LIMINAL NEWS with Daniel Pinchbeck

DMT as a hidden technology? Jeffrey Kripal & Andrew Gallimore join Daniel Pinchbeck to explore consciousness, aliens & the end of history. In this episode of the Liminal News, I sit down with two extraordinary thinkers: Jeffrey J. Kripal, historian of religions and author of "The Superhumanities" and "Secret Body," and Andrew Gallimore, neuroscientist and author of "Death By Astonishment", "Alien Information Theory" and "Reality Switch Technologies." We dive deep into the implications of DMT research, extended-state psychedelic experiments, and the possibility of human contact with non-human intelligences. We explore the "death by astonishment" experience, the limits of materialism, and the surprising parallels between ancient religious visions and cutting-edge psychedelic science. Could DMT be a kind of hidden "technology" that points humanity toward a higher-dimensional reality? Are we approaching a civilizational tipping point — an "end of history" moment? And what can science and the history of religions teach us about the true nature of consciousness?  📖 Guest Bios: Jeffrey J. Kripal is a professor of philosophy and religious thought at Rice University and the author of numerous books including "The Superhumanities," "Authors of the Impossible," and "Secret Body." His work examines the intersections of consciousness, altered states, mysticism, and the paranormal, challenging the limits of materialist science. https://jeffreyjkripal.com  Andrew Gallimore is a neurobiologist, chemist, and pharmacologist based in Japan. His research focuses on the DMT experience, extended-state psychedelic immersion, and the interface between neuroscience, mathematics, and higher-dimensional theories of reality. He is the author of "Alien Information Theory" and "Reality Switch Technologies."  https://buildingalienworlds.com ================================== Please subscribe to the LIminal News Substack Newsletter! https://substack.com/@danielpinchbeck Please buy my books! https://tinyurl.com/mrsmtpwv Please join my online seminars and community at THE LIMINAL INSTITUTE: www.liminal.news Instagram:   @danielpinchbeck Official Website:  www.pinchbeck.io/ #LiminalNews #DMT #JeffreyKripal #AndrewGallimore #Psychedelics #Consciousness #AlienInformationTheory #Superhumanities #SimulationTheory #EndOfHistory #DeathByAstonishment #Shamanism #Paranormal #Mysticism #terencemckenna

Are we truly in control of our minds — or are unseen forces at play? In this latest episode of Liminal News, I speak with Robert Falconer, author of "The Others Within Us", about trauma, spirit possession, and the porous nature of human consciousness. Falconer brings decades of psychotherapeutic experience and a deep understanding of Internal Family Systems (IFS) to a conversation that dives into the taboo: psychic parasites, entity attachments, and the darker dimensions of the human psyche. We explore how early trauma opens people to non-human influences, why psychedelics amplify both healing and danger, and how culture wars may reflect large-scale spiritual possession. 📚 About: Robert Falconer is a therapist, educator, and co-author of Many Minds, One Self (with Richard Schwartz, founder of IFS). His most recent work, The Others Within Us, explores the overlap of psychology and the paranormal, particularly in the context of healing from trauma. 🔗 Learn more: https://robertfalconer.us ================================== Please subscribe to the LIminal News Substack Newsletter! https://substack.com/@danielpinchbeck Please buy my books! https://tinyurl.com/mrsmtpwv Please join my online seminars and community at THE LIMINAL INSTITUTE: www.liminal.news Instagram:   @danielpinchbeck Official Website:  www.pinchbeck.io/ #RobertFalconer #IFS #SpiritPossession #LiminalNews #DanielPinchbeck #TraumaHealing #Psychedelics #EntityAttachment #PorousMind #Psychotherapy #Spirituality #CultureWars #Consciousness

