Julian was born in country North East Victoria in Australia, where his father worked as an agricultural journalist and editor.In his early 20’s, he explored many forms of spiritual inquiry, practiced purification of intent and worked in web design and multimedia for companies and freelance work.After moving to the far north coast of NSW when he was 24, he quickly got seriously into psychedelics and since that time hasn’t really stopped exploring and learning about them and the states they...

Matthew LaCroix is a passionate writer and researcher who grew up in the outdoors of northern New England. From an early age, a strong connection back to nature was established and built into the morals of his life. His persistent yearning for adventure led him into profound, life-changing experiences that inspired him to write for local and national magazines such as Backpacker and AMC Outdoors.While attending Plymouth State University, he published his first book at the age of 22 and began...

Zachary Brown is an artist by the name Visionary Voyager.BIO-  The basic origins of most of my work lie within sacred geometry, the geometrical patterns that make up the framework for the smallest atoms to the largest galaxies in our third dimensional universe. These geometrical patterns permeate all natural life, and by using them to intentionally create a layout for a painting, I believe that it provides an underlying vibration and frequency that brings spiritual harmony to my work. My...

Christopher Timmermann currently works at the Psychedelic Research Group in Imperial College London. He is currently leading a study involving the effects of DMT in the human brain and experience.  Studying transitions in and out of the altered state of consciousness caused by intravenous (IV) N,N-Dimethyltryptamine (DMT - a fast-acting tryptamine psychedelic) offers a safe and powerful means of advancing knowledge on the neurobiology of conscious states. The research group investigates the...

Robert Bonomo is a blogger, novelist and practicing esotericist. He has lived and worked in Madrid, San Francisco, Buenos Aires, Kamchatka, Miami, Valencia, Cartagena, New York and a few other not so interesting places. He speaks fluent Spanish and a very spotty Russian.He released his fourth novel, Your Love Incomplete, in August of 2013. It's available as a free ebook along with two of his previous novels, Cactus Land and Twilight Breakout.Robert is a late blooming anarchist and has been...

P.D. Newman is a 32nd degree Master Mason and he wrote a book titled "Alchemically Stoned: The Psychedelic Secret of Freemasonry". P.D. Newman's bold and daring theory provides a radical interpretation of Masonic symbolism. In the tradition of Wasson, Hofmann and Ruck, in "The Road to Eleusis: Unveiling the Secret of the Mysteries" (1978), and Heinrich's "Strange Fruit: Alchemy, Religion, and Magical Foods" (1995), Newman suggests that practical psychoactive pharmacology, rather than...

Dreaming Jaguars is a creative project put together by Justin and Paul. Two life long friends who have shared experiences of the mind beyond the realms of human imagination!  They want to bring important topics to the mainstream, delivering their content in a way that resonates with the everyday folk. They aren't scientists, but they do tell the truth. Justin and Paul try to make films that are engaging and pretty on the eye, that carry a message to all that times are changing, opinions are...

Mark Collins is a Brazilian philosopher with a master's in ethics who presently researches consciousness and is the founder of the IDMT PROJECT, which is made up of: a personal interest in the study of altered states represented by the letters "I DMT"; an academic institute dedicated to research called the Instituto da Molècula Triptamina; and a church Igreja do Divino Mestre na Terra, a religious laboratory used as a "launch pad" for incursions into spiritual realms using DMT legally,...

Dillan is a psychonaut crew member of the DMTx project led by Daniel McQueen MA of Medicinal Mindfulness in Boulder, CO.  He is also a founding member of the Ansara mystic collective (ANSARRA.org) In this episode we discuss the difference between religious cults and mystery school initiations using psychedelics to access mystical states of consciousness, direct religious experiences, our involvement in the DMTx project, the significance of the modern day psychedelic renaissance, and so much...

