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This week on The Conscious Consultant Hour, Sam welcomes Researcher, Alchemist and Author, P. D. Newman.P.D. Newman has been immersed in the study and practice of shamanism, alchemy, hermetism, and theurgy for more than two decades. The author of Theurgy: Theory and Practice: The Mysteries of the Ascent to the Divine, Angels in Vermilion: The Philosophers' Stone from Dee to DMT, and Alchemically Stoned: The Psychedelic Secret of Freemasonry.The use of hallucinogenic substances like peyote and desert tobacco has long played a significant role in the spiritual practices and traditions of Native Americans. While many of those practices are well documented, the relationship between entheogens and Native Americans of the Southeast - whose psychedelic use was just as sophisticated - has gone largely unexplored. In Tripping the Trail of Ghosts: Psychedelics and the Afterlife Journey in Native American Mound Cultures, P.D. Newman examines these lost psychedelic traditions.Examining the role of psychoactive plants