In this episode of Liminal News, I speak with scholar Jeffrey J. Kripal about the suppressed dimensions of consciousness, paranormal experiences, UFOs, eroticism in mysticism, and the deep structure of human imagination. Kripal is one of the few voices from within the academy daring to think—and teach—the impossible. We explore how the humanities can (and must) evolve to account for precognition, near-death experiences, and altered states, and what it might mean to reconceive the human itself in light of the extraordinary. This is one of the deepest and most nuanced conversations we've had yet on the show. 🎓 About: Jeffrey J. Kripal is the J. Newton Rayzor Professor of Religion and Associate Dean of the Humanities at Rice University. He is the author of several acclaimed books, including Authors of the Impossible, Secret Body, and his most recent, How to Think Impossibly: About Souls, UFOs, Time, Belief, and Everything Else. His work explores how extraordinary human experiences challenge our basic metaphysical and epistemological assumptions.  🌐 Learn more: https://jeffreyjkripal.com ================================== Please subscribe to the LIminal News Substack Newsletter! https://substack.com/@danielpinchbeck Please buy my books! https://tinyurl.com/mrsmtpwv Please join my online seminars and community at THE LIMINAL INSTITUTE: www.liminal.news Instagram:   @danielpinchbeck Official Website:  www.pinchbeck.io/ #JeffreyKripal #Paranormal #Superhumanities #LiminalNews #UFOs #Mysticism #Consciousness #ReligiousStudies #NewEpisode #ImaginationIsReal #danielpinchbeck #occult #philosophy

In this episode, I talk with Morgane Ciot and Alice Maynewaring — co-founders of The Classics Department — about their new immersive theater project, "PsychoMagic 9", which just sold out its debut run in New York. Inspired by Alejandro Jodorowsky's cult classic "The Holy Mountain" and the spiritual tradition of psychomagic, their show blends performance, ritual, and audience participation in radically imaginative ways. We explore the lineage of avant-garde theater from Artaud to Grotowski, the resurgence of immersive experiences, and the challenges of creating transformational art in a time of social disconnection and political breakdown. We also touch on ketamine as a therapeutic and theatrical tool, the Enneagram as a narrative device, and how to awaken sovereignty through art. 🔗 https://classics-department.com ================================== Please subscribe to the LIminal News Substack Newsletter! https://substack.com/@danielpinchbeck Please buy my books! https://tinyurl.com/mrsmtpwv Please join my online seminars and community at THE LIMINAL INSTITUTE: www.liminal.news Instagram:   @danielpinchbeck Official Website:  www.pinchbeck.io/ #ImmersiveTheater #PsychoMagic #LiminalNews #Jodorowsky #LARP #Enneagram #AvantGardeTheater #RitualArt #NYCTheater #KetamineTherapy #danielpinchbeck

I sat down with former British diplomat turned anarchist thinker Carne Ross to explore the collapse of the rules-based global order and the rise of techno-authoritarianism in the US and beyond. Carne and I unpack the Trump phenomenon, Christian nationalism, Gaza, Israel, and the radical possibilities of democratic confederalism inspired by Murray Bookchin and practiced in Rojava. We explore historical parallels to Weimar Germany, the architecture of state surveillance, and why Carne believes anarchism is not only viable—but necessary. 💬 We also dive into Carne's ongoing work advising the autonomous region of Rojava in northeastern Syria, his reflections on digital resistance, and what a realistic lifeboat strategy might look like for those concerned about the U.S.'s political future.  https://carneross.substack.com/ ================================== Please subscribe to the LIminal News Substack Newsletter! https://substack.com/@danielpinchbeck Please buy my books! https://tinyurl.com/mrsmtpwv Please join my online seminars and community at THE LIMINAL INSTITUTE: www.liminal.news Instagram:   @danielpinchbeck Official Website:  www.pinchbeck.io/ #LiminalNews #CarneRoss #Anarchism #Trump2024 #Authoritarianism #Rojava #IsraelGaza #SurveillanceState #Fascism #Bookchin #Ocalan #Collapse #Resistance #Palantir #SubstackVoices #danielpinchbeck #podcast

