Quote:P. D. "Danny" Newman is author of Alchemically Stoned: The Psychedelic Secret of Freemasonry, Angels in Vermilion: The Philosopher's Stone from Dee to DMT, and Theurgy: Theory and Practice – The Mysteries of the Ascent to the Divine. His newest book is Tripping the Trail of Ghosts: Psychedelics and the Afterlife Journey in Native American Mound Cultures. He is a 32nd degree master mason. Here he describes the many remarkable Mounds built by the Native American Mississippian Cultures, approximately a thousand years ago. These mounds were for purposes of burial, and also for preserving the cultural myths concerning the afterlife. Archeologists have uncovered many beautiful artifacts attesting to the skill and craftsmanship of these cultures. Newman describes the journey of souls. He also explains the use of entheogens and his hypothesis that the native Americans had cultivated an analog of ayahuasca.
00:00:00 Introduction
00:02:46 Mound building cultures
00:13:49 The journey of souls
00:28:47 DMT
00:39:34 The myth of the hero twins
00:50:21 The sacred use of tobacco
00:59:41 The path through the Milky Way
01:06:18 The Serpent Mound
01:08:48 Conclusion
'Historically, we may regard materialism as a system of dogma set up to combat orthodox dogma...Accordingly we find that, as ancient orthodoxies disintegrate, materialism more and more gives way to scepticism.'
- Bertrand Russell
- Bertrand Russell
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