Through The Veil with Alex Nelson

#049 || Bryan McCarthy || The Intersection of Psychedelics and Christianity

August 15th, 2025  |  2 hrs 10 mins

christianity, psychedelic research, psychedelics, religion

Bryan McCarthy is a teacher of Philosophy at University of Pittsburgh- Greensburg and is running a study on Psychedelics exploring the cross-section of psychedelics and Christian spirituality. In this wide-ranging conversation we talk about all things psychedelic- from how to design a solid study on the research side, to how to hold compassionate space, to what are the crossovers between religion and psychedelics.

You can check out (and join!) Bryan's study here:
https://www.psyx.pitt.edu/

As always you can find me at my website:
www.throughtheveil.co

#040 || Savej || God, Oneness, & Creating Your Reality

May 16th, 2022  |  2 hrs 1 min

christianity, god, lsd, mental health, microdose, microdosing, mushrooms, psilocybin, psychedelics, self improvement, spirituality

Savej (aka Donnie) is a musician, consciousness explorer, and all around one of my favorite people on the planet. This episode we went deeeeeeep into all sorts of esoteric topics. Buckle in for an exploration of the edges of consciousness, God, and psychedelics.

You can connect with and listen to Savej at
his website: https://savejmusic.com
his bandcamp: https://savej.bandcamp.com
on Instagram: https://instagram.com/savejlife
on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/savejmusic
his Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/savejofficial
or on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0QZI6uO8AqGwHRDkS2ubGD?si=bTTeIQM1S1i0cRtOzQmcRw

As always, you can find me on IG at www.instagram.com/alexanderdiesel
Book Coaching at my website www.throughtheveil.co

Episode Timestamps:
[3:05] How Donnie got into music and what he hopes to accomplish
[9:30] Donnie’s first psychedelic experiences
[13:30] How psychedelics impacted Donnie in a deep way
[21:00] Why we are having the human experience
[24:00] Law of One Material
[31:00] Chakras, and the different densities
[36:00] Qabalah & The Tree of Life
[40:00] Why it’s important to understand spiritual truths across many traditions and look for commonalities
[51:00] Why Integration is SO important
[60:00] Donnie’s most difficult ceremonies
[1:10:00] Releasing the patterns of the past through psychedelics
[1:22:00] Fractals as the visual representations of protein creation within the self as new memories & patterns emerge
[1:30:00] Abundance blockages can actually be SERVING us
[1:37:00] The keys to manifestation
[1:45:00] The hidden spiritual truths in the Christian Bible & Communion