In this episode of Liminal News, I speak with political writer, civic tech pioneer, and longtime democracy advocate Micah Sifry about the creeping authoritarianism in the United States—and whether there's still time to reverse course. Micah and I talk about everything from grassroots resistance to digital surveillance, from the failures of liberal institutions to the underestimated power of local organizing. We also explore what's happening beneath the radar—why the media isn't telling the full story, and what real, distributed defiance might look like. Micah brings decades of hard-won insight to the table—from co-founding Personal Democracy Forum and Civic Hall to writing about third-party movements and campaign finance reform. I found this conversation both sobering and energizing, and I hope it sparks some sense of strategic urgency in you, too. 🧠 About: MIcah Sifry is a writer, speaker, and organizer focused on democratic innovation. He co-founded Civic Hall and the Personal Democracy Forum and authored Spoiling for a Fight: Third-Party Politics in America. He's spent years helping build digital tools and communities to support more participatory democracy.  https://micahsifry.com/ ================================== Please subscribe to the LIminal News Substack Newsletter! https://substack.com/@danielpinchbeck Please buy my books! https://tinyurl.com/mrsmtpwv Please join my online seminars and community at THE LIMINAL INSTITUTE: www.liminal.news Instagram:   @danielpinchbeck Official Website:  www.pinchbeck.io/ #MichelSifry #LiminalNews #CivicTech #DigitalDemocracy #GrassrootsOrganizing #SurveillanceState #DemocracyUnderThreat #Authoritarianism #DanielPinchbeck #PoliticalAwakening #ProgressivePolitics #Indivisible #Resistance #HopeAndAction

In this special episode of LIMINAL NEWS, I sit down with cultural theorist Douglas Rushkoff and author/flow-state expert Jamie Wheal for a wide-ranging conversation on the dark evolution of psychedelia, the rise of techno-fascism, and how we might reclaim our collective soul in an age of chaos. We dive into the uncomfortable truths about how sacred tools are being co-opted for power, wealth, and control. From ayahuasca at country clubs to crypto-funded authoritarianism, we explore how spirituality, capitalism, and politics have become dangerously entangled—and what can still be done to shift the tide. 👉 Follow Jamie Wheal on Substack: https://jamiewheal.substack.com/ 👉 Follow Douglas Rushkoff on Substack ("Team Human"): https://rushkoff.substack.com/ ================================== Please subscribe to the LIminal News Substack Newsletter! https://substack.com/@danielpinchbeck Please buy my books! https://tinyurl.com/mrsmtpwv Please join my online seminars and community at THE LIMINAL INSTITUTE: www.liminal.news Instagram:   @danielpinchbeck Official Website:  www.pinchbeck.io/ #LiminalNews #DanielPinchbeck #DouglasRushkoff #JamieWheal #PsychedelicRenaissance #TechnoAuthoritarianism #Ayahuasca #MAPS2025 #Collapse #FutureOfConsciousness #Hermeticism #NewMythos #AI #CryptoPolitics

🎧 What kind of future is AI creating—and what deeper forces are driving it? I sit down with journalist and trauma educator Matthew Green to explore the spiritual, psychological, and political implications of artificial intelligence. We dive into the darker undercurrents of the AI revolution—from mass surveillance and job loss to mythic archetypes and occult prophecy. Matthew has been a participant in several of my courses, and I've deeply appreciated his clarity and depth. Together, we explore questions that I believe are essential for our time. Here, we discuss: 🔹 How AI may destabilize society on a massive scale 🔹 Why authoritarianism and tech oligarchs are fusing into a new power structure 🔹 Rudolf Steiner's prophecy of Ahriman and its uncanny parallels to today 🔹 The war on memory, cognition, and human agency 🔹 The rise of AI mysticism and synthetic religions 🔹 What kinds of practices and communities we need to respond  🔗 FOLLOW MATTHEW GREEN ON SUBSTACK https://substack.com/@matthewgreenglobal ================================== Please subscribe to the LIminal News Substack Newsletter! https://substack.com/@danielpinchbeck Please buy my books! https://tinyurl.com/mrsmtpwv Please join my online seminars and community at THE LIMINAL INSTITUTE: www.liminal.news Instagram:   @danielpinchbeck Official Website:  www.pinchbeck.io/ #ArtificialIntelligence #AIandConsciousness #SpiritualTechnology #Apocalypse #Ahriman #DanielPinchbeck #MatthewGreen #RudolfSteiner #LiminalNews #AIProphecy #TechnoMysticism #AIandAuthoritarianism #CollectiveTrauma #FutureofAI #Mysticism #AIandEthics #SyntheticReligion #AIcult #DigitalSpirituality #EsotericPodcast #BreakingTheAIBarrier #tech #bigtech #AI

