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Matt Semke, the artist behind Catswilleatyou joins me on the show. Matt is an amazing multidisciplinary artist who has potentially the longest running daily art streak of any artist on the planet, with over 6000 days straight of posting his new art pieces online. He’s a VR artist, AR artist, digital artist, physical artist/painter, NFT Artist, and so much more. He works to really push the boundaries on art and tools that can be used for art. He has created his own art metaverse with I believe somewhere around 1-10% of his collection available to look at (and interact with to purchase) in an art metaverse that is like being inside one of his paintings. He has physical pieces to NFT pieces, and NFTs that he sends you physical pieces with that have AR/Animation/music elements on them. Catswilleatyou piece in the cover art: Let Us Summon The Egregore (I believe actually based off of a conversation in my discord server) My Patreon Master page with links to buy his art, see his VR, different NFT marketplaces, everything Website: www.catswilleatyou.com Metaverse here. Password is 'none' VR Art tools: Vermillion VR (Multiplayer) Gravity Sketch Open Brush BrushworkVR PaintingVR

Alex Maas of The Black Angels joins the show The Black Angels have been my favorite band almost immediately since I heard them about a decade ago, so this was an incredible episode for me. The conversation starts off talking about the Levitation music festival and how my Indigenous Web3 organization, 400 Drums, may do some work with them to help bring some Indigenous artists and representation to the event. After the little transition, the second half of the conversation is all around music and medicine, where these can tap us into, and the source and flow of inspiration. Tamara Goddard joins us for part of the conversation around Levitation. She’s a Co-Founder of 400 Drums and CEO of Four Our Future Indigenous Economics. She’s an amazing artist from the Saulteau Nation in BC, and I definitely need to do an episode with just her in it Though we talk a bunch about Iboga and microdosing, as well as kratom, these are plants that are important to exercise caution with. Iboga has many effects on the heart and is recommended you have a EKG before going through a large dose or microdosing with iboga because of potential consequences.  Check out Episode 4 of my podcast for more info on ibogaine Directions to See a Ghost by The Black Angels just turned 15! This is a really great album to check out if you haven’t heard much of this band. And have a new album out called Wilderness of Mirrors. And remember, “The Black Angels challenge you to question authority and think for yourself”   Songs played in episode: Slip Into - Alex Maas Snake in the Grass - Black Angels Links: Levitation.fm Luca his solo album The Black Angels MIEN

Kyle Espenshade is back for another great conversation. Kyle is a SOMA Breath Master Instructor, Healing Tao Qigong instructor, Transformational Coach, music producer, and ecstatic dance DJ, with over a decade of experience in internal alchemy arts. He is the founder of Soma Alkhemy, a syncretic system of holistic healing and transformation for the modern day spiritual seeker which combines ancient alkhemy practices from both eastern and western traditions with modern technology and scientific understanding. We talk about psychedelics but largely from an angle of what it's pointing you towards rather than just the fleeting experience itself. How you can seek further what you've been shown but through your own body rather than just the ingestion of external chemicals. We also go deep around Hermes and The Emerald Tablet, and his work he's been doing to align the body-based Eastern systems with some of the more Mind-based Western occult systems He does online sessions also! If you're interested at all, check out his website below and you can find the link to sign up. Intro sessions, weekly group sessions and longer monthly session are available plus his new course!  Website: www.somaalkhemy.com  Emerald Key Course: https://www.alkhemy.academy/courses/emerald-key Darkness Retreats (audio essay of Erick Godsey’s experience) DERO the private blockchain network Bittensor AI  

Trent Stephens joins the show after another year away. I have some more episodes coming up so let’s hope I don’t have such an extended break again. Trent is many things. He lives on a somewhat self sustaining farm, studied as an eco tour guide, has worked to become essentially a self trained full stack developer, he’s working with web 3 and VR to facilitate some amazing project ideas he's had that we talk about on this episode. He’s also a Realtor, outdoorsman and survivalist, extreme sport enthusiast, a family man and more. We weave a lot of ideas in this episode, about consciousness, expectation and belief, and how to navigate this in ourselves. The later half of the show is around the intersection of education, AI and VR, some of what Trent is working on, and many other good nuggets. Unfortunately, a few seconds of audio were clipped out in a few parts from the recording program Find Trent on different platform: -@phatyfoods - Twitter -T.rex Ophora on other platforms, or Uncle Festers Nephew -Join his Continuing the Conversation discord HERE --------------------------------- You Are Two video to expand further on some ideas in the intro rant Bittensor AI Platform Auphonic AI Audio Program was used to help make Trent's mic hearable after a weird glitch Weird Studies Podcast Episode 143: On UFOs shoutout for that Henri Bergson quote in his book Matter and Memory while I was in the middle of writing that intro. Interesting timing. Geese in Flight Facing Left by Benjamin Chee Chee is the Ojibwe art piece I mention Companion Plants is the cactus greenhouse Trent mentioned Centre for Non Violent Communication

