From Depression to Enlightenment: Jakob Gricar's Journey with Ayahuasca and Psilocybin

The James Xander Trip

Episode 1 – Jakob Gricar is a spiritual explorer, thrill seeker, and the co-founder of Vortex Retreats, a company that combines movement, breathwork, meditation, and plant medicine. He has travelled over 40 countries in the world, and for the last four years, he’s done deep work with plant medicine and psychedelic journeys, living and learning with the Indigenous communities in Peru, Colombia, and Ecuador.

He joins me today to dive into:

• his Ayahuasca experiences in Peru
• his 5-MeO-DMT and Yopo experiences
• his mushroom microdosing experiments
• how he overcame depression with psilocybin
• the lessons he's learned from plant medicine
• what it was like to leave his home country
• how to listen to the signs from the Universe
• his dilemma when it comes to manifestation
• how Dolores Cannon's work impacted him
• his self-hypnosis experiments
• his wild travel stories
• and how to live an epic life

Timestamps:

• (00:00) - Introduction
• (01:35) - Jakob's story of healing
• (14:00) - Leaving his home country
• (26:35) - First mushroom trip
• (43:19) - Wild hitchhiking story
• (51:57) - First Ayahuasca trip
• (01:02:30) - Doing the shadow work
• (01:09:25) - Finding the magic in life
• (01:24:27) - The true nature of reality
• (01:41:00) - Trusting the Divine Plan
• (01:55:44) - How to live an epic life

Books mentioned:

• A Really Good Day by Ayelet Waldman
• The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide by James Fadiman
• Hatha Yoga Padipika by Swami Muktibodhananda
• The Convoluted Universe by Dolores Cannon

Additional resources:

• Beginner's Guide to Shroom Trips
• Top 5 Benefits of Mushroom Trips

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Special thanks to Jakob, Martyn, Lucas, Azmat, Monty, Ajrina, Fikky, Raka, Mamet, Somnath, Khizer, Ranjana, Allysia, Milana, Sayde, Manny, Alejandro, Goran, Manas, Aswin, and Artemis for your contributions and encouragement.

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