Daniel Pinchbeck convenes a soul-searching dialogue with Grammy-winning artist Kimbra ‪@kimbramusic‬ (Vows, The Golden Echo) and author-futurist Jamie Wheal (Stealing Fire, Recapture the Rapture). Together, they explore the possibilities for a new religious imagination grounded in mysticism, direct experience, and sacred community. Kimbra shares her early mystical encounters and evolving relationship with Christian mysticism, while Jamie unpacks how myth, Spiral Dynamics, and cultural architecture could birth a "Church of the Good, the Beautiful, and the True." Together, they examine the paradox of post-Christian yearning: How do we reclaim the sacred while resisting both fundamentalist revivalism and New Age drift? From psychedelic mysticism to the rise of muscular techno-Christianity among Silicon Valley elites, this conversation pulls no punches. A deep dive into archetypes, esoteric traditions, collective ecstasy—and the future of soul in an age of collapse. ✨ Topics include: 🌌 Mysticism vs. organized religion 👩‍🎤 Feminine divinity, art & direct revelation 📜 Reclaiming Christ consciousness 🧠 Spiral Dynamics & developmental faith 🛐 Gnosticism, Hermeticism & sacred community 🧬 Psychedelics, music & aesthetic transmission 📉 The collapse of liberal Christianity 🔥 Can we ignite a new spiritual renaissance? ================================== Please subscribe to the LIminal News Substack Newsletter! https://substack.com/@danielpinchbeck Please buy my books! https://tinyurl.com/mrsmtpwv Please join my online seminars and community at THE LIMINAL INSTITUTE: www.liminal.news Instagram:   @danielpinchbeck Official Website:  www.pinchbeck.io/ #ChristConsciousness #Mysticism #JamieWheal #Kimbra #SpiritualAwakening #Esotericism #NewReligion #LiminalNews #DanielPinchbeck #PsychedelicChristianity #GreatAwakening #FutureOfFaith #SpiralDynamics #GnosticRevival #PostChristian #podcast  

In this urgent and far-reaching conversation, Daniel speaks with poet-philosopher and activist Drew Dellinger about the convergence of spiritual emergency, ecological collapse, and rising authoritarianism. A student of Thomas Berry and Brian Swimme, Dellinger critiques the troubling ideological drift of RFK Jr., Charles Eisenstein, and others in the New Age and eco-spiritual world. They explore: 🌌 The spiritual power of cosmology in an age of collapse ⚠️ The threat of Project 2025 & RFK Jr.'s alliance with Trump 🌀 Charles Eisenstein's rhetorical collapse & rightward turn 🤖 The role of AI, technocracy & surveillance in the New Age 🚫 False equivalence, epistemological nihilism, and the loss of discernment 🗣️ The danger of demobilizing narratives dressed up as "balance" 🎤 The poet's role in speaking truth to rising fascism 🕊️ A call for a united front for democracy, ecology, and justice 📝 The conversation ends with Drew's fiery original poem: "To the Quislings" — a stirring indictment of complicity in an age of creeping authoritarianism.   📚 About: Drew Dellinger is a poet, professor, and founder of Planetize the Movement. Known for integrating cosmology, activism, and justice into a prophetic philosophical framework. 📘 Love Letter to the Milky Way 🌐 https://www.drewdellinger.org 🔗 https://www.planetizethemovement.org ================================== Please subscribe to the LIminal News Substack Newsletter! https://substack.com/@danielpinchbeck Please buy my books! https://tinyurl.com/mrsmtpwv Please join my online seminars and community at THE LIMINAL INSTITUTE: www.liminal.news Instagram:   @danielpinchbeck Official Website:  www.pinchbeck.io/ #danielpinchbeck  #liminalnews  #podcast