Jesse Shwaluk joins me after nearly a year away from the show! After a decade of close friendship I thought it was worth getting one of our conversations out. Jesse is a massage therapist near Vancouver, BC. In this episode, we go on a deep dive on meditation and our experiences going to 10 day silent Vipassana meditation retreats. Stay tuned after the episode with Jesse, there's an extra few minutes talking about one of the worst experiences of my life, a bad trip off of a cannabis edible after coming back from my first retreat, definitely stick around to hear that. Find Jesse on instagram @sheepotato --------------------------------- - Jesse mentioned Andrew Huberman and his Huberman Lab Podcast - Video I had one of my first mystic experiences to - Live Nerve Stretch Kundalini Yoga - My Vipassana retreat write up - Dhamma.org, the Vipassana retreat website. There's a directory with centres all over the world. - The full episode where my bad trip story was pulled from

Lucas is a biodynamic farmer living in Vermont. Working in these ways with understandings of permaculture has given him the inspiration for his own journey and inner work. He is a Holotropic Breathwork instructor after having studied under Stan Grof and Tav Sparks. Lucas is also a Warm Data Host, training under the International Bateson Institute. They do some online sessions called 'People Need People' which he invited me to participate in and it really made me want to get him on the show. I've known Lucas for a few years online but we had never really connected until we decided to record an episode. This is one of my favorite conversations on the show yet so I hope you enjoy. Megan Kelleher is the wife of Tyson Yunkaporta that we mention in the show, definitely check out Sand Talk! https://batesoninstitute.org/ Instagram: @biodellic Book mentioned: LSD and the mind of the Universe by Chris Bache Notes: Here2Help Community non profit crowd funding: gf.me/u/zidf3z Here2Help Community 18 minute podcast Coinbase: coinbase.com/join/bevan_sm?src=android-link Shakepay: https://shakepay.me/r/6MA6SZH HackenAI: https://in.hacken.ai/Sibxcf4U6XwHKEfN7 Background art by Furybean  

Stephen Favasuli is the owner of Dream Herbally, focusing on herbal blends to help increase overall dream clarity and recall. He has given listeners of this show a chance to try his blend for 10% off through the month of February with the promo code 'RIANCARNATION'. www.dreamherbally.com This tea is excellent for cannabis users to help bring their dreams back too. We talk about psychedelics and altered states, dreams, and the way they weave a trail for us to find the things we truly value in our own lives.  Find him on Instagram: @dreamherbally Books mentioned: DMT DialoguesLove Everyone by Pavarti Marcus Conscious Dreaming by Robert Moss Non profit: www.here2helpapp.com  Monday breathwork events: https://here2helpapp.com/breathwork-events-with-soma-alchemy-and-here2help-community/  Here2Help Podcast episode: https://anchor.fm/knct-ubc/episodes/Campus-knct--UBC-S4E2---Here2Help-w-Rian-ep3j2q Background art by the incredibly talented Furybean! 

Alex the host of the DMT World Podcast joins me on the show this week. Alex is a team member at DMT World, a father, and has many projects on the go. This episode does get heavy at some points. Alex is a war veteran and we talk a lot around that, what brought him there, his own healing journey through psychedelics, and his letting go of previous mental states that held him in negative patterns. This is a really inspiring conversation so it was great being able to speak with Alex and have him be so open about his journey of what he’s had to go through to arrive at the healing he’s at, and his commitment to helping more people heal and come through their own challenges. Find him online ALX8721 on YouTube and DMT World alex@dmtworld.net My episode on the DMT World Podcast: https://dmtworld.net/dmt-world-podcast-interview-with-the_rev/ Check out my collaborative community Non-Profit: www.here2helpapp.com Background art by Furybean

Zoe Helene joins me on the show this week.  Zoe is an artist and cultural activist who founded the environmental feminism collective, Cosmic Sister (@CosmicSister), in 2007, to advocate for women, wildlife, wilderness and wildlife, and for our natural right to work with nature’s psychedelic medicines—our “co-evolutionary allies.”  She coined the term "Psychedelic Feminism" to describe a sub-genre of feminism, and believes that a true balance of power across the gender spectrum—globally—is the only way humans (and non-humans) will survive.  In this episode we talk much around archetypal psychology looking at ancient Greek myths and understandings, and the importance of language and culture.  Zoe recommends Christine Downing for a powerful feminist view of Greek Mythology and more.  Catch her talk at MAPS Canada Lecture Series 'Examining the Psychedelic Renaissance' on Tues Nov. 24. @cosmicsister on Instagram and facebook http://www.zoehelene.com/ https://www.linktr.ee/CosmicSister

