Julian Palmer

Julian Palmer is an Australian ethnobotanist, writer and psychedelic researcher who created Changa, a DMT-infused smoking blend, in Australia between 2003 and 2004.[1][2] From the mid-2000s, he promoted Changa internationally at festivals across Europe, Asia, Africa and South America.[2] He has worked as an ayahuasca facilitator and appeared on Australian national broadcasters SBS and the ABC.[3]

Career

Active in Australian psychedelic culture since the early 2000s, Palmer has worked as an ayahuasca facilitator.[3] He developed Changa as an alternative to smoking pure DMT crystal, which he found often left users overwhelmed.[2] He advocates for "intelligent" blends and the "sub-breakthrough" experience as a therapeutic tool. St John describes him as expressing "a spiritual anarchist sensibility", favouring individual autonomy over structured ceremonial formats.[2] From the mid-2000s, he promoted Changa across Europe, Asia, Africa and South America at festivals including Rainbow Serpent Festival and Portugal's Boom Festival — a period Vice characterised as "missionary work".[1][2]

Publications

His book Articulations: On The Utilisation and Meanings of Psychedelics (2014) was translated into Italian as Frammenti di un insegnamento psichedelico (Spazio Interiore, 2019).[2][4]

Media appearances

Palmer has appeared on Australian national broadcasters SBS and the ABC. In 2016, SBS's The Feed profiled him in a segment on ayahuasca in Australia,[3] and he appeared on the network's Insight in 2022 for the episode "Illicit Medicine".[5] In July 2022, the ABC's Four Corners featured him in "Psyched Up", an investigation into psychedelic therapy;[6] in March 2024, the ABC issued a correction and apology regarding its coverage.[7] Podcast appearances include Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast with Shane Gillis (2022),[8] The Search with Spanian (2022),[9] and Your Mate Tom Podcast (2017).[10]

Since 2021, he has hosted the podcast Revelations With Julian Palmer.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b Revell, Jack (November 2020). "Meet the Man Who Brought DMT to the Masses". Vice. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d e f St John, Graham (2017). "Aussiewaska: A Cultural History of Changa and Ayahuasca Analogues in Australia". In Labate, Beatriz Caiuby; Cavnar, Clancy; Gearin, Alex K. (eds.). The World Ayahuasca Diaspora: Reinventions and Controversies. Routledge. pp. 143–162. ISBN 978-1138183469.
  3. ^ a b c "The Australian ayahuasca debate". SBS The Feed. 13 June 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
  4. ^ "Julian Palmer". Spazio Interiore (in Italian). Retrieved 18 December 2025.
  5. ^ "Illicit Medicine". SBS Insight. 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
  6. ^ "Psyched Up". ABC Four Corners. 25 July 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
  7. ^ "Correction: Julian Palmer". ABC News. 6 March 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
  8. ^ "Australia Series: Interview With Julian Palmer". Patreon. 11 August 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
  9. ^ "The Search #10 - Julian Palmer - DMT, Ayahuasca Rituals, and Inventing Changa". Apple Podcasts. March 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
  10. ^ "#1 - Julian Palmer | The Father of CHANGA (DMT)". Apple Podcasts. August 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
  11. ^ "Revelations With Julian Palmer". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
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