Psychonautica Podcast with Max Freakout

Michael Hoffman, December 23, 2024

Contents:

Intro

Motivation for this page: Give attention to this podcast series (2007-2009) comparable to my page about Max Freakout Transcendent Knowledge podcast episodes.

First episode of Max’s Transcendent Knowledge podcast: Apr. 5, 2016
Final Max-hosted episode of Psychonautica podcast: Dec. 25, 2009

Egodeath.com Home Page Mentions of Psychonautica

2007 episode interviewing Michael Hoffman

at Egodeath.com home page are links, copied to below:

Interview with Max Freakout at Psychonautica — Aug. 10, 2007. List of Psychonautica podcasts — listen to episodes such as 11-17, covering the Egodeath theory.

Discussion of questions in preparation for my interview on the Psychonautica podcast. August 1, 2007.
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4

Max’s questions:

  • How did I first begin to formulate the Egodeath theory?
  • How important are the various domains for the Egodeath theory? Is the Theory a form of Eastern, Western, or Shamanistic religion?
  • Is the issue of freewill of central importance to ego death?
  • How did I get the idea that the issue of freewill is of such central importance to ego death?
  • Explain the ordinary understanding of autonomous control which the ego-death experience proves to be illusory.
  • What does the ‘transcendence of no freewill’ mean and involve?
  • Explain the concept of block-universe determinism and time as a spacelike dimension.
  • How does Egodeath theory relate to the shamanic ability to heal?
  • Does saying that drug-free meditation is ‘bunk’ mean that there is no value to the practice of meditating?
  • Explain the idea that ‘drug-policy reform’ is conceptually brainwashed.
  • What should pro-justice activists focus their efforts on doing, to be most effective?
  • What are the vulnerabilities of the Wasson-Allegro-McKenna theories of the origin of religion?
  • What is my take on McKenna’s idea of the ‘stoned ape’?
  • What is the relevance of the ahistoricity of Jesus to the Egodeath theory?
  • How do I envision the future for the development of the Egodeath theory?
  • What is the relationship between the disappearance of the separate-self sense, the experience of nonduality, the intense mystic altered state, meditation, and the problematization of personal control-power in light of the part/whole (self/Ground) relationship in the dissociative cognitive state?

Discussion of various questions — Oct. 6, 2007.
Questions covered:

  • Why bother spreading the truth about the nature of religion and religious origins?
  • How does the Establishment treatment of topics shut-out coverage of entheogens in religious history?
  • What is the way forward so that the mainstream culture integrates the maximal entheogen theory of religion?
  • What evidence and arguments are there that the original Christians used drugs?
  • Discuss the assertion “There’s no need to assume drugs in primitive Christianity.”
  • To what extent were drugs used in the history of Christian practice?
  • Is New Testament Christianity more important than purely mystical Christianity, because of including a political vector on the mystical insights?
  • Are John Pilch, Jonanda Groenewald, Marcus Borg, John Ashton, and Stevan Davies on the right track? Can they be converted from their standard academic “alien social-psychology” theory of “alternate states of consciousness” to the simpler drug-use theory?
  • How was Wasson (or Allegro) great? How did he limit or cripple the field?
  • What will be retained of Wasson (or Allegro)? What will be rejected?
  • Why bother setting the record straight on the errors of Wasson and the merit of some of Allegro’s ideas?

Psychonautica Podcast

https://dopecast.libsyn.com/size/5/?search=Psychonautica – find “Max Freakout” in Psychonautica episode descriptions, 2007-2009.

Psychonautica 103 – apparently final episode, Apr. 18, 2014. Hosts: KMO & Olga

Psychonautica 102 – hosts: KMO; Z-Realm co-host Marty; Sarah

Psychonautica 101

Psychonautica 100 (Jan 17, 2014) – Max rejoins after a long time (since Ep. 82, Dec. 25, 2009). hosts: Max, KMO, Olga

This appears to be the most recent episode of Psychonautica with Max Freakout. Which was the ep before that?

https://dopecast.libsyn.com/psychonautica-100

“Jan 17, 2014

“Max Freakout returns to Psychonautica for the 100th episode.

“Max, KMO and Olga talk about the very temporary demise of Silk Road and how technology and the Dark Web have made psychedelic chemicals more easily available than ever before regardless of the law.

“They weigh the virtues of traveling to the Amazon to drink Ayahuasca versus finding a situation that suits the seeker’s needs closer to home.

“KMO has a conversation with Rak Razam about his Amazonian Ayahuasca adventure as well as the book and film that came out of it.

“Rak was in NYC for a screening of his new film, Aya Awakenings.”

Psychonautica 83 – Apr 20, 2012 – Psychonautica creator KMO; Z-Realm co-host Olga K; restart the Psychonautica engine for first time in over two years

Psychonautica 82 (December 25, 2009) – Grof, end of seminar ‘Psychospiritual death and rebirth, a visionary journey’ from the World Psychedelic forum.

