The Entheogenic Evolution

We're back to the next chapter from the audiobook for Facilitating 5-MeO-DMT . For this entry, we've got Patrick, who has formerly been interviewed here on the podcast - just scroll down to find our conversation from over a year ago. This is one of my favorite entries in the anthology and I'm sure listeners will get a lot out of it. The full audiobook is available at Amazon, Audible, and the iBookstore.

As I mention in the opening segment, I'm making my 2023 album, "The Fate of Miraanni - The Soundtrack", available for free download as my end-of-the-year musical offering. To get it, stop by at www.martinball.bandcamp.com and just enter "$0" when prompted for payment if you'd like to get this collection of powerful and transporting instrumental tracks.

My guest this week is "Caps," a 5-MeO facilitator in the American Midwest, who shares his unique approach to inspiring creativity with low-dose 5-MeO-DMT experiences (but significantly, only AFTER a full-release dose!), how he got into serving. We also get into his interest in long-distance endurance running, the topic of suffering during psychedelic experiences, and what brought him into first experiencing personally and then facilitating 5-MeO. It's a long one, so sit back, relax, and enjoy!

This week we've got Nyx Ingen's contribution to the Facilitating 5-MeO-DMT anthology. Nyx has been featured previously on the podcast a couple of times already. It was a pleasure to have her contribute to the anthology. I hope you enjoy hearing what she has to say in this chapter. The full audiobook is available at Amazon, the iBookstore, and Audible, along with my 11 other audiobook. New interview next week as we get closer to closing out the 15th year of the Entheogenic Evolution podcast!

This week my guest is Edwin Jansen, who was inspired to reach out after listening to the "A Marine, A Monk, and a 5-MeO-DMT Facilitator Walk into a Bar . . ." episode, given his shared enthusiasm for the Enneagram and 5-MeO-DMT. We talk more about the Enneagram (I took a test and we talk about it), get into Edwin's regular practice of using the M-Pen (www.mind-fully.co ) for microdosing and meditation, and what he experienced when he went all the way. Plus, we talk a little about Edwin's interest in using AI for coaching services.

It's all about the music this week with my guest "Hewkii" (AKA Helgi Freyr Tomasson) whose new album, "Ecstasy Juice from God," is coming out this Dec. We've got an exclusive pre-release listen here on The Entheogenic Evolution. We talk about music, creativity, entheogens, inspiration, and of course, get into the tracks themselves, several of which Helgi brought me in on as a guest voice and musician. You can find Hewkii online via this link: https://linktr.ee/hewkii

The other week I was invited to co-facilitate a psychedelic retreat for personal growth and transformation using psilocybin mushrooms and 5-MeO-DMT. This episode recounts my experience of the participants requesting that I engage in nondual energy work with them during their medicine sessions, a practice from which I've been retired for the past seven years. Here's my take on diving back into this practice, how it went, and why the participants were keen on receiving this kind of work from me during their medicine sessions.

This week my guest is Sarah Knapik and she's here to share her own healing and transformation journey and her work as a Bufo facilitator. Due to the lengthy nature of our conversation, which was then followed up by an additional conversation/interview, I've split it into two parts, with part II coming out next week. Sarah is an interesting case in that she worked as a facilitator, was intending to found an entheogenic church, and then walked away from it all . . . only to come back a couple of months later. These two podcast episodes will share all the details, so enjoy!

The other month I was contacted by a person looking to make use of my nondual entheogenic integration services with a twist - he proposed that we record the integration call and make it available as a podcast episode. So, that's exactly what we've done. As an additional bonus, we've got a surprise twist for you at the end of our conversation ;). If you'd like to set up a consultation for yourself, check out www.nondualentheogenicintegration.com for more info.

This week my guest is the fascinating and dynamic Acacea Lewis. Acacea shares her story of personal struggles, being a precocious youth, studying astrophysics, alchemy, her work with Mike Crowley, Kilindi Iyi, and Tom Lane, her use of high-dose mushrooms and her efforts to educate people on the topic, and so much more. It was my pleasure to not only meet Acacea and get to hang out, but also speak with her for this podcast episode. Enjoy!

