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PRESS RELEASE: THE WIXÁRIKA REGIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE DECEMBER 8, 2020, COLOTLÁN, JALISCO. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN The Wixárika Regional Council for the Defense of Wirikuta made up of the Traditional, Civil and Agricultural Authorities of the Communities of Bancos de Calitique and Bancos de San Hipólito, municipality of Mezquital, Durango, Santa Catarina Cuexcomatitlán municipality of Mezquitic, and San Sebastián Teponahuaxtlán TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS SUE DEA FOR PSILOCYBIN TREATMENT “The Right to Try Act” gives patients with life-threatening diseases a way to access investigational drugs that are not yet approved by the FDA. The Advanced Integrative Medical Science Institute, a Seattle-based palliative care clinic, has partnered with a patient rights attorney to appeal the DEA to be able to provide psilocybin-assisted therapy for two of their patients with life INNOVATING NATIVE AMERICAN HEALTH CARE USING CULTURE AND Innovating Native American Health Care Using Culture and Technology With Sutton King - January 11, 2021. Navigating the Personal and Political in MDMA-assisted Psychotherapy with Sara Reed - December 29, 2020. Sutton King is an Afro-Indigenous activist who is innovating Native healthcare services and building sustainable businesses forNative
THE ISLAND: RECOVERING SELF, CULTURE AND PLACE THROUGH The Island: Recovering Self, Culture and Place through Plant Medicine. Gerard Artesona is an AMFT currently residing in Oakland California. He has worked in depth with plant medicine traditions since 2010 and is interested in their applications in psychology. I am a US Citizen of Puerto Rican descent, and have bloodlines tracing back to Cuba. SHAMANISM AND THE DYNAMICS OF ADDICTION Shamanic ideology also provides an important framework for reconceptualizing human nature and the self. A significant feature of shamanism is the view of humans as having an animal nature, including animal allies and power animals. 6 These constructs can provide useful tools for managing the emotional dynamics of addiction. HOW CAN YOU DRINK AYAHUASCA LEGALLY IN THE U.S.? ANOTHER ASPECT OF REALITY: MARIA NYS HUXLEY’S INFLUENCE ON In 1937, the Huxley family relocated to Hollywood, California. Maria’s tendency to dote on Aldous continued up until her death from breast cancer on February 12, 1955. But Maria was not just Aldous’ wife. She was a psychedelic pioneer in her own right. She was a direct participant in one of the most famous historical drug experiences inthe
THE PSYCHEDELIC PLANT MEDICINE EXPERTS Help support Chacruna’s team by being a sponsor. Chacruna Institute is a registered California 501(c)(3) non-profit. We are a volunteer-led organization run by a team of experts and enthusiasts who give their time freely to bring education and cultural understanding about psychedelic plant medicines to a wider audience. WHO’S IN CHARGE OF PSILOCYBIN? Alex Beiner critiques a paper called Psilocybin: From Serendipity to Credibility in the journal ‘Frontiers in Psychiatry’ which was written by two psychiatrists, James Rucker and Allan Young, about the use of psilocybin by legal retreats. He centers the philosophical question of “who has the right control access to psilocybin?“, provides counter arguments to the current power 20 BEST BOOKS ABOUT PEYOTE AND MESCALINE The Peyote Cult by Weston La Barre (1915–1996) is an outstanding work on peyotism, originating in Weston La Barre’s studies of the use of peyote in the rituals of 15 Native American tribes from the 1930s to the 1980s. The latest, fifth edition is much expanded andupdated.
PRESS RELEASE: THE WIXÁRIKA REGIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE DECEMBER 8, 2020, COLOTLÁN, JALISCO. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN The Wixárika Regional Council for the Defense of Wirikuta made up of the Traditional, Civil and Agricultural Authorities of the Communities of Bancos de Calitique and Bancos de San Hipólito, municipality of Mezquital, Durango, Santa Catarina Cuexcomatitlán municipality of Mezquitic, and San Sebastián Teponahuaxtlán TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS SUE DEA FOR PSILOCYBIN TREATMENT “The Right to Try Act” gives patients with life-threatening diseases a way to access investigational drugs that are not yet approved by the FDA. The Advanced Integrative Medical Science Institute, a Seattle-based palliative care clinic, has partnered with a patient rights attorney to appeal the DEA to be able to provide psilocybin-assisted therapy for two of their patients with life INNOVATING NATIVE AMERICAN HEALTH CARE USING CULTURE AND Innovating Native American Health Care Using Culture and Technology With Sutton King - January 11, 2021. Navigating the Personal and Political in MDMA-assisted Psychotherapy with Sara Reed - December 29, 2020. Sutton King is an Afro-Indigenous activist who is innovating Native healthcare services and building sustainable businesses forNative