This appears to be the final episode of Psychonautica in which Max is host.

https://dopecast.libsyn.com/psychonautica082

Dec 25, 2009

“In the Christmas day special episode of Psychonautica, Max Freakout plays the final installment of Stanislav Grof’s seminar ‘Psychospiritual death and rebirth, a visionary journey’ from the World Psychedelic forum.

Grof talks about

  • Einstein’s astrological transits and how they correspond to different parts of his scientific career,
  • the importance in astrology of knowing your time of birth accurately,
  • how to construct and interpret a natal chart, how to identify archetypal energies that affect your life from an astrological chart,
  • the meaning of planetary and lunar transits,
  • the eliptical orbit of Pluto,
  • the astrological charts of famous people,
  • the role of non-ordinary states and astrology in the future of psychiatry,
  • the importance of correct diagnosis in medicine for appropriate treatment,
  • the controversial nature of psychiatric diagnosis,
  • psychiatric conditions like schizophrenia and natural kinds,
  • differing opinions among psychiatrists about the correct choice of treatment to use in a given situation,
  • changes in psychiatric diagnosis between subsequent editions of the DSM,
  • diagnosis of hysteria in Freud’s time compared to now,
  • the recent epidemic of multiple-personality disorder,
  • the implications of multiple personality and dissociation for the mind/body problem,
  • the different perspectives of Jung and Freud, and
  • their relation to their astrological charts,
  • different kinds of therapists attracting different kinds of patient,
  • the lack of clearly defined diagnostic categories and universal opinions within psychiatry,
  • a joke about behaviourists having sex,
  • the extreme importance of the death/rebirth experience for the spiritual life of humanity,
  • the occurence of the theme in shamanism and rites of passage,
  • the theme of death and rebirth in world religion and mythology,
  • the conversation between Nicodemus and Jesus about the second birth,
  • the theme of the twice-born in Hinduism,
  • the use of perinatal themes in political propaganda,
  • George  Bush’s religiosity,
  • the reduction of personal freedoms during the cold war and war on terror, and
  • how to get started training in holotropic breathwork techniques.

“Afterwards, Max plays a short comedy sketch from Dave Chappelle talking about living with a crack-addict landlord, taking drugs in old-age, weed as a ‘background substance’ and Chappelle’s trip to the barber on mushrooms.

“A very happy Christmas to everyone, email Max at …, and hang out with the friendly psychonauts at http://www.thegrowreport.com.”

Psychonautica 71 – Jan Irvin (Apr 10, 2009)

I listened to this today, Amanita Christmas Eve, 2024.
Great episode, listened again Mar. 27, 2025.

https://dopecast.libsyn.com/psychonautica071

“In this episode of psychonautica Max Freakout interviews Jan Irvin, the host of the Gnostic Media podcast [2024: https://logosmedia.com] and author of Astrotheology and Shamanism [2006 1st Ed., 2009 2nd Ed., just before this podcast] and The Holy Mushroom [2008],

Jan talks about the work of Jack Herer,

the dispute between John Allegro and Gordon Wasson over the depiction of mushrooms in Christian artwork,

the psychedelic origins of Judeo-christianity,

Jonathan Ott’s Pharmacotheon,

John Rush’s website clinicalanthrolopology,
[2024: http://www.clinicalanthropology.com has been down]

mythological allusions to entheogens and entheogen-experiences,

the origins of the Jesus story,

the meaning of the word ‘catholic’,

the similarity of Jesus to other mythic figures such as Mithra and Shiva,

relation of christianity to fertility cults,

the mushroom as a representation of phallus and yoni,

the relation of the Caduceus symbol to medicine,

the virgin birth of Jesus as a representation of the lifecycle of the mushroom,

entheogenic use of Amanita mushrooms and its reliability for triggering religious experience,

combining Amanita mushrooms with Psilocybe mushrooms,

the natural variability in potency of natural entheogens,

entheogen diminishment fallacies and the relative efficacy of entheogens compared to drug-free techniques such as meditation for triggering religious experience,

ergonomic accessibility of religious experience and

the phoney logic behind the war on drugs.”

Psychonautica 66 – Dale Pendell: Psychedelics and Buddhism

https://dopecast.libsyn.com/psychonautica066

“In this fortnight’s edition of psychonautica,

Max Freakout plays a talk from the World Psychedelic forum by Dale Pendell called ‘Psychedelics and Zen Buddhism, the search for a path’,

Dale Pendell talks about the connection between entheogen experiences and religious experience and the opinions of several writers on the subject,

buddhist attitudes to entheogens,

esoteric buddhism,

attaining enlightenment outside of the buddhist tradition,

cracking open the world with entheogens,

zen training as a preparation for taking psychedelics,

defining the goal of spiritual practise,

shamans vs zen teachers,

tantric practise and

a number of stories from Pendell’s book ‘pharmaco-gnosis’.

