In this episode Dr. Doug Brackmann and I go into what it means to be Driven. There are genetic differences among this population, which leaves them often, confused, successful, addicted or controlled by shame.    We go into the reasons that nature might have caused this expression in certain individuals in a tribe and how these tendencies can wreak havoc on personal relationships and on the body itself.    We go into why the Driven Person may be looked at as a sociopath or psychopath and...

It's been a long time since I have published an episode. Frankly, the long delay has been due to the fact that my life circumstances have changed so completely that the topics that I am most actively working appear so different than previous episodes. Although this topic and ones to come may appear disparate and unconnected at first glance, I think that they are in fact another aspect of living in the world in a more beautiful and holistic way.    In this episode I interview Hajjar Gibran...

Dr. Clare Johnson received her PhD in Lucid Dreaming and the Creative Process. She has been lucid dreaming for over 40 years since the age of 3. She is the past president of the International Study of Sleep and Dreams, is a Yoga Teacher, Mother and an author of more books on lucid dreaming than any other author that I have been able to find.   Over the past 2 years I have been deeply committed to my lucid dream practice. Experiencing the Divine through real experiences, as real as waking life...

I discovered Jorge Conesa Sevilla from my reading and research around lucid dreaming. He was one of the first authors that I'm aware of to do extensive research into sleep paralysis and speaks about it in his book "Wrestling with Ghosts." Jorge has spent his lifetime in nature and exploring consciousness through spending considerable time in a primal state in the wild, living off the land as well as undergoing long fasts for spiritual insight and biological health.  In this episode we speak...

On this episode I am joined by Luis Rodriguez whom I met at a men's retreat in Mendocino in 2019 with Michael Meade. Luis' bio is far too long and varied to cover fully here, but includes healing from addiction, working to help prisoners cry through their words, becoming the poet laureate of Los Angeles twice, working with gang members and at risk youth, running for green party governor of California and for vice president for the justice party.  Hearing some of Luis' stories at the Michael...

One of the most well known lucid dreamers and considered one of the pioneers of lucid dreaming in the western world, Robert Waggoner joins me to go "deep" into the world of lucid dreaming. This is not an episode speaking about techniques, but instead, speaking to the potential that becoming aware in dreaming holds for the future of humanity and our shared waking physical reality. Both Zack and Robert uncover that they were both brought to exploring of the dream world by early encounters with...

"What is a caretaker of the cosmos?" One of the first questions posed to author Gary Lachman in this episode of Zeitgeist with Zack Geist. Among his 20+ books, Gary wrote ‘The Caretakers of the Cosmos: Living Responsibly in an Unfinished World.’ and joins Zack to explore the author's central tenet: that humans are entrusted with a daunting task of repairing creation itself. The theory positions us as mediators between dual realms, one of time & space versus our spiritual world that enfold...

In this episode I speak with the author and teacher on Lucid Dreaming, Charlie Morley. Charlie is a practitioner of Tibetan Dream Yoga and works with his his dreams for spiritual insight and healing. We speak about many topics related to dreaming and lucid dreaming, healing from trauma and practices during waking life that can help a dreamer become lucid in their dreams.  Charlie also gives us a sneak peak into his Lucid Dream Summit with guest teachers like Dr. Clare Johnson and Robert...

Dr Ed Tick is a psychologist specializing in treating sufferers with PTSD and has worked with combat veterans since the 1970s. He discovered through his work that the most profound healing from the symptoms of PTSD were to be had through dream work and more specifically through the ancient Greek practice of Asklepion Dream Incubation. To my surprise, modern medicine in the west as it is known today is rooted in Asklepion sanctuaries where cures were sought in both the waking world by working...

In this episode, Zack Geist and Bayo Akomolafe engage in a dancing of words around the constantly changing issues of these queer times of Spring 2020. Akin to flies they find themselves tangled in the spider's web, a sensation both uncomfortable and familiar, they attempt to feel their way towards something just out of reach. Energized by the exhausted common narrative Zack and Bayo explore the realm that is inhabited by the invisibles as though they may have been listening all along. They...

Tricia Eastman is a medicine woman who works with the plant medicine Iboga. Tricia has spent time with the medicine people of Gabon Africa and the Bwiti Shamans in initiation through this extremely powerful and deeply healing medicine. Having lead thousands of healing journeys in the West, Tricia helps explorers of consciousness open up to the medicine and integrate the profound insights that are shared through the experience.  Zack and Tricia speak about Iboga's potential for helping heal...

