Third Eye Drops

James McCrae returns!

James (also known by his Instagram handle, wordsarevibrations) is a poet, meme artist, and the author of How to Laugh in Ironic Amusement During Your Existential Crisis, which is available now.

In this mind meld, we muse about what Terence McKenna called 'the archaic revival,' why creatives are vital to the spiritual evolution of humankind, the relationship between myth and memes, reinventing yourself creatively, and more!

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That moment before you consume a heroic dose of mushrooms is surreal. You know your mind is about to be blown in unknowable ways, you know you can't possibly be prepared for what's to come. Ultimately though, it comes down to one of life's truly rare binary decisions -- Chomp down the deceptively humble dry nasties or don't.

This is a tale about the first time I chose to send them down the hatch. It was, without question, one of the most profound, life-changing, ego-obliterating, brain-melting occasions of my life.

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Author, podcast host, adventurer, and friend, Jennifer Sodini returns to the mind meld!

In this one, we muse about megalithic structures, the high weirdness of the Book of Enoch, the mind-altering effects of a good conversation, the beauty of skeptical optimism, whether or not astrology is worthwhile, high-dose experiences, the dark side of the cosmic joke, and more!

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Autodidactic mythologist, psychology extraordinaire, and Myths That Make Us podcast host, Erick Godsey returns to riff on synchronicity, following your intuition, the problem with mental health pathology, the brilliance of Carl Jung, navigating the snake pit of modern spirituality, the importance of visionary exploration, and much more.

👀 Catch Erick's podcasts, courses and musings here: https://www.erickgodsey.com/ 👈 https://www.instagram.com/erickgodsey/ 👈

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Deep down, we already know — There’s something off about spiritual influencers that claim you’re just one simple hack or magic trick away from changing your life. So why do we get pulled into their web? Why do we pin our hopes on dubious dudes promising us wealth, happiness, and enlightenment?

In this one, I identify a few huge red flags I’ve seen predatory spiritual influencers use time and time again to pull people in. Don’t fall for them.

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Bestselling author of What Doesn’t Kill Us, The Wedge, and more, Scott Carney returns!

In this one, we riff on why consciousness is fundamental, quantum weirdness, why it’s so important, yet difficult, to find spiritual truth, why napping is a surprisingly powerful technique for creative inspiration, and much more.

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Not only is there more to reality than meets the eye, reality, as we know it, doesn't really exist. As crazy as that sounds, it's actually the scientific consensus. Thanks to a handful of brilliant human beings (including this year's physics Nobel Prize winners) and groundbreaking experiments, quantum weirdness has gone mainstream. Reality-breaking concepts like non-locality, what Einstein called spooky action at a distance, are now accepted as foundational.

How did we get here? What does it mean? Is consciousness involved? I riff on those questions and more.

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Author, meditation facilitator, host of The Astral Hustle podcast, and friend, Cory Allen returns to the mind meld! 

In this one, we riff on 'psycho-technologies,' recognizing and debugging the patterns of our minds, habit change, why 'holding the door' is the perfect philosophical metaphor, and more! 

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Joe Patitucci enters the mind meld!

Joe is an artist that fosters connection to intuitive states and the natural world through sound, breath, and technology. As CEO of Data Garden, he is working to build a future where humans will have a real-time soundtrack to their lives generated from wearable data that is responsive to mood, tailored to taste, and optimized for any activity.

Data Garden’s latest product, PlantWave, translates real-time data from living plants into music, creating harmonious sound environments powered by nature.

In this one, we muse about communing with plant consciousness, different forms of human awareness, inspiration from visionary states, and more!

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Professor Wendy Smith enters the mind meld to talk paradox and open-ended thinking.

Wendy is the author of Both/And Thinking: Embracing Creative Tensions to Solve Your Toughest Problems

Wendy is a Harvard-educated, academic and the Dana J. Johnson Professor of Management at the University of Delaware. She is an expert on paradox and practical, open-ended approaches to problems-solving and creativity. 

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Ever-mercurial comedian, artist, and podcaster, Ramin Nazer returns to the mind meld!

