The Psychedelic Closet Podcast
This is a place to explore the untold stories from the beyond, to help us embrace our full human nature. So if you like me, feel like you don’t have anyone to talk to about these magical, sometimes frightening, eye-opening, awe-inducing and mystery-invoking experiences, this is for you.
In each episode, you'll get to hear stories from fellow Psychonauts, Elders and Therapists about one of their psychedelic journeys and how it has influenced their lives.
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My goal is to normalise conversations about psychedelic experiences in everyday life, so we can support each other in making sense of what they mean, and allow us to collectively open up to the mystery that is life.
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The Psychedelic Closet Podcast
E10: The Lion King takes acid - with Elijah Whaley & Maurice Schill
In this episode, I have to thank my friend Elijah Whaley for being brave enough to join me in helping me explore and make sense of a recent experience I had at a festival.
It started in the savannah of the Australian outback, where encountered a pride of lions and a pack of wolves that got me to question my nature, which led me to talk with a variety of spirit animals about their role, the nature of evolution and the circle of life. It very much felt like the Lion King had taken acid.
Just to be clear, this was all happening in my imagination, and no animals were hurt in the making of this experience.
I wanted to speak with Elijah about this as he had initially introduced me to the notion of meeting spirit animals and felt he could help provide a new perspective, which he didn’t disappoint with.
It’s a wild story, and at times have trouble fully expressing the experience fully, so ask for your forgiveness in advance.
I now have greater clarity on what this experience was trying to show me, and how to integrate it into my being moving forward. Thank you, Elijah.
Now, let’s get to the savannah…