This week I welcome Tom Lane back onto the podcast to continue and expand on our conversation about the Yuta Tnoho Codex from a few years ago. Tom returns with some new interpretations and ideas on how psilocybin mushroom rituals and religion worked in Mesoamerica and was encoded in the codex. I've also created a video for YouTube with the images we are discussing in this episode. You can view it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPXAb13n5oU

Approximately 2.5 years ago, completely out of the blue, Psymposia came along and weaponized a then-five-year-old video of one of my public talks and through blatant distortion and radical decontextualization, launched an abusive campaign against me. Despite engaging in clearly unethical journalism, Psymposia's labeling of me as an "abuser" has been widely accepted, promoted, and complacently repeated throughout much of the psychedelic world. Their smear campaign has been very successful in getting me "cancelled," with a few notable exceptions. Because I'm continually coming up against the wall of exclusion that Psymposia created, I'm revisiting the issue here on the only real platform I have - my podcast. In this episode, I discuss what things were like before Psymposia, what Psymposia did and why it's unarguably unethical journalistic abuse, how I've been personally and professionally harmed and blacklisted, and issue a re-exploration of the context that Psymposia purposefully neglected. Ultimately, this is my request to have my case reconsidered by the public, hold Psymposia accountable for their abuses, and to encourage supporters to push back against the narrative they've created about me, my work, and who I am as a human being. Thank you for listening.

Stephan Kerby of The Unchurch (www.theunchurchchurch.com) returns to the Entheogenic Evolution Podcast to share about his upcoming certification course on being a "Trauma Informed Entheogenic Guide." In addition to talking about the course, we cover more info about the UnChurch and Kerby's desire to move from facilitation to more education. There's still time to sign up for the course and Kerby is offering a discount to listeners from the podcast and you can use this affiliate link: https://theunchurchchurch.mykajabi.com/affiliate_users/sign_up

My guest this week is author, Mike Marinacci, discussing his just-released book, Psychedelic Cults and Outlaw Churches: LSD, Cannabis, and Spiritual Sacraments in Underground America . It's a fascinating historical read and brings to light both well known and obscure religious movements in the US where psychedelics have been used as part of religious practice, covering from the formation of the Native American Church all the way up to internet religions in 2021.

My guests this week are Carson Barker and Clif Haley from the marketing firm, IcaroConnect.com, which specializes in marketing for legal psychedelic services such as therapy and entheogenic churches. Based in Austin, Texas, a progressive island in a sea of reactionary conservatism, we talk all about how they got into the business, what they offer, and how it's a sign of the times as the legal landscape shifts and grows.

Now that my 12th audiobook is all wrapped up and currently making its way through the inspection and approval process, I want to take the opportunity to share the first two chapters with you, my listeners. Once approved, the full audiobook will be joining my 11 others at Audible, Amazon, and the iBookstore. The soundtrack album I created for the audiobook is already available at all digital music outlets such as Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, etc. I hope you enjoy these first two chapters of this exciting psychedelic fiction epic. If you want to start at the beginning, then you'll want to check out volume I of Tales of Aurduin, Orobai's Vision , which is available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook (and shared here on The Entheogenic Evolution podcast in 2021).

This week's episode is my reading of an essay I've been working on since returning from The Church of Psilomethoxin's event, EntheoGenesis, last weekend in Austin, Texas. While no definitive answers are provided, I explore the topic of Usona's "study" that psilomethoxin is "fiction" and "placebo effect" by taking a well-rounded look at claims made, the context of the church and their practices, and as a participant-observer in a truly wonderful and nurturing event.

My guest this week is author Paul Austin and we talk about all things microdosing - health and wellbeing, flow states, creativity, problem solving, leadership and more! He's the author of the book, Mastering Microdosing, and is also the creator of the mircodosing support and education website, www.thethirdwave.co, which offers information about the practice, coach training, and molecule-specific instructions. Additionally, Paul was a co-founder of Synthesis (and is no longer associated with the business), which recently went bankrupt while in the process of training the first generation of psilocybin assisted therapists here in Ashland, Oregon, so we get into what went down and how others are picking up the pieces.

