Terence McKenna on magic mushrooms

The Psychedelic Apocalypticism of Terence McKenna

(Atun-Shei Films) July 5, 2024: Celebrating the flawed genius of Terence McKenna (and debunking the Stoned Ape Theory along the way). Support Atun-Shei Films on Patreon ► atunsheifilms Leave a Tip via Paypal ► https://www.paypal.me/atunsheifilms Buy merch ► https://teespring.com/stores/atun-she... Official Website ► https://www.atunsheifilms.com/

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• 0:00 Introduction
• 6:55 1. Times I Got High
• 17:59 2. The Mushroom Goes North
• 45:10 3. The Stoned Ape Theory
• 1:15:40 4. 2012 and Beyond the Infinite
• 1:35:58 Conclusion/Credits

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Psychiatrist becomes Psychedelic Researcher

Dr. Julie Holland, MD; Pat Macpherson, Ananda (DBM), Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

What the H is wrong with me! What's the cure?

A psychiatrist becomes a psychedelic researcher to explore the science of "connection" — why we need it, how we’ve lost it, and how we might find it again.

We are suffering from an epidemic of disconnection that antidepressants (Zoloft, Prozac, Wellbutrin, SSRIs, and other allopathic toxins) and social media can’t fix.

Good Chemistry (Dr. Holland)

This state of isolation puts us in “fight or flight, freeze or faint mode,” deranging sleep, metabolism, and libido.

What’s worse, we’re paranoid of others! This kill-or-be-killed mentality is no way to live. But when we feel safe and loved, we can rest, digest, and repair. We can heal.

And it is only in this state of feeling like we belong that we can open up to connection with others.

If I were a tabby cat on a tab of catnip.

In this powerful book Dr. Julie Holland M.D. helps us understand the science of connection as revealed in human experiences from the spiritual to the psychedelic, from the mental to the entheogenic.

The Pot Book: Complete Guide

The key is oxytocin — a neurotransmitter and hormone produced in our bodies that allows us to trust and bond. It fosters attachment between romantic partners, friends, mothers and infants, and even with our pets and strangers at a Coachella or Lollapalooza, Grateful Dead or Phish show.

• DMT, the Spirit Molecule
• Magic Mushrooms, psilocybin
• LSD, acid
• Ayahuasca, caapi, yage, natem
• Syrian rue, harmaline
• Peyote, mescaline
• Cannabis, marijuana, pot, CBD+THC
• MDMA, Ecstasy
• Salvia divinorum, diviner's sage...

Moody Bitches (Dr. Holland)

There are many ways to reach this state of mental and physical wellbeing that modern medicine has overlooked. The implications for our happiness and health are profound.

We can find oneness in meditation, in community, or in awe at the beauty around us. Another option: psychedelic medicines that can catalyze a connection with "self," with nature, or with the cosmos.

Author psychiatrist Dr. Julie Holland, M.D.

Her book Good Chemistry: The Science of Connection, from Soul to Psychedelics points us on the right path to forging true and deeper attachments with our own "souls" (psyches, minds, spirits, astral bodies), to one another -- and even to our planet.

This will help us heal ourselves and our world... if the government doesn't ban it again in the interest of Big Pharma's profit motive in selling lifelong "treatments" instead of actual natural (non-synthetic) "cures." More

The awareproject.org is on Meetup in Los Angeles (Dharma Buddhist Meditation)

Mushrooms: "The Reality of Truth" (video)

Michelle Rodriguez (The Reality of Truth Film); Pat Macpherson, Dhr. Seven, Wisdom Quarterly


The Reality of Truth

Learn more. This highly compelling film offers a front row seat on an around the world exploration of how individuals, groups, and entire cultures tap into an alternative “true reality” through spirituality, meditation, and entheogens.

 

The pineal is the body's most important gland.

Join Michelle Rodriguez (of Fast and the Furious fame) and Zappy Zapolin as they meet with thought leaders from around the world, including Bruce Lipton, Deepak Chopra, Ram Dass, Marianne Williamson, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Foster Gamble, Gerard Armond Powell, and many more, on their journey to find the reality of truth.

WHAT'S IN THIS FILM?