Next Max Freakout talks about the Amanita Muscaria mushroom, Datura, and DMT extraction.”

Psychonautica 62 – Michael Winkelman: “Psychedelics and human evolution”

x https://dopecast.libsyn.com/psychonautica062

“In this week’s episode of psychonautica, Max Freakout plays

a talk by Michael Winkleman from the World Psychedelic Forum called ‘Psychedelics and human evolution, a view from evolutionary psychology‘.

Michael Winkleman talks about the ‘drug paradox’ and evolutionary adaptations of humans to psychoactive plants,

the integrative mode of consciousness and psychedelics as ‘psychointegrators’,

psychedelic drugs as sources of rare neurotransmitters,

the role of ritual practises to enhance the psychoactive effects of plants,

the evolutionary history of the relationship between humans and psychoactive plants,

serotonin and opioid receptors in the human brain, serotonergic binding,

shamanism as a tool for integrating communities by enhancing opioid bonding,

cognitive capabilities that are unique to human beings,

mystical experiences induced by long-distance running,

dancing to induce altered states of consciousness and the role of dancing for animals,

human relationship to fungi and the worldwide distribution of neurotropic fungi, [expect totally ignore Cubensis in Europe/England]

the mystical effects of psilocybe mushrooms including travelling to other dimensions,

cathartic healing and the ego death/rebirth experience,

the concordance of DMT/psilocybin experiences and shamanism,

promotion of altruistic activity by psychedelics,

the roots of shamanism in chimpanzee behaviour,

similarities of psychedelic experiences to meditative experiences,

alternative means of altering consciousness besides psychedelics such as shamanic drumming and chanting, [WEAK]

synchronized theta waves in the brain during psychedelic experiences,

the ineffability of altered states of consciousness,
[according to which wrong, outdated scholar? Stace 1960]

the reducing valve of consciousness and opening up the lower part of the brain with psychedelics,

the tolerance effect that comes with frequent usage of psychedelics,

enhanced learning with psychedelics and

the psychedelic influence on human evolution.”

Psychonautica 39 – Michael Winkelman, “Psychedelic Medicine” (June 6, 2008)

Winkelman is editor of the Journal of Psychedelic Studies​
https://akjournals.com/view/journals/2054/2054-overview.xml
and guided Entheos journal (4 issues).

https://dopecast.libsyn.com/psychonautica039

“This week’s episode of psychonautica contains [a] talk by Michael Winkleman from the world psychedelic forum entitled ‘psychedelic medicine’.

Michael talks about the possible

role of psychedelics in human evolution,

psychedelics as psycho-integrators,

serotonin as a neuro-modulator, bringing together levels of the brain and bringing unconsciousness into consciousness,

the legal status of ayahuasca and peyote in the US,

ayahuasca churches and tourism,

native American’s use of peyote,

drug fatalities,

psychedelics for treatment of substance abuse problems,

medical assessments of psychedelics,

treatment of cluster headaches,

the moral imperative of psychedelic research,

treatment of post traumatic stress disorder and the prevalence of PTSD and suicide in the US army,

the psychedelic afterglow,

treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder,

treatment of anxiety in terminal cancer patients,

the efficacy of alcoholics anonymous compared to psychedelics,

ibogaine and its discovery by addicts,
[Houot specializes in Ibogaine: https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2023/01/22/toward-a-philosophy-of-psychedelic-technology-an-exploration-of-fear-otherness-and-control-houot-2019/]

ketamine and its similarity to psychedelics,

therapeutic use of peyote,

alcoholism among native Americans,

peyote as a de-semanticizing agent,

the importance of sexual abstinence and fasting prior to entheogen use, and

different approaches to the employment of psychedelics in therapeutic settings.”

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Psychonautica 25

https://dopecast.libsyn.com/psychonautica025

“In this fortnight’s installment of psychonautica, Max Freakout

talks about issues raised in listener emails and forum posts, including

the war on drugs and its effects on entheogen users in the U.S,

the difficulty in making large profit from psychedelic drugs compared to addictive drugs,

the 1960s hippie movement and varying opinions about its legacy in the modern world,

irresponsible use of entheogens,

the progress of youth culture since world war 2,

a comparison of the persecution of homosexuals to the illegalisation of entheogens,

the effects of cannabis on dreams,

the unhelpful and completely inaccurate drugs education given in modern schools,

the official policy of lying about drugs,

the possibility of a drug taking licensing system,

the need for a shamanic context for drugs-use,

the magic mushroom scene in Amsterdam compared with ayahuasca groups around Europe.

