Aya: Awakenings Austin, TX premiere Feb 2, 2014
FULL panel discussion after the Aya: Awakenings premiere in Austin, TX, Feb 2, 2014. An in-depth discussion about DMT and ayahuasca culture with Rak Razam, Mitch Schultz, and Michael Garfield…
Mushroom Oracle
Can we trust the voice of the mushroom, what McKenna calls the ‘Logos’? Is the psilocybin frequency a portal for the faerie folk, the fey, or other star beings? Are women more sensitive to ecstatic states of both sensuality and shamanism? Ask the Oracle…
Aya: Awakenings San Francisco Full Panel Feb 18, 2014
A dynamic discussion on the evolution of the Western ayahuasca tradition, the DMT visions and the role of entities, guides and spirits, madre ayahuasca as an avatar of the planetary intelligence and how to become shamanauts of the invisible landscape…
What a Shaman Sees in A Mental Hospital
Illness In the shamanic view, mental illness signals “the birth of a healer,” explains Malidoma Patrice Somé.
Psychedelic, Shamanic, and Magickal Themes in Anime Culture
Ancient mythic themes emerge anew in video game virtuality and anime culture as expressions of the unconscious desire to shamanize, or walk between the material and spiritual planes of existence.
Appeal for Amazonian Shamanic Assistance
Richard Sauder is an American living in Ecuador who has experienced the dark side of shamanism. He is currently in a legal battle to expose the shaman, and is asking for support from the shamanic community.
Sacred Plant Teachers
When you consider working with a sacred plant teacher, do you consider whether the plant sees you as one of its people—the people it was brought into the world to help? Or do you consider only what you want?
Mapacho and the Tobacco Spirit: Revealing Sacred Roles in Shamanic Traditions
Tobacco is a visionary medicine in its own right, and this mapacho has a deep purpose and potential in human healing and clarity.
The Cannabis Shaman
If recreational and medical use of marijuana is becoming accepted, can the spiritual use as well? Experiential journalist Rak Razam interviews Hamilton Souther, founder of the 420 Cannabis Shamanism movement…
John Lockley Interview
At 18, John Lockley was serving in the South African army as a medic (during the war with Angola in the 1980s) when he had a strong, prophetic dream calling him