Two of the founders (and newly married couple) of the Church of Psilomethoxin, Greg and Jenna Lake, are my guests this week. We discuss the formation of the new entheogenic church whose sacrament is an edible form of 5-MeO-DMT, "psilomethoxin," which is produced by introducing 5-MeO-DMT to psilocybin mushrooms, which then go on to produce 4-OH-5-MeO-DMT rather than psilocybin and psilocyn for a true merging of science and religion. You can learn more at www.psilomethoxin.com

My guest for this episode is author, Sean Manseau, and we discuss the very curious and interesting ideas articulated in his book, A.P. Psychedelics: Going Beyond Set and Setting to Achieve Visionary Virtuosity , and if you've ever wondered what creating an emotionally-charged rock and pop music playlist, large doses of mushrooms, magical practices, and experimental ritual theater might have to do with each other, then this is the interview for you!

My guest this week is founder of Psoiree.com, an online membership-based community for those seeking fellowship and support for heroic and super-heroic mushroom doses and the Psychedelic Diaries podcast, Ray Christian. We talk about the online community, Ray's entry into the world of psychedelics, podcasting, and more. You can find him and his work online at www.psoiree.com, and you can join up with the promo code "50Martin" to receive a discount on membership.

My guest this week is Victoria Wueschner, Founder and President at F.I.V.E., Director of Education at Kaivalya Kollectiv, Head Retreat Leader at Tantava Retreats, and also contributor to the anthology, Facilitating 5-MeO-DMT . We had a great conversation about Victoria's entry into the world of 5-MeO, her emphasis on training, support, and integration, and how she's working to educate others about the potentials of 5-MeO-DMT and serve with integrity.

I've got a 5-way conversation for you this week with the team from the upcoming "Bridging Heaven" retreat - Rak Razam, Quilley Powers, Eugene Alliende, and Joel Brierre. The aim of the retreat is to combine low doses of 5-MeO-DMT with meditation and the practice and study of nondual yoga philosophy. You can learn more at www.bridgingheaven.com, and of course, right here with this lengthy and informative conversation.

The other week "Hal Lucious Nation" and I recorded this conversation for inclusion in my new book, "Facilitating 5-MeO-DMT: An Anthology of Approaches to Serving The God Molecule." The transcription of the conversation comes as an appendix in the book, and the first chapter in the book after my Editor's Introduction is a more direct account of how the Temple of Awakening Divinity, "TOAD," operates. Here, Hal shares how he was first introduced to 5-MeO-DMT, how he got started with TOAD in late 2007, and how he and I established our personal relationship and dynamic of 5-MeO enthusiasts from different sides of being public versus private. Intimate, illuminating, and fascinating, this conversation is sure to keep your attention.

This week I'm joined by Timothy Ko, CEO of Entheon Biomedical, a Vancouver-based company looking to develop addiction treatment with DMT. Timothy shares his own personal story of addiction in his family, barriers to dealing with addiction in society as well as in Asian cultures where shame and family honor can get in the way, his motives for creating addiction treatments, and how Entheon is developing research studies to work with DMT. You can learn more at www.entheonbiomedical.com

This week we welcome back Nyx Ingen to talk more about her practice of working with 5-MeO-DMT along with MDMA and DMT and are joined in our conversation by Helgi, who has not only been Nyx's housemate, but a client, as well. We try and cover numerous aspects of facilitation from the facilitator's, client's and housemate's perspectives, sharing notes, experiences, and points of view. Nyx is also looking for support for her upcoming surgery - if you'd like to support her, visit nek.uno to show your support.

Here's a great episode for all you philosophical brainiacs out there: discussing Psychedelic Qualia, Philosophy of Mind, and Phenomenology with Andres Gomez Emilsson. This conversation is quite unlike any previous episode of the Entheogenic Evolution and I'm very excited to present it to you. We talk about Salvia Divinorum, DMT, 5-MeO-DMT, MDMA, and more . . . Put your thinking caps on, and enjoy!

