About this episode

This episode features a discussion on sacred plant medicines and their impact on human consciousness.

In this special crossover episode of Plants of the Gods and Brainforest Café, Dennis McKenna and Mark Plotkin explore sacred plant medicines, psychedelic science, and indigenous wisdom, moving from DMT and ayahuasca to virola snuffs, salvia, ibogaine, and beyond. Originally recorded for Mark´s Podcast “Plants of the Gods”, this rich conversation on ethnobotany, shamanic healing, and the future of psychedelic medicine is now being released as a special crossover on both shows. - - - Dr. Mark Plotkin is a renowned ethnobotanist who has spent more than four decades working alongside Indigenous communities of the Amazon to document and protect traditional plant knowledge. He is President and co-founder of the Amazon Conservation Team (ACT), a nonprofit he launched in 1996 with fellow conservationist and his wife, Liliana Madrigal, to support Indigenous stewardship of tropical forests and biocultural knowledge. Dr. Plotkin is also the host of Plants of the Gods, a popular podcast exploring hallucinogenic plants and fungi and their powerful influence on world culture, religion, and healing. He is the author of several widely read books on ethnobotany and conservation and has shared his…

People in this episode

Host: Mark Plotkin

Guest: Dennis McKenna

Topics covered

• sacred plant medicines
• psychedelic science
• indigenous wisdom
• ethnobotany
• shamanic healing
• psychedelic medicine

Keywords

• DMT
• ayahuasca
• virola snuffs
• salvia
• ibogaine
• ethnobotany
• shamanic healing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Amazon Conservation Team, Plants of the Gods, SpectreVision Radio

Books & works: TED Talk

Places: Amazon

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