Eric Osborne is the founder of the first legal psychedelic mushroom church in the United States. He has been working with psilocybin mushrooms (and culinary mushrooms) for decades, feeling a pull from without him to continue on this journey despite legal troubles, jail time, and putting his family at risk of losing it all. And yet he persists, because he believes that psychedelic mushroom journeys could be the answer to many of the world’s woes. This passion led Eric to found Psanctuary, where people across the world can find community and engage in ceremonies led remotely by Eric and his team.
[00:20:00] - Why are psychedelics important to the world?
[00:21:05] - Like snakes, mushrooms can be both poisonous and beautiful. What is consciousness? How do psychedelics support reflection on the “big” questions?
[00:40:46] - Could psychedelics deepen your relationship to “God”?
[00:44:00] - Universal laws and codes of the universe exposed through DMT and lasers
[00:47:24] - What role do mushrooms play in the ecosystem and how might this also be beneficial for humans?
[00:49:50] - How have experiences with mushrooms and MDMA helped Eric become a better father?
[00:54:00] - Psychedelics can be confronting to societal mechanisms of control, which is probably why they’re illegal. Sitting in a jail cell with substance abusers who could be saved through psychedelics. The foundations of Psanctuary, the first legal mushroom church in the United States. What if the original eucharist was a mushroom?
[01:13:40] - How to get started using psychedelic mushrooms
https://www.psanctuary.org
References from the show:
* Danny Goler’s experiments with lasers and people on DMT
* The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name
by Brian C. Muraresku
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