THE ISLAND: RECOVERING SELF, CULTURE AND PLACE THROUGH The Island: Recovering Self, Culture and Place through Plant Medicine. Gerard Artesona is an AMFT currently residing in Oakland California. He has worked in depth with plant medicine traditions since 2010 and is interested in their applications in psychology. I am a US Citizen of Puerto Rican descent, and have bloodlines tracing back to Cuba. SHAMANISM AND THE DYNAMICS OF ADDICTION Shamanic ideology also provides an important framework for reconceptualizing human nature and the self. A significant feature of shamanism is the view of humans as having an animal nature, including animal allies and power animals. 6 These constructs can provide useful tools for managing the emotional dynamics of addiction. HOW CAN YOU DRINK AYAHUASCA LEGALLY IN THE U.S.? ANOTHER ASPECT OF REALITY: MARIA NYS HUXLEY’S INFLUENCE ON In 1937, the Huxley family relocated to Hollywood, California. Maria’s tendency to dote on Aldous continued up until her death from breast cancer on February 12, 1955. But Maria was not just Aldous’ wife. She was a psychedelic pioneer in her own right. She was a direct participant in one of the most famous historical drug experiences inthe
WOMEN OF THE PSYCHEDELIC RENAISSANCE A conversation with Rosalind Watts, Gul Dolen, Akua Ofoshene, and Anya Oleksiuk Wednesday, July 7th from 12-2pm PST FREE EVENT REGISTER HERE This year of lockdown has seen psychedelic drugs and research at the forefront of public attention. As the global culture shift is well underway, discourse about the benefits, harms, and possibilities of psychedelics is more important A VINE FOR THE SOUL: YAGÉ AND CHAGRO IN COLOMBIA A Conversation with Taita Crispin Chindoy and Xochi Bucuru Botache. Moderated and Translated by Dr. Joe Tafur Wednesday, June 30th from 12-1:30pm PST REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT HERE The variety of ancestral plant medicine in Colombia is very diverse. Among the sacred plants Yagé is one of the most widely used plants for the treatment of physical and spiritual diseases and disorders. WHO WE ARE | CHACRUNA Founder and Executive Director Bia Labate – Founder and Executive Director Dr. Beatriz Caiuby Labate (Bia Labate) is a queer Brazilian anthropologist based in San Francisco. She has a Ph.D. in social anthropology from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil. Her main areas of interest are the study of plant medicines, drug policy, shamanism, ritual, religion and social justice.IBOGA CONSERVATION
The Bwiti also have weekly ceremonies called ngoze, or “masses,” in which members of the community take much smaller doses of powdered iboga in connection with ritual and ceremonial dances.. T. iboga can be considered a cultural keystone species, meaning that it is of exceptional significance to a culture or a people (Quiroz & Andel, 2018). It is integral for the Bwiti religion, practiced COVID AND THE FUTURE OF AYAHUASCA IN BRAZIL The burgeoning expansion of ayahuasca around the globe has allowed for the evolution of an infinitely diverse array of ayahuasca practices and communities, spanning from Indigenous groups in the Amazon Basin and traditional ayahuasca churches in Brazil to newly evolving neoshamanic traditions in North America, Europe, and beyond. This series will examine how the practices and traditions of CHILDREN AND PSYCHEDELICS: USING INDIGENOUS WISDOM TO Children and Psychedelics: Using Indigenous Wisdom to Examine Western Paradigms - June 5, 2020. For Westerners, the topic of children and psychedelics is a near-untouchable one, mired in taboo and stigma. Many find the idea of allowing children to ingest psychedelics, or even be in their presence, dangerous and irresponsible. SHAMANISM AND THE DYNAMICS OF ADDICTION Shamanic ideology also provides an important framework for reconceptualizing human nature and the self. A significant feature of shamanism is the view of humans as having an animal nature, including animal allies and power animals. 6 These constructs can provide useful tools for managing the emotional dynamics of addiction. SUSI'S TRAM RIDE: RECOGNIZING THE FIRST WOMAN TO TAKE LSD Susi Ramstein was the first woman to take LSD and the first psychedelic guide, yet very little is known about her experiences. HOW CAN YOU DRINK AYAHUASCA LEGALLY IN THE U.S.? Introduction The first time Instagram served me an ad for an ayahuasca ceremony, my eyes popped out of my face. I thought it slipped past the censors like a sneaky snake. Ayahuasca contains a Schedule I controlled substance, dimethyltryptamine (DMT), and the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has made it pretty clear that they consider ayahuasca to be equally controlled. HOW WHITE FEMINISTS OPPRESS BLACK WOMEN: WHEN FEMINISM In November, I participated in a panel discussion at a psychological conference in Washington DC. The name of the panel was Being a Mentor in the Era of #Metoo, which seemed extremely timely given the spate of powerful people recently felled by revelations of sexual wrongdoing. As the only person of color on the panel, I wanted to make sure to mention some of the issues around THE PSYCHEDELIC PLANT MEDICINE EXPERTS Help support Chacruna’s team by being a sponsor. Chacruna Institute is a registered California 501(c)(3) non-profit. We are a volunteer-led organization run by a team of experts and enthusiasts who give their time freely to bring education and culturalunderstanding about
PRESS RELEASE: THE WIXÁRIKA REGIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE DECEMBER 8, 2020, COLOTLÁN, JALISCO. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN The Wixárika Regional Council for the Defense of Wirikuta made up of the Traditional, Civil and Agricultural Authorities of the Communities of Bancos de Calitique and Bancos de San Hipólito, municipality of Mezquital, Durango, Santa Catarina Cuexcomatitlán municipality of Mezquitic, and San Sebastián Teponahuaxtlán 20 BEST BOOKS ABOUT PEYOTE AND MESCALINE The Peyote Cult by Weston La Barre (1915–1996) is an outstanding work on peyotism, originating in Weston La Barre’s studies of the use of peyote in the rituals of 15 Native American tribes from the 1930s to the 1980s. The latest, fifth edition is much expanded andupdated.