Ramin returns for another mercurial mind meld. In this one, we have an absolute sampler platter of wonder nuggets-- The singularity, Terence McKenna, how to execute creatively, inspiration, motivation, flow states, the controversial phenomenon of Jordan Peterson, psychedelic entity encounters, and way too many other things to list!

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Artist, musician, and friend, Colin Frangicetto returns!

We muse about the transformative power of therapy in multiple facets of life -- relationships, mental health, creativity, spirituality, and more. We also riff about the potency of reinventing yourself, which Colin just did recently, artistically speaking, as "ADHD."

Colin is a musician, podcaster, and artist most well-known for playing in the band Circa Survive.

Dive into Colin's world here. Follow his digital art here.

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Visionary art legend, Android Jones returns for another massive mind meld. This week, we muse about the emerging phenomenon of AI art and what it means for artists and human creativity in general. We also riff on the role of psychedelics in Android's creative process, trying to capture transcendent truth in works of art, and more.

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Evan "Skytree" Snyder is a music producer turned robotics engineer. He makes synths out of raw crystals for fun. He's also part of a multi-generational web of high weirdness that stretches all the way back to Nazi Germany and includes some of the most compelling most UFO tales I've ever heard.

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Dr. Matthew Johnson is a Professor of Psychedelics and Consciousness at the Johns Hopkins Center For Psychedelics and Consciousness research.

Matthew has spearheaded a number of ground-breaking psychedelic medicine studies including, psilocybin-assisted end-of-life therapy, and psilocybin-assisted smoking cessation. His latest project explores how psilocybin impacts the spiritual lives of religious leaders.

In this mind meld we riff on the future of psychedelic medicine, the nature of consciousness, free will, how psychedelics (might) work neurologically, the science of heroic doses, and more.

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Tero Isokauppila is an Entrepreneur, shroom sage, and author of Healing Adaptogens The Definitive Guide to Using Super Herbs and Mushrooms for Your Body's Restoration, Defense, and Performance.

Tero is also the founder of Four Sigmatic, one of the world's largest purveyors of super mushroom coffees and elixirs.

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In this mind meld:

• The power of adaptogens, and mushrooms
• The science behind how adaptogens work
• Which adaptogens are the most well researched 
• How psychedelics could hypothetically bifurcate human evolution
• Adrenal gland restoration and natural sources of energy
• The importance of nighttime rituals for better sleep

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Psychotherapist, and author of Dream Guidance, Machiel Klerk enters the mind meld!

In this one, we riff on the mysterious realm of dreams. Musings include:

• What is the intelligence inside of dreaming?
• What does it want?
• What can it tell us about who we are?
• How can we deepen our relationship with it?
• Why do dreams speak in symbol and metaphor?
• What is 'dream incubation' and why have people been practicing it for thousands of years? 

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Autodidactic mythologist, psychology extraordinaire, and Myths That Make Us host, Erick Godsey returns to riff on the myth of what I call the omni-game-- The notion that we're all trapped in layer after layer of gamified systems. All of which may be contained within some kind of infinite game. We probe practically every imaginable layer of the omni-game-- Free will, the role of psychedelics, finite games versus the infinite game, what if anything is the ultimate player in the game? Is there a point?

Catch Erick's podcast, The Myths that Make Us 

Jump into his latest offering, The Dharma Journal

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Psychologist, Dr. Ido Cohen returns to the mind meld!

In this one, Ido and I muse about my leap into doing Third Eye Drops full time, Carl Jung's philosophy of the psyche, why it's always inconvenient to follow your soul, why myth is always relevant to modern life, and more!

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Neuroscientist and author of The Romance of Reality, Bobby Azarian enters the mind meld!

Musings in this one include --

• Is the universe destined to build the mind of god?
• The problem with a reductive, mechanistic explanation of reality
• Is it possible for AI to wake up?
• Adaptive complexity (why the universe continuously evolves and bends toward complexity)
• What is consciousness? Where does it come from?
• Simulation theory
• The problem with the multiverse
• Do human beings have a function/purpose?

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