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Episode 95: The Art and the Outrage



In this episode, former guest AyasminA turns C-Realm correspondent to interview artist David "Slocum" Hewson who makes Iquitos, Peru his base of operations and where he is contributing to the construction of the Pyramid Peru project. AyasminA and Slocum discuss the role of ayahuasca and other visionary plants in the creation of Slocum's art before moving on to an examination of the relative harms done by ayahuasca tourism versus the effects of trans-national petroleum, mining and timber corporations on the people and the ecology of the Amazon.

http://www.davidhewsonart.com/

http://www.pyramidperu.com/

http://www.redambientalloretana.org/

http://www.amazonconvergence.com (Another event in Iquitos this summer that Jeremy Narby will attend. Jeremy Narby appears in episodes 25 and 26 of the C-Realm Podcast.)

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Episode 93: Diet and Preparation



KMO welcomes Matthew J. Pallamary, author of Land Without Evil, back to the program to talk about the preparations one can make prior to departure in order to get the most from one's ayahuasca experiences.

Here is a list of dietary 'do's and 'don't's from Ayahuascero Javier Arevelo Shahuano, who will preside over the Temple of the Way of Light program that the C-Realm listeners can attend prior to the 4th Annual International Amazonian Shamanism Conference: Read more... )

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Episode 91: From Apprehension to Respect



In this special Friday episode, KMO welcomes Alan Shoemaker back to the program to talk about the upcoming International Amazonian Shamanism conference in Iquitos, Peru and revisit some of the topics that KMO covered in episode 89 with AyasminA.


Cover Art by David Hewson - http://www.pyramidperu.com/Art_DavidHewson.htm

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Episode 89: Ayahuasca, Alcohol, & Marijuana



KMO talks with AyasminA, who deflates the ayahuasca hype balloon and re-sets expectations with a much needed reality check. KMO and AyasminA also compare notes on the role that alcohol and marijuana play in the evolving global ayahausca consciousness.

The mp3 on PodOMatic is broken and will remain so until Monday. You can download the full episode here in the mean time:


http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Y667J5TP

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Episode 87: The Way of Light
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Episode 87: The Way of Light



KMO welcomes Matt W. of the Temple of the Way of Light to talk about the experiences that lead him to start this community in the Amazon and what awaits the C-Realm listeners who join KMO for a pre-conference retreat there in July of 2008.

If I didn't respect intellectual property rights on the podcast I would have played 'The Light' by Love and Rockets.

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Episode 75: Archaeologies of Spirit



In this episode, KMO discusses the temptations of power on the shamanic path with Matthew J. Pallamary and techniques for reconstructing the prehistoric human mind with Gyrus.

Matt Pallamary (or Mateo as he likes to be called) is the author of Spirit Matters and Gyrus is the author of Archaeologies of Consciousness. You can find either book in the C-Realm Amazon Store, or you can order directly from the publishers. Normally I would encourage folks to order through Amazon so that the C-Realm Podcast earns a commission, but in this case, you might want to get the books directly from the publishers. The authors get a larger share of your purchase price when you order directly from the publisher.

Mateo's publisher: http://www.mysticinkpublishing.com/

At the end of the show, I read an excerpt from American Vulgar: The Politics of Manipulation versus the Culture of Awareness by Robert Grudin.

Gyrus' publisher: http://dreamflesh.com/projects/archaeologies/



KMO interviewed Matt Pallamary in May of 2007 for the Psychonautica podcast. You can find that episode here:

http://dopecast.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=211038

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Episode 67: The Shift



In this installment of the C-Realm Podcast, KMO speaks with Nate Hagens of theOilDrum.com about the various fantasies for replacing fossil fuels with bio-fuels, synthetic fuels, or anything else that will supposedly take up the slack when global oil production peaks and keep our first world of happy motorists shuttling great distances everyday in their shiny metal boxes.

Later KMO speaks with Yasmeen Grant about the new CBC radio documentary, "In Search of the Divine Vegetal," and finally we hear from fellow podcaster, Lorenzo, about how sudden disruptions to business as usual can effect an instantaneous change in consciousness that evaporates the ethnic, economic, and ideological barriers that divide our communities.

One might be tempted to think of the CBC as Canada's version of NPR, but unlike NPR, they don't seem to keep an archive of their shows on-line for folks to stream or download. They only seem to sell their old programs on CD. You can listen to the entire program for free here:

Part 1:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/5pnemo


Part 2:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/aoikic

C-Realm Listener Veeg has pointed out another podcast that actually features excerpts from the CBC radio segment on Search for the Divine Vegetal. You can find that podcast here:


http://www.drugtruth.net/007DTNaudio/COL_120407.mp3



You can find the full text of the material from Richard Heinberg that I used to introduce Nate Hagens here:

http://globalpublicmedia.com/richard_heinbergs_museletter_peak_everything

Check back tomorrow for the extended interview with Yasmeen Grant.

