#25: Christ Consciousness, Healing, and Human Evolution with Patrick Gentempo

What you’ll hear in this episode:

• Why psychedelics are re-emerging during a time of extreme global polarization
• How love conquers fear functions as both a personal practice and a collective responsibility
• Patrick Gentempo’s journey from serial entrepreneur to documentary filmmaker exploring consciousness, healing, and faith
• The difference between evidence, truth, and lived experience
• Why psychedelics should be treated as sacred ground, not escapism
• The role of intention, set, setting, and integration in healing experiences
• Powerful stories of trauma healing, addiction recovery, and end-of-life peace
• Ibogaine, ayahuasca, psilocybin, MDMA, and ketamine — what they are and how they differ
• The philosophy that beauty is the fundamental nature of creation, and love is our response to it
• Faith as a neurobiological and spiritual capacity
• How inner transformation is the path to abundance, meaning, and human evolution

About Love Conquers Fear:

In an era of exponentially evolving AI and robotics, one question looms: Will humanity make it? Love Conquers Fear is where leadership meets love, technology serves humanity, and vision becomes action. Host, Brett Alexander Hurt, tech entrepreneur and investor, sits down with some of the world’s most influential people to ask: Will we unite to create the Age of Abundance for All? These conversations are calls to action, awakening leaders everywhere to rise and help humanity choose the Light.

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Love Conquers Fear on Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/6wngdSw7FmdibLC9mu300q⁠

Love Conquers Fear on Apple: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-conquers-fear/id1841734456⁠

About Patrick Gentempo

Patrick Gentempo is a serial entrepreneur, philosopher, and documentary filmmaker focused on consciousness, healing, and human potential. He is the co-founder of Revealed Films, a media company dedicated to exploring transformative ideas through long-form documentary series, including Psychedelics Revealed and Christ Revealed.

With a background spanning healthcare innovation, technology, and leadership, Patrick brings together science, spirituality, and lived experience to examine some of humanity’s most essential questions — from healing trauma and addiction to the nature of faith, beauty, and meaning. His work centers on creating thoughtful dialogue that bridges skepticism and belief, intellect and intuition, and personal growth with collective evolution.

Timestamps:

00:00 — Episode preview

01:20 —Opening reflections and book recommendations

05:29 — Introducing Patrick Gentempo and Psychedelics Revealed

07:07 — The psychedelic renaissance and historical context

08:15 — The war on drugs, Michael Pollan, and cultural fear

13:57 — Polarization, humanity, and “there are no coincidences”

15:21 — Core thesis for Love Conquers Fear

18:53 — What counts as evidence? Truth vs. scientism

26:39 — Intention, spirituality, and the inner journey

34:33 — Witnessing beauty as a spiritual practice

37:58 — Suffering, tragedy, and finding beauty in darkness

46:47 — Ayahuasca: Risks, benefits, and responsibility

51:51 — Psychedelics as sacred ground, not escapism

52:08 — Integration and embodiment after journeys

1:12:59 — Ibogaine, trauma healing, and addiction recovery

1:20:13 — End-of-life experiences and psilocybin research

1:32:27 — Faith, mortality, and existential meaning

1:34:24 — Consciousness, paradox, and reality

1:50:32 — Abundance, love, and humanity’s future

1:58:26 — Closing reflections and invitation to humanity