ShamanicFreedomRadio podcast 3: Interview with J.D. Arthur

[opaquelens]

Greetings,

Just to let you know that Episode 3 is up and running. Visit:

http://shamanicfreedomradio.podomatic.com

In this episode of shamanicfreedomradio, Opaquelens conducts his first podcast interview with J.D. Arthur, author of Peopled Darkness - perceptual changes through Salvia Divinorum (available at the bookshop section of www.shamanicfreedom.com on page 9).
In this informal chinwag, J.D. discusses how the reality of Salvia took him to deep levels where there appeared to be another dimension of reality with real being in it, and from his many ‘visits’ there, he believes that he’s visiting the land of the dead, who react to him by being aware that he is alive, and should not be there.

In his early stages of taking the herb he would see cheesy cartoon imagery, but as time went on and his journey became deeper he would go into a place in which he would develop an amnesiac barrier, making him forget who he was in this world. After a while there would appear to be certain people who acted as his guides there, though he would get a feeling that he was a burden to them because he was alive - in one session, he was referred to as Mr Meat!

As the interview turns into a tangental discusssion many topics are talked about including the US and UK’s drug laws, how Afghanistan produces more heroin post the War on Terror, and how podheads and LSD users became junkies and how unlikely it would be for that to happen without prohibition or intervention.

After the interview, Opaquelens reads out some feedback he has received from forums in response to his previous podcasts before ending on a song - The Curragh of Kildare by John Renbourn and Robin Williamson.

[cenacle]

Looking forward to it this weekend on SpiritPlants Radio!