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New Maps of Hyperspace: Ralph Metzner

Rak Razam

In this interview with director Rak Razam at last year's MAPS conference, Ralph Metzner recalls the beginning of psychedelic research at Harvard in the early 1960s: “We were babes in the woods”, he says of the years with Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert. Back then, academics in the Western world would not deal with Eastern religions, shamanism or alchemical divination. “They didn’t even read Jung”, Metzner points out.

Fifty years later, Metzner is a psychotherapist and an established luminary in the field of consciousness expansion. With Rak Razam, he talks about the renaissance of psychedelic studies, the growing understanding of a holistic worldview in our society, and the need to use substances like MDMA as a regulated medical treatment against PTSD and various forms of addiction and anxiety. Also, Metzner discusses the positive effects psychedelics hold for people who are preparing to die.  With MDMA, “they have a really good chance of going into that final transition with a peaceful attitude, which is a blessing.”

Ralph Metzner is a guest of Dennis McKenna on the upcoming Evolver Intensives live interactive video course, "Psychedelic Adventures at the Edge of the Abyss: The Ideas of Terence and Dennis McKenna."

 

Rak Razam's book:

www.ayathebook.com



 

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Have to second what he says

Submitted by feral thoughts on Wed, 05/18/2011 - 15:56.
Have to second what he says about consciousness contraction and fear. The main reason why psychedelic are not properly research or even though about by our culture is that there is so much fear in it. The collective conscious cannot expand and contract at the same time. Once we get over our fears we will be able to appreciate the world for what it is and part of that is the realization that there are some pretty cool thing growing around us

Cool Video, thank you!

Submitted by spartacus7 on Mon, 03/04/2013 - 11:12.
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Get to the Point.

Submitted by ludicman on Sat, 05/21/2011 - 20:59.
I enjoy Ralph, but the guy interviewing him doesn't ask good questions. Ok, they didn't know shit 'til they connected. But what did he learn? What does he know now that him and Leary and Ram Dass din't know then? Remember who you're talking to, cause he's the only one left. Pass it on.

This guy is so far beyond our understanding...

Submitted by mssusiefly on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 23:03.
Anyone they sent to interview him was out of their melieu. This guy ran with Timothy Leary and Ram Dass! The LSD and MDMA were stolen and the results were tainted. Now we're learning the truly wonderful things it helps with. Alchoholism, menatl illness and PTSD to metnion a afew. Hope he stays around awhile to be able to see the fruition of his work. Totally agree with him when he states alcohol should be regulated more. It's a poison.

He is great!

Submitted by tyrannous on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 14:27.
what a great mind!

Ralph Metzner: pessimistic or optimistic?

Submitted by EddieA on Mon, 04/30/2012 - 20:41.
In this video, Ralph does not commit to either pessimism or optimism ... nor does he say anything about U.S. politics. As far as these issues in the U.S., I'm pessimistic, for these reasons: 1) The U.S. is becoming a more fascistic society, thanks to intellectual giants like Clarence Thomas, and thanks to recent legal rulings like the Supreme Court's strip-search ruling, and the "Citizens United vs. FEC" ruling. 2) The U.S. has jailed a larger percentage of its population, than any other nation. 3) Many people in the U.S. are either very skeptical, or outright hostile toward scientific findings which do not agree with their personal biases/politics. The debate about alternative energy and climate change seems like the most obvious example. 4) In a society where human rights are being reduced, most of the people in power would implicitly agree with what Terence McKenna had to say (although they've probably never heard it before): "The use of psychedelics is a call to authenticity which is threatening to our culture since its whole structure is to keep you away from what is real. Psychedelics are repressed because they are deconditioning agents, they dissolve boundaries based on ego identity of separation and they dissolve linguistic structures that we use to build 'reality' so the person can die to the old and be born anew." 5) In U.S. politics, it is now acceptable (maybe even fashionable) to be for reduction of health-care for vulnerable segments of the population, including those with mental illness (e.g. war-caused PTSD), developmental disabilities, etc.

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