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 24 Episodes.
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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?