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Dennis McKenna & the Joe Rogan Experience

By Jasmine Virdi
Dennis McKenna, well-known ethnopharmacologist, author and editor in chief of our newest publication, Ethnopharmacologic Search for Psychoactive Drugs (ESPD50) was interviewed on the Joe Rogan Experience Podcast on June 22nd.

The podcast consists of almost 3 hours of mind expanding goodness, with Joe and Dennis covering a vast array of topics. Dennis tells of the history behind the ESPD50 book project and conference, spanning all the way back to the first symposium in 1967.

In addition, he briefly touches upon the exciting past of the Institute of Ecotechnics, and the diverse projects it has brought into fruition worldwide. Such projects include: the  R.V. Heraclitus, the Theatre of All Possibilities, the Biosphere2 project as well as Synergetic Press itself!

If you haven’t already checked out this exciting podcast, we recommend that you do so! It is full to the brim with interesting discussions about consciousness, the psychedelic experience, and how the current paradigm seems to be shifting as mainstream awareness of these topics increases.

A Big Thanks to Our Customers

In key with shifting paradigms, we want to give a big thank you to everyone that purchased the book! Your support for this project means the world to us as it is your support of independent publishing that makes it worth our while!

As Dennis mentions in the podcast, we only printed 1000 copies of the book, and they have all been sold to date! The book is now going into a second printing, with only 1500 more copies being put into circulation. These books are now available to purchase on backorder, and we are aiming to get them printed, and shipped to you by early September!

More About Dennis McKenna

 

Dennis McKenna (PhD) is an ethnopharmacologist with a doctorate from the University of British Columbia, where is research focused on ayahuasca and oo-koo-hé, two psychoactive plants used by the indigenous peoples of the Northwest Amazon. Dennis has received post-doctoral research fellowships in the Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacology, National Institute of Mental Health, and in the Department of Neurology, Stanford University School of Medicine.

Jasmine Virdi

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Jasmine Virdi (she/her) is a writer, educator, poet, activist, and harm reduction practitioner based in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Her writing centers on psychedelics, spirituality, and deep ecology and has been featured in DoubleBlind Magazine, Open Democracy, Psychedelics Today, Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines, Psychedelic Press, Synthesis Institute and Lucid News. Jasmine has an MSc in Transpersonal Psychology and offers private coaching and mentorship to clients. She is an advocate for decolonizing healing practices, and integrates earth-based wisdom, trauma-informed, and somatic approaches into her work.

Since 2018, she has collaborated with the independent publisher Synergetic Press, where her passions for ethnobotany, consciousness, and regeneration converge. Additionally, she volunteers for Fireside Project’s psychedelic peer-support line, aligned with their mission to provide compassionate, accessible, and culturally responsive support to all. Often breaking away into the wilderness, Jasmine can be found wherever there are birds singing. You can follow her work and find out about her offerings here.

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