My first repeat guest! Back from the first episode, Caleb Tipple joins me this week. Caleb is a good friend of mine I’ve known for a few years through the wonder of the internet (I said 7 years in the intro it's probably only been 5). He’s a therapist who’s been really engaged in Somatic Experiencing modalities the last few years. He’s really given me a lot of information around somatic modalities and the nature of this kind of work and I find it unbelievably fascinating. We talk a bit about Caleb's experience using Somatic modalities for himself and in his work. Much of the rest of the episode is around re-engaging with beliefs that we were brought up with, and using psychedelics as a tool to look at these ideas. We were both raised Christian and wanted to talk a bit about our experiences of letting go of previous prescribed beliefs, and re-engaging with these aspects of our life as we've matured. Caleb is able to do some work online with people, so if you’re at all interested in any of this, please reach out to him at caleb@calebtipple.com @calebconsciousness on Instagram though he doesn't use it much. Background art by Furybean and photo by @allisonrenee.art

Thomas Hatsis joins me on the show. Tom is an author, lecturer, and historian of witchcraft, magic, Western religions, contemporary psychedelia, entheogens, and medieval pharmacopeia. Tom has an incredible mind for facts around the historical uses of different psychoactive plants and herbs, even teaching himself Latin to be able to read and translate from primary texts to really understand the practices and minds of those in the past and ancient world. Some topics in the episode are around ancient psychedelic history, different ritualistic use of these compounds, and hear about his book set to be published next year 'LSD The Wonderchild: The Golden Age of Psychedelic Research in the 1950’s.' You can find his Psanctum Oddcast and library of psychedelic books, articles, journals, etc at www.psanctum.org  Also check him out below: www.psychedelichistorian.com Insta: @psychedelichistorianYouTube: Psychedelic Historian  For information on my Non-Profit Community App www.here2helpapp.com Insta: @here2help.app

Charlotte Jackson joins me on the show Charlotte is a clinical counselor who’s worked in Mental Health and Substance Use for over 15 years. She is a therapist with the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) involved with the Phase III studies with MDMA, and becoming clinical supervisor of the MAPS clinical trials in Europe. She studied under Dr. Ingrid Pacey of the Phase II MDMA MAPS studies. We talk a lot about MDMA in this episode, including the use of MDMA for therapy, what separates this from trying to do this on your own or at a rave, what the therapeutic protocol entails and much more. There's a lot of useful and practical information in this episode so I hope you enjoy. You can connect with her on her website below. www.charlottejackson.ca The email to sign up for the Vancouver MDMA PTSD trials  maps.trial.bc@gmail.com  And there is a website as well at www.mdmaptsd.org for the other locations. The Non-Profit App I mentioned I'm working on is called Here2Help! Find us online at www.here2helpapp.com or on Facebook (@here2helpapp) and Instagram (@Here2Help.App) 

Caitlin Moakley joins me on the show Caitlin is the founder of Soil and Spirit, a consultation business she started for personal care brands, herbalists, ethnobotanists and more to make an impact on a local and global level on the ingredients that are put into products. She is also a core member of of the psychedelic and environmental feminist group, Cosmic Sister, and works in the Cannabis industry in Massachusetts with Agrify working on vertical farming and indoor grow technology.  We talk about altered states of consciousness, ayahuasca, cannabis, and how stories help us heal individually and as a collective. Check her out below www.soilandspirit.net @Soilandspirit on Instagram and Facebook  Also check out @cosmicsister on Instragram, Facebook and around the web.

This weeks conversation is with the wonderful Leah Day. Leah is a fantastic Yukon-raised artist and musician (her family resides there) and has lived in Vancouver for over 18 years. I've known her since when I worked at Village Bloomery, a cannabis dispensary I worked at for a few years.   I sat in her garden with her chickens for a conversation and we were taken into some interesting directions.   We talk about art, death and grief, nature, and finding meaning within the circumstances of our lives.   You can find her on Facebook and Instagram @leahdayarts The cover photo is one of her pieces I got a print of!   And she is The Dawning on Soundcloud   Help me out by giving me a review on Stitcher or iTunes or just sharing with your friends.

