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Welcome to the Entheogenic Evolution Podcast, hosted by author Martin W. Ball, Ph.D. This podcast is dedicated to the discussion of the nondual and unitary nature of being as revealed by conscious entheogenic energetic awakening as well as broad topics in psychedelics, therapy, philosophy, science, and culture. Featuring interviews, lectures, and conversations with leading figures in psychedelic research and culture, this podcast is a pioneering source of diverse information and perspectives. The Entheogenic Evolution Podcast is one of the longest running podcasts on psychedelics, having been first established in 2008, and has been a leading source of information about 5-MeO-DMT. In addition to interviews and talks, host, Martin Ball, also shares selections from his many audiobooks, recordings from events and conferences he's organized, and shares his own original music at the conclusion of each episode and his original art for cover images.

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Welcome to the Entheogenic Evolution Podcast, hosted by author Martin W. Ball, Ph.D. This podcast is dedicated to the discussion of the nondual and unitary nature of being as revealed by conscious entheogenic energetic awakening as well as broad topics in psychedelics, therapy, philosophy, science, and culture. Featuring interviews, lectures, and conversations with leading figures in psychedelic research and culture, this podcast is a pioneering source of diverse information and perspectives. The Entheogenic Evolution Podcast is one of the longest running podcasts on psychedelics, having been first established in 2008, and has been a leading source of information about 5-MeO-DMT. In addition to interviews and talks, host, Martin Ball, also shares selections from his many audiobooks, recordings from events and conferences he's organized, and shares his own original music at the conclusion of each episode and his original art for cover images.

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English


Episodes
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Episode 350: The Fate of Miraanni, Chapter 24

7/14/2025
With this next installment of The Fate of Miraanni audiobook, Miraanni meets once again with the enigmatic Mwataan, the Serpent King, and chooses to bring Orobai's Vision back into her full awareness, confronting the trauma that first sent her into a catatonic state and empower herself to face the difficult choices of the fast-approaching future.

Duration:00:47:10

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Episode 349: Coming out of the Psychedelic Closet and Taming Your Money Monster with Doug Lynam

7/7/2025
This week I've got returning guest, Doug Lynam, joining me on the podcast to talk about his new book, Taming Your Money Monster: 9 Paths to Money Mastery with the Enneagram. Despite his wishes, Doug's publisher edited out all references to both Doug's personal psychedelic experiences and how they brought growth and maturity to his relationship with money, but also a chapter he'd originally included about the psychedelic history of the Enneagram. To counter this editing, Doug requested that we do a "coming out of the psychedelic closet" interview on the podcast to coincide with the release of the new book, and here it is!

Duration:01:45:51

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Episode 348: The Fate of Miraanni, Chapter 23

6/30/2025
Here's the next chapter of The Fate of Miraanni for your listening enjoyment. In Chapter 23, "Path Found," mentally entwined sisters, Nuya and Ohada, come across an escapee from Jolao enslavement, and receive the information needed to find their way to Rangorn-Vuchuli.

Duration:00:47:20

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Episode 347: Sacred Sounds Summit with Shannon Brown

6/23/2025
My guest this week is Shannon Brown, sound healer and organizer of the four-day free online event, "Sacred Sounds Summit," which starts today, June 23rd. In this interview Shannon not only tells her personal story of turning to sound healing via psychedelic experience, but also all about the event, what inspired it, and what participants can expect. You do need to register to participate in this free event and can use www.shannonbrownhealingarts.com/martin to register. Plus, I share one of my new songs at the conclusion of the interview :)

Duration:01:35:48

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Episode 346: The Fate of Miraanni, Chapter 22

6/16/2025
In this week's installment of The Fate of Miraanni audiobook, we encounter "The Way of Healer" as the Yamne shaman, T'lan, initiates Ashi into the medicine path with a deep psilocybin experience to confront and release the trauma that's been holding her back from fully embracing the destiny that's been thrust upon her in her relationship to Miraanni. Next week: Shannon Brown, sound healer and organizer of the upcoming "Sacred Sounds Summit" is my guest. You can register for this free online event that takes a deep dive into sound, music, healing and transformation with this link: https://shannonbrownhealingarts.com/martin

