This is the past lives podcast episode 238, and I'm your host, Simon Bown.

My mission here at the past lives podcast is an investigate evidence that demonstrates

survival of the human soul. We will look at past life memories, near-death experiences, spirit communication and other

incredible phenomena.

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This week I'm talking to Jeremy Downs about his book, Stumbling Toward the Sacred,

an unexpected journey to personally knowing God.

Jeremy took a pile of Amaninta muscaria mushrooms, a legal substance known to deepen perspective

and creativity, but an accidental overdose nearly killed him and took him into a fascinating

near-death experience. Hi, Jeremy.

Thanks a lot for coming on to the podcast.

Hi, Simon.

Thank you for having me.

I'm looking forward to it.

We wanted to talk about your book, which is called Stumbling Towards the Sacred

and Unexpected Journey to Personally Knowing God.

So it all started, I believe, with an order of some mushrooms that came

through the post. You tell us about those mushrooms. That's precisely what happened. I probably

took the mushrooms I ordered more lightly than I should have. So I thought it was a, you know, a very mild mushroom.

I think it was really a true psychedelic, what I consumed and purchased a bulk amount of our

amoeita muscaria mushrooms.

And unlike the, you know, psilocybin, they call them the hippie, trippy mushrooms that are getting really popular doing a lot of research on right now that are also illegal in most states in the United States.

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