Episode #240
Aubrey Marcus
Books mentioned
The Conquest of Happiness
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Turning Pro
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The War of Art
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Shit My Dad Says
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I Suck at Girls
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Aubrey Marcus discusses psychedelic experiences involving DMT, ayahuasca, and iboga, including altered states, religious imagery, mystical experiences, and the nature of consciousness. The conversation also considers happiness, meaningful work, nature, drug policy, technological singularity, social isolation, online culture, political figures, comedy controversies, and the long-term effects of combat-related brain trauma.
What they talked about
- Psychedelic experiences and lessons learned
- DMT as a doorway to other dimensions
- Trapping in Alaska and hunter-gatherer happiness
- Medical marijuana raids and DEA enforcement
- Ayahuasca churches and religious exemptions
- Dragon and eagle visions during ayahuasca
- Moses and the burning bush as DMT
- MMA fighter Pedro Rizzo's brutal knockout
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