Psychonautica #41 - Cynthia Palmer, Caduceus Mercurius

[maxfreakout]

In this week's edition of psychonautica, Max first plays a talk by Cynthia Palmer, from the recent world psychedelic forum in Basel Switzerland, entitled "she-shamans, an illustrated history of women and psychedelics", Cynthia talks about the connection of women to sacred plants, the role of the feminine in nature, women as yin in taoist philosophy, Cleopatra, the mountain girl and Maria Sabina, artefacts from Greece showing the poppy Goddess, Demeter and Persephone, the Goddess of sleep and her sisters ganja, coca, tobacco and amanita, morphine, datura, the feminine aspect of mushrooms, morning glories, Salvia Divinorum the shepherdess, yage, women in amazonian ayahuasca ceremonies, Isis as modern counterpart of Maria Sabina (the prototype shaman), mushroom veladas, the ancient shaman Pithia and her intoxication with henbane, cannabis and datura, the temptation of Eve in Eden to eat the forbidden toadstool, the hashish assassin's visit to the paradise of virgins, Mary Pinchot Meyer's relationship with president Kennedy, her assassination and destruction of her diary, anita hoffman and her friendship with Cynthia Palmer, Nancy Reagan and Brownie Mary's pot brownies, the ancient Greek poet Sappho, the ambrosia of the Gods, ancient Greek use of mixed psychoactive wine, Mary Robinson's poetry and use of opium, her laudunum visions, Coleridge's subsequent laudunum visions, Louisa May Alcott's writings about drugs, her own use of morphine and opium, Anita Berber, Grace slick, Billie Holiday, the psychedelic anthem 'white rabbit' by Jefferson Airplane, Mabel Dodge Luhan's account of a native american peyote ceremony, Gordon Wasson's mycophilic wife Valentina, their visit to Maria Sabina, Laura Huxley, Adele Davis, the hospice movement, medical marijuana, Jane Dunlap, the hookah smoking caterpillar from alice in wonderland as mushroom shaman, Sherana Harriet Frances, the transformation of her art by psychedelics, modern drugs culture, ibogaine, and the heroes of our time, psychedelic researchers.
In the second part of the podcast, Max interviews Caduceus Mercurius of www.psychonaut.com, they talk about the proposed Dutch mushroom ban, the proposal to include Amanita Muscaria into the proposal and the unusual reasoning behind this decision, the English mushroom ban in 2005, comparison of amanita mushrooms to psilocybe mushrooms, Christianity and mushrooms, the history of coffeeshops in Holland, Dutch tolerance, the banning of MDMA, the forthcoming Dutch release of pharmacratic inquisition, French ayahuasca ban and intolerant attitude to herbs, Dutch protests over the proposed mushroom ban, Dutch politician's behaviour, outdoor mushroom cultivation and the psychonaut channel on youtube.

web links:
www.psychonaut.com
http://youtube.com/user/psychonautchannel



DOWNLOAD EP?SODE 41 HERE:
http://media.libsyn.com/media/dopecast/psychonautica041.mp3

 

[magickmumu]

Hey Max
I enjoyed Psychonautica 41.
Have a great time in Turkey. 8)

 

[maxfreakout]

Hey Max
I enjoyed Psychonautica 41.
Have a great time in Turkey. 8)

thanx man, ?m here now and ?t's bloody hot

 

[Guest]

Nice one!

 

[Caduceus Mercurius]

Now I'm famous!

In case anyone wonders why the interview ended so abruptly, that was the part where I offered Max some mushrooms grown at the psychonaut headquarters. How were they Max?

 

[Henkfloyd]

Nice work guys, really enjoyed this episode

thanx man, ım here now and ıt's bloody hot

Well, what did you expect in Turkey Must be a party there with the qualification to the semi finals of euro 2008 Enjoy your stay!

 

[maxfreakout]

How were they Max?

? ate them ?n the Amsterdam Bos just before ? left and they were totally mag?c 8) , many thanx for that ?t was a perfect g?ft