Max then reads out a sample from forthcoming novel ‘Beyond the Basin’, and goes on to talk about Norse mythology, its references to entheogens such as the viking ‘brew of poetry’, and the broader picture of
the relation between mythology, life and entheogens.

then Max reads out a brief Salvia trip report including an experience of ‘seeing the future’, then talks about

the relation of entheogens to Buddhist practice, including the entheogen-diminishing bias in modern Buddhism.

finally, Max reads out an email about a listener’s experience of
science-fiction induced psychosis,
negative visionary experiences, and
the importance of entheogens in the battle against fundamentalism.“

Psychonautica 24

https://dopecast.libsyn.com/psychonautica024

“In this fortnight’s edition of psychonautica, Max Freakout discusses

the hippie movement of the sixties, debates about its successes and failures, the ambiguity of the word hippie, and also

debates about Tim Leary ad Ken Kesey, and who was really responsible for ending scientific research into psychedelics. Also Max talks about

the implications of the discovery of psychedelic shamanism, and cultural values as paranoid neurosis. Next Max talks about

lucid dreaming and its efficacy as a tool for regenerative healing, the difficulty of learning how to trigger lucid dreams at will, sleep paralysis, the film ‘Waking Life’ and oneirology, the study of dreams. Finally Max talks about

the entheogenic origins of tantra,

amrita the ‘sacred elixir’,

cannabis and datura, then

reads out a Salvia/Cannabis trip report.”

Psychonautica 23

https://dopecast.libsyn.com/psychonautica023

“In this episode of Psychonautica, Max Freakout talks about

Laura Huxley who died recently, and

Ken Kesey and Tim Leary their attitude to psychedelics, then Max reads out a

poem by Mrs Freakout inspired by a salvia trip.

Then, in response to the last episode Max talks about the ‘flying’ experienced by SM afficionados, ‘an ecstasy beyond orgasm’, Aleister Crowley’s idea of ‘erotocomatose lucidity’, the Lakota Indian’s painful sundance rituals, and the difficulty in establishing a direct historical link between tantric sexual practises and psychedelics.

“Next, Max talks about conservative attitudes to sex and drugs,

freedom of speech on the internet,

egodeath theory and the free will debate,

Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle,

the possibility of quantum computers,

Sartre’s idea of radically unlimited existential freedom, and its implications for the controllability of your future self,

the archaic revival,

widespread boundary dissolution and synaethesia.

Finally Max reads out an excellent 2-C-I trip report from Dyminshin. including lots of information about a number of different research chemicals.”

Psychonautica 22 – Dec. 14, 2007

https://dopecast.libsyn.com/psychonautica022

“In this festive season episode of psychonautica, Max Freakout talks about

the relation between psychedelic drugs and sexuality. After first

bidding a psychonaut farewell to queerninja, Max reads out

a forum post from xochipilli2012 about his love of mushrooms, evil porn and scented olive oil,

the effects of mushrooms on erectile dysfunction,

MDMA and strap-on dildoes,

private numbness from Hawaian Baby Woodrose seeds and

the best choice out of mushrooms or LSD as an aphrodisiac.

“Then Max talks about erotic cave-paintings and archaic sexual practises,

the sexual revolution in the 1960s alongside the psychedelic revolution,

Holland’s liberal stance on sexuality vs conservative attitudes to sex and drugs,

tantric sex, including its potential psychedelic origins, and its use for dissolving ego,

Dave Chappelle’s first time on mushrooms and

using MDMA to treat rape-trauma and in relationship counselling.

Following an account by Terence Mckenna of a DMT-fueled sexual encounter, Max talks about alternative ‘fringe’ sexual practises, in particular BDSM,

the experience of the endorphin rush known as ‘flying’, called the ‘fast track to enlightenment’,

sexual power games involving control-loss and experiencing helplessness,

the similarity between a BDSM session and a psychedelic trip, and

its relation to psychedelic psychotherapy and the womb-regression experience.

“Finally Max gives a brief review of

the forthcoming novel ‘Beyond the Basin’ and concludes with a further comment on

archaic, orgiastic sexual practises.”

Psychonautica 21

https://dopecast.libsyn.com/psychonautica021

“This fortnight’s episode of psychonautica is beamed live from the Dolphins coffeeshop in Amsterdam, and features a

3-way conversation between Max Freakout, The Seeker and Ravi.

First Max reads out an LSD trip report from Dopey J, then the trio discuss ‘crisis’ experiences,

the new Blairwitch spinoff movie ‘shroom’,

LSD doses,

psychedelic and psycholytic psychotherapy,

safety issues of tripping in public environments,

the role of music as a tool in combination with psychedelics,

Neurolinguistic programming, and other techniques for overcoming addictions,

the relevance of addiction to problems of self-control and egodeath theory,

isolation/floatation tanks and their potential for combination with psychedelics, ketamine, dissociation, sensory deprivation and the womb-regression experience.

Following some herbal refreshments the trio return to talk about

the idea of a paradigm shift,

the authenticity of taking entheogens in contrast with other spiritual practices, and

evolutionary advantages to plants which contain psychoactive chemicals.”