In this episode of LIMINAL NEWS, Daniel Pinchbeck speaks with technologist and regenerative systems builder Samuel Delesque about his experimental community in Portugal, the Traditional Dream Factory. Together, they explore how blockchain, Web3 governance, and ecological land stewardship can converge to support new models of post-capitalist civilization. The conversation weaves together themes of decentralized coordination, land that "owns itself," the crisis of modern liberal democracies, and how indigenous values and sacred economics are informing the next generation of intentional communities. 👤 About: Samuel Delesque is the founder of the Traditional Dream Factory and co-creator of Closer, a governance tool designed for decentralized ecovillages. His work bridges blockchain infrastructure with real-world regenerative projects. 🌐 Learn more: https://traditionaldreamfactory.com 🛠️ Explore the tools: https://closer.earth 📸 Instagram: @traditionaldreamfactory ================================== Please subscribe to the LIminal News Substack Newsletter! https://substack.com/@danielpinchbeck Please buy my books! https://tinyurl.com/mrsmtpwv Please join my online seminars and community at THE LIMINAL INSTITUTE: www.liminal.news Instagram:   @danielpinchbeck Official Website:  www.pinchbeck.io/ #danielpinchbeck  #liminalnews  #podcast

In this episode of LIMINAL NEWS, Daniel Pinchbeck speaks with economist and writer Grace Blakeley about the rise of vulture capitalism, the convergence of tech elites and authoritarianism, and what a leftist path forward might look like in an era of social disintegration and political despair. The conversation explores AI, neoliberalism, historical fascism, and the role of organizing in reclaiming democracy. 👤 About Grace Blakeley: Grace Blakeley is a staff writer at Tribune Magazine and author of: 📘 Vulture Capitalism: Corporate Crimes, Backdoor Bailouts and the Death of Freedom 📘 The Corona Crash: How the Pandemic Will Change Capitalism 📘 Stolen: How to Save the World from Financialisation She's a former economics commentator for The New Statesman, a former Research Fellow at the Institute for Public Policy Research, and a frequent commentator across BBC Question Time, Good Morning Britain, Piers Morgan Uncensored, and MTV News. 🌐 Official Site: https://graceblakeley.co.uk/ 📬 Substack: https://graceblakeley.substack.com/ ================================== Please subscribe to the LIminal News Substack Newsletter! https://substack.com/@danielpinchbeck Please buy my books! https://tinyurl.com/mrsmtpwv Please join my online seminars and community at THE LIMINAL INSTITUTE: www.liminal.news Instagram:   @danielpinchbeck Official Website:  www.pinchbeck.io/ #danielpinchbeck  #liminalnews  #podcast

