Sean Manseau's guest appearances

Sean Manseau

The Entheogenic Evolution

Run a Profitable Gym

The Sacred Speaks

Tom Hanks

Jake Johnson

Jay Williams

Mark Divine

Brian Chontosh

Jocko Willink

Jason Brown

Ari Meisel

Mike Flynn

Mike LeJeune

Mike Michalowicz

Jason Khalipa

Bob Burg

AJ Wilcox

Lisa Nichols

OwlTail

Conversation starts @ 6:31We begin with a discussion of Sean’s shift of consciousness during a psychedelic experience at a young age wherein he could map his experience onto what the traditions of chaos theory and Aldous Huxley’s perennial philosophy explained. Following this experience and at the suggestion of a professor of mysticism, Sean followed the thread to help with his integration. With a deep history as a psychonaut combined with Sean’s interest is in music and pop culture he therefore approaches the material of psychedelic experience from a different lens than one that we hear from traditional academia. Sean integrated his personal experimentation in both magic and psychedelics into a particular ceremony inspired by the archetype of the magician as imaged by David Bowie. Sean notes that when working with the medicine of mushrooms he experienced an archetypal messianic shift and worked to make sense of what Jung called, “holding the tension of the opposites” – not fully identifying with this experience, though not writing it off either. The middle path. We offer a disclaimer for the healthy use of psychedelics, noting how overwhelming these substances can be and the necessity to approach the use of these sacramental substances with care and reverence. We discuss cancel culture, anti-fragility, high-dose psilocybin practice, ceremonial magic, repurposing the energy of popular culture to help bring in awareness of the sacred, and more.Bio: Sean Manseau was born in Boston, MA, the son of a married Roman Catholic priest and a former Sister of St. Joseph. At various points he has been a mall janitor, a lounge act guitarist, a failed paratrooper, a San Francisco bike messenger, a video game animator, a Muay Thai instructor, homeless, an East Village NYC bartender, a failed novelist, a gym owner, and a video game industry executive. In addition to A.P. Psychedelics: Going Beyond Set and Setting to Achieve Visionary Virtuosity, he is the author of the spiritual autobiography Spotify the Gnostics, Here's the First Church of David Bowie, the coaching manual By the Numbers: A Practical Method for Instructing Multi-Modal GPP Training, the novel Lapdance, and the short story collection You Are Not a Planet and Other Stories. He lives in Portland, OR, with his dog Jones.to purchase book: https://www.amazon.com/P-Psychedelics-Setting-Visionary-Virtuosity/dp/B09X35NDQF/ref=sr_1_2?crid=34QIVK0FPWPW8&amp;keywords=a.p.+psychedelics&amp;qid=1664877430&amp;qu=eyJxc2MiOiIwLjAwIiwicXNhIjoiMC4wMCIsInFzcCI6IjAuMDAifQ%3D%3D&amp;sprefix=a.p.+psychedelics%2Caps%2C8...Website for The Sacred Speaks: http://www.thesacredspeaks.comWATCH:YouTube for The Sacred Speakshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOAuksnpfht1udHWUVEO7RgInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thesacredspeaks/@thesacredspeaksTwitter: https://twitter.com/thesacredspeaksFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesacredspeaks/Brought to you by: https://www.thecenterforhas.comTheme music provided by:http://www.modernnationsmusic.com

