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The Entheogenic Evolution

Welcome to the Entheogenic Evolution Podcast, hosted by author Martin W. Ball, Ph.D. This podcast is dedicated to the discussion of the nondual and unitary nature of being as revealed by conscious entheogenic energetic awakening as well as hosting long-form conversations on diverse and broad topics in psychedelics, therapy, philosophy, science, and culture. Featuring interviews, lectures, and conversations with leading figures in psychedelic research and culture as well as those who are new

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Episode 299: The Solandarian Game, Chapters 17 and 18

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2024/07/22

We continue with two more chapters of The Solandarian Game. In chapter 17, Ash contacts her blissfully ignorant double to enlist her help with Solandaria, and in chapter 18 Hydar, along with the rest of the Humanist avatars, watches with horror as Shuntsu's atomic cascade weapon does its intended job. The full audiobook of The Solandarian Game is available at Amazon, Audible, and the Apple Bookstore, and the AI-imagined art illustrated version is available as a full-color PDF at my Patreon

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Episode 298: Lissa's Trip with Jeffery Lando

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2024/07/15

My guest this week is director and filmmaker, Jeffery Lando, who's here to share all about his new film, "Lissa's Trip". A young actress accidentally takes too much LSD and has to take an inner and outer trip across Los Angeles for an audition in this delightful indie film which makes novel use of AI in a variety of ways, including the production of psychedelic visuals. Jeffery joined me for a lively discussion all about it. You can find the film online HERE.

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Episode 297: The Solandarian Game, Chapters 15 and 16

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2024/07/08

Here's more from the audiobook of The Solandarian Game. This week, Shunstu goes to Eden Biological Park to see if he can figure out who's releasing butterflies into the Volunshari ecosystem in Chapter 15, and in Chapter 16, Theo takes Norbu off Solandaria for a history tour of the New Integral Society. Don't forget: the full-color PDF of the AI-Imagined Art Illustrated Version of the novel is available at my Patreon Shop

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Episode 296: Psilo Temple with James Hin

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2024/07/01

Continuing with my ongoing theme of collecting narratives from founders of modern entheogenic churches, this week's episode features a lengthy conversation with James Hin, founder of the Psilo Temple in Eugene, Oregon. James shares his story and his emphasis on Psychedelics, Sound, Integration, Love, and Oneness (P.S.I.L.O.), his personal journey into entheogens, his experience of operating the church, membership, offerings, community relations, and more. You can find out more about the

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Episode 295: The Solandarian Game, Chapters 13 and 14

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2024/06/24

This week, as we continue the audiobook of The Solandarian Game, we've got chapter 13, where Hydar is grilled by Shuntsu and brought into his conspiracy, and chapter 14, where Norbu, in greeting the aliens who have appeared in the desert regions of his world, invites the avatar of the AI Maitreya to take toad medicine with him. If you want to read-along with the fully illustrated version of the novel, you can find it at my Patreon Shop.

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Episode 294: Universal Shamans of the New Tomorrow...

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2024/06/17

My guest for this week's episode is founder of the Universal Shamans of the New Tomorrow Bufo Alvarius Church in Texas. Brooke and I discuss her process of her coming into working with Bufo, the inspiration for founding the church, how church services work in her outside ceremonial space, and also their integration services and facilitation training through developing a relationship with the medicine. You can find out more about the church at their website, USNTchurch.com.

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Episode 293: The Solandarian Game, Chapters 11 and 12

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2024/06/10

Here's the next selection of the audiobook of The Solandarian Game, with chapter 11, Theo, and chapter 12, Ash. Theo personally inspects the quantum translator portal in the desert region of Solandaria only to find Miranda Ash Doran emerging from it after being convinced to participate in Hydar's plan by his wife, Vimana. You can pick up a PDF copy of the full-color AI-Imagined Illustrated Version of the novel HERE, and the full audiobook is available at Audible, Amazon, and the Apple

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Episode 292: Iboga Healing with Madison Callahan

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2024/06/03

This week I'm joined by Madison Callahan to discuss her work with Iboga Healing Retreats in Portugal as well as her work as an integration coach specializing in Iboga and Bwiti traditions. We discuss being a parent, raising kids outside of the US and in the context of traditional medicine work, her time with the Bwiti, and more. You can find out more about the Iboga retreats at Iboga-Healing.com and learn more about her integration work at Roots Integration

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Episode 291: The Solandarian Game, Chapters 9 and 10

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2024/05/27

With this week's episode, we get more of the backstory of Norbu as a Priest of the Mystic Toad and learn more about what's going on with Shuntsu and his motivations. The full audiobook of The Solandarian Game is available at Audible, and the PDF version of the AI-illustrated version of the novel is at my shop at my Patreon page. Enjoy this next installment!And here's a quote from Chapter 9: “All of reality is one being playing an endless game with itself. Never forget your true identity as

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Episode 290: Welcome to the Psilo Sangha with Ian Wallin

