http://media.libsyn.com/...ast/Psychonautica015.mp3 In this fortnights installment of psychonautica, Max Freakout speaks with fellow psychonaut The Seeker on a range of psychedelic topics, such as the pharmaco-dynamics of MDMA, the role of entheogens in spiritual practise, the distinction between synthetic and natural drugs, contaminated pills and the issue of purity with synthetic chemicals. The second half of the conversation can be heard in Psychonautica #16. Finally Max reads out a mushroom trip-report from Kabukisensei, involving loss of separateness and experience of cosmic oneness.... Playlist: DJ Zinc - Casino Royale

http://media.libsyn.com/...ast/Psychonautica016.mp3 This episode of psychonautica is the second half of the conversation between Max Freakout and the Seeker from the last episode. They discuss entheogens and spiritual practise, including the state of consciousness brought on by kundalini yoga. Also the differences and similarities between DMT and Salvia Divinorum, including an in depth discussion about the salvia experience, it's effect on time, space and eternity, including comparisons to Buck Rogers and Star trek. Playlist: The Chemical Brothers - Psychedelic fuckin'; Morcheeba - Big calm

http://media.libsyn.com/...ast/Psychonautica017.mp3 In this fortnight's episode of psychonautica, Max Freakout first announces the forthcoming dopecast meetup in Amsterdam, and then addresses a selection of listener emails. The topics which are raised include the difference between a narcotic and a psychedelic in the context of shamanic practise, Mike Hoffman's egodeath theory as a new, 'practically applicable' religion, the relation of the psychedelic insight to the validity of inductive reasoning, the parallels between Terence Mckenna's theories and the egodeath theory, safety precautiions and contraindications of salvia divinorum (including the salvia sleepwalk and the combination of salvia with cannabis), the varieties of ecstasy pill and the potential pitfalls of using a volcano vaporizer to vaporize DMT. Finally, Max reads out a salvia trip report from Ottonomy involving some classic salvia phenomena playlist: J-Dilla - Twister (Huh, what); Victor Vaughan aka MF Doom - Mr Clean web links: the seeker's antidrugs meditation link http://www.kundalini-tantra.com/drugs1.html pharmacratic inquisition homepage: http://www.pharmacratic-inquisition.com/main/ pharmacratic inquisition on google video: http://video.google.com/...cid=-4555365073003895154

http://media.libsyn.com/...ast/psychonautica_18.mp3 in this fortnight's installment of psychedelic information, Max Freakout reads through a selection of listener emails and forum posts, the topics covered include the proposed ban on fresh magic mushrooms in Holland, including the history of the legal position of mushrooms in Europe, salvia divinorum tolerance and addiction, the forthcoming psychonautica outing to the World Psychedelic forum, listening to music while tripping, synaethesia, psychedelic cough-syrup DXM including, safety issues about purity and after-effects and its intereraction with dramamine, its auditory and visual effects, and a dxm trip report from scaredstraight. Max mentions this weekend's dopecast meetup in Amsterdam, then reads out a mushroom trip report from Matty THC, involving a group trip in an isolated log cabin with some wild visuals. Next Max talks about trip-synchronicity with some personal examples, the experience of 'other' intelligence during a trip, insanity as an 'occupational hazard' for psychonauts and high-dose vs low-dose psychedelic experiencing. Playlist Massive Attack - Three; LTJ Bukem feat. Maya Angelou - On the pulse of morning

http://media.libsyn.com/...ast/Psychonautica019.mp3 In this fortnights edition of psychonautica, Max Freakout gives an update on the Dutch magic mushroom situation, including a recent protest in Amsterdam and the position of the mushroom in Dutch culture, then gives a news report about the recent hospitalization of Sasha Shulgin, and gives an update on the forthcoming novel 'Beyond the Basin' by a psychonautica listener. Then, in response to listener emails and forum posts Max talks about reproducing trip experiences by controlling the setting, the way that psychedelic voyaging often starts as a recreational pursuit and then becomes unexpectedly serious, a clarification of the precise of 'ego death', William James' charting of the mystical experience, references to ego death in 'the matrix' and Cronenburg's 'the fly', mystic insights in rock lyrics, the role of mushrooms in early Christianity, the role of the 'hero' and its relation to 'heroic' doses and ego death. Web Links: www.reddepaddo.nl Playlist: Ephemerid - 'Seraph'; Shpongle - 'The receptive'

http://media.libsyn.com/...ast/Psychonautica020.mp3 In the 20th installment of psychonautica, Max Freakout talks about a recent podcast by kmo about meditation and psychedelics, and the recent dopecast Amsterdam meetup. Then in response to listener emails, Max talks about salvia divinorum addiction and safety issues, the importance of 'set' in the outcome of a psychedelic experience, the medicinal use of various psychoactive drugs, entheogenic plants as a 'trojan horse' to Western societies from shamanic cultures, vaporizing DMT successfully in a herbalair vaporizer and the 'afterglow' of the DMT breakthrough. Topics raised in the psychonautica forum are also discussed, such as smokable DMT extracts, cultivating Salvia Divinorum and exotic strains of psilocybe mushroom, ayahuasca analogues, the chemical similarity of psilocybin to DMT, the distinction between mycophobic and mycophilic cultures and finally the relation of psychedelics to sexuality. Playlist: Kruder and Dorfmeister - High noon; Legion of Green men - Beyond the borderless