7 BEST PRACTICES FOR AYAHUASCA LEGAL HARM REDUCTION We are at a unique juncture in the emergence of ayahuasca into global culture. It seems its use is growing, especially throughout the USA, in many forms: from organized Brazilian religions, like the UDV and Santo Daime, to various more or less traditional forms associated with Peruvian and Columbian lineages, to extremely syncretic neoshamanic uses. Outside of the context of the Brazilian SHAMANISM AND THE DYNAMICS OF ADDICTION Shamanic ideology also provides an important framework for reconceptualizing human nature and the self. A significant feature of shamanism is the view of humans as having an animal nature, including animal allies and power animals. 6 These constructs can provide useful tools for managing the emotional dynamics of addiction. ENTHEOGENS, THE AFRICAN DIASPORA, AND BIPOC COMMUNITIES Kufikiri Imara is a facilitator and community activist from Oakland, California, who looks to play a part in growing the entheogenic BIPOC communities in the Bay Area and beyond. He was born to parents who were both active in the Civil Rights and Black Power Movements in San Francisco, in the 60s and 70s. This upbringing had a profound impact on him, as he was raised by a village that included PEYOTE HARVESTING GUIDELINES Introduction to Lophophora williamsii (peyote) Peyote is a small, psychoactive cactus that grows in Mexico and small part of Texas, in the USA. It grows in the Chihuahuan desert and Tamaulipan Thornscrub ecoregions. It is a very slow growing and long-lived cactus, taking more than 10 years to mature from seed. It produces pale pink flowers around March (late Feb–April depending on weather THE ISLAND: RECOVERING SELF, CULTURE AND PLACE THROUGH The Island: Recovering Self, Culture and Place through Plant Medicine. Gerard Artesona is an AMFT currently residing in Oakland California. He has worked in depth with plant medicine traditions since 2010 and is interested in their applications in psychology. I am a US Citizen of Puerto Rican descent, and have bloodlines tracing back to Cuba. NATIVE AMERICAN STATEMENT REGARDING DECRIMINALIZATION OF Native American Statement Regarding Decriminalization of Peyote. Steven Benally is an enrolled Dine' from Sweetwater, Navajo Nation. He helps organize the Annual Spiritual Pilgrimage for his Dine people to the native home of their medicine in the desert. He is a founding member of IPCI. Sandor Iron Rope, an enrolled member of the OglalaLakota
COMBINING PSYCHEDELICS WITH CAPITALISM MAY CAUSE Combining Psychedelics with Capitalism May Cause Unintended Side Effects. Geoff Bathje, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist, professor, and activist, with additional training in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies and Research, Sensorimotor Therapy, harm reduction, and community organizing. Some proponents of psychedelics are excitedabout their
THE PSYCHEDELIC PLANT MEDICINE EXPERTS Help support Chacruna’s team by being a sponsor. Chacruna Institute is a registered California 501(c)(3) non-profit. We are a volunteer-led organization run by a team of experts and enthusiasts who give their time freely to bring education and culturalunderstanding about
PRESS RELEASE: THE WIXÁRIKA REGIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE DECEMBER 8, 2020, COLOTLÁN, JALISCO. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN The Wixárika Regional Council for the Defense of Wirikuta made up of the Traditional, Civil and Agricultural Authorities of the Communities of Bancos de Calitique and Bancos de San Hipólito, municipality of Mezquital, Durango, Santa Catarina Cuexcomatitlán municipality of Mezquitic, and San Sebastián Teponahuaxtlán 20 BEST BOOKS ABOUT PEYOTE AND MESCALINE The Peyote Cult by Weston La Barre (1915–1996) is an outstanding work on peyotism, originating in Weston La Barre’s studies of the use of peyote in the rituals of 15 Native American tribes from the 1930s to the 1980s. The latest, fifth edition is much expanded andupdated.