Duration:00:57:34

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Episode 345: Meadow Medicine, Psilocybin Service Center with Dr. Tracy Townsend

6/9/2025
My guest this week is Dr. Tracy Townsend, founder and facilitator at Meadow Medicine in Portland, Oregon, which provides legal psilocybin services. We had a great conversation about not only how the program and facility run, but also what inspired Tracy to turn from conventional medicine to psychedelic therapy. Also, as mentioned in the opening, my next guest will be Shannon Brown, who has organized an online event with 21 speakers for the "Sacred Sounds Summit," happening in two weeks. This free event does require registration, and you can use my personal link and catch my contribution to the event here: https://shannonbrownhealingarts.com/martin

Duration:01:20:19

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Episode 344: The Fate of Miraanni, Chapter 21

6/2/2025
We return to the world of Aurduin with this week's episode for chapter 21 of The Fate of Miraanni, "Cloud Forest." Miraanni goes missing, and Kalisha gets herself lost in the cloud forest after wandering off from the Temple of the Serpent King.

Duration:00:58:09

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Episode 343: Feminine Intelligence with Elina Teboul

5/26/2025
Author Elina Teboul is my guest this week, discussing her new book, Feminine Intelligence: How Visionary Leadership Can Shape Business for Good. As a business leader, Elina found her own perspective deeply transformed by therapeutic work with psychedelics, and she doesn't shy away from sharing about her experiences and perspective in her book. While American culture has taken a radicalized shift to "masculine energy" in business and politics, Elina offers us an alternative path. You can learn more about her and her book at www.elinateboul.com and www.feminineintelligencebook.com
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Episode 342: The Fate of Miraanni, Chapter 20

5/19/2025
With this week's installment of the audiobook of The Fate of Miraanni, sisters, Nuya and Ohada, decide to attempt a psychic experiment that goes sideways, producing unexpected results that will impact them in ways that can't even begin to imagine ...

Duration:00:53:11

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Episode 341: Trauma-Informed 5-MeO-DMT Facilitation - The Book! with Stephan Kerby

5/12/2025
Stephan Kerby, director of the Mindscape Institute, comes back on the podcast to share all about his new book, Trauma-Informed 5-MeO-DMT Facilitation: An Educational Manual, which we produced together expanding on materials used for the class of the same name with the institute. In this conversation we discuss not only the content, but also the process of how the book came about, what it offers, and how it can be used for those looking to expand their awareness of facilitation. It's available now at Amazon in paperback and ebook.

Duration:01:22:10

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Episode 340: The Fate of Miraanni, Chapter 19

5/5/2025
I've got one long chapter for you this week from the audiobook of The Fate of Miraanni. In Chapter 19, "Orobai Found," Kulan and Tadja find Orobai at last. Tadja sees his opportunity to exact revenge, but Ashi is close on their heels and it's a race against time to see who survives and who dies ...

Duration:00:51:20

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Episode 339: Quieting the Storm Within - Ashley Booth on Internal Family Systems and Psychedelic Therapy

4/28/2025
Author and psychedelic therapist, Ashley Booth, returns to the podcast after many years to share about her new book, Quieting the Storm Within: An Illustrated Introduction to Your Parts Through Internal Family Systems and Beyond. Going beyond the scope of the book itself, much of our conversations focuses on how and why IFS is being used in conjunction with psychedelic therapy and integration. Her book is now available and you can learn more about Ashley and her work at www.ashleybooth.net and www.ifsandbeyond.com

Duration:01:14:34

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Episode 338: The Fate of Miraanni, Chapters 17 and 18

4/21/2025
We return to the world of Aurduin this week with the next two chapters from the audiobook of The Fate of Miraanni. In chapter 17, Kalzhat and his men lure a flying machine of the west into a trap and in chapter 18, Miraanni meets with the mysterious Mwataan and gets some face time with the mighty Serpent King.

