Episode 1: The Beginning

The Other Place Archive podcast is an attempt to analyze and understand the strange place people find themselves in when they encounter a near death experience or take part in a shamanic psychedelic journey. In this first episode I describe my first encounter with this place and the lessons and help I found there. This journey took place as I approached the most painful event I am likely to ever experience. I will never sufficiently be able to express the profound help, healing and meaning for my suffering that I found and continue to find there. I have created this podcast as a means to help destigmatize the incredible healing that can be accessed through these expereinces, I hope this podcast finds someone who needs it and lifts them up in trying times. (00:00:00) Intro: Divine Encounters in the The Other Place (00:13:58) A Scientific Look at the Spiritual Experience (00:23:35) Preamble to the Journey (00:28:40) Tara's Story (00:42:14) The Shamanic Experience (00:51:47) The Shamanic Ceremony (00:55:03) Due Diligence (00:58:36) The Journey Begins (01:02:53) The Sewer, the Pipes, My Home and My Heart (01:16:24) Acceptance & Repentence Heals (01:24:38) Rebirth, Burst Pipes and the Rise of the Pipe Organ (01:33:50) The Weighing of the Heart (01:39:23) Ziggy in Space (01:42:24) Take me to Tara (01:55:00) Post Journey Analysis (02:00:09) Footprints in the Sand (02:02:44) The Cardboard Carnival (02:08:35) Journey's End / We've Been Robbed! (02:14:04) The Kingdom of God is Within You (02:17:28) The Tao, the Energy and the Severing of the Connection