7 BEST PRACTICES FOR AYAHUASCA LEGAL HARM REDUCTION We are at a unique juncture in the emergence of ayahuasca into global culture. It seems its use is growing, especially throughout the USA, in many forms: from organized Brazilian religions, like the UDV and Santo Daime, to various more or less traditional forms associated with Peruvian and Columbian lineages, to extremely syncretic neoshamanic uses. Outside of the context of the Brazilian SHAMANISM AND THE DYNAMICS OF ADDICTION Shamanic ideology also provides an important framework for reconceptualizing human nature and the self. A significant feature of shamanism is the view of humans as having an animal nature, including animal allies and power animals. 6 These constructs can provide useful tools for managing the emotional dynamics of addiction. ENTHEOGENS, THE AFRICAN DIASPORA, AND BIPOC COMMUNITIES Kufikiri Imara is a facilitator and community activist from Oakland, California, who looks to play a part in growing the entheogenic BIPOC communities in the Bay Area and beyond. He was born to parents who were both active in the Civil Rights and Black Power Movements in San Francisco, in the 60s and 70s. This upbringing had a profound impact on him, as he was raised by a village that included PEYOTE HARVESTING GUIDELINES Introduction to Lophophora williamsii (peyote) Peyote is a small, psychoactive cactus that grows in Mexico and small part of Texas, in the USA. It grows in the Chihuahuan desert and Tamaulipan Thornscrub ecoregions. It is a very slow growing and long-lived cactus, taking more than 10 years to mature from seed. It produces pale pink flowers around March (late Feb–April depending on weather THE ISLAND: RECOVERING SELF, CULTURE AND PLACE THROUGH The Island: Recovering Self, Culture and Place through Plant Medicine. Gerard Artesona is an AMFT currently residing in Oakland California. He has worked in depth with plant medicine traditions since 2010 and is interested in their applications in psychology. I am a US Citizen of Puerto Rican descent, and have bloodlines tracing back to Cuba. NATIVE AMERICAN STATEMENT REGARDING DECRIMINALIZATION OF Native American Statement Regarding Decriminalization of Peyote. Steven Benally is an enrolled Dine' from Sweetwater, Navajo Nation. He helps organize the Annual Spiritual Pilgrimage for his Dine people to the native home of their medicine in the desert. He is a founding member of IPCI. Sandor Iron Rope, an enrolled member of the OglalaLakota
COMBINING PSYCHEDELICS WITH CAPITALISM MAY CAUSE Combining Psychedelics with Capitalism May Cause Unintended Side Effects. Geoff Bathje, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist, professor, and activist, with additional training in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies and Research, Sensorimotor Therapy, harm reduction, and community organizing. Some proponents of psychedelics are excitedabout their
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The Bwiti also have weekly ceremonies called ngoze, or “masses,” in which members of the community take much smaller doses of powdered iboga in connection with ritual and ceremonial dances.. T. iboga can be considered a cultural keystone species, meaning that it is of exceptional significance to a culture or a people (Quiroz & Andel, 2018). It is integral for the Bwiti religion, practiced ETHICAL AND SUSTAINABLE ACCESS TO ENTHEOGENIC PLANTS Chacruna is a traditionally recognized sacred plant; it is the source for the psychoactive compound n,n-dmt (N,N-Dimethyltryptamine). Members of the Psychotria genus can be grown indoors or outdoors in temperate areas.. A garden that hosts the plants above, even on a single inhabited urban lot, can support plant-assisted meditation several times per year for a small group. WHO’S IN CHARGE OF PSILOCYBIN? Alex Beiner critiques a paper called Psilocybin: From Serendipity to Credibility in the journal ‘Frontiers in Psychiatry’ which was written by two psychiatrists, James Rucker and Allan Young, about the use of psilocybin by legal retreats. He centers the philosophical question of “who has the right control access to psilocybin?“, provides counter arguments to the current power SHAMANISM AND THE DYNAMICS OF ADDICTION Shamanic ideology also provides an important framework for reconceptualizing human nature and the self. A significant feature of shamanism is the view of humans as having an animal nature, including animal allies and power animals. 6 These constructs can provide useful tools for managing the emotional dynamics of addiction. 7 WAYS TO CULTIVATE YOUR AYAHUASCA EXPERIENCE Participating in an ayahuasca ceremony is an opportunity for deep healing and personal development. There is potential for healing of the body, mind and spirit, reconciliation with oneself and others, revelatory spiritual experiences, and much more. Fortunately, there are preparatory and in-ceremony practices that can help maximize the experience and related benefits. There are also habits THE ART OF LISTENING WITH LICIA SKY |CHACRUNA A near-death experience as a child set Licia Sky on the path to becoming a healer. This life-changing vision became a guide on how to listen with a heightened sense of awareness, which growing up in a multiracial family with trauma lineages, was “a means of survival,” Sky told us. Talking about her work, she said, “I’m really guiding people to listen in the way that I learned from that 6 WAYS AYAHUASCA WORKS LIKE A GOOD TRAUMA THERAPIST Be it plant spirit, a chemical cocktail that triggers our innate wisdom, or some mysterious blend of both, ayahuasca has a profound capacity to illuminate the issues underlying depression, anxiety, and addiction. Often what’s revealed is the unprocessed trauma lying at the root of these. By bringing awareness directly to the source, deep healing can occur. Ayahuasca is known to affect the DON’T HAVE A BAD TRIP WITH THE POLICE: KNOW YOUR RIGHTS Help support Chacruna’s team by being a sponsor. Chacruna Institute is a registered California 501(c)(3) non-profit. We are a volunteer-led organization run by a team of experts and enthusiasts who give their time freely to bring education and cultural understanding about psychedelic plant medicines to a wider audience. HOW WHITE FEMINISTS OPPRESS BLACK WOMEN: WHEN FEMINISM In November, I participated in a panel discussion at a psychological conference in Washington DC. The name of the panel was Being a Mentor in the Era of #Metoo, which seemed extremely timely given the spate of powerful people recently felled by revelations of sexual wrongdoing. As the only person of color on the panel, I wanted to make sure to mention some of the issues around THE PSYCHEDELIC PLANT MEDICINE EXPERTS Help support Chacruna’s team by being a sponsor. Chacruna Institute is a registered California 501(c)(3) non-profit. We are a volunteer-led organization run by a team of experts and enthusiasts who give their time freely to bring education and culturalunderstanding about
PRESS RELEASE: THE WIXÁRIKA REGIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE DECEMBER 8, 2020, COLOTLÁN, JALISCO. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN The Wixárika Regional Council for the Defense of Wirikuta made up of the Traditional, Civil and Agricultural Authorities of the Communities of Bancos de Calitique and Bancos de San Hipólito, municipality of Mezquital, Durango, Santa Catarina Cuexcomatitlán municipality of Mezquitic, and San Sebastián Teponahuaxtlán 20 BEST BOOKS ABOUT PEYOTE AND MESCALINE The Peyote Cult by Weston La Barre (1915–1996) is an outstanding work on peyotism, originating in Weston La Barre’s studies of the use of peyote in the rituals of 15 Native American tribes from the 1930s to the 1980s. The latest, fifth edition is much expanded andupdated.
