C-Realm

In this 30th installment of the web's favorite shamanic singularitarian podcast, KMO gets a post Dopestock eye-witness account from Black Beauty, concludes his conversation with author Albert K. Bates, and talks at length with Alan Shoemaker, in Iquitos, Peru about ayahuasca, hard-headed materialist skeptics, and the upcoming 3rd annual shamanism conference in Iquitos.

Albert K. Bates: He's got a Wikipedia entry and a website, so go explore.

Take a walking tour of the Ecovillage Training Center on the Farm with Albert:

Alan Shoemaker: When you Google for "Alan Shoemaker," his essay "Magic to Miracles: Curanderismo - Mestizo Ayahuasca" turns up at the top of the search results page. You can read that here:

He also has a bio on the Soga Del Alma site:

Folks interested in the Shamanism Conference can learn more about that here:

If you register, be sure to indicate on the form that KMO sent ya'. I'll receive a portion of your registration fee. If 10 C-Realm Listeners sign up, then that will cover my travel expenses, and I will be able to attend the conference. We'll have a special C-Realm ayahuasca ceremony during the conference. If you sign up, be sure to send me an email and let me know.

You can see photos and read trip reports from our month-long stay with Alan and his family here: