Ego Death, Psychedelics, & Creating Circles of Brotherhood | Doug Miller Podcast

Entertainment arts pioneer, fire dancer and founder of Zen Arts ​⁠ @ZenArtsLA Doug Miller beams in to talk about psychedelics, fostering a healthy masculine brotherhood and breaking free of technocracy in episode 132 of the Far Out with Faust podcast.

In this episode, Doug Miller takes us on his fascinating journey from growing up in Joshua Tree, to professional musician to clinical psychologist to fire dancer (!). Tune in to hear his incredible perspective on how he integrates his knowledge of human nature and his passion for orchestrating spectacular performance art.

Faust and Doug dive into an array of subjects:

-How Doug became a fire dancer after his first Burning Man
-What it’s like to run a world class production company for clients like Madonna and Warner Bros.
-The most significant mental health challenges facing youth today
-How to navigate our modern male/female dynamics and foster healthy masculinity
-How technology is damaging our children’s brains and leading to psychological problems

Stay tuned as Faust and Doug venture far out, relating their experiences with ayuhuasca plant ceremonies and other psychedelics like peyote and psilocybin.

Connect with Doug Miller and Zen Arts
Website: https://www.zenartsla.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zenartsla
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YouTube: https://youtube.com/@ZenArtsLA
Instagram: https://instagram.com/zenarts

0:00 Doug Miller Podcast
1:20 - Introducing Doug Miller
3:36 - Doug’s background, how we became a psychologist and later founded Zen Arts
11:36 - Diving into the extravagance and logistics of producing Zen Arts
14:39 - How Doug finds balance in his two wildly different careers
18:14 - Doug’s observations of biggest mental/social problems kids are facing today, and the importance of men’s group and proper role model support
27:20 - Discussing corruption in patriarchal system, imbalance of embracing true masculine + feminine powers and corruption in labels of sexuality
40:57 - Unfortunate dependency of technology and its social harms effecting us from early ages
46:39 - Going FAR OUT with Doug … UFO possibilities, multidimensional travel and profound vehicle of psychedelics

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