Dec 9, 2022
Our guests for this episode are Dennis McKenna, The
Teafaerie, Chris Bache, Bruce Damer, Dank Duchess, Laurel Anne
Sugden, and Stephen Gray.
Together, in Psychedelic Cafe style, we explore conversation
with the following question as our central guiding inquiry:
"What is the power and potential of psychedelics in navigating
the many-orders of growing collapse that our planet is currently
facing?"
Topics explored include global crisis and the birth of the
future human; how the pain and suffering of ongoing collapse that
will drive us into our next expression in consciousness; the
intelligence of the universe; liberating ourselves from
materialism; coming to terms with death; nudging consciousness
forward through symbiosis with plant teachers; the history of the
San Pedro cactus as an example of how sacred plants help support us
through climate crisis; and an optimistic look at our present
circumstances.
Enjoy.
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For links to our guest's work, full show notes, and a link to
watch this episode in video, head to bit.ly/PsyCafe10
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Episode Breakdown
- (0:00) Opening
- (3:18) Overture
- (7:40) Patron Thanks!
- (9:46) Cafe begins; guest introductions
- (19:59) Introducing The Question: "What is the power and
potential of psychedelics in navigating the many-orders of growing
collapse that our planet is currently facing?"
- (20:31) Strong medicine might be required
- (25:22) The stress of modern collapse may be in service to our
evolution
- (31:30) Un-fixing the ego and recalibrating our
interdependence
- (37:02) Global crisis and the birth of the future human
- (42:13) Slay the dragon, Save the grail
- (45:18) Nudging consciousness forward through symbiosis with
plant teachers
- (56:06) The great forgetting and re-membering Connection as
primary
- (58:52) An optimistic look at our present circumstances
- (1:03:35) The power and potential of social networks to create
important change
- (1:06:56) Life has been deeply connected since the
beginning
- (1:14:05) It is the pain and suffering of ongoing collapse that
will drive us into our next expression in consciousness
- (1:18:50) The history of the San Pedro cactus as an example of
how sacred plants help support us through climate crisis
- (1:23:51) Life’s intelligence can be trusted
- (1:31:06) The intelligence of the universe; liberating
ourselves from materialism
- (1:34:29) Psychedelics don’t belong (only) in the therapist’s
office
- (1:35:50) The power of psychedelics is not in the molecule, not
in the matter
- (1:43:32) Coming to terms with death; all life lives on
death
- (1:46:51) The is no end point and there is nothing to fear when
we die
- (1:50:01) There are no answers, that’s not the point
- (1:52:17) The sentient other; what does real actually
mean?
- (1:57:59) Does modern psychedelic therapy make us myopic onto
the self?
- (2:00:17) We only think we are alone
- (2:01:59) It’s going to get worse before it gets better, let’s
learn to support each other
- (2:04:20) Actions are necessary to create good in the world,
but our actions can be easily confused
- (2:07:19) “Please, take heart” ; the awakened heart is our
natural state
- (2:10:01) Closing The Cafe; goodbyes
- (2:10:51) Outro
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