Recently, there has been a renewed interest in the potential benefits of psychedelic drugs. In this episode we explore 1) how the use of psychedelic drugs can have a transformative and lasting impact on the worldviews of those who use them, 2) how a psychedelic experience can drive people to practice certain mainstream religions, and 3) claims that some mainstream religions were inspired by ancestral use of psychedelic drugs. While some people propose that psychedelics are a panacea for modern mental health issues and that they offer an easy and direct path to transcendence, we explore the dark side of the psychedelic experience, with a particular focus on the otherworldly entities people meet while under the influence of DMT (ayahuasca).

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Clip Sources:

• YouTube: Joe Rogan Experience #1255 - Alex Jones Returns!
• YouTube: Joe Rogan Experience #1121 - Michael Pollan
• YouTube: ITV News - Michael Pollan: Magic mushrooms and LSD could help solve mental health crisis
• YouTube: DMT: A Religious Model with Rick Strassman M.D.
• YouTube: Rick Strassman: Test subjects' reactions to DMT
• YouTube: Rick Strassman - The Nature of the DMT Beings: Breaking Convention lecture July 2015
• YouTube: Graham Hancock - The War on Consciousness BANNED TED TALK
• YouTube: Jordan Peterson on Psilocybin, MDMA, DMT as miracle cures

Mentioned:

• CBC: Trudeau government gag order in CIA brainwashing case silences victims, lawyer says
• Babylon Bee Satire: Hillary Clinton Releases DNA Test Results Proving She's Only Half Lizard Person
• StudyFinds: Psychedelic Found In Toad Venom Helps Relieve Depression, Anxiety
• BBC: The LSD cult that transformed America
• Unseen Realm - Dr. Michael S. Heiser drmsh.com

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