Martin W. Ball, Ph.D. is the author of numerous books, both fiction and non-fiction, on the nature of entheogenic experience and nondual realization and liberation. He is the host of The Entheogenic Evolution podcast, co-founder and organizer of the annual Exploring Psychedelics Conference, and is also a visionary artist and musician. He is considered one of the world’s leading authorities on 5-MeO-DMT and the application of psychedelic medicines for the purpose of nondual realization and liberation. His Ph.D. is in the field of Religious Studies, which he teaches as an adjunct professor in southern Oregon.