In this episode of Ayahuasca Podcast, host Sam Believ (founder of www.lawayra.com) has a conversation with Julian Vayne. Julian is a British occultist, psychonaut, and author known for his work in chaos magic, entheogenic spirituality, and modern paganism. He’s the author of several books including Getting Higher: The Manual of Psychedelic Ceremony, and is co-organizer of the Breaking Convention conference in the UK. We touch upon topics of: Julian’s background and path to psychedelics and magic (00:50) Magic as “the technology of the imagination” (05:06) Aleister Crowley’s psychedelic rituals and Julian’s first LSD experience (05:59–09:48) Navigating psychedelics using magical frameworks like Hermetic Kabbalah (07:27) Language around drugs, medicines, and entheogens (08:23–09:19) Placebo effect, imagination, and healing (29:57–30:27) The Western magical tradition and its roots in Egypt (20:06–22:06) Hermes Trismegistus and the Hermetic tradition (22:26–24:40) Magic vs. religion and the self-experimentation of spiritual practice (24:40–25:39) Using ayahuasca for spiritual gifts and personal transformation (26:45–29:27) Spirit animals, ego inflation, and spiritual humility (33:43–34:29) Do people have specific spiritual gifts or all of them? (35:27–38:17) Spirits and animism explained through real-world analogies (39:36–44:22) What shamans do and how they interact with spirits (44:22–47:42) Lost European shamanic traditions and their traces today (47:42–52:38) Saunas, altered states, and ancient European heat rituals (53:06–57:46) If you would like to attend one of our Ayahuasca retreats go to www.lawayra.com Find more about Julian Vayne at www.julianvayne.com or on social media @julianvayne. Also check out the Breaking Convention conference and their YouTube channel for more of his work.

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