Jamie Wheal is an expert on peak performance and leadership, specializing in the neuroscience and application of Flow states. He has advised everyone from the U.S. Naval War College and Special Operations Command, the athletes of Red Bull, and the owners of NFL, NBA, MLB, and Premier League teams to the executives of Google, Goldman Sachs, Deloitte, Cisco, and Young Presidents' Organization.

I say this all the time – but today’s interview is one of my favorites of all time. Jamie Wheal is a talented conversationalist, killer writer, and the author of Recapture the Rapture, a supremely high-level how-to book, if you will, on how people might recapture the individual bliss and collaborative magic that we’ve strayed so far away from.

We assess society at this stage of de-evolution before delving into ways Jamie has uncovered that we may deepen our understanding, and thus, our experience. Then, we spend some time talking about sex – past the stigmas and social strcutures put in place to distract and confuse us – to hone in on what a deeply spiritual and connective practice it can be, if you let it.

We wrap with a thoughtful dissection of what makes a bad cult, and what makes a good one. Jamie delivers his insight without even a hint of pretentiousness; he’s honest, hopeful, and confident – giving his words an inviting warmth that I know you’ll enjoy.

 

00:07:34 — A Critical Juncture for Humans

  • Recapture the Rapture by Jamie Wheal

  • 17k-foot hike to a hot spring full of snakes

  • Connection between “Rapture” and “rapture”

  • The Woodstock/Burning Man of 1803 

  • American spiritual soup

  • Why we can’t hear the centrists

00:34:23 — Ascension is Possible: Finding Meaning 3.0 

  • William James and nitrous oxide (The Atlantic)

  • Substances as a tool

  • Your brain on nitrous oxide

  • Intentionality is everything

  • Ritualistic use in tribal Western New Guinea

00:59:01 — Sexual Practices to Deepen Your Experience

  • Illuminating the lack of research on sexuality 

  • Unique nature of human sexuality 

  • Sex magic and hermetic traditions

  • Creating a more exalted experience 

  • Truly making love 

01:31:34 — Building Ethical Cults

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