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The healing benefits of
psychedelic plant medicines are

well-documented.

But what about the rest
of the plant kingdom?

And can they heal not just our
bodies but our entire planet?

In 2019, the Imperial
College of London

released a study that
found participants

who use psychedelics
reported an enhanced feeling

of connectedness,
especially with nature.

Our planet is in the
midst of a climate crisis.

As temperatures rise
and ice caps melt,

massive wildfires and
extreme weather events

have become the norm,
not the exception.

Getting people to
simply care about this

remains one of the
biggest hurdles.

So, could the solution
involve plant medicines?

All you have to do is turn on
the TV to see what's going on.

I mean, it's happening, and
it's not happening slowly.

it's happening rather rapidly.

You'd think that
would be a wake-up .

Call without
psychedelics there's

plenty of reason to be alarmed.

But maybe the psychedelics
provide an additional boost

to help focus people's
attention on it.

Meanwhile, our
societies are in turmoil.

And our mental and
physical well-being

is being threatened by
our own advancements

in agriculture and technology.

I think we're in
the situation that

we're in because we've lost
our sense of belonging on this

planet.

We feel so disconnected
from ourselves,

from our experiences, from
each other, from the Earth,

and we've forgotten how to
connect to that sacredness

within us.

So we no longer know how
to come in a good way

and how to be in right relations
with all the living beings

around us.

Could plants be the teachers
we need to guide us into living

healthier, more spiritual lives?

And if so, can humans
and plants come together

to save the world just
in the nick of time?

Mushrooms, fungi,
perhaps no other organism

illustrates our
planet's potential

for interconnectedness.

Most of us are familiar with
the fruiting body of mushrooms.

But, yet, underground,
there's this whole network.

These aren't just roots.

This complex web
absorbs nutrients

and can even break down
pollutants, plastic,

and even radioactive waste.

They can even discern
between plants or minerals

they come into contact with
and make decisions to keep

the ecosystem in balance.

We're learning that sometimes
the network could be miles

across and that the plants are
actually communicating with

each other.

It's believed that the
so-called mycelium blanket was

perhaps the largest connected
organism on the planet,

a vast interconnected
underground network of fungi.

But as mankind built roads
and tilled the soil for crops,

underground connections
in this network

were severed,
effectively isolating

large and varied ecosystems
from one another.

What does this suggest
about the potential

for plants' intelligence?

The way that we define
the word "intelligence"

is usually in the realm
of human experience.

But we can look at other
organisms on this planet

as having a kind of
intelligence that

is just different from
the way that we operate.

Plants have a kind
of intelligence

that surpasses a
lot of the things

that we can do as humans.

In December of 2020, "The
New York Times Magazine"

published a story about how
trees can form mycorrhizas,

underground partnerships with
fungi to communicate with each

other.

These networks can span
entire forests and even

link trees of separate species.

I think plants are not just
intelligent but brilliant.

I think they may be far more
intelligent than humans,

in fact.

To understand that there
is a threat, to understand

exactly what they need to
create to deal with that,

to maybe attract another
predator to get rid

of this predator or to
impair the fertility

of this particular
predator that's

right there at that
time, that tells me

that plants really
understand how

to interact with their
environment in very

rapid and intelligent and
careful and brilliant ways.

I'm fond of saying that these
psychedelic plants are sort

of Gaian ambassadors.

They are one of the mechanisms
that the biosphere is

bringing forward to try to,
again, wake up our species.

They are catalysts, and
there's co-evolutionary aspects

to this.

We have been co-evolving with
these plants for millennia,

really.

And now, all of a sudden,
something like ayahuasca

has escaped from the Amazon and
it's spread across the world.

Or something like
cannabis, which

before was kind of
suppressed and vilified,

now it's everywhere.

So maybe the biosphere--

Gaia, if you will--

recognizes that
it's in great peril.

So this may be one of
the ways that it responds

by sort of bringing these
plants forward, bringing them

into our attention.

And this is not unlike
the way any ecosystem will

respond to a threat.

Trees are conscious.

They understand things.

And they even respond
to different stimuli

depending on threat
and stuff like that.

And they warn each other.

So there's a consciousness
in this plant

that, when you smoke
them, when you eat them,

you get a download of
that consciousness.

And even this is just a glimpse.

You get a glimpse of the
ancient history of this Earth.

You feel the ancestral lineage
when you touch these plants.

It's like a way of
reconnecting to our ancestors,

to Mother Earth, in a way
that most people don't really

understand.

It's important to remember
that we all share this common

ancestry.