Sarah invited me to join a livestream on her Substack back on 3.7.25 to chat about my article "The Rise of Sovereign Individuals". Sarah Wilson is a multi-New York Times and Amazon bestselling author, social philosopher, international keynote speaker, minimalist and philanthropist. She edited Cosmopolitan magazine Australia at 29, founded the global I Quit Sugar movement, hosted the most-watched TV series in the nation's history – Masterchef Australia – and wrote the bestseller First, We Make the Beast Beautiful, which Mark Manson described as "the best book on living with anxiety that I've ever read." Her most recent book, This One Wild and Precious Life, won the US Gold Nautilus Prize, and she has ranked in the top 200 most influential authors in the world (two years in a row). Sarah leads dynamic, global conversations about modern philosophy, creativity, existential risk and climate change via her keynote speaking, Wild  podcast, and her Substack and social communities (of 550,000 subscribers). She lives nomadically, but is based between Paris and Sydney, is a compulsive hiker and adventurer. "The Rise of Sovereign Individuals" - Substack Post from Daniel Pinchbeck: Sarah Wilson Official Site: https://www.sarahwilson.com/ Sarah Wilson on Substack: https://sarahwilson.substack.com/ ================================== Please subscribe to the LIminal News Substack Newsletter! https://substack.com/@danielpinchbeck Please buy my books! https://tinyurl.com/mrsmtpwv Please join my online seminars and community at THE LIMINAL INSTITUTE: www.liminal.news Instagram:   @danielpinchbeck Official Website:  www.pinchbeck.io/ #danielpinchbeck #liminalnews #podcast

I had a chance to talk with Starhawk about a wide range of topics on a Substack Livestream on 4/21/25.  Hope you enjoy! Starhawk is an author, activist, permaculture designer and teacher, and a prominent voice in modern earth-based spirituality and ecofeminism. She is the author or co-author of thirteen books, including The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Great Goddess and the ecotopian novel The Fifth Sacred Thing, and its sequel City of Refuge. Her most recent non-fiction book is The Empowerment Manual: A Guide for Collaborative Groups, on group dynamics, power, conflict and communications.  Starhawk founded Earth Activist Training, teaching permaculture design grounded in spirituality and with a focus on activism. She travels internationally, lecturing and teaching on earth-based spirituality, the tools of ritual, and the skills of activism.  Starhawk Official Site: https://starhawk.org/ Starhawk on Substack: https://starhawk.substack.com/ ================================== Please subscribe to the LIminal News Substack Newsletter! https://substack.com/@danielpinchbeck Please buy my books! https://tinyurl.com/mrsmtpwv Please join my online seminars and community at THE LIMINAL INSTITUTE: www.liminal.news Instagram:   @danielpinchbeck Official Website:  www.pinchbeck.io/ #danielpinchbeck #liminalnews #podcast #starhawk

A recording of a Substack LIvestream on 4/1/25 I hope you enjoy this conversation with Jamie Wheal, founder of The Flow Genome Project and author of "Recapture the Rapture", among other books. We started with a discussion about Silicon Valley's sudden embrace of Christianity, which Wheal characterizes as "a little soft, chewy 15% center of semi-sincere yet rudderless seekers, and 85% opportunistic pile on." Along with Wheal, Erik Davis and Jules Evans have written about the new techno-Christianity recently. Wheal said: "Dude, I think the era of looking for or tracing or tracking or policing or calling out ideological inconsistency is over, because the people who are the least coherent and consistent don't give a fuck about coherence and consistency. So you're sort of like spluttering and puffing like an old modern major general. No one gives a fuck anymore. You just play through. Everyone's like, "What about her emails?" I don't care. But how are terrorists part of a conservative free market ideology? It doesn't matter. And the same with Silicon Valley's turn to Christianity. It's like, 'Wait, did Jesus really say build bombs? Did he really say build a totally fucking satellite-enabled fascist surveillance state and say it's for Jesus and for Western values and to defend civilization and the Shire? Oh, by the way, the Shire, don't forget, because we're hobbits. We're not orcs.' You know, it's loopy." https://www.flowgenomeproject.com/ Jamie Wheal on Substack: https://jamiewheal.substack.com/ ================================== Please subscribe to the LIminal News Substack Newsletter! https://substack.com/@danielpinchbeck Please buy my books! https://tinyurl.com/mrsmtpwv Please join my online seminars and community at THE LIMINAL INSTITUTE: www.liminal.news Instagram:   @danielpinchbeck Official Website:  www.pinchbeck.io/ #jamiewheal #danielpinchbeck #liminalnews #podcast #tech #siliconvalley

