#103 - Tom Soloway Pinkson, Ph.D - The Psychedelic Shaman: The Wisdom Warrior's Path to Transformation

Meet a wise elder talking to us about how to walk the path of integrity, heart, and spirit—tap into this conversation with Tom Soloway Pinkson, Ph.D. Tom shares powerful insights from his newly published book: The Psychedelic Shaman: The Wisdom Warrior’s Path to Transformation (Inner Traditions), and reflects on a life devoted to sacred service, healing, and love. Here are some of the themes we explore: — “The most effective prisons are the ones we don’t know we’re in” — How mainstream culture conditions us to believe in separation, which feeds fear — The shift from being a fault-finder to becoming a love-finder — Awakening to the truth of our interconnection — Aloha, Alaha, and Alegría as spiritual forces — The Wisdom Warrior: seeing truth and having the courage to act — The constricted ego identity and how sacred plant medicines can help us transcend it — “Being breathed” and receiving the question from life-force energy: How do you want to use me? — Opening to inner wisdom—psychedelics are not the only path — Vision quests and how Tom has just completed his 51st (he just turned 80) — The Psychedelic Medicine Wheel — Vision fast quests as rites of passage — Dropping into gratitude rather than asking for more — The Healing Attitudinal Principles And much more - Tom even sings to us - and I mention a bite of astrology, but to recap, what I see most significant is his Neptun and Chiron conjunction on his ascendant. It is in the sign of libra and connects many of his themes of listening, relationships, channeling, receiving, love - It is clear to me, Mannah, that he is so connected to spirit that the highest version of these archetype comes forth in his work and books. I am so happy you are here. Check out links below: LINKS The book: https://www.innertraditions.com/the-psychedelic-shaman Tom's recommendation in the end of the interview: https://youtu.be/zyBmCj9wuR8?si=ZtB10Qbzhl7Ylcx2 Tom's website: https://drtompinkson.com/ Youtube version of the interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdiJ5Cn8HJ8