Psychonautica 20

https://dopecast.libsyn.com/psychonautica020

https://dopecast.libsyn.com/size/5/?search=Psychonautica

Nov 16, 2007

“In the 20th installment of psychonautica, Max Freakout talks about

a recent podcast by kmo about meditation and psychedelics, and

the recent dopecast Amsterdam meetup. Then in response to listener emails, Max talks about

salvia divinorum addiction and safety issues,

the importance of ‘set’ in the outcome of a psychedelic experience,

the medicinal use of various psychoactive drugs,

entheogenic plants as a ‘trojan horse’ to Western societies from shamanic cultures,

vaporizing DMT successfully in a herbalair vaporizer and the ‘afterglow’ of the DMT breakthrough.

Topics raised in the psychonautica forum are also discussed, such as

smokable DMT extracts,

cultivating Salvia Divinorum and

exotic strains of psilocybe mushroom,

ayahuasca analogues,

the chemical similarity of psilocybin to DMT,

the distinction between mycophobic and mycophilic cultures and finally

the relation of psychedelics to sexuality.  E

Psychonautica 19

This episode recording is corrupt, jumbled, but I listened to it. Seems like double length; I don’t think any content is missing.

My station ID (choppy) is at 49:45:
“This is Michael Hoffman of Egodeath.com and you’re listening to Psycho Nautica with Max Freakout [Freakout, Freakout – increasing pitch and rough distorted sound]”

https://dopecast.libsyn.com/size/5/?search=Psychonautica

Nov 2, 2007

https://dopecast.libsyn.com/psychonautica19

“In this fortnights edition of psychonautica, Max Freakout gives an update on

the Dutch magic mushroom situation, including a recent protest in Amsterdam and the position of the mushroom in Dutch culture, then gives

a news report about the recent hospitalization of Sasha Shulgin, and gives an update on

the forthcoming novel ‘Beyond the Basin’ by a psychonautica listener. Then, in response to listener emails and forum posts Max talks about

reproducing trip experiences by controlling the setting,

the way that psychedelic voyaging often starts as a recreational pursuit and then becomes unexpectedly serious,

a clarification of the precise [meaning] of ‘ego death’,

William James’ charting of the mystical experience,

references to ego death in ‘The Matrix‘ and Cronenburg’s ‘The Fly’,

mystic insights in rock lyrics,

the role of mushrooms in early Christianity,

the role of the ‘hero’ and its relation to ‘heroic’ doses and ego death.”

Psychonautica 18

https://dopecast.libsyn.com/psychonautica18

Oct 19, 2007

“in this fortnight’s installment of psychedelic information, Max Freakout reads through a selection of listener emails and forum posts, the topics covered include

the proposed ban on fresh magic mushrooms in Holland, including

the history of the legal position of mushrooms in Europe,

salvia divinorum tolerance and addiction,

the forthcoming psychonautica outing to the World Psychedelic forum,

listening to music while tripping, synaethesia,

psychedelic cough-syrup DXM including, safety issues about purity and after-effects and its intereraction with dramamine, its auditory and visual effects, and a dxm trip report from scaredstraight.

Max mentions this weekend’s dopecast meetup in Amsterdam, then

reads out a mushroom trip report from Matty THC, involving a group trip in an isolated log cabin with some wild visuals.

Next Max talks about trip-synchronicity with some personal examples,

the experience of ‘other’ intelligence during a trip,

insanity as an ‘occupational hazard’ for psychonauts and

high-dose vs low-dose psychedelic experiencing.

Psychonautica 17

https://dopecast.libsyn.com/psychonautica017 Oct 5, 2007

“In this fortnight’s episode of psychonautica, Max Freakout first announces the forthcoming dopecast meetup in Amsterdam, and then addresses a selection of listener emails.

“The topics which are raised include the difference between a narcotic and a psychedelic in the context of shamanic practice,

Mike Hoffman’s egodeath theory as a new, ‘practically applicable’ religion,

the relation of the psychedelic insight to the validity of inductive reasoning,

the parallels between Terence Mckenna’s theories and the egodeath theory,

safety precautions and contraindications of salvia divinorum (including the salvia sleepwalk and the combination of salvia with cannabis),

the varieties of ecstasy pill and the potential pitfalls of using a volcano vaporizer to vaporize DMT.

“Finally, Max reads out a salvia trip report from Ottonomy involving some classic salvia phenomena.”

Psychonautica 16

https://dopecast.libsyn.com/psychonautica016 – Sep 21, 2007

“This episode of psychonautica is the second half of the

conversation between Max Freakout and the Seeker from the last episode. They discuss

entheogens and spiritual practise, including the state of consciousness brought on by kundalini yoga. Also

the differences and similarities between DMT and Salvia Divinorum, including an in depth discussion about the salvia experience, it’s effect on time, space and eternity, including comparisons to Buck Rogers and Star trek.”

