Alejandro Tuama
Co-Host of Altered Mates
Alejandro Tuama
Bachelor of Arts (UWA), Master of Teaching (University of Melbourne).
By day Alejandro works as an English and Psychology teacher at an esteemed and unsuspecting high school. After hours he is a dedicated writer and psychonaut. Alejandro's writings on the psychedelic exprience have been published by Psychedelic Press UK and the Australian Psychedelic Society. Alejandro’s debut novel A Glimpse of Eternity is available now. Purchase a copy here. To find out more go to alejandrotuama.com
Alejandro Tuama has hosted 15 Episodes.
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Episode 15: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
July 24th, 2024 | 57 mins 48 secs
psychiatry, schizophrenia
In this episode, we use the film adaptation of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest as a launching point to discuss ideas related to psychiatry, psychiatric wards, and more broadly, the conflict between the individual and the establishment in society.
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Episode 14: Reflection & Intention
July 3rd, 2024 | 1 hr 2 mins
ayahuasca, embodiment
This episode provided an opportunity for Alejandro to "hold space..." while Tobias reflected on the year of 2023 and considered his intentions for an upcoming ayahuasca ceremony.
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Episode 13: Confrontation with the Unconscious: Part Two — Psychosis in Jung’s Psychology
June 12th, 2024 | 1 hr 19 mins
carl jung, psychosis, schizophrenia, scott hill
Alternative episode title: "Me, Myself, Irene, and a bunch of Hobgoblins in A Midsummer Night’s Dream…"
In this episode, we conclude our two-part discussion on Scott Hill’s book, Confrontation with the Unconscious. Chapter 8, the subject of this episode, concerns itself with an exploration of psychosis in Jungian Psychology. -
Episode 12: Confrontation with the Unconscious: Part One — Psychedelic Experience and Psychosis
May 22nd, 2024 | 1 hr 41 mins
carl jung, psychosis, schizophrenia, scott hill
In this episode we discuss a chapter from Scott Hill’s book, Confrontation with the Unconscious. It was our intention to cover two chapters, but in the end we managed to get through only Chapter 7: “Psychedelic Experience and Psychosis”.
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Episode 11: Giving LSD to kids! (…to treat severe childhood schizophrenia)
May 1st, 2024 | 55 mins 42 secs
lsd, psychosis, schizophrenia
Gary Fisher -- "Treatment of Childhood Schizophrenia Utilizing LSD and Psilocybin"
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Episode 10: Czech, mate! Psychedelic Research in Communist Czechoslovakia
April 10th, 2024 | 51 mins 8 secs
czechoslovakia, psychosis, schizophrenia
From experimental psychosis to resolving traumatic pasts: Psychedelic Research in Communist Czechoslovakia, 1954‑1974
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Episode 9: From Pepe Silvia to Geshinka: the curious domains of psychosis
March 20th, 2024 | 1 hr 15 mins
psychosis, schizophrenia
In this episode we explore the mainstream medical understanding of the domains of schizophrenia and psychosis.
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Episode 8: Monsters & Masculinity: delving further into the Jungian Shadow
February 28th, 2024 | 45 mins 10 secs
carl jung, the shadow
In this episode we continue our exploration of the Jungian Shadow in our lives and in literature. The two texts covered in this episode are “A Monster Calls” and “Fight Club”.
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Episode 7: Jung, The Shadow, and A Wizard of Earthsea
February 7th, 2024 | 1 hr 11 mins
carl jung, the shadow
In this episode we unpack Jung’s concept of The Shadow and consider its manifestation in the classic work of fantasy fiction “A Wizard of Earthsea”, written by Ursula Le Guin.
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Episode 6: F-ing the Ineffable: William James, Mysticism, and the Psychedelic Experience
January 17th, 2024 | 1 hr 33 mins
ayahuasca, dmt, mushrooms, mystical, william james
In this episode, we explore the slippery concept of Mysticism.
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Episode 5: Big Self Energy: Psychedelics & the IFS Model
January 3rd, 2024 | 1 hr 2 mins
ifs
This is the second episode of a two part series on our experiences with, and understanding of, the Internal Family Systems (IFS) Model of Mind.
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Episode 4: Understanding ourselves through Internal Family Systems
December 20th, 2023 | 51 mins 48 secs
ifs
Psychedelics and Internal Family Systems: a journey into the IFS Model of Mind
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Episode 3: ...but take it!
December 6th, 2023 | 39 mins 39 secs
ceremony, integration, mushrooms
The Altered Mates discuss their integration after taking five dried grams of magic mushrooms in silent darkness.
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Episode 2: Take it easy, dude...
November 22nd, 2023 | 48 mins 40 secs
mushrooms
The Altered Mates discuss their preparations for five dried grams in silent darkness
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Episode 1: Challenging psychedelic experiences
October 27th, 2023 | 1 hr 14 mins
ayahuasca, dmt, mushrooms
Madness, Sadness, and the inescapable Trap— What can we do with Challenging Psychedelic Experiences?