The neurotransmitters
in our brain

that drive consciousness--

the so-called monoamines
like serotonin, epinephrine,

norepinephrine, and now
DMT, which we know is

a neurotransmitter--

these were all
widespread in nature

and had signal transduction
functions and ecosystems

before there were any complex
mammalian nervous systems.

Many believe that another way
we can reconnect is to develop

an understanding of spirits
residing within a plant.

The word "deva" has been used
in different ways in different

cultures over time.

But here in reference to
the idea of a plant entity,

we can see that deva is like
the spirit behind the scenes

of a certain species of plant.

So there might be a deva for
mint or a deva for sunflowers

or a deva for the
cannabis family.

And each of the
plants that grow are

like cells of this larger
being or field of intelligence.

And we can see this in
even insect species,

like ants or bees.

They have an underlying deva
that they are all a part of,

and they operate
like a group mind.

And they collectively
work together

for the symbiosis of Gaia.

Is it possible, as
our ancestors believed,

to connect with the spirit of a
plant family and to gain access

to its healing powers?

Certain plant devas
are specifically operating

in the realm of affecting
human consciousness.

And since they exist in a kind
of unity consciousness state,

we, when we ingest
these plants, we

can entrain to the frequency of
this deva or the consciousness

underlying this plant.

And this is an amazing
experience for the human

because we can see what
it's like to experience

a kind of group mind, not
only with the symbiotic nature

of our planet Gaia but
also with other humans.

And this experience
can help humans

to connect with each
other in a way that

is almost like a telepathic
grid of unity consciousness.

And this alone could
help us to solve

many of the problems
we face as a species.

These devas are believed
to be present in plants of all

kinds.

Shamans and medicine workers use
psychedelics for deep healing.

But the devas, found in
many other types of plants,

can be used to heal,
enhance, and energize.

Gotu Kola is used for
energy and mental alertness.

Ginkgo biloba helps with memory.

Betel nuts are chewed for
digestion and mental acuity.

These are considered adaptogens.

Adaptogens are plants
that can help us acclimate

to different situations.

So, for example, an adaptogen
might help us calm down

when we're feeling stressed.

But it could also help us to
sleep when we have insomnia.

But it could also
give us more energy.

Adaptogens like astragalus,
ashwagandha, ginseng, turmeric,

and even small dosages of
cannabis can aid the body

and mind in adapting to stress,
something that isn't in short

supply these days.

A lot of the adaptogens grow
under very adverse conditions.

I think of rhodiola.

This is a plant that grows
in a very northern climate

and survives all this adversity.

The plants that grow
under adverse conditions,

like in the Arctic
Circle in Siberia,

they figured out the key to
survival and adaptability.

And by imbibing them, it
can help us acclimate.

We should also be looking at
the dandelion, because here's

the plant that we disdain.

And yet, nobody planted it.

Nobody watered it.

They mow it down, and it
still comes back just a little

shorter the next season.

I feel that one thing we
really need to partner with

is some of these plants that
have adapted to adversity.

And by imbibing that,
it's going to help

us have those Jedi
superhero skills

so that we can
adapt and acclimate.

Be like the dandelion.

Our ancestors developed
methods and theories around

the use of herbs.

One such practice, developed
by the ancient Greeks,

was referred to as the
doctrine of signatures.

The doctrine of signatures
has been used by humans since

the beginning of time to
determine the effect of a plant

or a food on the human body in
healing or in medicinal value.

For example, a carrot if you
cut it, it looks like an eye.

And the carotenoids in the
carrots are good for the eyes.

Walnuts look like the brain,
and we know now that, yes,

they are good for the brain.

Horsetail looks like hair.

It's got silica in it, and
it is good for the hair.

So this is the meaning of
the doctrine of signatures.

The continued
growth of the internet,

even in remote regions,
has encouraged more sharing

of herbs and plants
from all over the world.

With more accessibility to
botanical cultures than before,

some in the scientific
community have

started to study
the synergy that can

occur between different plants.

Plant medicines have been
used by millions of people

for thousands of years.

And to research that and look
at something that can actually

help nourish us
as well as heal us

might be a wiser choice
than something that

just suppresses the symptoms.

One doesn't always need a
full psychedelic experience

to access some of the healing
and connecting properties

of plant medicines.

Microdosing allows people to
have contact with this medicine

in small amounts and to gain
some of the neuroplasticity

benefits.

They can have experiences where
they feel more creative, more

relaxed, more flexible.

And it can be profound for
some people who are very stuck.