A recording of a Substack LIvestream on 3/5/25 Brett Scott is a campaigner, monetary anthropologist and former broker. He is the author of The Heretic's Guide to Global Finance: Hacking the Future of Money and Cloudmoney: Why the War on Cash Endangers Our Freedom. Brett has appeared in a wide range of TV shows, radio broadcasts and documentaries, including BBC World News and Sky News. He has written extensively on financial reform, digital finance, alternative currency, blockchain technology and the cashless society for publications like the Guardian, New Scientist, Huffington Post, Wired Magazine and CNN.com, and also publishes the Altered States of Monetary Consciousness newsletter on Substack. Excerpt from our discussion: "One of the things I'm interested in right now in terms of the underlying ideologies or the seeming inconsistencies between them is something I was calling in my last piece, "fractal libertarianism." Again, I'm still unsure about this, but if you look at the underlying image in a libertarian worldview—which is a native cosmology in capitalism anyway—it's of the solo islands, right? Each man is an island. This is the division that Margaret Thatcher put out: "There is no society, there are only individual men and women." Buy  'Cloud Money: Cash, Cards, Crypto, and War for Our Wallets" Subscribe to Brett's Substack Newsletter: https://brettscott.substack.com/  ================================== Please subscribe to the LIminal News Substack Newsletter! https://substack.com/@danielpinchbeck Please buy my books! https://tinyurl.com/mrsmtpwv Please join my online seminars and community at THE LIMINAL INSTITUTE: www.liminal.news Instagram:   @danielpinchbeck Official Website:  www.pinchbeck.io/ #brettscott #cloudmoney #crypto #cryptocurrency #cash #danielpinchbeck #liminalnews #podcast

A recording of a joint Substack LIvestream on 3/1/25 I have been in intermittent contact with Nafeez Ahmed over the years. We are both systems theorists with many areas of overlap. What became clear during our dialogue is that we share a very similar — almost identical — analysis of the current geopolitical crisis. We also share a number of ideas about how to address it.  Dr. Nafeez Ahmed is the founder of the Age of Transformation, a newsletter exploring what he calls 'the planetary phase shift' and Director of the System Shift Lab, a systems transformation consultancy based in London. A systems change expert, Ahmed has worked with some of the biggest organisations in the world, including United Nations agencies, national governments, Fortune 500 companies, and the world's largest philanthropic foundations - helping to build and deliver high-impact change strategies. The Evening Standard has twice named Nafeez in its Power 1,000 list of the top most influential Londoners. His award-winning journalism, praised by the Sunday Times, The Guardian, The Independent and many others, has been read and watched by millions. His new book is "Alt Reich: The Network War to Destroy the West from Within (2024)": an investigative history of how the Nazi-aligned Pioneer Fund has given birth to a global far-right network on the cusp of subverting Western democracies. Official Website: https://www.nafeezahmed.net/ ================================== Please subscribe to the LIminal News Substack Newsletter! https://substack.com/@danielpinchbeck Please buy my books! https://tinyurl.com/mrsmtpwv Please join my online seminars and community at THE LIMINAL INSTITUTE: www.liminal.news Instagram:   @danielpinchbeck Official Website:  www.pinchbeck.io/ #danielpinchbeck #authoritarianism  #trump #fascism #liminalnews #nafeezahmed