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Episode 57: The Curandero's Apprentice



KMO interviews Chip "Carlos" Tanner, a gringo apprenticing under a Peruvian curandero and explores the spirit realm with Wendy Luckey, with whom he participated in a San Pedro ceremony in Iquitos in July of 2007. Ever wondered why KMO bleeps out the profanity? KMO explains all and provides audio glimpses into two very different ayahuasca ceremonies.

To introduce Wendy Luckey on the program, I read from the first paragraph of her Amazonian Shamanism Conference bio. You can find the rest of that bio here:

http://www.soga-del-alma.org/ConferenceSite/curanderos_wendy.html

and here:

http://www.wendyluckey.com/

And Carlos Tanner, who also spoke at the conference, has a bio here:

http://www.soga-del-alma.org/ConferenceSite/guests_carlos.html

and here:

http://www.ayahuayra.org/WSC/MainWSC.htm




In connection with bleeping profanity, I mentioned an episode of Fresh Air with Terry Gross that I heard "a few months ago." Well, I just tracked it down, and it turns out that the show is four years old! Wow. Anyway, here it is:

http://www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=13&prgDate=20-Nov-2003

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Vector: Michelle Espinosa



I generally make very sparing use of embedded video in this blog, but this one is pretty special. This video was shot at and around the 3rd Annual International Shamanism Conference held in Iquitos, Peru in July of 2007. It features icaros by Javier Arévalo Shahuano and his blind uncle, Octavio. My best ayahauaca ceremony of the trip was with Javier and his uncle. (I played a clip from it at the end of a recent episode of the C-Realm Podcast. Sorry I don't remember which one.)

I recognized (and could mostly name) every face that appears in this video. In this video you can see and hear C-Realm listener Joey, who joined me in Iquitos for the conference. Joey is the only C-Realm listener who attended the conference whom I have not re-connected with since the conference and interviewed for the podcast. Dr. Richard Grossman, who has made multiple appearances on the podcast, makes a brief appearance as well.

CLICK HERE if you're reading this on C-Realm.com and would like to leave a comment. This link will take you to this entry on kmo.livejournal.com )

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Episode 52: Creatures of Imagination



In this 52nd episode, KMO speaks with film-maker Michelle Espinosa about her adventures in Peru and Ecuador. Later we hear from visionary artist A. Andrew Gonzalez about his use of entheogens as tools in the creative process.

After our interview, A. Andrew Gonzalez wrote to me with the following:
Forgot to mention....Something you could add
For your listeners heading out to Burning Man.
I will have a few large reproductions of my work at the Gaia Maitreya
Temple at the Entheon Village
http://www.entheonvillage.com/content/view/27/40/



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Michelle Espinosa is a writer/filmmaker from Los Angeles. She graduated from the American Film Institute, received the Silver Platter at the Chicago Film Festival for her film, Pinfeathers, wrote and directed a series of small films as well as a play for the New City Theater in Seattle.

After graduating and optioning a few screenplays, Michelle began writing fiction. She took time out from her career to steal a younger man through the window of his family's house, flee to Las Vegas to marry at a drive through and begin an outlaw life that landed them in a motel in a border town in Mexico with the car thieves, hired killers, coke dealers among other residents. They lived there for almost a year until finally able to move to Guadalajara. That was only the beginning of her many adventures all of which are captured in her stories.

She has written a novel and is currently writing a non-fiction book about her experiences in Peru and Ecuador.








A. Andrew Gonzalez, of San Antonio, Texas, is an award-winning figurative artist whose work has been exhibited in several countries. Born on October 13, 1963, and raised in a creative family, Andrew's art education is largely self-taught. His artist father, Anthony A. Gonzalez, encouraged his early interest in drawing and painting but gave him no formal training.

In the year 2000, Andrew Gonzalez had the distinct privilege to work closely with the well-known Fantastic Realist artist Ernst Fuchs in Monaco and Austria. Photos of the experience can be seen at L. Caruana's website.
The paintings of Gonzalez are created with airbrushed acrylics on panel or canvas. Forms, values and highlighting are created by lifting pigment with an abrasive eraser, followed by the application of transparent layers of pigment.

Influenced by idealism in the mystical, visionary and esoteric traditions, the artist describes his work as a contemporary Tantric or Transfigurative Art that explores the dramatic union of the sensual and spiritual. His work is akin to a revival of classical neoplatonic ideals centering on the figure as temple and vessel sublimed by transformative forces.

http://www.sublimatrix.com/html/gallery.html

One contributor to this week's podcast mentioned that he had just started reading Accelerondo by Charles Stross. You can download the entire novel for free here:

http://www.accelerando.org/book/

Big Art behind the cut tag: CLICK HERE )

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