Easter magic mushrooms

0:13 Manna from heaven 0:29 The Reality of Truth intro - my life was about to change 1:26 I call up Deepak Chopra 2:00 Is there a plant sacrament connection? 2:14 Deepak talks about ancient religious possible connection to mushrooms 2:53 Deepak explains that we are all connected and the hallucination of separation 4:03 Could these sacred ancient plants be the solution to our problems? 4:32 Let's help enlighten people 4:45 Did Deepak Chopra tell me to go to Peru and drink ayahuasca tea? 4:58 Gerard Armond Powell's story begins - struggling with addiction and unhappiness 5:33 Who I am - Zappy's story - living the American dream 6:57 We need to change our collective consciousness to solve the world's problems. 7:54 I talked to Deepak's friends about reality 8:07 Marianne Williamson 8:26 Sri Sri Ravi Shankar - beyond the 3 states of consciousness 8:55 Bruce Lipton - reflecting light as a forcefield of energy 10:15 Maharishi Mahesh Yogi - teaches transcendental meditation 11:09 John Hagelin continues Maharishi's teachings 12:03 Dr. Fred Travis 13:36 I talked to religious teachers about meditation 13:56 Joel Osteen 15:20 Peter Coyote talks about his psychedelic experiences 15:36 Fabian Piorkowsky talks about how ayahuasca ceremonies use two separate plants that use chemicals our bodies produce. 16:02 Foster Gamble's movie "Thrive" - Foster talks about changing global consciousness 16:46 Aubrey Marcus talks about his experiences with ayahuasca 17:13 Amazon John Easterling - it's like ten year's of therapy in 7 hours 17:25 Kundalini Yoga icon Gurmukh teaches celebrities 18:44 Tim Booth - these plants are powerful tools 19:46 Dr. Drew Pinsky talks about the medicine 20:08 Dr. Jeff McNairy - 10 to 12 years of psychotherapy in 1 to 2 sessions 20:25 Shiva Rea - insight into plant medicine 21:01 Ram Dass - Richard Alpert - Worked with Timothy Leary at Harvard with psychedelics 21:44 Study shows 60% of alcoholics that took psilocybin were cured of alcoholism 22:24 A talk with Ram Dass 22:54 I decide to take a journey with friends 23:43 San Pedro 24:22 Fredy Puma - Shaman 25:13 Experience the healing effects 25:28 Daniel Macmillan - what drew him 26:14 Adam Singer - plant medicine ceremonies 27:08 We take the journey 27:30 Michelle Rodriguez - her San Pedro experience 28:50 Why suffer? 30:31 20 years of pain lifted 31:22 Enrique Umbert 31:49 Each person has a pattern - ayahuasca can change the pattern 32:38 Day of ayahuasca ceremony 32:49 My ayahuasca experience 33:27 Why do bad things happen? 34:47 Michelle Rodriguez talks about her ayahuasca experience 37:13 Laurent Levy 37:32 The plants will help your will to transform 38:38 Back to reality 38:56 Nature provides healing medicines 39:10 Sri Sri Ravi Shankar - breathing technique 39:54 Altered states of consciousness 40:47 Psychonauts gather 45:35 We should set up a haven for like-minded people in Costa Rica 45:50 Was it making a difference? 46:30 Gerard Armond Powellcalls 46:58 The moon comes to Gerard Armond Powell 47:08 Gerard Armond Powell - addictions - Ibogaine experience helps come to grips with childhood trauma 48:39 Gerard Armond Powell goes back to the moon 50:02 Gerard Armond Powell hasn't touched drugs since 50:14 Brandee Alessandra talks about her experience 51:11 Plant medicine helps Brandee and Gerard Armond Powell find happiness together 52:18 Gerard Armond Powell broke his addiction in 1 plant medicine session and set up a center to expand consciousness, heal, and break addiction 52:52 The moon helps Gerard Armond Powell make the right choices 53:15 Rythmia in Costa Rica 53:46 Rythmia - spiritual growth - Rev. Michael Beckwith "The Answer Is You" 54:44 The miracle you get at Rythmia is the Reality of Truth 55:25 My journey has been worth it 57:33 Plant-based medicine, meditation, and breathing are all tools of ancient spiritual tradition 58:05 Ayahuasca in a clean, safe, and comfortable place 58:11 Credits 1:04:59 
 

