By Sandra Nomoto A Recap of Dr. Ball’s Keynote Speech During the 2020 Nonduality Global Summit In late June, Spiritual Safari Media hosted the first global virtual two-day NonDuality Summit. Author, artist, and energy worker Dr. Martin Ball presented a keynote at the end of the first day entitled “Molecular Mysticism: Neurotransmitters as a Direct …
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By Sandra Nomoto The title of this book describes it quite accurately. Edited by Dr. Thomas B. Roberts, Psychedelics and Spirituality is a collection of essays, speeches, and stories that reveal how the psychedelics conversation inherently includes one about spirituality. This is the third book sponsored by the Council on Spiritual Practices, which published two …
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Canada Plays a Significant Role in the Research of Natural Psychedelic Plant Medicine. The study of plant medicine and psychedelic plants gets a back seat when it comes to legal research and clinical trials. This is compared to the ease and simplicity of focusing on a psychedelic molecule, plant derivative, or a plant-based proprietary medicine, …
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WHAT A SOLO TRIP TO PERU TAUGHT ME ABOUT MASCULINE CONNECTION In October of 2019, I, a spiritually curious psychonaut, traveled alone to the Andean mountains of Peru to drink a potent psychedelic plant medicine known as Ayahuasca. During the course of my travels, I encountered a series of profoundly moving spiritual and emotionally healing …
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Between bouts of crying, and with friends holding him on either side, Paul* choked down the capsules for his third and final trip, two at a time. “At first I spit them out.” The fear of subjecting himself again to sheer terror was too much. “Getting myself to take those pills that day was, without …
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As we stare into the face of a sixth mass extinction, plant teachers and the ancestral knowledge systems that surround them are helping humanity to wake up and remember what it truly means to be human and choose the path of regeneration, of hope, and to be the ancestors our great-grandchildren need us to be. …
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By Sandra Nomoto You might know about psychedelic plants and their potential for healing, but how much do you know about the indigenous cultural groups that used them? Here is a brief review of groups that were documented to have used plants as part of their cultural, spiritual, or healing traditions. North America Dating back …
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It’s one thing to read articles and study reports, or the results of trials on the potential benefits of psychedelic plants on humans. It’s another to watch and listen to experts in the field speaking about their research, discoveries, and insights on the topic. Here are six of our favourite talks on psychedelic plant medicine: …
By Sandra Nomoto These six plants are reported to have both medicinal and psychedelic properties, though many more exist. Types of fungi — which are also known to have psychedelic properties — are not listed here. 1. Salvia Also called diviner’s or seer’s sage but commonly referred to as salvia, salvia divinorum — a plant …
By Sandra Nomoto Adults around the world are learning about Ayahuasca (also known as yagé) and experiencing its effects. Ayahuasca is a brew made out of the Banisteriopsis caapi vine and other ingredients such as the shrub chacruna/chacrona (Psychotria viridis), native to Amazon countries such as Peru. Annually, thousands of people visit the region to …