But they don't have to do
this more dramatic experience.

Microdosing works differently
depending on the person,

the frequency, the
amount that people take,

even how many times they
take it during the same day.

One cannot microdose
with everything.

The two most useful microdosing
are with mushrooms and LSD.

Some people do it with a bit
of iboga or a bit of peyote.

Microdosing is very valuable
and needs to be studied further.

Macrodosing is the classic
trip experience where you have

the full psychedelic
experience for several hours.

The benefit of a macrodose is
you have full ego dissolution.

You don't have any defenses.

You are going to have to dive
into this immersive experience

and have a period
of full surrender.

Surrender is medicine.

That is a powerful
medicine that can touch you

in ways that nothing else can.

And surrendering to nature
may be the best way to fight

back against the forces
trying to destroy it.

Our fraught relationship
with technology

was in some ways foretold.

Beginning in 1891,
Rudolf Steiner

warned of electromagnetic
radiation,

insisting the spiritual
aspirin would need twice

as much fortitude to
accomplish the same amount

of spiritual work.

We're being forced to
adapt to the technology,

but technology is
not entirely bad.

It can serve humanity,
and it has done so.

Like Rudolf Steiner
and many others

have promoted that we need
to create spiritual science.

We need to create
technology that does not

endanger the
existence of humanity,

to create more chaos and
addictions and abuse,

creating reality for people,
so social engineering,

and to realize the consequences
and to create technology

in the right way to
further ourselves

to maybe, at some point, we can
bypass this form of technology

that can endanger us and
realize the old technologies

that the ancients use,
which is to figure out what

else Earth can serve us with.

Steiner couldn't possibly
have imagined the amount

of EMFs we now produce.

So how can a spiritual
aspirins of today

live harmoniously in a world
of increasing EMF production?

EMF and technology are
wreaking havoc on the human

consciousness.

Why?

Because we're energy machines.

There's a lot of
electromagnetics

at work within us and
the brain and the heart

and the rest of the body.

So when we're
subjected to Wi-Fi,

when we're close to every plug
in the wall that's 60 Hertz,

it's interfering in
human consciousness,

in the living
machine that we are,

and we're having to adapt
to it very quickly--

to cell towers.

And now there's a
great concern with 5G.

Maybe the fact that we're
interested in profit

is getting us to overlook what
the long-term exposure and what

the consequences are.

Can the plant kingdom
have some kind of assistance

or defense?

Many herbalists,
researchers, and healers

believe the answer is yes.

One doesn't need to
travel to the Amazon

to acquire these
beneficial plants.

Many can be found in
your pantry, supermarket,

or even your backyard.

And research suggests that
ginger, turmeric, and citrus

can mitigate the effects
of radiation exposure.

And the mere introduction
of plant material

into the water we consume
can have profound effects.

Konstantin Korotkov's
Bio-Well technology

measures photon emissions
and shows readings

before and after
drinking water infused

with plants, like tea, essential
oils, or flower essences.

Konstantin Korotkov used
his Bio-Well device to measure

the biophotons emitted from
the human energy field before,

during, and after the
ingestion of ayahuasca.

And it was amazing to note
that, during the experience

of the plant medicine, there
was almost no visible field

around the body.

And after the experience,
there were still

large holes in it that took
a while to reconstitute.

And this showed us how these
plant medicines open us up

to view the higher realms
and have expanded states

of consciousness.

But it also indicated that,
after the experience, it

it's good to leave some time to
let the auric or the biofield

regenerate itself.

And there are things
that we can do,

such as visualization
or prayer or a salt bath

or time in nature, to help the
process of the reconstitution

of the field.

The major problem in the
world now is alienation.

We are disconnected
from our own bodies.

We are disconnected
from each other.

We are disconnected from nature.

So returning spirituality into
the industrial civilization,

I think it's the most
effective, most powerful,

most hopeful way of dealing with
the crisis, the global crisis

that we have lost.

We have lost effective
spirituality.

We have organized
religions, but they

became very fundamentalist.

And it's amazing that the
industrial civilization managed

to just completely suppress
it, including things

like killing shamans
in different countries,

stopping these
different religions--

in many instances, replacing
really relevant native

spirituality.

The ancient keepers
of plant wisdom--

such as witches,
shamans, and healers--

are nearly gone.

But institutions are
slowly rediscovering

what our ancestors
intuitively understood.

Balance with nature
is not only better

than endless economic growth
but essential to our survival.

Wherever you live, if you
live in an apartment or you

live in a house,
you're on autopilot,

intuitively connected to your
whole home and how it works.

