Blue Beryl Podcast
1) BONUS: Buddhist Ritual Magic, with Zachary Lui (Rebroadcast from 2023)
In celebration of the holiday season, here's a bonus episode from the archives. In May of 2023, I sat down with Zachary Lui who is a practitioner of Chinese medicine, magic, and shamanism in the Toron...Show More
2) Self and Nonself, with Nick Canby
Today I sit down with Nick Canby, visiting assistant professor at Brown University and a clinical psychologist specializing in meditation and psychedelics. Together, we dive into Nick’s research on th...Show More
3) Meditation Sickness and the (Dys)regulation of Qi
Today I sit down with Leo Lok, a retired practitioner of Chinese medicine who now teaches and consults with practitioners treating difficult cases of meditation sickness. Together, we discuss how to t...Show More
4) The Perils of Tantra, with Susannah Deane
Today I sit down with Susannah Deane, a scholar of Tibetan medicine, Buddhism, and psychiatry. Together, we delve into her work on Tibetan concepts of "wind disorders" and Tantric practice gone wrong....Show More
5) Madness & Acute Religious Experiences, with Richard Saville-Smith
Today I sit down with Richard Saville-Smith, an independent scholar of madness, religion, and psychiatry. We discuss Richard’s book Acute Religious Experiences (2023), which argues that frameworks fro...Show More
6) When Meditation Causes Harm, with Willoughby Britton & Jared Lindahl
Today I sit down with Willoughby Britton and Jared Lindahl, the interdisciplinary team from Brown University that is responsible for the “Varieties of Contemplative Experience” study on the challenges...Show More
7) Emergent Phenomena, with Daniel M. Ingram
Today I sit down with Dr. Daniel M. Ingram, a retired ER physician, co-founder of the Emergent Phenomena Research Consortium, CEO of Emergence Benefactors, and a noted adept in Buddhist meditation. To...Show More
8) The Mandala of Animist Forces, with Josh Schrei
Today I sit down with Josh Schrei, storyteller, sound artist, and host of The Emerald Podcast. Josh helps us to embrace and center the spirit world in our understanding of contemporary Buddhism. Along...Show More
9) Spiritual Weirdness and Shadow Work, with Mary Shutan
Today I sit down with Mary Shutan, a spiritual teacher specializing in awakening and shadow work. Our conversation focuses on the weirdness, emotional volatility, darkness, and other challenges that i...Show More
10) Meditation Side-Effects and Other Altered States, with Miguel Farias
Today I sit down with Miguel Farias, an experimental psychologist and researcher of religion, spirituality, and cognition. Together we try to get to the bottom of whether meditation is actually good f...Show More