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2024/05/20

Inspired by his recent post about receiving religious freedom tax exempt status, I invited Ian Wallin of Ashland's Psilo Sangha for an interview to share his story of the process of setting up a religious ministry for psilocybin sacraments. We met at Ian's downtown Ashland office where he shared his emotionally raw and surprising story of attempting to work through two different psilocybin assisted services facilitator training programs for the state of Oregon, which did not go well, to put

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Episode 289: The Solandarian Game, Chapters 7 and 8

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2024/05/13

We return to the audiobook of my novel, The Solandarian Game, for the next two chapters this week of 7 and 8. Ash assumes a rescue at Black Rock City Station is eminent, only to be stunned when Humanist Avatar Hydar and his family step out of the quantum translation portal. Someone's got some explaining to do . . . You can pick up a full-color PDF version of the AI-illustrated novel at my Patreon Shop

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Episode 288: Getting High on Leadership with Paul...

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2024/05/06

My guest this week is author Paul Karasik who's here to discuss his newly released book, Getting High on Leadership. In addition to being an author, Paul is from the old school psychedelic world who has found new life in the modern psychedelic movement and is the founder of the Psychedelic Institute of Los Angeles and is the organizer of the Psychedelic Awakening event in LA, which got started in 2023 and will be returning for 2024. In this interview we discuss his early experiences with

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Episode 287: The Solandarian Game, Chapters 5 and 6

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2024/04/29

This week's episode features the next two chapters of the audiobook of The Solandarian Game. We have chapter 5 with Shuntsu, the patriarch of the Humanist Avatars from the world of Volunshari, who's hatched a plan to challenge the Overmind of Maitreya. Meanwhile, Theo, an avatar of Maitreya, pays a personal visit to the world of Solandaria in chapter 6 to investigate who has turned on the quantum translator on this experimental feral human world.

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Episode 286: Psychedelic Sacred Sexuality with...

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2024/04/22

This week I'm joined by author, Astraeus Amori, to discuss his new book, Psychedelic Sacred Sexuality. We discuss the role of various psychedelics in sexual experiences and how to work with your consenting partner. You can find out more about him and his book at his website.

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Episode 285: The Solandarian Game, Chapters 3 and 4

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2024/04/15

This week we're shifting gears into sharing selections from the audiobook of my novel, The Solandarian Game, which is now also available as an AI-Imagined Art Illustrated Version in ebook and PDF format. Every-other-week, between interviews, I'll be sharing a couple of chapters here on the podcast, and also posting some of the images from the chapters on my Facebook and Instagram feed. If you'd like to receive a free PDF of the first 5 chapters of the illustrated novel, shoot me an email

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Episode 284: Pablo Lopez on 5-MeO-DMT, Human...

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2024/04/08

My guest this week is Pablo Lopez, a psychotherapist in Spain, who is interested in how the nonduality and energetics of the 5-MeO-DMT experience relate to human development, egoic blocks, sexuality, and more. We have a wide-ranging conversation on these and other topics in this interview. Due to its length, the last 3rd of the conversation has been posted to my Patreon page exclusively for my Patrons. Also, as a special treat this week, we've got the track "Love is the Law" from musician

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Episode 283: Facilitating 5-MeO-DMT, Appendix D: The...

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2024/04/01

This final section from the audiobook of Facilitation 5-MeO-DMT is one of my original contributions to the anthology. In this appendix, I discuss how, in my opinion, the reality of the nondual experience via 5-MeO-DMT renders all forms of traditional theology, speculation, doctrine, and dogma obsolete, as we all have a reliable method of encountering the full nondual nature of the self as the Unitary Being for ourselves, where no religious or doctrinal middle-man is necessary. As "The God

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Episode 282: Exploring the Science of Psilomethoxin...

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2024/03/25

A few weeks ago, The Church of the Sacred Synthesis released information to the public that their year-long research into the chemistry of their sacrament, the novel compound of Psilomethoxin (4-HO-5-MeO-DMT), had yielded promising results. To help us understand what they've done and what they've found, I've invited their science officer, Adam McKay, and Ian Benouis to join me in a 3-way conversation about the research, the results, and where they're going from here. Just a reminder to my

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Episode 281: Facilitating 5-MeO-DMT, Appendix B, Best...

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2024/03/18

With this next selection from the audiobook for Facilitating 5-MeO-DMT, we have appendix B with The Conclave's contribution on "Best Practices." In creating the anthology, my intention was to document how different people around the world work with and serve 5-MeO-DMT without evaluation or critique, but at the suggestion of The Conclave, I felt that including their "Best Practices" document would be a nice addition as an appendix to the book. The full audiobook is available at Amazon,

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Episode 280: Detroit Religious Freedom with Greg Lake

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2024/03/11

Entheogenic Religious Rights lawyer, Greg Lake, returns to the Entheogenic Evolution Podcast this week to discuss a pro bono case he's currently litigating in Detroit where a Black-run entheogenic church has been raided and shut down. Greg tells us all about the case and why he feels it's important for broader issues in religious freedom. If you're interested in supporting Greg's pro bono work, then I encourage you to visit his Patreon Page

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