Jennifer Dumpert is an "oneironaut", an explorer of dream consciousness, who has spent many decades working with the liminal dream space. Liminal Dreaming is the space that we often don't pay attention to and hence barrel through it from waking consciousness all the way to REM sleep. Jennifer teaches us that there is a whole world available in these spaces, a world full of insight, creativity and healing, and the same very real dimension where Salvadore Dali and Thomas Edison would use to...

This episode was recorded at the beginning of the Covid19 pandemic when uncertainty regarding the CARES act was even greater than it is now. Student Loans had been put in 6 month disaster forbearance with interest rates dropped to 0% on Direct Student Loans. The tax deadlines had been extended to July and memorandums to stop evictions had been rumored.  Now nearly 8 weeks have passed and we are only beginning to see and feel the economic implications of Covid19, with middle income citizens...

In this episode Zack Geist holds a dialogue with depth psychologist and founder of the Jung Society of Utah and the Jung Platform Machiel Klerk. Zack and Machiel speak about the COVID19 virus and its effects on the the psyche both individually and collectively. They also dive into the realm of dream work, Jungian depth psychology, lucid dreaming, shamanic and ecstatic practices and how to integrate those experiences and share meaning with others.  Zack and Machiel talk about a course that...

Ben Sessa is a medical doctor and child psychiatrist who specializes in treating PTSD arising from incidents of childhood trauma. In this episodes Zack and Madeleine speak about how the medicine MDMA may essentially be psychiatry’s antibiotic when taken in the medicine’s pure form, in a therepuetic setting, with proper intention and integration with a trained professional over a 12 week cycle. Zack shares of his healing journey that was catalyzed by this “miracle” medicine that he first...

Yaegon & Eve, better known as the prolific duo both electronic music producer Kalya Scintilla , founder of Merkaba music, with theatre director/storyteller Evoke founder of Evokation Sacred Art, join Zack and Madeleine to discuss their new album Gaian Code.Gaian Code invites the listener to feel deeply, to come alive to the fact that we are all connected and that there is no separation.

In the Yakut language, OLOX means life, and their mission is just this, to serve life and bridge the ancient wisdom with the troubles facing today by surrendering to the Ecstatic through music and dance, and connecting to nature through Ecstatic states of being.Zarina was born in a small village of 800 people in Yakut Siberia, the coldest place on earth where it gets -94 degrees in the winter. She was born and raised in a Shamanic culture and was initiated to share her music and culture with...

Zack and Madeleine speak with Tyler Blank Founder of EcstaticDance.Org and co-founder of the Ecstatic Dance Oakland which many refer to as the “Mothership,” of the current international Ecstatic Dance Movement. The history of Ecstatic Dance and the amazing transformation that can occur from dancing and experiencing ecstatic states of consciousness are discussed. If you love Ecstatic Dance, if you have no idea what Ecstatic Dance is Or if you are fearful of experiencing Ecstatic Dance, this...

Kathryn Dixon founded the Clarity Coaching Institute of Salt Lake City Utah in 2003. She did this to share and expand upon the beautiful work of Byron Katie. In this episode her and Zack go deep into what it means to be “living the gift”.

Robin McKenna is an award-winning director, producer and writer with over two decades of experience in documentary filmmaking. She is director, producer and writer of GIFT, a feature-length documentary inspired by Lewis Hyde's classic bestseller The Gift. In this episode Zack and Robin engage in a dialogue around the “Spirit of the Gift.”

Author Marlee Liss and founder of Re-Humanize. Re-Humanize is a movement offering heart-softening remembrance of what it means to be human, built upon liberating expectations of connection and love. With healing words born from the depths of the author's pain, this vulnerable narrative offers a window into sexual assault and the messy path of survival.

Carl Rabke & Erin Geesaman Rabke are Somatic Naturalists and Embodiment Mentors. Between them, they have more than 45 years of experience offering somatic education and bodywork. As well as being parents, writers, podcasters, long-time meditators, passionate learners, and are madly in love with each other. The beautiful diversity that they embody speaks loudly in this episode where having a conscious relationship with your body and the impact it can have on your life is discussed.

Phoenix Aurelius, a present day alchemist and Zack speak about alchemy’s presence in many aspects of modern life. Alchemy is by no means gone, as a matter of fact, alchemy’s presence and influence in the world is greater than it has ever been due to our inability to see it. Alchemy is alive and well, and it’s influence on every aspect of your life as explored in this unique dialogue will shock and illuminate you if you can stay the course with us.

There is a contagious psychospiritual disease of the soul, a parasite of the mind, that is currently being acted out en masse on the world stage via a collective psychosis of titanic proportions. “Wetiko” as the Native Americans referred to this mind virus. It operates through the unconscious blind spots in the human psyche, rendering people oblivious to their own madness and compelling them to act against their own best interests. Drawing on insights from Jungian psychology, shamanism,...