How do you open the
garage or whatever

it is, that might be a mystery
to somebody that's never lived

in that kind of circumstance.

The Indigenous cultures,
they live in nature.

And so that's their influence.

Nature is this
incredible teacher.

So when you immerse
yourself in that,

you learn more about that.

You learn more about yourself.

You understand more
about what it is

to be alive here on this Earth.

And so when you don't have
that, what a disconnect

that is from the cosmos.

It's massive.

Depression, anxiety, trauma--

the pace and pressures
of the material world

can lead many down a path that
leaves them feeling isolated.

For those that have
lost their way,

is it possible that
psychedelic plant medicines

can reintroduce the notion
of being one with nature?

We're right on the cusp
of ecological devastation

and a biological extermination.

And if we don't open up
to this consciousness

to get back to
Gaian consciousness,

we're going to die.

I think we are out of balance
with the masculine and feminine

energy that overly masculine
is overly intellectual,

overly materialistic,
overly objective.

And so there's a big
turn right now, a shift,

to recognize the feminine.

Plant medicines can
help foster our access

to the feminine, our
reverence for the feminine.

The clock is ticking.

Is there any hope
that the world can

come into harmony with nature
the way our ancestors once

lived?

Anything that can help us to
have more humanitarian aspects,

caring for others, caring about
the survival of our children,

about the planet, rather than
only what's going on right now,

is really imperative.

Understanding the power
of Gaia may be the key.

Sacred psychoactive
plants can serve humanity.

They have always been here
provided, by our dear planet

Gaia, to help us awaken.

And now they are resurging to
share their medicine with us

at this time.

So how we go forward
may truly be up to us.

Are we at a quantum
timeline choice point,

as many ancient
cultures believed?

There are many cultures
that have pointed to this time

in history as a kind of timeline
bifurcation as a possibility

of what we might experience.

The Aztecs, the Hopi prophecies,
modern Damanhur Federation,

and many others say that, at
certain junctures in history,

there can be a bifurcation
of the timeline, which

means a quantum
splitting of realities.

And there might be
some reality that

exist where AI takes over
the planet and biology

as we know it fades out and
another reality where humans

go to the next level
of their evolution,

of symbiosis with the Gaian
super mind and with each other.

We have to realize
that we have more power

than we realize to create the
reality we want to live in.

It's important to think
about this matter of self

empowerment.

The power is within us.

The plant medicines just help
us to discover that power.

We need to
understand who we are,

to bring spirituality into
the shamanic experience,

to not empower
things outside of us,

which we are trained
to look for our savior,

for extraterrestrial,
for profit,

for an avatar who's going
to come and save us.

We are the ones that
we can save ourself,

but we need to
upgrade this, and we

need to use what we know
of psychedelics to really

understand that
words create reality.

Perhaps only a radical
expansion of consciousness can

reveal the solution to an
urgent and growing threat.

I think the most important
thing that we need to do is

to recognize that we need to
function in partnership with

nature, we're not
the owners of nature,

and that nature is
really running the show.

We need to accept that and
behave in such a way that

supports the flourishing
of life on Earth,

supports the evolution,
the co-evolution.

The first and most important
thing is to remember that we

are in relationship
with plant world.

They are our family.

They're our kin.

They're our friends.

They're our teachers.

We want to approach the plants
as though they are respected

and beloved members of our
family with wisdom to impart.

They're our elders.

That means we want to come
in a place of gratitude,

of appreciation, of
awe, and of wonder.

We want to come with offerings,
whether it's to the soil,

to the plants, with
songs, with celebration.

And then we just need
to learn to listen.

What I believe
Gaia truly means--

it's not just the
feminine spirit.

It's a type of
intelligence that is

connected to the ultimate
feminine archetype, which

is nature.

We cannot do anything to
nature that doesn't happen

to ourselves.

If you work with people
with holotropic states,

they develop a sense
of spirituality

that's universal, that's
all encompassing, that's

ecumenical.

Those are all
characteristics that

would help our
survival as a species

if it would happen on
a large enough scale.

Now, whether it can happen
on a large enough scale

and whether we have enough
time, that's a question.

I mean, I have seen
the transformation

in hundreds of
people, literally.

The global initiative to
restore our relationship with

Gaia, with nature,
with ancient knowledge,

and with plant medicine
is not a regression.

It is a move
forward to reconnect

with the technology
that has been with us

since the very beginning.

It could be that the
use of psychedelics

is an ancient tool to
access the consciousness

of the future, the
consciousness of Mother Earth.

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