Author and server of Huachuma, Sergey Baranov, is welcomed back to The Entheogenic Evolution Podcast with host, Martin W. Ball, Ph.D., to discuss his latest book, The Cactus of Sanity . In this interview Sergey shares what he sees as his role as a facilitator of the huachuma experience at his center, Huachuma Wasi, in Peru, and how huachuma helps not only with depression, anxiety, and trauma, but also with establishing the basic sanity of human beings as expressions of the Universal and Unitary Consciousness that is all of reality, experiencing itself from the perspective of the human form. The conversation steers through current events and realities to experiences of healing, shifts in those seeking psychedelic experience, and the place of the unitary and connected experience in the psychedelic landscape as more fundamental and universal than the use of psychedelics for therapy or “healing.”

Sergey is a founder of Huachuma Wasi, a healing center in the Sacred Valley, Peru. You can contact Sergey at www.huachumawasi.com or follow him on Instagram @huachumawasi

This week I'm joined by long-time author but first-time novelist, Sarah Seidelmann, discussing her new coming-of-age novel, "Where the Deer Dream." We talk about her decision to include psychedelic healing in the novel, as well as her own path from mainstream medicine to shamanic healing and visionary plants and a whole host of other topics from her work and writing along the way. Her book is out now and you can learn more about Sarah and her work at www.followyourfeelgood.com

This week I'm joined by author, artist, musician, and scientist/philosopher, Bruce Rimell, discussing his fascinating book about visionary beings, They Shimmer Within, and why they're not objectively "real". We have a long and wide-ranging conversation about Salvia Divinorum, the nature of visionary beings, evolutionary cognitive psychology, the nature of the mind, and also art and music.

My guest is microdosing coach, speaker, and relatively new host of "The Psychedelic Leadership" podcast, Laura Dawn. We share a wide-ranging interview, starting with getting to know Laura and her entry into the world of psychedelics, including how she gave up a potential run at the Olympics to pursue the psychedelic path, backlash she's endured from being a white woman drinking ayahausca, podcasting, and the goal of inspiring Psychedelic Leadership. You can find out more about Laura at www.livefreelaurad.com

At the request of LAMPS, I've been sitting on this interview since April 11 when I had a 3-way conversation with Brad Adams (LAMPS founder) and Paul Lisy (videographer). We discuss the original video that Psymposia doctored into a hit-piece, their interest in my methodologies of working with clients, the unsuccessful attempt to make a film about it, what they thought of the whole manufactured outrage created by Psymposia, and why, based on their bad-faith actions, the proposed panel with them was cancelled. This is all coming a bit late in the game, as the desire was to have this come out after the LAMPSS event in LA the other week (which is referenced in the interview as upcoming). It is my hope that this will help put things into a deeper perspective, illuminate Psymposia's inability to separate opinion from reality, and highlight how their "journalism" is anything but.

Coming around full-circle, here's the interview I had with Rob on the Adeptus Psychonautica Podcast soon after Psymposia released their first video of me. We talk about all the issues raised by Psymposia, dive deeper into my methodology, and the reasons and intentions behind it, and how discuss how my clients were informed of my techniques prior to initiating any work. In other words, we have a conversation about it, rather than attacking, smearing, and manufacturing outrage.

Yes, there's still more to say about Psymposia and Russell Hausfeld! In this episode, I list the many ways that Russell and the team at Psymposia violate standard journalistic ethics with their weaponization of manufactured outrage, their intolerance for dissent or criticism, their stereotyping, and blatant misrepresentation of anyone they deem an enemy. Plus, I provide you, the listener, with more context and depth than Psymposia are capable of processing or reporting. And as a bonus, I let you know how you can report them to the District Attorney's office of Rhode Island, where they are registered as a "charity."

Here’s my first personal response to Psymposia. This episode of The Entheogenic Evolution podcast comes in several distinct sections. First, I state various issues that I’d like to acknowledge. Second, I present a series of questions for Russell Hausfeld about the video he produced, and present one commenter’s reading of both the video and the overall situation. Third, I ask a number of questions that are directed to Psymposia as a whole and individually about their experience, or lack thereof, with 5-MeO-DMT. Next, I ask all members of Psymposia three simple questions. Following that, I invite all listeners to take a journey into direct experience with me.