Psychonautica 15

https://dopecast.libsyn.com/psychonautica015 – Sep 7, 2007 —

“In this fortnights installment of psychonautica,

Max Freakout speaks with fellow psychonaut The Seeker on a range of psychedelic topics, such as

the pharmaco-dynamics of MDMA,

the role of entheogens in spiritual practise,

the distinction between synthetic and natural drugs,

contaminated pills and the issue of purity with synthetic chemicals. …

Max reads out a mushroom trip-report from Kabukisensei, involving loss of separateness and experience of cosmic oneness.”

Psychonautica 14 (Aug 24, 2007)

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https://dopecast.libsyn.com/psychonautica014 – Aug 24, 2007

“In this episode of psychonautica, Max Freakout talks about the Dutch smartshop scene, the recent ban on yohimbe and forthcoming changes in the Dutch policies on magic mushroom sales, then in response to a recent dopecast, Max discusses the benefits and dangers of MDMA and ecstasy, their potential role as ‘love drugs’ and their psychedelic properties, and the attitudes of mass-media towards illegal drugs versus the legal ones.

Hear an announcement of the forthcoming World psychedelic forum in Switzerland and a discussion about some of the speakers who are going to be there including a brief explanation of Stanislav Grof’s contributions towards psycedlic psychotherapy, then

a review of Andrew Letcher’s recent book about magic mushrooms including a discussion about

the differences between amanita and psilocybe mushrooms and

the importance of that distinction for theories about the origin of religion.

Finally Max reads out a 2cb trip report from shaggz1297 involving paranoid delusions and passionate romance.

World psychedelic forum website:  http://www.psychedelic.info“

The World Psychedelic Forum (March 24, 2008)

http://www.psychedelic.info/index_2_eng.html –

“24th March 2008, the World Psychedelic Forum ended successfully with up to
2000 visitors from 37 countries.

Audio-Visual recordings are available from Auditorium Netzwerk.

Two versions of the Resolution composed at the occasion of the World Psychedelic Forum, and signed on site by speakers and participants of the conference call for the decriminalization and the legalization of psychedelic substances. A version signed by the speakers can be found here:
english / german

…

“In January 2006 the International Symposium “LSD – Problem Child and Wonder Drug” took place at the occasion of the 100th birthday of Dr. Albert Hofmann, the discoverer of LSD.

Several thousand visitors and more than 200 media people from 37 countries gathered in Basel to hear speeches from scientists and historians, to exchange ideas and disseminate information.

It was the biggest conference of its kind worldwide.

For the first time since the turbulent 1960s, a wide range of psychedelic issues and topics has been brought back to public discussion and re-evaluation.

The “World Psychedelic Forum” will expand upon this renewed interest, presenting a unique opportunity for experts, researchers, and interested persons from all around the globe, to exchange views and hear presentations of the latest research on the value of these remarkable psychedelic substances in medicine, psychology, science, religion, culture and the arts.”

Psychonautica 13 – Interview with Michael Hoffman, Egodeath.com

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https://dopecast.libsyn.com/psychonautica013 – Aug 10, 2007 —

“In this fortnight’s edition of psychonautica, Max Freakout interviews Michael Hoffman, author of the egodeath theory and the entheogen theory of religion, and the man behind egodeath.com.

“They discuss the nature of free-will and the idea of transcending it, the concept of block-universe determinism and its role for facilitating an understanding of the egodeath theory, and the role of the shaman as the tribal healer.

“Also, the controversies concerning Hoffman’s outspoken views on drug-free meditation and drug-war activism are covered.

“Finer details of the theory are also discussed, including the idea of myth-as-metaphor, and Hoffman’s critisim of Mckenna’s stoned ape theory of evolution.

“Finally, Max gives a run-down of the competition winners with their prizes in the post, and a shout to the team at www.realitysandwich.com.”

Email … leave comments, Skype us, and join the ever-growing Psychedelic community hanging out at the forum.

Playlist:
Rush – Free will
The Beatles – Help!

Psychonautica 12 – Listener questions about the Egodeath theory

https://dopecast.libsyn.com/size/5/?search=Psychonautica

https://dopecast.libsyn.com/psychonautica12 – Jul 27, 2007

“In this episode of Psychonautica, entheo-pundit Max Freakout recaps on the last two episodes, dealing with the issues that arose from them, and brings to a close the trip report competition started in episode 10, everyone’s a winner!

“Max clarifies some points from the ego-death/freewill podcast (episode 11), such as his use of the word ‘religion’ and the concept of affirming and then then transcending ‘no free-will’ in the dissociative cognitive state.

Max talks about the controversial debate between psychedelics and meditation/yoga as effective spiritual practises, trying to be as even-handed as possible, then discusses the concept of synergy, and corrects an error he previously made concerning average LSD dosages.

