Within the depths of self we find the Shadow: the personification of what we wish to avoid facing about ourselves[i], the portion of ourselves we fear most, the source of fear itself.
James Jesso is the author of Decomposing the Shadow: Lessons From The Psilocybin Mushroom – both a sweeping overview and a profound personal journey. We sat down together for an online conversation about the “dirt work” of psychedelic psychotherapy and how his own experience of transformation has informed his mission to help others face and transcend their darkest parts…
Exploring Stanislav Grof’s “COEX systems”, the structure of the unconscious mind, how root memories develop into personality and psychopathology, and the role LSD can play in psychotherapy to address negative pathological issues.