 

Meditate with Deepak Chopra, Michelle, Zappy, WQ, and friends:

• Facebook.com/rythmia
• Instagram.com/rythmia
• Twitter.com/Rythmialac 
• Pinterest.com/rythmia 
• youtube.com/channel

Studying Indigenous Medicine

INDIGENOUS PEOPLE -- The Amazon has a long history of human set-tlement. Contrary to popular belief, sizable and sedentary societies of great complexity existed in the Amazon rainforest. These societies produced pottery, utilized sections of rainforest for agriculture, and managed forests to optimize the distribution of useful species.

The notion of a virgin Amazon is largely the result of the population crash following the arrival of the Europeans in the sixteenth century. Studies suggest that 11.8 percent of the Amazon's terra firma forests are anthropogenic in nature, that is, resulting from the careful management of biodiversity by indigenous people.

However, unlike those using current cultivation techniques, these Amazonians were attuned to the ecological realities of their environment from five millennia of experimentation, and they also understood how to sustainably manage the rainforest to suit their needs (jacksbromeliads.com).

INDIGENOUS MEDICINE -- The documentary segment concerns the therapeutic use of an ancient tribal medicine prepared by shamans known as Ayahuasceros. Its principle ingredients are a vine (Banisteriopsis caapi) and leaves (that act as an MAOI like Prozac). The active molecule may be DMT. But study has been banned, perhaps due to pharmaceutical company intervention. It is of no use to "cure" when it is so possible to "treat" chronic illnesses like depression.

B. caapi -- also known as Ayahuasca, Caapi, or Yage -- is a South American jungle vine of the family Malpighiaceae. It is used to prepare Ayahuasca, a decoction that has a long history of entheogenic uses as a medicine and "plant teacher" among the indigenous peoples of the Amazon Rainforest. It contains the beta-carboline harmala alkaloids and MAOIs harmine, harmaline, and tetrahydroharmine.

The MAOIs in B. caapi allow the primary psychoactive compound, DMT (which is introduced from the other primary ingredient in Ayahausca, the Psychotria viridis plant), to be orally active. The stems contain 0.11-0.83% beta-carbolines with harmine and tetrahydroharmine as the major components.

Nature's Jungle Pharmacy

SPANISH: Considerada una liana mágica por varios pueblos autóctonos de la Amazonía, la ayahuasca es, para Occidente, una poderosa droga. Indígenas, comerciantes, y el conocido chamán ayahuasquero Pancho Montes desvelan los misterios de una raíz que tiene el poder de provocar fuertes visiones alucinatorias que ponen al que lo toma en contacto con su más íntimo ser.

ENGLISH TRANSLATION: Considered a magic creeper by many people of the Amazon, Ayahuasca is, for the West, a powerful drug [entheogen]. Indigenous Indians, traders, and the well known shaman ayahuasquero (Ayahuasca-worker) Pancho Montes reveal the mysteries of a root-creeper that has the power to provoke strong hallucinatory visions enabling contact with ones true inner self.

PHOTO: flowering columbine in front of daisy

DMT: The Spirit Molecule

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Hallucinogen for Churchgoers

"Don't try this at home, kids" -- Johnny Knoxville



"How to Prepare Ayahuasca" is a film by NeuroSoup.com (music by Loop Guru). The makers of this film are not recommending that people take controlled substances. However, they are suggesting that we all empower ourselves with knowledge.

• Syrian Rue (common Esphand)
• List of legal entheogen suppliers: neurosoup.com/buy_legal_entheogens/

Court Okays Hallucinogen in Church

• Supreme Court rules Church can serve Hallucinogen

Q: What's in this hallucinogenic tea?

A: "Ayahuasca" (Banisteriopsis caapi, yage, psychotria viridis), an entheogen or shamanistic psychedelic derived from an Amazon forest vine and used by indigenous tribes as a sacrament.

Ayahuasca.com
Ayahuasca Foundation.org
Ayahuasca (Wiki)

Religious Freedom Restoration Act (full text)