7 BEST PRACTICES FOR AYAHUASCA LEGAL HARM REDUCTION We are at a unique juncture in the emergence of ayahuasca into global culture. It seems its use is growing, especially throughout the USA, in many forms: from organized Brazilian religions, like the UDV and Santo Daime, to various more or less traditional forms associated with Peruvian and Columbian lineages, to extremely syncretic neoshamanic uses. Outside of the context of the Brazilian SHAMANISM AND THE DYNAMICS OF ADDICTION Shamanic ideology also provides an important framework for reconceptualizing human nature and the self. A significant feature of shamanism is the view of humans as having an animal nature, including animal allies and power animals. 6 These constructs can provide useful tools for managing the emotional dynamics of addiction. ENTHEOGENS, THE AFRICAN DIASPORA, AND BIPOC COMMUNITIES Kufikiri Imara is a facilitator and community activist from Oakland, California, who looks to play a part in growing the entheogenic BIPOC communities in the Bay Area and beyond. He was born to parents who were both active in the Civil Rights and Black Power Movements in San Francisco, in the 60s and 70s. This upbringing had a profound impact on him, as he was raised by a village that included PEYOTE HARVESTING GUIDELINES Introduction to Lophophora williamsii (peyote) Peyote is a small, psychoactive cactus that grows in Mexico and small part of Texas, in the USA. It grows in the Chihuahuan desert and Tamaulipan Thornscrub ecoregions. It is a very slow growing and long-lived cactus, taking more than 10 years to mature from seed. It produces pale pink flowers around March (late Feb–April depending on weather THE ISLAND: RECOVERING SELF, CULTURE AND PLACE THROUGH The Island: Recovering Self, Culture and Place through Plant Medicine. Gerard Artesona is an AMFT currently residing in Oakland California. He has worked in depth with plant medicine traditions since 2010 and is interested in their applications in psychology. I am a US Citizen of Puerto Rican descent, and have bloodlines tracing back to Cuba. NATIVE AMERICAN STATEMENT REGARDING DECRIMINALIZATION OF Native American Statement Regarding Decriminalization of Peyote. Steven Benally is an enrolled Dine' from Sweetwater, Navajo Nation. He helps organize the Annual Spiritual Pilgrimage for his Dine people to the native home of their medicine in the desert. He is a founding member of IPCI. Sandor Iron Rope, an enrolled member of the OglalaLakota
COMBINING PSYCHEDELICS WITH CAPITALISM MAY CAUSE Combining Psychedelics with Capitalism May Cause Unintended Side Effects. Geoff Bathje, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist, professor, and activist, with additional training in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies and Research, Sensorimotor Therapy, harm reduction, and community organizing. Some proponents of psychedelics are excitedabout their
THE PSYCHEDELIC PLANT MEDICINE EXPERTS Help support Chacruna’s team by being a sponsor. Chacruna Institute is a registered California 501(c)(3) non-profit. We are a volunteer-led organization run by a team of experts and enthusiasts who give their time freely to bring education and culturalunderstanding about
PRESS RELEASE: THE WIXÁRIKA REGIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE DECEMBER 8, 2020, COLOTLÁN, JALISCO. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN The Wixárika Regional Council for the Defense of Wirikuta made up of the Traditional, Civil and Agricultural Authorities of the Communities of Bancos de Calitique and Bancos de San Hipólito, municipality of Mezquital, Durango, Santa Catarina Cuexcomatitlán municipality of Mezquitic, and San Sebastián Teponahuaxtlán 20 BEST BOOKS ABOUT PEYOTE AND MESCALINE The Peyote Cult by Weston La Barre (1915–1996) is an outstanding work on peyotism, originating in Weston La Barre’s studies of the use of peyote in the rituals of 15 Native American tribes from the 1930s to the 1980s. The latest, fifth edition is much expanded andupdated.