Duration:01:22:27

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Episode 337: Ayahuasca Inside Out

4/14/2025
This week the play and musical, "Ayahuasca Inside Out," debuts at the NY Fringe Festival, opening on Monday, April 14th, and running through the 20th. To help hype up the event, I had a great conversation with Loren Crea Abbade and Anthony Hidalgo to tell us all about it last week to get this out in time to mark their opening day and celebrate how what originated as a birthday surprise ended up as a theater production.

Duration:01:00:12

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Episode 336: Bufo Camp with Mario Garnier

4/7/2025
I'm welcoming Mario Garnier back onto the podcast this week. Mario is one of the founders of the World Bufo Alvarius Congress, held for several years in Mexico City. He's now running a mens' retreat program in Mexico called "Bufo Camp," so I thought it would be a good time to bring him back on the podcast to share all about it. Mario also recently created an AI-generated conversation about Bufo and 5-MeO, and if you'd like to give it a listen, click HERE.

Duration:01:33:28

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Episode 335: The Fate of Miraanni, Chapters 15 and 16

3/31/2025
We return to the world of Aurduin this week with the next two chapters of The Fate of Miraanni with chapter 15, "Fortune," and chapter 16, "Three Sisters." It's about an hour and a half worth of story time, so make yourself comfortable and welcome back to Aurduin.

Duration:01:24:15

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Episode 334: Entheos Holistics with Austin West

3/24/2025
I'm joined by Austin West this week sharing his journey into psychedelic medicines, healing through crisis, why "safety" isn't always the best priority, and more. Austin leads men's groups, offers mentoring, and also provides holistic approaches to wellbeing through Entheos Holistics. We had a great conversation the other month and here it is for your listening pleasure. You can find out more about Austin on his personal webpage HERE and check out Entheos Holistics HERE.

Duration:01:22:46

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Episode 333: The Alchemist and the Eagle - The Stories Behind the Stories Behind the Music

3/17/2025
This week's episode is all about my personal creative process. I'm taking 5 tracks off my new album, "The Alchemist and the Eagle," and sharing with the listeners about the stories behind the stories behind the music. With each song, I share about what went into creating it, how it fits with the novel, and how events and experiences in my personal life shaped the characters and plot developments in the first place - so we get into some of my psychedelic experiences, my time as a grad student studying at the Mescalero Apache reservation, experiences at Burning Man, and more, and how it all helped shape the story. I get into how I worked to create the songs to go with the particular chapters and how it influenced the sounds, textures, and instruments used in the songs. You can stream the entire album HERE for free, if you'd like to hear the entire thing. I hope you enjoy this exploration of the creative process with me.

Duration:01:20:09

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Episode 332: Chad Charles and his 5-MeO-DMT Data Project

3/10/2025
This week I'm welcoming back to the podcast Canada-based 5-MeO-DMT facilitator, Chad Charles. Chad has just launched a GoFundMe campaign to raise funds for a one-of-a-kind 5-MeO-DMT research project. As he shares with us here on the podcast, he's collected a wealth of notes and data from all of his sessions and is now looking to comb through this trove of data to find patterns, results, and insights. You can support his project at www.gofundme.com/f/support-chad-charles-project and also learn more about him at ChadCharles.net Also, Sarah Knapik has a new offering for women's work with 5 here

Duration:01:34:44

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Episode 331: The Fate of Miraanni, Chapters 13 and 14

3/3/2025
We return to the mythical world of Aurduin for this week's episode with chapter 13, "The Motu Secret," and chapter 14, "The Temple of the Serpent King" from The Fate of Miraanni audiobook. In more Aurduin news, book 3, The Alchemist and the Eagle, is now available in audiobook format and can be found along with books 1 and 2 at Audible, Amazon, and the Apple Bookstore, along with my many other audiobooks. And, the soundtracks for all 3 audiobooks are available wherever you get your digital music.

Duration:01:30:19