http://media.libsyn.com/...ast/Psychonautica021.mp3 This fortnight's episode of psychonautica is beamed live from the Dolphins coffeeshop in Amsterdam, and features a 3-way conversation between Max Freakout, The Seeker and Ravi. First Max reads out an LSD trip report from Dopey J, then the trio discuss 'crisis' experiences, the new Blairwitch spinoff movie 'shroom', LSD doses, psychedelic and psycholytic psychotherapy, safety issues of tripping in public environments, the role of music as a tool in combination with psychedelics, Neurolinguistic programming, and other techniqes for overcoming addictions, the relevance of addiction to problems of self-control and egodeath theory, isolation/floatation tanks and their potential for combination with psychedelics, ketamine, dissociation, sensory deprivation and the womb-regression experience. Following some herbal refreshments the trio return to talk about the idea of a paradigm shift, the authenticity of taking entheogens in contrast with other spiritual practises, and evolutionary advantages to plants which contain psychoactive chemicals. Playlist: Omnimotion - Elastic crystals in motion; Hydraulic - Vindaloo

http://media.libsyn.com/media/d...ast/Psychonautica022.mp3 In this festive season episode of psychonautica, Max Freakout talks about the relation between psychedelic drugs and sexuality. After first bidding a psychonaut farewell to queerninja, Max reads out a forum post from xochipilli2012 about his love of mushrooms, evil porn and scented olive oil, the effects of mushrooms on erectile dysfunction, MDMA and strap-on dildoes, private numbness from Hawaian Baby Woodrose seeds and the best choice out of mushrooms or LSD as an aphrodisiac. Then Max talks about erotic cave-paintings and archaic sexual practises, the sexual revolution in the 1960s alongside the psychedelic revolution, Hollands liberal stance on sexuality vs conservative attitudes to sex and drugs, tantric sex, including its potential psychedelic origins, and its use for dissolving ego, Dave Chappelle's first time on mushrooms and using MDMA to treat rape-trauma and in relationship counselling. Following an account by Terence Mckenna of a DMT-fueled sexual encounter, Max talks about alternative 'fringe' sexual practises, in particular BDSM, the experience of the endorphin rush known as 'flying', called the 'fast track to enlightenment', sexual power games involving control-loss and experiencing helplessness, the similarity between a BDSM session and a psychedelic trip, and its relation to psychedelic psychotherapy and the womb-regression experience. Finally Max gives a brief review of the forthcoming novel 'Beyond the Basin' and concludes with a further comment on archaic, orgiastic sexual practises. Playlist: Aphrodite - Kama sutra DJ Shadow - what does your soul look like?

Just wanted to say thanks for bringing this podcast to my attention Max Freakout. I've just started listening to these this week and have really enjoyed them. Keep up the good work!

yes maxx, thanks for these. very interesting podcast. please keep up the good work.

if you people keep listening i'll keep doing them http://media.libsyn.com/...ast/Psychonautica023.mp3 In this episode of Psychonautica, Max Freakout talks about Laura Huxley who died recently, and Ken Kesey and Tim Leary their attitude to psychedelics, then Max reads out a poem by Mrs Freakout inspired by a salvia trip. Then, in response to the last episode Max talks about the 'flying' experienced by SM afficionados, 'an ecstasy beyond orgasm', Aleister Crowley's idea of 'erotocomatose lucidity', the Lakota Indian's painful sundance rituals, and the difficulty in establishing a direct historical link between tantric sexual practises and psychedelics. Next, Max talks about conservative attitudes to sex and drugs, freedom of speech on the internet, egodeath theory and the free will debate, Heisenburg's uncertainty principal, the possibility of quantum computers, Sartre's idea of radically unlimited existential freedom, and it's implications for the controllability of your future self, the archaic revival, widespread boundary dissolution and synaethesia. Finally Max reads out an excellent 2-C-I trip report from Dyminshin. including lots of information about a number of different research chemicals Playlist Fingathing feat. Veba - slipping Grooverider - Alien girl Michael hoffman's response to psychonautica 11 http://egodeath.com/mp3s/PointsOftenLeftOut.mp3

Download here: http://media.libsyn.com/...ast/Psychonautica024.mp3 In this fortnight's edition of psychonautica, Max Freakout discusses the hippie movement of the sixties, debates about its successes and failures, the ambiguity of the word hippie, and also debates about Tim Leary ad Ken Kesey, and who was really responsible for ending scientific research into psychedelics. Also Max talks bout the implications of the discovery of psychedelic shamanism, and cultural values as paranoid neurosis. Next Max talks about lucid dreaming and its eficacy as a tool for regenerative healing, the difficulty of learning how to trigger lucid dreams at will, sleep paralysis, the film 'Waking Life' and oneirology, the study of dreams. Finally Max talks about the entheogenic origins of tantra, amrita the 'sacred elixir', cannabis and datura, then reads out a Salvia/Cannabis trip report. Playlist: Bahamadia - 'Transcend'; Adham shaikh - 'Left Coast Liquid'