Laura Pendell's guest appearances

Laura Pendell

The Ground Shots Podcast

Woniya Thibeault

Frank Cook

Paul Massey

Marc Williams

Doug Elliott

Hannah Smith

Rebecca Beyer

Nikki Hill

Dale Pendell

Sam Sycamore

Tamara Wilder

Ryan Pierce

Piney Wood Atlas

Alicia Toldi

Angela Moles

OwlTail

Episode #30 of the Ground Shots Podcast features a conversation with Laura Pendell, writer, artist and partner of the late ethnobotanist Dale Pendell.  Laura and I got together after several meet-ups last year to record this conversation in their shared library and studio in Penn Valley, California this past summer. We intended to record a conversation that celebrates Dale’s work, perspective and unique way in the world.  Dale Pendell was most known for his books in the Pharmako trilogy (Pharmako/Dynamis, Pharmako/Poeia, Pharmako/Gnosis) a project that explored the use, history, pharmacology, sociology, personal experience, chemistry, and alchemy of most plants or substances considered 'psychoactive.' He also wrote novels and poetry. Dale had a unique writing style that mixed his own experience, research, poetry and old folklore.  I'm grateful Laura took the time to record a conversation with me about Dale's work and way in the world. I think that fans of Dale's work will gain some unique insight from out conversation here.    In this conversation with Laura, we talk about:  Dale's nature of exploration and the way he navigated his interests the Pharmako trilogy and their demonstration of Dale's experimental nature with plants Dale's ability to combine different facets of things together in his work Dale's unfinished and unpublished works including a book on his prison experiences in Mexico and the U.S., and a collected writings book that is in the works Dale and Laura's camp project called 'Oracular Madness' during the early years of Burning Man and Dale's book 'Inspired Madness' as a reflection on the camp Dale's book 'The Great Bay: Chronicles of the Collapse' and how it is a unique view of a possible future scenario and it's telling stories of our modern times Dale's talks on 'Horizon Anarchism' at Burning Man Dale's artist book 'The Gold Dust Wilderness' one of the first works he published and silkscreened and based on his experience living off grid on a mining claim in Trinity county, Ca in the 1970's. This book was the genesis of his unique writing style of information, imagination and poetry (it's so cool to see this book in person!) Dale's herbal root beer, elixir, and absinthe projects Laura's connection to poetry and absinthe Dale and Laura's connection to Zen Buddhism Laura reads some of Dale's poetry including 'The Ballad of the Hungry Ghosts,' 'Medicine,' and 'Stonecrop' the herbarium collection that Dale compiled over decades in Nevada county, Ca and beyond (over 1000 specimens) Dale's relationship with the psychedelic and drug database Erowid   Links:  Dale Pendell’s blog: http://dalependell.com/ Pharmako trilogy by Dale Pendell: https://www.amazon.com/gp/bookseries/B00CKD4JLQ/ref=dp_st_1556438052 Dale’s lecture on ‘Horizon Anarchism’ at the 2006 Burning Man: https://soundcloud.com/lozo-382782666/055-dale-pendell-horizon-anarchism Erowid resource library (There’s also a physical location where the Erowid library is located, near Auburn, CA) https://erowid.org/ Apache Stronghold Oak Flat: http://apache-stronghold.com/index.html Signal Fire: http://www.signalfirearts.org Support the podcast on Patreon to contribute to our grassroots self-funding of this project. Support the Ground Shots Project with a one time donation: paypal.me/petitfawn  Our website with backlog of episodes, plant profiles, travelogue and more: http://www.ofsedgeandsalt.com  Our Instagram page @goldenberries Join the Ground Shots Podcast Facebook Group to discuss the episodes Subscribe to our newsletter for updates on the Ground Shots Project Theme music: 'Sweat and Splinters' by Mother Marrow Insterstitial Music: ‘Drawing the White’ by The Momentary Prophets Produced by: Opia Creative