The psychedelic properties of cannabis are discussed, then finally Max recommends some psychedelic web-links including a video documenting the Hungarian psychonaut scene, to finish off there’s a public service announcement about medical marijuana from fellow podcaster Zandor and a song about picking mushrooms in the wild.”

“Email … leave comments, Skype us, and join the ever-growing Psychedelic community hanging out at the forum at http://forum.thegrowreport.com/“

Psychonautica 11 – Free will vs. determinism per the Egodeath theory

https://dopecast.libsyn.com/size/5/?search=Psychonautica

https://dopecast.libsyn.com/psychonautica_011 =- Jul 13, 2007

“In this week’s instalment of Psychonautica, Max Freakout first gives a reminder about the competition started in the last episode, 2 weeks remain to submit your trip reports in order to win some sporeprints for magic mushrooms cultivation, and some other entheogenic treats.

“Then Max proceeds to talk about the philosophical issue of free-will and how it relates to entheogens, with much reference to Michael Hoffman‘s website, egodeath.com.

“This issue broadly involves subjects like the entheogenic origin of world religion, and refutation of the common ‘entheogen diminishment fallacies’ aimed at downplaying the role of entheogenic experiences in an individual’s spiritual development.

“Finally Max talks about the hypocrisy involved at the higher levels of the ‘war on drugs’, mass media doublespeak and the problems of remaining impartial when considering the pros and cons of psychedelic drugs.”

addr: Maxfreakout dopefiend.co.uk leave comments, Skype us, and join the ever-growing Psychedelic community hanging out at the forum.

todo: have I posted a list of Max’s episodes already somewhere? search present site for server path/domain:
https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/?s=dopecast.libsyn.com
found major coverage at:
https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2020/11/07/transcendent-knowledge-podcast-episodes/#Psychonautica-Podcast

from that page:

Search for all Psychonautica episodes:
http://dopecast.libsyn.com/index.php?post_category=Psychonautica – not effective as of 2024. try instead:
https://dopecast.libsyn.com/size/5/?search=Psychonautica – good results.

Podcast: Psychonautica: Max Freakout on Egodeath theory
Psychonautica episode 11
July 13, 2007

“In this week’s installment of Psychonautica, Max Freakout discusses the philosophical issue of free-will and how it relates to entheogens, with
reference to Michael Hoffman’s website, Egodeath.com.

“This issue broadly involves subjects like the entheogenic origin of world religion, and refutation of the common ‘entheogen diminishment fallacies‘ aimed at downplaying the role of entheogenic experiences in an individual’s spiritual development.

“Max talks about the hypocrisy involved at the higher levels of the ‘war on drugs’, mass-media doublespeak, and the problems of remaining impartial when considering the pros and cons of psychedelic drugs.”

Psychonautica 10 – Cubensis Cultivation – Max Solo

https://dopecast.libsyn.com/psychonautica_010

“In this extra special tenth episode of Psychonautica, Max Freakout finally takes over full podcasting responsibilities, KMO who got the show on the road will be sorely missed.

Max goes through the process of basic home cultivation of magic mushrooms,

and to celebrate his first solo podcast, there is a competition where lucky winners can receive sporeprints to grow their own shrooms, plus some other entheogenic goodies.

Then in the second half of the show, Max deals with

the issue of under-age psychedelic use, and

plays an excerpt from a recent ‘Mind States’ conference featuring the Shulgins and Allyson Grey.

Finally, Max talks about the ideal choice of psychedelic for a first-time experience, and dopefiend’s recent low-dose mushroom voyage.”

Psychonautica 9

https://dopecast.libsyn.com/psychonautica009

“In this, our 9th psychedelic romp, Max Freakout and KMO delve  into the Psychonautica forums on the Growreport.com website to answer your questions and riff on some of the most excellent thoughts that you folks have been posting there of late, and they stick pretty close to the topic of

psilocybin mushrooms and their potential enhancement with Syrian rue.

It works wonders for some folks, but as you’ll hear from Max, it’s not without its risks.

Later, they pick-over the Dopefiend’s recent low-dose mushroom trip.”

Links:

The Lazy Man’s Guide to Enlightenment
http://freespace.virgin.net/sarah.peter.nelson/lazyman/lazyman.html

Working with Difficult Psychedelic Experiences
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3782432270770779673

Psychonautica 8 – KMO & Max

https://dopecast.libsyn.com/psychonautica008

“In this tag-team installment of Psychonautica,

KMO examines new ways in which researchers are delving into our bodily effluvia and coming up with new ways of gauging the prevalence of drug use in society.

Max Freakout takes a solo turn at the tiller and steers the ship through interesting waters as he

reads some trip reports and

explains why taking acid in a Las Vegas casino might not count as the best choice for set and setting.

Lash yourself to the mast and take in the siren’s song of this week’s Psychonautical adventure.”

