April 28th, 2008
Entheogens and Co-Evolution with Gaia
an interview with Daniel Pinchbeck and John Lash
Daniel Pinchbeck is the author of Breaking Open the Head: A Psychedelic Journey into the Heart of Contemporary Shamanism and 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl and advocate of the use of psychedelic substances for enriching people’s intellectual, psychological and spiritual beliefs through the psychedelic experience.
John Lash is the author of Not in His Image and Quest for the Zodiac, co-founder and principal author of the Metahistory.org and one of the foremost exponents of the power of myth to direct and shape an individual’s life, as well as history itself.
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I enjoyed the talk but was very disappointed on the feeling level in the dismissal of the women towards the end of the program. I think her comment about the number of women vs. men is relevant. I also felt it insensitive to dismiss her request to reflect for 30 seconds on being and experiencing the reality of what was being discussed (a feminine approach) as opposed to a completely intellectual approach. To me this is an example of how we may try to honor and include the feminine but don’t always recognize it. We have no trouble giving that much attention to others when they express an intellectual comment or response to the program. The request she made could have come from a man or women but I see it as a request to include the feminine. When will we?