Life is a Festival
Transformational gatherings, the communities they build, and the teachers who help us bring that open-hearted joy home.
Iboga Part 2: Initiating with Iboga in Africa
Life is a Festival #140 - Apollon (Bwiti Initiations)
A conversation with a Bwiti N’ganga about how Westerns can connect with this African spiritual practice.
Iboga Part 1: Ibogaine Clinical Treatment
Life is a Festival #139 - Dr. Felipe Malacara, & Vianey Ariadna Perez (Beond Ibogaine)
Healing addiction and trauma using ibogaine HLC in a Western medical model at Beond Clinic in Cancun.
The Art of Interviewing
Life is a Festival #138 - Eamon Armstrong & Ian MacKenzie
To celebrate four years of Life is a Festival, today I’m sharing a conversation I had with my friend Ian MacKenzie about how to conduct a good interview.
The Queer Muslim Hero of Psychedelic Legalization
Life is a Festival #137 - Ismail Lourido Ali (MAPS)
From medicalization to religious exception, how should powerful psychedelic molecules enter mainstream consciousness?
A North Star for Psychedelic Ethics
Life is a Festival #65: Liana Sananda (Auryn Project)
The psychedelic movement is at a threshold point where it is vitally important to create an attractor coalition of value-driven leadership. However, in order to get this right we need to co-create and move at the speed of trust.
How to Help Someone Having a “Bad Trip"
Life is a Festival #51: Sara Gael (The Zendo Project)
The key is to keep them safe and trust their inner healer. Sounds simple right? In fact, it’s a profound art, which requires specialized training and can be incredibly personally rewarding.
The State of Psychedelics
Life is a Festival #3: Brad Burge (MAPS)
The Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies on patenting psilocybin, the promises and pitfalls of Ketamine for depression, MDMA for PTSD, and ayahuasca and cultural appropriation.