Here he describes how his journey of exploration began when his late wife, Phran, woke up early one morning in 2002 in a terrified state and pronounced with certainty that something absolutely horrible would happen that day. It was a premonition that proved devastatingly true when their daughter was killed that evening in an automobile [...]

Here he discusses a variety of plants that are used for both medicinal and entheogenic purposes – including dandelions, mescal, psilocybin mushrooms, cannabis, coca, and ayahuasca. He points out that the use of these substances throughout the world goes back far in history. They emerged from cultures that believed in animistic spiritual forces. Modern, industrial [...]