#44 | A Psychedelic Guide to Healing Trauma - Deus Fortier (The Impeccable Man)
“Every single emotion is attempting to guide your evolutionary trajectory, when it’s not inhibited and distorted by your own traumatic conditioning.”
My guest today is Deus Fortier, a multi-faceted artist, men’s coach, and ceremonial facilitator.
He is a fire-keeper and drummer for the Blackfoot sundance in southern Alberta, as well as an initiate of Kriya Yoga, a comprehensive spiritual science, founded by Paramahansa Yogananda of the ancient Swami order.
Since 2007, Deus has been working intimately with entheogens and plant medicines, which is how I had the opportunity to experience the psychedelic 5 MEO DMT.
I’m grateful to call Deus one of my closest friends, and this interview follows a powerful one on one ceremony he offered me with the medicine. I can say without hesitation, it was...the most intense experience of my life.
Our conversation here is recorded in the late afternoon, with the spirit of the journey still with me. We cover potent ground, including Deus’ journey as a spiritual seeker with a deep yearning to understand consciousness. We talk about the power of liberating the intelligence of emotions and the nature of healing trauma.
And finally, we cover the dangers and possibilities of intentional psychedelic ceremony, ending with a fierce original spoken-word piece from Deus called “Are You Okay?”
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SHOW NOTES
Childhood and the consequence of bullying
Life in the ashram
Loneliness, the terrible ache
Transformation and inhabiting the mask
The intelligence of emotions
“If you suppress one emotion, you suppress all emotions.”
Encountering plant medicines
Facilitating psycho-spiritual healing spaces
Introduction to 5MEO-DMT
“You are not a human”
The process of trauma release
Personality is a construct
The dimensions of consciousness
The importance of the body vessel
Gender as symbol
The default mode network
An empowered man
Spoken word: Are You Okay?
