.com/performance/literary/terence-mckenna-on-shamanic-schizophrenia-and-cultural-healing/ 

Jack Eidt is an urban planner, environmental journalist, and climate organizer, as well as award-winning fiction writer. He is Co-Founder of SoCal 350 Climate Action and Executive Producer of EcoJustice Radio. He is also Founder and Publisher of WilderUtopia [https://wilderutopia.com], a website dedicated to the question of Earth sustainability, finding society-level solutions to environmental, community, economic, transportation and energy needs.


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Episode 225
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Plant Medicine: Indigenous Wisdom for a Troubled World

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Practitioner of Media Psychology & Aya-Psychology/ Storyteller/Philosopher/Author


My name is Matthew McHolland. I am a pioneer in the field of media psychology, and an earth-based self-healing technique that I personally called Aya-Psychology. As a millennial with unconventional thinking and creativity, it is my passion to illuminate and to nurture the public minds about the positive aspects of the digital age. I understand the media-centric society in which we are currently living. I write about the direction in which our world is headed from an ecological and psychological perspective. Moreover, I truly believe that media technologies are powerful tools that can be utilized to enhance individual growth and ecological healing. Thus, I study the biopsychosocial effects that technology and sacred plants have on our minds and our behavior.

Since 2016 I have been researching the science and psychology of a botanical from South East Asia known as Mitragyna speciosa (Ketum) among other sacred master plants from the Amazon. I have a BA in Psychology from California State University San Marcos, and a Masters of Arts in Media Psychology from Fielding Graduate University with an emphasis in Media Literacy. 

I am currently writing a book of short stories titled "Divina Eternity, an e-Learning experience." It is my goal to continue my academic studies (Ph.D.) in the field of consciousness and neuroscience. In the meantime, I am writing and conducting independent hyperdimensional research. Help me make my dreams come true by purchasing my products, or by scheduling a mentoring neuromarketing session. Do you like what I write? Contribute by making a donation so that I can use the funds to fund my Ph.D. and to pay my current student loans with the department of education ($45,000). I am extremely passionate about imaginal psychology, and astrophysics. I am particularly interested in how new and ancestral technologies tend to be perceived by society. I am also passionate about empowering people to welcome new plant intelligence technologies, the healing arts, and ancient rituals into our lives.

In my free time, I enjoy researching and writing about the unconscious mind, archetypes, and visiting ancient historical sites.

You can find my writings at: https://kratomoflife.com/blog/
https://medium.com/@matthewmcholland
https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-w-mcholland-469246a2/

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Curious on Earth crafts slower media for an era of one-minute attention spans. Host Henry Soinnunmaa is a Finnish musician, writer and amateur generalist.

Some topics and keywords: deep time, cognition, creativity, mental health, technology, religion, play, ecology, sexuality, slowing down, AI, wisdom, cold swimming, reality tunnels, movement, stillness, psychedelics, antifragility, conscientiousness, beginner mindset, political polarization, pratītyasamutpāda, magic, music, game b, altered states of consciousness, commitment, BJJ, decentralization, energy policy, dance, language, adulting, drug policy, meditation, metamodernism, meaning crisis, neurodiversity, emergence, honesty, sensemaking, animalness, (post)rationality, media, death, love.

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