About this episode
馃グ Support ATTMind and join the community on Patreon 馃拰 Stay In Contact Through Signing Up For James' Newsletter Video Episode 馃憟 Jer贸nimo Mazarrasa is Program Director at The International Center for Ethnobotanical Education, Research, and Service (also known as ICEERS), which is a non-profit organization dedicated to transforming society's relationship with Traditional Indigenous Medicines. He is also founder of ICEERS Academy, and creator AyaSafety, an online course for people interested in increasing the safety of ayahuasca ceremonies. Our interview with Jer贸nimo is going to explore the vulnerability of increased suggestibility while the influence of ayahuasca (and other psychedelics), and the various harms that can can incur when one's facilitator that suggestibility is not handled with skilful care. Throughout the interview we cover a range of different ways that facilitators can accidentally harm their clients through suggestibility; the relationship between openness and vulnerability; how "caring" and "lack of care" can exist simultaneously; how the isolation and clandestine nature the modern psychedelic underground makes cultural learning difficult; how a facilitator can learn what is harmful, with respect to suggestibility; and how participants can protect themselves from a lack of facilitator care鈥攁ll with many anecdotes and examples sewn throughout the course of the conversation. Enjoy! 馃寑 Website and Episode Show Notes FULL TOPICS BREAKDOWN BELOW ... SUPPORT THE PODCAST 馃グ Support ATTMind and join the community on Patreon 馃帶 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 馃帶 Sub and Review on Spotify 馃憗 Watch and Subscribe on Youtube *** Huge thanks to my patrons on Patreon! In particular, my $23+ patrons; Andreas D, Ian C, Alex F, Eliz C, Joe A Other options Toss me a tip on PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS Buy some merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More Options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support Connect with Me Bluesky: