My guest this week is Scott Stanley, founder of the Arizona Yage Assemble (AYA), and the North American Association of Visionary Church, NAAVC.org. Scott's mission is to protect religious freedom, practice, and association as well as access to psychedelic sacraments. To that end he's founded the aforementioned groups to help create collective action and strength in numbers. We talk all about it in this lengthy interview, getting into what inspired Scott to follow this path, how these organizations help those seeking support in their religious practice, as well as a current court case.

With this next installment from the Tales of Aurduin, I've got chapter 22, "A Promise," from The Alchemist and the Eagle for your listening enjoyment. In this chapter, Orobai meets with the elders of the Yamne once more where they remind him of his promise to bring Miraanni back to them when she comes of age to complete the ritual cycle that was initiated when she was an infant, and that they view this as crucial to the fate of the world of Aurduin.

My guest this week is one of the co-authors of the new book, Psychedelic Therapy: A Revolutionary Approach to Restoring Your Mental Health and Reclaiming Your Life, Will Van Derveer, MD. Will joined me from his home base in Colorado the other month to discuss psychedelic therapy from a medical and mental health perspective as it continues to make its way into the mainstream and is radically changing the way doctors and therapists think of mental and emotional health. The book focuses on a trauma-informed approach that emphasizes proper preparation, facilitation, and integration. You can hear all about it in this episode ...