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Archaic Drum
by James Benton
The Archaic Drum Podcast hosted by James Benton, enters into conversation with various visionaries, teachers and free thinkers discussing a variety of topics which are oriented towards creating personal and global transformation. We hope that through these discussions to arrive at a deeper understanding into the nature of positive change by drawing on the wisdom and teachings of those who have committed their lives in their own unique ways to making a difference in the world. The topics in discussion will include, but not limited to, indigenous wisdom teachings, the use of plant medicines, particularly the psychedelic "entheogens" that are rapidly being discovered to be powerful tools for healing and personal/global transformation. We also take a look at non-psychedelic shamanic techniques and other transformational methodologies and practices. We are as well in conversation with various teachers from other traditions such as Buddhism, Taoism, the non-dual community, etc. Many of us
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AD 036 Jeffrey Wium
Jeffrey Wium's work, studies and spiritual explorations have taken him around the world, providing firsthand experience with varying systems, ideologies and perceptual realities. In 1995, after ten years of intensive production schedules, location travel and living in metropolitan centers…
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AD 035 Interview with Benebell Wen
BENEBELL WEN is the author of Holistic Tarot: An Integrative Approach to Using Tarot for Personal Growth (North Atlantic Books, 2015). She is a corporate attorney practicing law in California and New York, who also happens to be a practitioner of various metaphysical arts. She studies tarot, feng...
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AD 034 with Dr Cynthia Shifrin
An in depth discussion with Dr Cynthia Shifrin about her work with Spiritual Responce Therapy within her psychotheraputic practice.
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AD 034 Interview with Oliver Martin
Oliver Martin has explored for more than 20 years the sacred gifts of the Psilocybin mushroom. He shares here his own personal experiences and transformations through his work with this ancient medicine. He as well speaks of his work in helping others with this particular mushroom to discover…
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AD 033 Interview with Marshall Lefferts
Marshall Lefferts is a lifelong explorer of cosmic geometry, music, the fractal-holographic nature of the cosmos, and unified physics. For more than 37 years he has studied and synthesized a variety of pioneering research, including the work of Buckminster Fuller, David Bohm, Nassim Haramein,...
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AD 032 Interview with Marie-Rose Phan-Lê
Marie-Rose has more than 25 years of experience in film and television production. She began her career at the CBS affiliate in phoenix, Arizona, writing and producing children's programming, directing live newscasts and co-writing and producing a documentary on World War I aviation. She then...
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AD 031 Interview with Kingsley Dennis
Kingsley L Dennis, PhD, is a sociologist, researcher, and author. A prolific writer, he has authored several critically acclaimed books including 'The Phoenix Generation';'New Consciousness for a New World'; 'The Struggle For Your Mind, and the celebrated 'Dawn of the Akashic Age' (written with...
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AD 030 Interview w/ Pierre Pradervand
Pierre Pradervand has worked for decades in personal development and social justice. In his workshops, he provides personal development tools that empower everyone to find and strengthen their own internal anchors, empowering them to live from a more open, free and compassionate place. He is the...
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AD 029 Interview w/ Lisa Cairns
Lisa Cairns could be called a Non-duality teacher, however she says very little about herself and doesn't really call herself a teacher. The interview ssays it all and speaks for itself. She encourages each that come to listen to her to open themselves to the somplicity and inherent freedom that…
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AD 028 Interview w/ Robin Rice
Robin Rice is an internationally published author, online teacher, social change artist and mentor to world-level leaders. Her writing has been translated into three languages and distributed in nine countries. She transforms lives and careers through an online apprenticeship in contemporary...
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Interview w/ Professor Ervin Laszlo
Dr. Laszlo is generally recognized as the founder of systems philosophy and general evolution theory. His work in recent years has centered on the formulation and development of the “Akasha Paradigm,” the new conception of cosmos, life and consciousness emerging at the forefront of the…
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AD 026 Talk by Seisho Maylie Scott, Roshi
In this special episode, I present a talk that was given in 1995 by my first Zen Teacher, Seisho Maylie Scott, Roshi. I first met Maylie in 1991 when I went to a meeting of the Zen Group there, where I lived for some years during that period. She speaks here in this talk of one of her teachers,...
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AD 025 Interview with Kelly-Ann Maddox
Kelly-Ann Maddox is a qualified spiritual counsellor, award-winning Tarot reader and free-wheeling Chaos Witch. After picking up her first Tarot deck at a young age, Kelly-Ann Maddox developed an intense passion for the tool and has now spent almost two decades exploring its potential. In her…
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AD 024 Interview w/ Nicolya Christi
Her first published book - "2012: A Clarion Call: Your Soul's Purpose in Conscious Evolution" - (Bear & Co/Inner Traditions - April 2011) was placed in the top ten of Spring 2011 book reviews by Publishers Weekly. Twice nominated Nobel Peace Prize nominee Professor Ervin Laszlo endorsed this book...
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AD 023 Interview w/ Guy Crittenden
Guy Crittenden is a journalist with 25 years experience writing on environmental and sustainability themes, after co-founding a small magazine publishing company in 1989. He recently shifted his focus to writing and speaking on diverse topics that include shamanism, entheogenic plants and…
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AD 022 Interview with Adam C. Hall
Adam C. Hall achieved the American Dream in its fullist and then woke-up to the nightmare of his own condition. Adam undertook a life-changing metamorphosis that would ultimately alter his mind-set from Earth Conqueror to Earth Keeper. He is the founder of the EarthKeeper Alliance which works to...
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AD 020 Interview w/ Pam Montgomery
Pam Montgomery is an author, practitioner and educator of Plant Spirit and Earth Healing. She has been investigating plants and their intelligent spiritual nature since 1986. She is a founding member of the Northeast Herbal Association and is on the advisory board of United Plant Savers. Since…
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AD 019 Interview w/ Peter Russell
Peter Russell is a fellow of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, of The World Business Academy and of The Findhorn Foundation, and an Honorary Member of The Club of Budapest. At Cambridge University (UK), he studied mathematics and theoretical physics where he was mentored directly by Dr. Stephan...
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AD 018 Interview w/ Dr Richard Grossman
Richard is a acupuncturist and an Oriental medical doctor, who works extensively with a variety of healing modalities which include herbal medicine, sound healing and ayahuasca. Richard began his search for meaning at an early age, when he developed a strong interest in the nature of healing....
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AD 017 Interview /w John Lockley
Our 2nd Interview with Sangoma Shaman, John Lockley. He gives a detailed explanation of his new training program, "The Way of The Leopard", and offers his wisdom on a variety of other subjects including life, purpose and destiny.
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AD 016 Interview w/ JOHN DUPUY
John Dupuy is the CEO of iAwake Technologies, LLC, and holds a master's degree in Transpersonal Psychology. He has been working personally and professionally with brainwave entrainment technology since 2004, and has developed a passion for the power and efficacy of brainwave entrainment…
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Interview with Larry Norris
Larry Norris is the co-founder and executive director of ERIE (Entheogenic Research, Integration, and Education), a group dedicated to the development of entheogenic research and integration models ERIE brings diverse entheogenic speakers, practitioners, and researchers to share their wisdom with...
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AD 014 Interview with Rupert Sheldrake
Rupert Sheldrake is a biologist and author of more than 80 scientific papers and ten books. He was among the top 100 Global Thought Leaders for 2013, as ranked by the Duttweiler Institute, Zurich, Switzerland's leading think tank.
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Part 2 Interview w/ ChoQosh Auh'Ho'Oh
ChoQosh Auh’Ho’Oh is a Native American elder of Coastal Native Indian descent. She taught for the Cross Cultural Communications program at University of California Berkley for 19 years. In 1990, at the invitation of the Maori King Hukapa Mateau of Aotearoa/New Zealand she was asked to come to…
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AD 012 Interview w/ ChoQosh Auh'Ho'Oh
ChoQosh Auh'Ho'Oh is a Native American elder of Coastal Native Indian descent. She taught for the Cross Cultural Communications program at University of California Berkley for 19 years. In 1990, at the invitation of the Maori King Hukapa Mateau of Aotearoa/New Zealand she was asked to come to…
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AD Yage Tapes 002
Carlos Tanner is the director of the Ayahuasca Foundation in Iquitos, Peru. He has been a student of plant medicine for more than 10 years. He speaks to us here about his experiences over the years with Ayahuasca and how it has transformed his life and also the lives of those who have worked with...
