UNVEILED: exploring psychedelics and spirituality

Sacred Knowledge: Dr. Bill Richards on death, psychedelics and the sacred.

Dr. William Richards is one of the God-Fathers of the psychedelic movement having conducted thousands of sessions with patients throughout his 60 years of research. Bill is a psychologist in the Psychiatry Department of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Bayview Medical Center.  He has agreed to be an expert witness in the Canadian Charter Challenge case on behalf of Therapcil and the cancer patients who are seeking legal access to this medicine. This conversation is absolutely amazing. 

check out the Johns Hopkins psychedelic research center here - https://hopkinspsychedelic.org/

also go to www.therapcil.ca to donate to the Charter Challenge 

 

 

Healing Trauma: Dr. Ingrid Pacey on her 50 year journey with psychedelics.

Dr. Ingrid Pacey is a psychiatrist who was trained in the therapeutic use of LSD in the 1960's. She shares her personal story of her first psychedelic experience and how that changed her life. She talks about LSD, MDMA, mushrooms and Holotropic breathwork, her training with Stan Grof and why these substances are so key at this moment in history. 

 

Let love in: Dr. Bruce Tobin on psychedelics, death and dying.

Dr. Bruce Tobin, is a retired psychologist and president and founder of Therapcil. He shares his own personal story of how he used psilocybin to treat his depression and cancer diagnosis and why he believes these substances are such important tools for therapists. 

check out www.therapcil.ca 

 

Actively dying to actively living: Thomas Hartle on how mushrooms helped him find vitality while dying

Thomas Hartle has terminal cancer and was the first Canadian to legally use psilocybin (magic mushrooms) to treat his end of life anxiety with a therapist. He was granted a Section 56 exemption from Health Canada two years ago. He says the one time treatment changed his life and gave him a contentment and a joy that he has never had before. He is joined by his hospice worker John Simpson who has journeyed with Thomas for the past few years. They tell the story of transformation and how this treatment could help thousands of other Canadians who are suffering. 

Go to www.Therapcil.ca to donate to the Charter Challenge. 

 

Peg Peters is the host of his podcast series. 

 

 

Forgiving yourself: Jim Doswell on how mushrooms healed his panic attacks

Jim Doswell is a former federal treaty negotiator with First Nations in B.C, Canada. who applied for a ministerial exemption to use psilocybin to aid in his therapy for PTSD.  This is his story. 

 

Jim Doswell is now on the Board of Therapsil helping give leadership. 

 

Check out www.Therapsil.ca to donate to help with the Charter Challenge 

 

 

Overcoming fear: Charlotte Jackson on the healing power of Psychedelics.

'Tell me what you fear and I will tell you what has happened to you'  DW Winnicott. 

 

Charlotte Jackson is a registered clinical counsellor working in Vancouver and is advocating for the rights of Canadian patients to gain legal access to Psilocybin for therapeutic use. 

 

Charlotte Jackson can be found at http://www.charlottejackson.ca/about

To donate and support this Charter Challenge please check out. https://therapsil.ca/

 

Six months to live: Laurie Brooks and Dave Phillips discuss the transformative power of Psilocybin

Laurie Brooks, a mother of four, was diagnosed with terminal cancer and heard about a cutting edge new treatment for end of life anxiety. Laurie and her therapist, Dave Phillips, join us on the podcast to talk about the changes she experienced from this amazing therapy model that they want made available to all Canadians. 

 

Check out Laurie's Blog - https://www.lauriesplace.ca/

 

Also go to https://therapsil.ca/ for more information on the Charter Challenge.

 

 

 

Charter Challenge with Paul Lewin

Canadians in medical need do not have safe, legal, equitable or timely access to medical psilocybin and psilocybin therapy. This urgently needs to change.

To solve this, patients are taking the federal government to court.

Today on the podcast we have Paul Lewin, https://lewinsagara.ca/lawyers/ a lawyer who is helping head up a Charter Challenge case on behalf of end of life cancer patients in Canada who are seeking legal access to Psilocybin for end of life anxiety through a doctor. 

If patients have the "Right to Die" in Canada shouldn't they have the "Right to Try" mushrooms as a way of relieving their fears and anxiety. 

Check out the website below to donate to help this court case. 

 

 

 

https://therapsil.ca/

Psychedelic Jesus

Another little twist of focus as Peg and I begin to talk about what a Christian faith could look like AFTER we've walked away from Christianity.  How can we have a Christian spirituality without capitulating our core values?  And, can magic mushrooms actually be seen as a ritual in this sort of church community?  These are just some of the questions and topics Peg and I explore.  Also, check out Peg's new webpage, www.psychedelicjesus.ca

Dave and Peg with Jodi Krahn

We were so excited about our first "guest" interview.  Jodi is a long time friend of us both and my teaching partner training therapists in safely using psilocybin in therapy. She is a gifted therapist with specialties in eating disorders and working with women toward experiencing their inner power and connection to the divine feminine.  She is a wife, mom and grandmother.  She has sooo much wisdom to share and we hope you enjoy this conversation a much as we did.