Quick Breather #5 - Gabor Mate. Grof on violence, the Microdose and the Eleusinian Mysteries, Will Hall calls for retraction, Hamilton Morris' deleted interview and talk wtih Rick Doblin

This week I talk about a few things involving violence, victim blaming and general misogyny — please take care when considering whether/when you listen.

First, I mention being back in Canberra and the view from my old apartment over Parliament House, where a woman was raped and torn through the media. In 2024 civil suit, a judge found Bruce Lehrmann committed the assault https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-15/bruce-lehrmann-defamation-trial-judgment/103706656

From The Way of the Psychonaut, Vol 2, on the “perinatal roots of violence” according to Stan Grof.

From Will Hall:

https://www.madinamerica.com/2025/09/a-call-for-retraction-how-a-journal-condoned-psychedelic-therapy-abuse/

From The Microdose:

Myth-busting psychedelics in ancient Greece: 5 Questions for religious studies professors Sharday Mosurinjohn and Richard Ascough

Hamilton’s Morris on the Microdose from his now-deleted interview. There arre further screenshots making allegations and false statements about serveral people. Screenshots: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Q_iB7z5Pr0kPAeQHKbatYEeVHUVBjMAV/view?usp=drive_link