Episode #30 of the Ground Shots Podcast features a conversation with Laura Pendell, writer, artist and partner of the late ethnobotanist Dale Pendell. Laura and I got together after several meet-ups last year to record this conversation in their shared library and studio in Penn Valley, California this past summer. We intended to record a conversation that celebrates Dale’s work, perspective and unique way in the world. Dale Pendell was most known for his books in the Pharmako trilogy (Pharmako/Dynamis, Pharmako/Poeia, Pharmako/Gnosis) a project that explored the use, history, pharmacology, sociology, personal experience, chemistry, and alchemy of most plants or substances considered 'psychoactive.' He also wrote novels and poetry. Dale had a unique writing style that mixed his own experience, research, poetry and old folklore. I'm grateful Laura took the time to record a conversation with me about Dale's work and way in the world. I think that fans of Dale's work will gain some unique insight from out conversation here. In this conversation with Laura, we talk about: Dale's nature of exploration and the way he navigated his interests the Pharmako trilogy and their demonstration of Dale's experimental nature with plants Dale's ability to combine different facets of things together in his work Dale's unfinished and unpublished works including a book on his prison experiences in Mexico and the U.S., and a collected writings book that is in the works Dale and Laura's camp project called 'Oracular Madness' during the early years of Burning Man and Dale's book 'Inspired Madness' as a reflection on the camp Dale's book 'The Great Bay: Chronicles of the Collapse' and how it is a unique view of a possible future scenario and it's telling stories of our modern times Dale's talks on 'Horizon Anarchism' at Burning Man Dale's artist book 'The Gold Dust Wilderness' one of the first works he published and silkscreened and based on his experience living off grid on a mining claim in Trinity county, Ca in the 1970's. This book was the genesis of his unique writing style of information, imagination and poetry (it's so cool to see this book in person!) Dale's herbal root beer, elixir, and absinthe projects Laura's connection to poetry and absinthe Dale and Laura's connection to Zen Buddhism Laura reads some of Dale's poetry including 'The Ballad of the Hungry Ghosts,' 'Medicine,' and 'Stonecrop' the herbarium collection that Dale compiled over decades in Nevada county, Ca and beyond (over 1000 specimens) Dale's relationship with the psychedelic and drug database Erowid Links: Dale Pendell’s blog: <a href="http://dalependell.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://dalependell.com/</a> Pharmako trilogy by Dale Pendell: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/bookseries/B00CKD4JLQ/ref=dp_st_1556438052" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/gp/bookseries/B00CKD4JLQ/ref=dp_st_1556438052</a> Dale’s lecture on ‘Horizon Anarchism’ at the 2006 Burning Man: <a href="https://soundcloud.com/lozo-382782666/055-dale-pendell-horizon-anarchism" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/lozo-382782666/055-dale-pendell-horizon-anarchism</a> Erowid resource library (There’s also a physical location where the Erowid library is located, near Auburn, CA) <a href="https://erowid.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://erowid.org/</a> Apache Stronghold Oak Flat: <a href="http://apache-stronghold.com/index.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://apache-stronghold.com/index.html</a> Signal Fire: <a href="http://www.signalfirearts.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.signalfirearts.org</a> Support the podcast on Patreon to contribute to our grassroots self-funding of this project. Support the Ground Shots Project with a one time donation: <a href="http://paypal.me/petitfawn" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">paypal.me/petitfawn</a> Our website with backlog of episodes, plant profiles, travelogue and more: <a href="http://www.ofsedgeandsalt.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.ofsedgeandsalt.com</a> Our Instagram page @goldenberries Join the Ground Shots Podcast Facebook Group to discuss the episodes Subscribe to our newsletter for updates on the Ground Shots Project Theme music: 'Sweat and Splinters' by Mother Marrow Insterstitial Music: ‘Drawing the White’ by The Momentary Prophets Produced by: Opia Creative

Laura Pendell on the work of the late Dale Pendell: ethnobotanist, poet and writer who conducted unique and important research on 'power plants'