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AD 009 Interview w/ Annette Knopp
Annette Knopp is an Inner-Depth-Counselor, Shamanic practitioner, and co-founder of Blue Spirit Retreat in Costa Rica. Her invitation is to realize the infinite preciousness of existence in form and formlessness, and to integrate that knowing into all areas of daily life. She draws from a rich...
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AD Yage Tapes 001 Emman Lucy Shaw
This is our first episode from our series, "The Yage Tapes", in which we will be in conversation with various individuals who have participated in Ayahuasca ceremonies with shamans in various parts of South America. Emma Lucy Shaw is a Scottish/English visionary artist who lost both her parents…
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AD 008 Interview with John Lockley
At 18, John Lockley was serving in the South African army as a medic (during the war with Angola in the 1980s) when he had a strong, prophetic dream calling him to train as a Xhosa Sangoma shaman, within the same tribe of Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu He eventually met Mum Ngwevu, a well-known...
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AD 007 Interview w/ Eric Thompson
Interview with Eric Thompson who is the creator of the iNet entrainment process, co-founder of iAwake Technologies, LLC and its Chief Technical Officer. We are speaking with him about the advances he has made within the field of brainwave entrainment technologies.
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AD 006 Interview w/ Pamela Wilson
Pamela speaks the Truth of advaita, non-duality - that the universe is one undivided whole. For the last fifteen years she has traveled widely in the United States, Canada and Europe, holding satsang and giving private sessions. Week-long retreats have been held in Mexico, Costa Rica, France, the...
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AD 005 Interview with Simon G. Powell
Simon G. Powell is the author of The Psilocybin Solution and Darwin's Unfinished Business. He is also a musician and filmmaker. He lives in London, England.
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AD 004 Interview with BILL PFEIFFER
Bill Pfeiffer is the founder of sacred Earth Network which implemented leading visions for almost 20 years. During that time he made Russia a second home; having traveled there 42 times, giving him a rare cross-cultural perspective. He has been active throughout the years conducting workshops on...
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AD 003 AD Interview with JAC O'KEEFFE.
Jac O’Keeffe was raised in rural Ireland. With a desire to know more about God, she studied theology and music. Graduating in the 1980′s, she was left disillusioned and a non-believer. Turning her focus to issues of social inequality, she studied adult and community education, and began her…
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AD 002 AD Interview with David Jay Brown
David Jay Brown holds a master's degree in psychobiology from NYU. A former researcher at the University of Southern California, he has written for Wired, Discover, and Scientific American, and his news stories have appeared on The Huffington Post and CBS News. A frequent editor of the MAPS...
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AD 001 AD Interview with JAKE DUCEY, Hosted by James Benton
Jake Ducey left home as a teenager one day, also leaving behind a life of alcohol and drug abuse, to explore the world with a meager savings and adventurous spirit. His journey ended up transforming his life for good when he arrived at a deep knowing that what he was searching for was within...
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The Archaic Drum Podcast hosted by James Benton, enters into conversation with various visionaries, teachers and free thinkers discussing a variety of topics which are oriented towards creating personal and global transformation. We hope that through these discussions to arrive at a deeper understanding into the nature of positive change by drawing on the wisdom and teachings of those who have committed their lives in their own unique ways to making a difference in the world. The topics in discussion will include, but not limited to, indigenous wisdom teachings, the use of plant medicines, particularly the psychedelic "entheogens" that are rapidly being discovered to be powerful tools for healing and personal/global transformation. We also take a look at non-psychedelic shamanic techniques and other transformational methodologies and practices. We are as well in conversation with various teachers from other traditions such as Buddhism, Taoism, the non-dual community, etc. Many of us
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