In The Media
Michael Pollan on Twitter:
"Check out Rachel Harris's new book SWIMMING IN THE SACRED: Wisdom from the Psychedelic Underground. She captures the voices of women elders who have worked underground guiding sacred entheogenic journeys for decades.”
Michael Pollan is the author of This is Your Mind on Plants; How to Change Your Mind; Cooked; In Defense of Food; The Omnivore’s Dilemma; The Botany of Desire and Second Nature.
Interviews and Podcasts
NPR Luminous – Panel Discussion
The news about psychedelics tends to focus on clinical trials and lab research. But there’s a long tradition of underground guides working with plant medicines who talk about "unseen beings" and plants as "teachers." Psychologist Rachel Harris did a series of interviews with women elders in the psychedelic underground. She calls them "spiritual warriors," and says they have an entirely different approach than the psychedelic guides in clinical studies.
An interview by Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD on New Thinking Allowed
New Thinking Allowed host, Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD, is author of The Roots of Consciousness, Psi Development Systems, and The PK Man. Between 1986 and 2002 he hosted and co-produced the original Thinking Allowed public television series.
In this interview, Rachel shares insights gleaned from interviews with fifteen women who serve as spiritual guides during psychedelic experiences:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:03:13 Fearlessness
00:11:59 Apprenticeship
00:28:35 The western mindset
00:41:07 Psychotherapeutic lineage
00:55:41 The underground
01:09:02 Conclusion
An interview by Kyle Buller, Psychedelics Today
New Thinking Allowed host, Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD, is author of The Roots of Consciousness, Psi Development Systems, and The PK Man. Between 1986 and 2002 he hosted and co-produced the original Thinking Allowed public television series.
Interview with New World Library
New World Library has been publishing books that inspire and challenge us to improve the quality of our lives and our world for over 35-years.
Psychologist Rachel Harris, PhD, introduces her book SWIMMING IN THE SACRED: Wisdom from the Psychedelic Underground, which takes a revelatory look at a previously unseen world behind today's psychedelic renaissance.
Rachel describes how she interviewed women elders who have been working underground for at least twenty years and some of them up to forty years. She contrasts their perspective of working with these medicines in a sacred way across a lifetime versus the medical research approach designed to be cost-effective and reduce symptoms.
E68: Jon Arias, 8/8/2022
Rachel Harris PhD is the author of Listening to Ayahuasca: New Hope for Depression, Addiction, PTSD, and Anxiety. In this episode we talked about the plant that Packers QB Aaron Rodgers talked about consuming and how it has helped with his football career, and what other users report after using it, its safety, and why some veterans are turning to it.
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDLiblT-ni0&ab_channel=JoncastPodcast
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5N43xl7E0L20YcoymkJgJP?si=S0-Ab9P-Q0C38CfYiANuPw
