The Healing Potential Of Expanded States | Psychedelic Café 7

What are the healing potentials of expanded states? It is this question that guides the conversation featured on this episode of Adventures Through The Mind, another Psychedelic Café episode. Our guests are Maria Papaspyrou, Nir Tradmor, Natasja Pelgrom, and Renee Harvey. LINKS to our participants work, full show notes, and to access an audio-only stream of this episode, head to https://bit.ly/PsyCafe7 ***Full Topics Breakdown Below*** --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — ► Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso ► PayPal Donation: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS ►Crypto Donations: https://www.jameswjesso.com/bitcoin/ ► Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ ► More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ ► Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter *** Extra BIG thanks to my patrons on Patreon for helping keep this podcast alive! Especially, Andreas D, Clea S, Joe A, Ian C, David WB, Yvette FC, Ann-Madeleine, Dima B, Eliz C, Chuck W, Nathan B, & Nick M ************** Episode Breakdown 0:00 Episode begins 1:04 Opening 5:03 Overture 6:38 Patreon Thanks 9:04 Cafe begins 9:42 Introducing participants 14:30 One clear thought on the question (round 1) 23:21 Open discussion (round 2) 26:09 Entering into the “we” space, relational work, the healing of connection 33:44 Getting permission from the plant | giving permission to meet ourselves 39:52 The shadow of the mainstream medical psychedelic narrative 44:37 The judgments against “recreational” psychedelic use 46:29 The importance of arriving to psychedelics with beginner’s mind 53:10 The psychedelic other | can we trust what “the medicine” tells us? 59:52 The spirits have ego, too | negotiating with 1:02:31 The purge as a healing mechanism 1:04:32 Psychedelic marketing and the cringey direction of mainstream psychedelic culture 1:15:12 “Who owns psychedelics?” 1:17:39 The impact of psychedelics on how we approach death 1:21:32 Reciprocity with psychedelics medicine 1:24:47 Why do we sabotage ourselves? 1:26:32 The value of sharing our gratitude for each other with each other 1:31:01 Belonging, feeling alone, and grieving the loss of belonging 1:36:25 Psychedelics and working with psychosis 1:41:48 Closing thoughts on the question (round 3) 1:47:22 Social Media details for each participant 1:49:30 Outro ************** --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso Donations: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter --- BOOKS — Decomposing The Shadow: https://www.jameswjesso.com/decomposing-the-shadow/ The True Light Of Darkness: https://www.jameswjesso.com/true-light-darkness/ --- LINKS — Website: https://www.jameswjesso.com/ Speaking Tour: https://www.jameswjesso.com/events/ Podcast: https://www.jameswjesso.com/podcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jameswjesso Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/attmindpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jameswjesso --- PRODUCTS — Art: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product-category/art/ Teeshirts: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product-category/clothing/ Lectures: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product/psychedelics-ritualistic-suffering-and-the-meaning-of-life-lecture/