A recording of a joint Substack LIvestream on 2/21/25 "America's decline is not solely Trump's doing. Rather, this is the inevitable consequences of decades of Western economic and military dominance built on short-term exploitation, corruption, and global predation. Trump's role is to mask this systemic unraveling with populist rhetoric while enabling the true power holders, the transnational, financial, and corporate elite, or what Bolsen calls the anational owners and controllers of global financial capital, to consolidate their wealth, power, and control as America is hollowed out and broken." Marianne's Official Website IG: https://www.instagram.com/mariannewilliamson FB: https://www.facebook.com/williamsonmarianne Substack: https://substack.com/@mariannewilliamson ================================== Please subscribe to the LIminal News Substack Newsletter! https://substack.com/@danielpinchbeck Please buy my books! https://tinyurl.com/mrsmtpwv Please join my online seminars and community at THE LIMINAL INSTITUTE: www.liminal.news Instagram:   @danielpinchbeck Official Website:  www.pinchbeck.io/ #danielpinchbeck #mariannewilliamson #trump #fascism #liminalnews

Daniel and Ashanti will be hosting an upcoming seminar presented by The Elevator, a global consciousness incubator and think tank, where Ashanti is the Executive Director. You can sign up to receive more information (including access to reduced price or early bird tickets) at www.liminal.news Ashanti Kunene is a South African storyteller, strategist, and art activist dedicated to decolonial education, social justice, and regenerative leadership. Born into South Africa's born-free generation—those born after Nelson Mandela's release—she has navigated the complex intersections of race, privilege, and cultural identity in a post-apartheid society. She has worked in the UN and other organizations, using narrative power to shift cultural consciousness and drive systemic change, and has been a speaker at global forums on youth leadership, climate justice, and African spirituality. With a background in anthropology and political science, Ashanti brings a unique perspective that blends indigenous wisdom, social activism, and spiritual awakening. She is passionate about Ubuntu—the African philosophy of interconnectedness—and sees the current global crises as part of a profound initiation process, requiring a radical shift in consciousness and action. Her work challenges Western paradigms of leadership and progress, advocating for community-driven, regenerative solutions that honor both ancestral wisdom and future pathways. The Elevator Official Website Ashanti Kunene: Official Website ================================== Please subscribe to the LIminal News Substack Newsletter! https://substack.com/@danielpinchbeck Please buy my books! https://tinyurl.com/mrsmtpwv Please join my online seminars and community at THE LIMINAL INSTITUTE: www.liminal.news Instagram:   @danielpinchbeck Official Website:  www.pinchbeck.io/ #danielpinchbeck #liminalnews #podcast #ubuntu #consciousness  

Would the full deregulation of psychedelics be a good thing? In today's podcast, author Jay Michaelson and I discuss the rapidly evolving legal and cultural landscape of psychedelics, including their potential fast-tracking under the new Trump/Musk/RFK regime. Will deregulation — long a goal of advocates — make it more difficult to responsibly integrate these powerful substances into society? We also explore broader societal concerns, such as the erosion of democracy, systemic inequality, and the tension between technological advancement and cultural decay. I hope you enjoy it! Michaelson is the author of ten books, including The Secret That Is Not A Secret and the National Jewish Book Award-winning The Heresy of Jacob Frank: From Jewish Messianism to Esoteric Myth. He is the Field Scholar at the Emory Center for Psychedelics and Spirituality and will be a visiting professor at Harvard Law School in Spring 2025. He holds a Ph.D. in Jewish Thought, a JD from Yale, among other degrees. He clerked for Judge Merrick Garland. As a journalist, his work explores the intersections of politics, religion, and ethics, appearing in Rolling Stone, The Forward, and his Substack, Both/And. He was also the Supreme Court columnist for The Daily Beast. Michaelson blends Jewish, Buddhist, and secular mindfulness traditions, frequently teaching at universities, companies, and religious institutions. Jay Michaelson: Official Website ================================== Please subscribe to the LIminal News Substack Newsletter! https://substack.com/@danielpinchbeck Please buy my books! https://tinyurl.com/mrsmtpwv Please join my online seminars and community at THE LIMINAL INSTITUTE: www.liminal.news Instagram:   @danielpinchbeck Official Website:  www.pinchbeck.io/ #danielpinchbeck #liminalnews #podcast #psychedelics