Episode 98

Written By Michaela Carlin
 
 
 
 

The intersection of dreams, psychedelics, and indigenous wisdom offers a powerful lens for understanding consciousness and healing. This week on The Psychedelic Mom, Mario Alonso Cordero joins Micheala to explore the significance of dreams as tools for psychedelic integration, discussing how they can reveal hidden layers of the psyche.

By bridging modern psychedelic practices with ancient indigenous knowledge, Mario highlights the importance of honoring cultural traditions in the evolving psychedelic renaissance. His insights offer practical tools for dream exploration and advocate for a balanced dialogue between Western science and indigenous perspectives.

Mario Alonso Cordero a.k.a “Oneiros Speculum” (The Dream Mirror), was born and raised in Mexico. He is a writer, therapist and an expert in Dreams and Visions, with abundant experience in supporting sacred plant ceremonies and guiding psychedelic integration. He has a master's degree in The Philosophy of Religion and complementary training in Transpersonal Psychology.

Mario has collaborated in different educational and research projects on Psychedelics and Expanded States of Consciousness such as MINDSURF (Psychonautic Education) and is the founder of VIA SYNAPSIS (Academic Congresses) and NIDO (Psychedelic Care in Festivals) and researcher at NIERIKA (Entheogenic Research and Intercultural Therapy).

He has done fieldwork with the Mazatec people of Oaxaca, Mexico, and research on traditional mushroom ceremonies and indigenous perspectives on healing and entheogenic cosmology.

Episode Highlights

  • Mario’s journey as an author and his exploration of dreams and psychedelics

  • Mario’s first LSD experience at age 16 that reshaped his life path

  • Indigenous symbolism and wisdom in Mario’s early psychedelic experiences

  • The cultural suppression of sacred plant medicines in Mexico and their revival through the work of Maria Sabina

  • The connection between modern psychedelic science and indigenous traditions

  • Differences in healing perspectives: Western individualism vs. Indigenous collective approaches

  • Indigenous symbolic geographies and how they guide collective consciousness in ceremonies

  • Western linear thinking contrasted with indigenous holistic and interconnected worldviews

  • Lucid dreaming as a spiritual practice and its relation to waking life

  • Psychedelics as opening the doors of perception, expanding beyond ego consciousness

  • Terence McKenna’s idea of sacred plants as ambassadors of Gaia, connecting us to plant consciousness

  • The risks of spiritual emergencies during psychedelic journeys and the critical role of integration

  • Exploring dreams as a language of symbols and their role in integrating psychedelic experiences

  • Dream work as a tool to uncover hidden potentials within the psyche for personal growth

  • Mario’s online Dream Circle

Mario "Oneiros" Alonso’s Links 

Resources Mentioned in This Episode

Mario "Oneiros" Alonso’s Gift To You

  • The first 3 people to reach out to Mario at his Instagram’s DM @oneiros_speculum, saying “I’ve heard about you on the Psychedelic Mom Podcast and I want to subscribe to the Dream Circle” will get FREE access to his Dreamastery Dream Circle

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Special thanks to Jeremy Colbert (Taragápe) for the original podcast theme music.

You can find out more about Jeremey’s work here:
taragape.com and @taragape

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