Conversation starts @ 6:31 We begin with a discussion of Sean’s shift of consciousness during a psychedelic experience at a young age wherein he could map his experience onto what the traditions of chaos theory and Aldous Huxley’s perennial philosophy explained. Following this experience and at the suggestion of a professor of mysticism, Sean followed the thread to help with his integration. With a deep history as a psychonaut combined with Sean’s interest is in music and pop culture he therefore approaches the material of psychedelic experience from a different lens than one that we hear from traditional academia. Sean integrated his personal experimentation in both magic and psychedelics into a particular ceremony inspired by the archetype of the magician as imaged by David Bowie. Sean notes that when working with the medicine of mushrooms he experienced an archetypal messianic shift and worked to make sense of what Jung called, “holding the tension of the opposites” – not fully identifying with this experience, though not writing it off either. The middle path. We offer a disclaimer for the healthy use of psychedelics, noting how overwhelming these substances can be and the necessity to approach the use of these sacramental substances with care and reverence. We discuss cancel culture, anti-fragility, high-dose psilocybin practice, ceremonial magic, repurposing the energy of popular culture to help bring in awareness of the sacred, and more. Bio: Sean Manseau was born in Boston, MA, the son of a married Roman Catholic priest and a former Sister of St. Joseph. At various points he has been a mall janitor, a lounge act guitarist, a failed paratrooper, a San Francisco bike messenger, a video game animator, a Muay Thai instructor, homeless, an East Village NYC bartender, a failed novelist, a gym owner, and a video game industry executive. In addition to A.P. Psychedelics: Going Beyond Set and Setting to Achieve Visionary Virtuosity, he is the author of the spiritual autobiography Spotify the Gnostics, Here's the First Church of David Bowie, the coaching manual By the Numbers: A Practical Method for Instructing Multi-Modal GPP Training, the novel Lapdance, and the short story collection You Are Not a Planet and Other Stories. He lives in Portland, OR, with his dog Jones. to purchase book: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/P-Psychedelics-Setting-Visionary-Virtuosity/dp/B09X35NDQF/ref=sr_1_2?crid=34QIVK0FPWPW8&amp;keywords=a.p.+psychedelics&amp;qid=1664877430&amp;qu=eyJxc2MiOiIwLjAwIiwicXNhIjoiMC4wMCIsInFzcCI6IjAuMDAifQ%3D%3D&amp;sprefix=a.p.+psychedelics%2Caps%2C87&amp;sr=8-2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/P-Psychedelics-Setting-Visionary-Virtuosity/dp/B09X35NDQF/ref=sr_1_2?crid=34QIVK0FPWPW8&amp;keywords=a.p.+psychedelics&amp;qid=1664877430&amp;qu=eyJxc2MiOiIwLjAwIiwicXNhIjoiMC4wMCIsInFzcCI6IjAuMDAifQ%3D%3D&amp;sprefix=a.p.+psychedelics%2Caps%2C8...</a> Website for The Sacred Speaks: <a href="http://www.thesacredspeaks.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.thesacredspeaks.com</a> WATCH: YouTube for The Sacred Speaks <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOAuksnpfht1udHWUVEO7Rg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOAuksnpfht1udHWUVEO7Rg</a> Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thesacredspeaks/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/thesacredspeaks/</a> @thesacredspeaks Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/thesacredspeaks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/thesacredspeaks</a> Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thesacredspeaks/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/thesacredspeaks/</a> Brought to you by: <a href="https://www.thecenterforhas.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.thecenterforhas.com</a> Theme music provided by: <a href="http://www.modernnationsmusic.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.modernnationsmusic.com</a>

86: Sean Manseau – A.P. Psychedelics: Going Beyond Set and Setting to Achieve Visionary Virtuosity

My guest for this episode is author, Sean Manseau, and we discuss the very curious and interesting ideas articulated in his book, A.P. Psychedelics: Going Beyond Set and Setting to Achieve Visionary Virtuosity, and if you've ever wondered what creating an emotionally-charged rock and pop music playlist, large doses of mushrooms, magical practices, and experimental ritual theater might have to do with each other, then this is the interview for you! 

My guest for this episode is author, Sean Manseau, and we discuss the very curious and interesting ideas articulated in his book, A.P. Psychedelics: Going Beyond Set and Setting to Achieve Visionary Virtuosity, and if you've ever wondered what creating an emotionally-charged rock and pop music playlist, large doses of mushrooms, magical practices, and experimental ritual theater might have to do with each other, then this is the interview for you!

Episode 203: The 1st Church of David Bowie Shamanic Cabaret with Sean Manseau

Sean Manseau is the author of “By The Numbers.”A former animator, Sean found CrossFit in 2005 and believed he was “the only person in New York who had ever heard of CrossFit.” As often happens, he was drawn to coaching after a few years as an athlete.In the animation world, a “master animator” draws the major positions of movement, and then an assistant draws all the joint angles between those positions. Sean teaches the major positions and assigns them a number–hence, “By the Numbers.”Sean refers to “rhyming positions”–positions that are identical across different exercises. “The second position of the deadlift is really close to the bottom of the KB swing, which is really close to the hang position of the clean…” he says. When he’s coaching, he can relate new cues to previous positions.We talked about “drawing the line” between intensity and sloppy movement. Sean says the line will depend on an individual coach’s “quality of mercy.” While he agrees a coach must take the long view on client training, he names different modes of training through which an athlete passes.See the full episode notes here: http://twobraincoaching.com/episode-14-sean-manseau-of-by-the-numbers/

Sean Manseau is the author of “By The Numbers.”A former animator, Sean found CrossFit in 2005 and believed he was “the only person in New York who had ever heard of CrossFit.” As often happens, he was drawn to coaching after a few years as an <a href="http://athlete.In" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">athlete.In</a> the animation world, a “master animator” draws the major positions of movement, and then an assistant draws all the joint angles between those positions. Sean teaches the major positions and assigns them a number–hence, “By the Numbers.”Sean refers to “rhyming positions”–positions that are identical across different exercises. “The second position of the deadlift is really close to the bottom of the KB swing, which is really close to the hang position of the clean…” he says. When he’s coaching, he can relate new cues to previous positions.We talked about “drawing the line” between intensity and sloppy movement. Sean says the line will depend on an individual coach’s “quality of mercy.” While he agrees a coach must take the long view on client training, he names different modes of training through which an athlete passes.See the full episode notes here: <a href="http://twobraincoaching.com/episode-14-sean-manseau-of-by-the-numbers/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://twobraincoaching.com/episode-14-sean-manseau-of-by-the-numbers/</a>

Episode 14: "By The Numbers" with Sean Manseau