With the current global instability, many people must be wondering where humanity’s heading. Local documentary filmmaker Dean Jefferys believes humanity is heading for a quantum shift in consciousness with psychedelic toads, the whales and the sun contributing to this shift. Jefferys has been making and fine-tuning his documentary called – The Toad the Whale and the Sun over the last ten years and he is screening the film around the Byron Shire next week, including, a Q&A.
Jefferys explores the secrets of the universe through the use of the most powerful psychedelic known to man, 5 MeO-DMT from the Sonoran Desert toad in Mexico. The documentary includes inter-dimensional ceremonies in the Sonoran Desert and the ancient sun-worshipping temples of the Mayan civilization. Dean also sails and swims with whales in tropical waters as he explores a vision, that the toads, the whales and the sun are offering insights to humanity to assist us in these critical times.
Some plant and animal medicines like the Bufo alvarius toad and iboga are now, Jefferys says, ‘recognised by mainstream medicine as curing severe addictions in 80 per cent of patients, and often resolving complex PTSD and depression’. [However, they are not currently approved as standard ‘cures’ due to safety concerns and regulatory hurdles which limit research, and the need for specialised theraputic reports]
.Jefferys says that what is going on in Gaza and the Middle East is showing us how some of the major power structures are trying to control humanity’s evolution. ‘The film shows how we can face our own emotions, trauma and shadows to be the change we want to see in the world.’
The documentary will be screening at the Byron Palace Cinema, in magnificent surround sound, on 13 and 20 May at 6pm, and outside with dinner at Threeways Cafe, Wilsons Creek on 15 May at 5.30pm. To get tickets, and for more info see toadwhalesun.com/tickets.
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