Kyle is a certified SOMA Breath Instructor, helping others access their full potential and access their inner 'Soma' using the power of the breath. He studied breathwork with Wim Hof and later Anthony Abbagnano, founder of Alchemy of Breath, where he was able to dive deeper into the process of healing with a six week Hero’s Journey, following Joseph Campbell’s outline for psychological development and personal transformation. He eventually came upon SOMA Breath, where he seemingly found the holistic system he had been dreaming about putting together himself, and became one of the first SOMA instructors Kyle has developed Soma Alchemy, combining everything he has learned over the years into a holistic health and wellness practice for the modern day spiritual seeker. Soma Alchemy gives you the tools to overcome challenges and blockages such as stress, anxiety, trauma, fatigue, and dis-ease by showing you how to balance various aspects of the Body, Mind, and Soul through ancient practices of Meditation, Dreamwork, Breathwork, Yogic Bodywork, and Shamanic Diet. He is also the manager of the SOMA music label, Breathe In Beats. His song Nature's Spirit is at the end of the episode  He does online 'initiations' every Monday, or group meet ups every Sunday. kyle@alchemysoma.com Kyle's Soma Alchemy website Here2Help App I mentioned I'm working on

Michael Stuart Ani joins me for the 10th episode! He is the author of the incredible book we talk much around called The Ghost Dance: An Untold History of the America's. He's also co-founder of the Amazonia Foundation in 1991, and has recently started the non-profit the Talking Plants Foundation, as well as another project called The Healing Garden we talk about in this episode. He's helped fight epidemics in South America, especially with the Yanomami, and is engaged in work in a similar vein with Covid 19. This conversation to me really strikes deep into the heart of what this podcast is about in a big way. Michael's story is almost like the alchemical transformation of the individual in order for the collective to go through the needed changes for life to continue. This episode is about some of the mythic history of the America's, The Ghost Dance, prophecy, and what it means for the times we're going through right now. He also dispels many myths around indigenous plant medicine use, like Maria Sabina and what she said around synthetic psilocybin.  Follow him on Facebook or Instagram for great videos about what's going on in the jungle and elsewhere Instagram: @theghostdance The Talking Plant Foundation is his non-profit The Healing Garden is his work he's doing with medicinal plants during epidemics. Contact me if you're interested in a PentaPipe!

Isaiah and Jarah Dobbs join me at a nearby park for a conversation. I worked with these guys at a cannabis dispensary, and are some of the most fun people to hang out with. They also made my theme song.  I tried to make this episode really feel like a conversation that we would generally have with the mics off to really get a sense of their energy and passion that they carry with them, so be ready for lots of laughs. We talk a lot about music and the environment, bee-sting mystical experiences, working in a cannabis dispensary together, and lots more. This is a lighthearted episode but a great conversation. Check out their band Schwey! Songs played in this episode: Outdoor Simulation and Truth Instagram: @schweyluv Schwey's Korenteen EP Jarah Femi The Chaos Hacker Singing Plants at Damanhur Website (and mini doc) PlantWave Village Bloomery, the dispensary in Vancouver we worked at My show is now on Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts! (and still on Spotify and Stitcher)  Send me a message or email if you're interested in the Pentapipe!

Christopher Solomon joins me this week on the show to talk about Salvia Divinorum. Christopher is a Somatic Therapist who specializes in using this unique sage plant for sessions with clients to help them overcome all kinds of things, including physical illness (from powerful anti-inflammatory compounds), addiction, depression, anxiety, and more. He's is a proponent of mindful low and medium doses with this plant, and we talk much around these kind of ideas.  Salvia is a lesser known psychedelic, and very fascinating plant overall. I'm definitely going to have Chris on in the future as he brings a great perspective to this work. Christopher does 1-on-1 work in person or over Zoom if you're interested in getting deeper with this plant. Find his writings, the PentaPipe (@salviapipe on Instagram), and get in touch with him at the website below. www.salviahealings.com

Sean Coan finally makes it on the show after too many technical difficulties We get into a conversation around Heart Math that unfortunately mostly got deleted. Then we got together to record a new chat and get deep into generational perspectives, grounding yourself, and bringing a magicians awareness to the chaotic times we find ourselves in.  Sean is a meditator, householder yogin in the lineage of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, magick practitioner, and tarot card reader. Follow him on instagram, and book at tarot reading with him at his website below. Instagram: @arcaneheartstarot www.arcaneheartstarot.com  Institute of Heart Math I'm also on Instagram as well if you're not following me yet @riancarnationn

Heather Prost joins me on the show this week. Heather is an End-of-Life Doula and Expressive Arts Therapist. This time we're all going through of Covid 19 in a lot of ways is acting like a collective trauma on us and we're having to contend with a new way to be in the world. For many this can be quite destabilizing and challenging to come to terms with.  We're collectively in some ways grieving for the lives and world we once had. But new states of being and new ways of life can come from this time if we really learn to listen to ourselves and what our needs are. Techniques with expressive arts and such that Heather talk about are essential in this time to help us process what we're feeling. To find more of Heather's work (and art!) check out some links below. The artwork for this episode is part of their 'Shelter in Place' series. Instagram: @pinkwhiskers www.heatherannemarie.ca blog post mentioned in the epsiode: www.heatherannemarie.ca/post/navigating-covid-19-with-an-anxious-mind Peter Levine's Trauma Therapist Project Podcast  The death-reminder app they mentioned is called 'WeCroak'