Psychonautica 7 (May 18, 2007) – Rogan DMT, Hancock Supernatural

https://dopecast.libsyn.com/psychonautica007

“In this week’s Psychonautica, KMO and Max Freakout finally manage to manifest in the Cyberpsychedelicatessen at the same time for a wide ranging discussion that includes some analysis of

Joe Rogen’s increasingly famous DMT rant and

Graham Hancock’s new book, Supernatural: Meetings with the Ancient Teachers of Mankind.”

Psychonautica 6 – KMO, not Max

https://dopecast.libsyn.com/psychonautica006

“In this sixth installment of Psychonautica,

KMO sits down with novelist and dimensional traveler, Matt Pallamary.

The conversation ranges far and wide, but orbits the general topic of shamanism.

Topics include

ayahausca,

ancient Egyptian sacred geometry,

LSD,

formulating intent, and

opening doors that never close.”

Psychonautica 5 – Max Freakout’s first solo episode (Apr. 20, 2007)

https://dopecast.libsyn.com/psychonautica005

“In this fifth installment of Psychonautica, Max Freakout takes the tiller and navigates the treacherous shoals of psychedelic chemistry. He’s recruited a reliable guide in the form of Psycherelic, and
together they’ll walk us through the Marsofold Tek for extracting smokable DMT from mimosa hostilis using readily available ingredients. Psycherelic assures us that it’s as easy as baking a cake. Given that it’s a cake made with flammable and explosive ingredients, you may do well to leave the baking of this particular cake to the experts, but if there’s no stopping you, here’s how.

If you couldn’t make it to Dopestock, the Cyber-Psychedelicatessen is the next best place to spend 4/20. Join us for some psychedelic kitchen chemistry.

Psychonautica 4 – Salvia Divinorum, Daniel Seibert

https://dopecast.libsyn.com/psychonautica004

“Welcome psychonauts, to episode 4 of Psychonautica, your trans-atlantic cyberdelic corridor to the imaginal realms. By popular demand,

this week’s installment focuses exclusively Salvia Divinorum,
that aid to divination and otherworldly vision, and

we’ll join Max Freakout as he welcomes the recognized authority on all things related to Salvia Divinorum, Daniel Seibert, to Psychonautica.

We’ll also hear from ethnobotoanist, Nat Bletter, and

we’ll roll with Rosie in a listener-created musical encounter.”

Psychonautica 3

x https://dopecast.libsyn.com/psychonautica003

“Welcome, fellow psychonauts, to the third Freakout Friday.

Let the vigilant sentries stationed at the portals of your mind take five as Stealth Maestro KMO and the Dopefiend network’s very own certified psychedelic scholar slip inside your mind and upgrade your memeset with new distinctions, like

the difference between flashbacks and HPPD.

Ponder the source of the mysterious “voice” of the mushroom and ayahuasca spirits and

review past lessons with return visits to KMO’s conversations with Lorenzo of the Psychedelic Salon and LSD researcher, Dr. Charles Nichols. 

delve into listener email

“the undulating geometric patterns crawling over the living, breathing, inter-dimensional walls.”

Psychonautica 2 (Mar 9, 2007)

https://dopecast.libsyn.com/psychonautica002

“In the second of our new series of verbal psychedelic journeys live from the Psychedelicatessen, hallucin-anchor KMO and entheo-pundit Max Freakout venture behind the curtain to bring

legal highs, particularly Salvia Divinorum,

discuss the abandonment of mass-media by an ever-increasing self-educated cyberclass, and

the growth of the term “entheogen” with Psychedelic Podfather Lorenzo Hagerty of the Psychedelic Salon, and also

welcome LSD researcher Charles Nichols from Louisiana State University to the show to discuss

the brain science behind the LSD experience, and

whether Tim Leary was good or bad for the mind-expansion movement.”

“The Psychedelic Salon is here: www.psychedelicsalon.com

“More information on LSD research and past work by Charles Nichols can be found here: http://www.maps.org/

Psychonautica 1, with Max Freakout and KMO (Feb 23, 2007)

x https://dopecast.libsyn.com/psychonautica001

Drop your shrooms and fasten your safety belts for a mindblowing ride into the alternative conciousness otherwise known as Psychonautica! In Dopefiend.co.uk’s incredible new series KMO and Max Freakout introduce you to a parallel world of hallucinogenic delights, discussing the origins of the terms “entheogen” and “psychedelic”, the science of memetics and the  internet as a psychedelic tool, and the different benefits of natural substances versus synthetics.

If you have suggestions for future episodes, or feedback on this series premiere, leave a comment below or email KMO@dopefiend.co.uk or MaxFreakout@dopefiend.co.uk.

Chat: Psychonautica podcast post-mortem

And stop by thechatroomfor theday long Psychonautica post-mortem.

See Also

Max Freakout: Writings and Podcasts
https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2024/12/24/max-freakout-writings-and-podcasts/

Site Map: Transcendent Knowledge podcast
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