7 BEST PRACTICES FOR AYAHUASCA LEGAL HARM REDUCTION We are at a unique juncture in the emergence of ayahuasca into global culture. It seems its use is growing, especially throughout the USA, in many forms: from organized Brazilian religions, like the UDV and Santo Daime, to various more or less traditional forms associated with Peruvian and Columbian lineages, to extremely syncretic neoshamanic uses. Outside of the context of the Brazilian SHAMANISM AND THE DYNAMICS OF ADDICTION Shamanic ideology also provides an important framework for reconceptualizing human nature and the self. A significant feature of shamanism is the view of humans as having an animal nature, including animal allies and power animals. 6 These constructs can provide useful tools for managing the emotional dynamics of addiction. ENTHEOGENS, THE AFRICAN DIASPORA, AND BIPOC COMMUNITIES Kufikiri Imara is a facilitator and community activist from Oakland, California, who looks to play a part in growing the entheogenic BIPOC communities in the Bay Area and beyond. He was born to parents who were both active in the Civil Rights and Black Power Movements in San Francisco, in the 60s and 70s. This upbringing had a profound impact on him, as he was raised by a village that included PEYOTE HARVESTING GUIDELINES Introduction to Lophophora williamsii (peyote) Peyote is a small, psychoactive cactus that grows in Mexico and small part of Texas, in the USA. It grows in the Chihuahuan desert and Tamaulipan Thornscrub ecoregions. It is a very slow growing and long-lived cactus, taking more than 10 years to mature from seed. It produces pale pink flowers around March (late Feb–April depending on weather THE ISLAND: RECOVERING SELF, CULTURE AND PLACE THROUGH The Island: Recovering Self, Culture and Place through Plant Medicine. Gerard Artesona is an AMFT currently residing in Oakland California. He has worked in depth with plant medicine traditions since 2010 and is interested in their applications in psychology. I am a US Citizen of Puerto Rican descent, and have bloodlines tracing back to Cuba. NATIVE AMERICAN STATEMENT REGARDING DECRIMINALIZATION OF Native American Statement Regarding Decriminalization of Peyote. Steven Benally is an enrolled Dine' from Sweetwater, Navajo Nation. He helps organize the Annual Spiritual Pilgrimage for his Dine people to the native home of their medicine in the desert. He is a founding member of IPCI. Sandor Iron Rope, an enrolled member of the OglalaLakota
COMBINING PSYCHEDELICS WITH CAPITALISM MAY CAUSE Combining Psychedelics with Capitalism May Cause Unintended Side Effects. Geoff Bathje, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist, professor, and activist, with additional training in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies and Research, Sensorimotor Therapy, harm reduction, and community organizing. Some proponents of psychedelics are excitedabout their
SACRED PLANTS IN THE AMERICAS II A Virtual Psychedelic Summit on the Globalization of Plant Medicines and Indigenous Reciprocity April 23rd-25th, 2021 Buy Tickets This global virtual summit will bring together Indigenous leaders from throughout North, Central and South America as well as researchers, practitioners, community builders and other experts from around the world. We will discuss the potential benefitsIBOGA CONSERVATION
The Bwiti also have weekly ceremonies called ngoze, or “masses,” in which members of the community take much smaller doses of powdered iboga in connection with ritual and ceremonial dances.. T. iboga can be considered a cultural keystone species, meaning that it is of exceptional significance to a culture or a people (Quiroz & Andel, 2018). It is integral for the Bwiti religion, practiced ETHICAL AND SUSTAINABLE ACCESS TO ENTHEOGENIC PLANTS Chacruna is a traditionally recognized sacred plant; it is the source for the psychoactive compound n,n-dmt (N,N-Dimethyltryptamine). Members of the Psychotria genus can be grown indoors or outdoors in temperate areas.. A garden that hosts the plants above, even on a single inhabited urban lot, can support plant-assisted meditation several times per year for a small group. WHO’S IN CHARGE OF PSILOCYBIN? Alex Beiner critiques a paper called Psilocybin: From Serendipity to Credibility in the journal ‘Frontiers in Psychiatry’ which was written by two psychiatrists, James Rucker and Allan Young, about the use of psilocybin by legal retreats. He centers the philosophical question of “who has the right control access to psilocybin?“, provides counter arguments to the current power SHAMANISM AND THE DYNAMICS OF ADDICTION Shamanic ideology also provides an important framework for reconceptualizing human nature and the self. A significant feature of shamanism is the view of humans as having an animal nature, including animal allies and power animals. 6 These constructs can provide useful tools for managing the emotional dynamics of addiction. 7 WAYS TO CULTIVATE YOUR AYAHUASCA EXPERIENCE Participating in an ayahuasca ceremony is an opportunity for deep healing and personal development. There is potential for healing of the body, mind and spirit, reconciliation with oneself and others, revelatory spiritual experiences, and much more. Fortunately, there are preparatory and in-ceremony practices that can help maximize the experience and related benefits. There are also habits THE ART OF LISTENING WITH LICIA SKY |CHACRUNA A near-death experience as a child set Licia Sky on the path to becoming a healer. This life-changing vision became a guide on how to listen with a heightened sense of awareness, which growing up in a multiracial family with trauma lineages, was “a means of survival,” Sky told us. Talking about her work, she said, “I’m really guiding people to listen in the way that I learned from that 6 WAYS AYAHUASCA WORKS LIKE A GOOD TRAUMA THERAPIST Be it plant spirit, a chemical cocktail that triggers our innate wisdom, or some mysterious blend of both, ayahuasca has a profound capacity to illuminate the issues underlying depression, anxiety, and addiction. Often what’s revealed is the unprocessed trauma lying at the root of these. By bringing awareness directly to the source, deep healing can occur. Ayahuasca is known to affect the DON’T HAVE A BAD TRIP WITH THE POLICE: KNOW YOUR RIGHTS Help support Chacruna’s team by being a sponsor. Chacruna Institute is a registered California 501(c)(3) non-profit. We are a volunteer-led organization run by a team of experts and enthusiasts who give their time freely to bring education and cultural understanding about psychedelic plant medicines to a wider audience. HOW WHITE FEMINISTS OPPRESS BLACK WOMEN: WHEN FEMINISM In November, I participated in a panel discussion at a psychological conference in Washington DC. The name of the panel was Being a Mentor in the Era of #Metoo, which seemed extremely timely given the spate of powerful people recently felled by revelations of sexual wrongdoing. As the only person of color on the panel, I wanted to make sure to mention some of the issues around THE PSYCHEDELIC PLANT MEDICINE EXPERTS Help support Chacruna’s team by being a sponsor. Chacruna Institute is a registered California 501(c)(3) non-profit. We are a volunteer-led organization run by a team of experts and enthusiasts who give their time freely to bring education and culturalunderstanding about
PRESS RELEASE: THE WIXÁRIKA REGIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE DECEMBER 8, 2020, COLOTLÁN, JALISCO. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN The Wixárika Regional Council for the Defense of Wirikuta made up of the Traditional, Civil and Agricultural Authorities of the Communities of Bancos de Calitique and Bancos de San Hipólito, municipality of Mezquital, Durango, Santa Catarina Cuexcomatitlán municipality of Mezquitic, and San Sebastián Teponahuaxtlán 20 BEST BOOKS ABOUT PEYOTE AND MESCALINE The Peyote Cult by Weston La Barre (1915–1996) is an outstanding work on peyotism, originating in Weston La Barre’s studies of the use of peyote in the rituals of 15 Native American tribes from the 1930s to the 1980s. The latest, fifth edition is much expanded andupdated.