David Jay Brown is the author of The New Science of Psychedelics: At the Nexus of Culture, Consciousness, and Spirituality. He is also the coauthor of five bestselling volumes of interviews with leading-edge thinkers, Mavericks of the Mind, Voices from the Edge, Conversations on the Edge of the Apocalypse, Mavericks of Medicine, and Frontiers of Psychedelic Consciousness. Additionally, Brown is the author of two science fiction novels, Brainchild and Virus, and he is the coauthor of the...

Dick Khan- DMT & My Occult Mind (description)-There is still much to learn about the world in which we live. This sense of wonder and curiosity is what defines scientists across the globe.Dimethyltryptamine (DMT)—also known as “the spirit molecule”—is a substance believed to dramatically expand the way an individual views the world. One man set out not only to enter this altered state of consciousness through carefully researched delivery of DMT but to document his experiences.As he soon...

Rick Strassman was born in Los Angeles, California in 1952. He attended public schools in southern California’s San Fernando Valley, and graduated from Ulysses S. Grant High School in Van Nuys in 1969. As an undergraduate, he majored in zoology at Pomona College in Claremont California for two years before transferring to Stanford University, where he graduated with departmental honors in biological sciences in 1973. During summers in college he worked for RedKen Laboratories, developing...

Anthony Peake was a curious child. While his friends were reading Batman and Superman comics Anthony was immersing himself in learning of the most arcane nature (whilst still keeping an eye on the X-Men and Dr. Strange). It was in 1966, at the age of twelve that he, quite by accident, came across a copy of The Sky People by Brinsley Le Poer Trench and from then on there was no stopping him. The British part-series Man Myth and Magic was read with intense interest followed by the discovery of...

Dennis McKenna PhD is an Ethnobotanist and an Ethnopharmacologist who hosts conferences and lectures educating people about shamanic cultures who use sacred psychoactive plants to access altered states of consciousness. He is the younger brother of the late brilliant psychedelic bard, Terence McKenna.  Dennis McKenna is one of the founding board members and the Director of Ethnopharmacology at the Heffter Research Institute, a non-profit organization concerned with the investigation of the...

Shane Mauss has brought his unique blend of humor insights and storytelling to cities all over the world. He has appeared on Comedy Central, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Showtime, BBC, Epix and has 5 appearences on Conan. He has also been a popular guest on other top podcasts like Pete Holmes’ You Made It Weird, This Past Weekend with Theo Von, Marc Maron’s WTF, The Joe Rogan Experience, Duncan Trussell’s Family Hour, Bertcast and more.Each week, as the curator and host of the science podcast ‘Here We...

Mitch Schultz is the Director, Producer, and Filmmaker of the documentary film DMT: The Spirit Molecule (2009).In this episode we discuss Mitch's experience creating the documentary film DMT: The Spirit Molecule, his paranormal experiences throughout his life leading up to his discovery of dimethyltryptamine, quantum physics, artificial intelligence, religion, spirituality, DNA, entity encounters, and much more!  I hope you enjoy this really fun conversation as much as I did. LINKS:Mitch...

Daniel McQueen (MA) is a professional psychedelic therapist and guide with a Masters in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology from Naropa University.  With his wife Alison McQueen (MA, LPC), Daniel is the co-director and manager of Medicinal Mindfulness, a local consciousness community and psychedelic education program in Boulder, Colorado.Daniel facilitates individual and group psychedelic experiences using psychedelic cannabis blends and transformational breathwork techniques.  He is the...

Dr. Andrew Gallimore is a Neurobiologist, chemist, and pharmacologist interested in the relationship between psychedelic drugs, the brain, consciousness and the structure of reality. Currently based at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology.  We discuss his new book "Alien Information Theory" and his work leading to the extended-state DMT model later adopted by DMTx, a team of volunteers organized by Daniel McQueen of Medicinal Mindfulness.  Dr. Gallimore explains how psychedelics...

Thank you for tuning into The DMT-Xperience Podcast with the host Blake C. Erickson. This episode provides an introduction for the basic intention of the podcast and a brief description of who the host is.  Blake discusses the basic summary of his book "The Forbidden Fruit & The Tree of Knowledge: Opening the Third Eye".