7 BEST PRACTICES FOR AYAHUASCA LEGAL HARM REDUCTION We are at a unique juncture in the emergence of ayahuasca into global culture. It seems its use is growing, especially throughout the USA, in many forms: from organized Brazilian religions, like the UDV and Santo Daime, to various more or less traditional forms associated with Peruvian and Columbian lineages, to extremely syncretic neoshamanic uses. Outside of the context of the Brazilian SHAMANISM AND THE DYNAMICS OF ADDICTION Shamanic ideology also provides an important framework for reconceptualizing human nature and the self. A significant feature of shamanism is the view of humans as having an animal nature, including animal allies and power animals. 6 These constructs can provide useful tools for managing the emotional dynamics of addiction. ENTHEOGENS, THE AFRICAN DIASPORA, AND BIPOC COMMUNITIES Kufikiri Imara is a facilitator and community activist from Oakland, California, who looks to play a part in growing the entheogenic BIPOC communities in the Bay Area and beyond. He was born to parents who were both active in the Civil Rights and Black Power Movements in San Francisco, in the 60s and 70s. This upbringing had a profound impact on him, as he was raised by a village that included PEYOTE HARVESTING GUIDELINES Introduction to Lophophora williamsii (peyote) Peyote is a small, psychoactive cactus that grows in Mexico and small part of Texas, in the USA. It grows in the Chihuahuan desert and Tamaulipan Thornscrub ecoregions. It is a very slow growing and long-lived cactus, taking more than 10 years to mature from seed. It produces pale pink flowers around March (late Feb–April depending on weather THE ISLAND: RECOVERING SELF, CULTURE AND PLACE THROUGH The Island: Recovering Self, Culture and Place through Plant Medicine. Gerard Artesona is an AMFT currently residing in Oakland California. He has worked in depth with plant medicine traditions since 2010 and is interested in their applications in psychology. I am a US Citizen of Puerto Rican descent, and have bloodlines tracing back to Cuba. NATIVE AMERICAN STATEMENT REGARDING DECRIMINALIZATION OF Native American Statement Regarding Decriminalization of Peyote. Steven Benally is an enrolled Dine' from Sweetwater, Navajo Nation. He helps organize the Annual Spiritual Pilgrimage for his Dine people to the native home of their medicine in the desert. He is a founding member of IPCI. Sandor Iron Rope, an enrolled member of the OglalaLakota
COMBINING PSYCHEDELICS WITH CAPITALISM MAY CAUSE Combining Psychedelics with Capitalism May Cause Unintended Side Effects. Geoff Bathje, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist, professor, and activist, with additional training in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies and Research, Sensorimotor Therapy, harm reduction, and community organizing. Some proponents of psychedelics are excitedabout their
THE PSYCHEDELIC PLANT MEDICINE EXPERTS Help support Chacruna’s team by being a sponsor. Chacruna Institute is a registered California 501(c)(3) non-profit. We are a volunteer-led organization run by a team of experts and enthusiasts who give their time freely to bring education and culturalunderstanding about
PRESS RELEASE: THE WIXÁRIKA REGIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE DECEMBER 8, 2020, COLOTLÁN, JALISCO. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN The Wixárika Regional Council for the Defense of Wirikuta made up of the Traditional, Civil and Agricultural Authorities of the Communities of Bancos de Calitique and Bancos de San Hipólito, municipality of Mezquital, Durango, Santa Catarina Cuexcomatitlán municipality of Mezquitic, and San Sebastián Teponahuaxtlán 20 BEST BOOKS ABOUT PEYOTE AND MESCALINE The Peyote Cult by Weston La Barre (1915–1996) is an outstanding work on peyotism, originating in Weston La Barre’s studies of the use of peyote in the rituals of 15 Native American tribes from the 1930s to the 1980s. The latest, fifth edition is much expanded andupdated.
7 BEST PRACTICES FOR AYAHUASCA LEGAL HARM REDUCTION We are at a unique juncture in the emergence of ayahuasca into global culture. It seems its use is growing, especially throughout the USA, in many forms: from organized Brazilian religions, like the UDV and Santo Daime, to various more or less traditional forms associated with Peruvian and Columbian lineages, to extremely syncretic neoshamanic uses. Outside of the context of the Brazilian SHAMANISM AND THE DYNAMICS OF ADDICTION Shamanic ideology also provides an important framework for reconceptualizing human nature and the self. A significant feature of shamanism is the view of humans as having an animal nature, including animal allies and power animals. 6 These constructs can provide useful tools for managing the emotional dynamics of addiction. ENTHEOGENS, THE AFRICAN DIASPORA, AND BIPOC COMMUNITIES Kufikiri Imara is a facilitator and community activist from Oakland, California, who looks to play a part in growing the entheogenic BIPOC communities in the Bay Area and beyond. He was born to parents who were both active in the Civil Rights and Black Power Movements in San Francisco, in the 60s and 70s. This upbringing had a profound impact on him, as he was raised by a village that included PEYOTE HARVESTING GUIDELINES Introduction to Lophophora williamsii (peyote) Peyote is a small, psychoactive cactus that grows in Mexico and small part of Texas, in the USA. It grows in the Chihuahuan desert and Tamaulipan Thornscrub ecoregions. It is a very slow growing and long-lived cactus, taking more than 10 years to mature from seed. It produces pale pink flowers around March (late Feb–April depending on weather THE ISLAND: RECOVERING SELF, CULTURE AND PLACE THROUGH The Island: Recovering Self, Culture and Place through Plant Medicine. Gerard Artesona is an AMFT currently residing in Oakland California. He has worked in depth with plant medicine traditions since 2010 and is interested in their applications in psychology. I am a US Citizen of Puerto Rican descent, and have bloodlines tracing back to Cuba. NATIVE AMERICAN STATEMENT REGARDING DECRIMINALIZATION OF Native American Statement Regarding Decriminalization of Peyote. Steven Benally is an enrolled Dine' from Sweetwater, Navajo Nation. He helps organize the Annual Spiritual Pilgrimage for his Dine people to the native home of their medicine in the desert. He is a founding member of IPCI. Sandor Iron Rope, an enrolled member of the OglalaLakota
COMBINING PSYCHEDELICS WITH CAPITALISM MAY CAUSE Combining Psychedelics with Capitalism May Cause Unintended Side Effects. Geoff Bathje, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist, professor, and activist, with additional training in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies and Research, Sensorimotor Therapy, harm reduction, and community organizing. Some proponents of psychedelics are excitedabout their
SACRED PLANTS IN THE AMERICAS II A Virtual Psychedelic Summit on the Globalization of Plant Medicines and Indigenous Reciprocity April 23rd-25th, 2021 Buy Tickets This global virtual summit will bring together Indigenous leaders from throughout North, Central and South America as well as researchers, practitioners, community builders and other experts from around the world. We will discuss the potential benefitsIBOGA CONSERVATION
The Bwiti also have weekly ceremonies called ngoze, or “masses,” in which members of the community take much smaller doses of powdered iboga in connection with ritual and ceremonial dances.. T. iboga can be considered a cultural keystone species, meaning that it is of exceptional significance to a culture or a people (Quiroz & Andel, 2018). It is integral for the Bwiti religion, practiced ETHICAL AND SUSTAINABLE ACCESS TO ENTHEOGENIC PLANTS Chacruna is a traditionally recognized sacred plant; it is the source for the psychoactive compound n,n-dmt (N,N-Dimethyltryptamine). Members of the Psychotria genus can be grown indoors or outdoors in temperate areas.. A garden that hosts the plants above, even on a single inhabited urban lot, can support plant-assisted meditation several times per year for a small group. WHO’S IN CHARGE OF PSILOCYBIN? Alex Beiner critiques a paper called Psilocybin: From Serendipity to Credibility in the journal ‘Frontiers in Psychiatry’ which was written by two psychiatrists, James Rucker and Allan Young, about the use of psilocybin by legal retreats. He centers the philosophical question of “who has the right control access to psilocybin?“, provides counter arguments to the current power SHAMANISM AND THE DYNAMICS OF ADDICTION Shamanic ideology also provides an important framework for reconceptualizing human nature and the self. A significant feature of shamanism is the view of humans as having an animal nature, including animal allies and power animals. 6 These constructs can provide useful tools for managing the emotional dynamics of addiction. 7 WAYS TO CULTIVATE YOUR AYAHUASCA EXPERIENCE Participating in an ayahuasca ceremony is an opportunity for deep healing and personal development. There is potential for healing of the body, mind and spirit, reconciliation with oneself and others, revelatory spiritual experiences, and much more. Fortunately, there are preparatory and in-ceremony practices that can help maximize the experience and related benefits. There are also habits THE ART OF LISTENING WITH LICIA SKY |CHACRUNA A near-death experience as a child set Licia Sky on the path to becoming a healer. This life-changing vision became a guide on how to listen with a heightened sense of awareness, which growing up in a multiracial family with trauma lineages, was “a means of survival,” Sky told us. Talking about her work, she said, “I’m really guiding people to listen in the way that I learned from that 6 WAYS AYAHUASCA WORKS LIKE A GOOD TRAUMA THERAPIST Be it plant spirit, a chemical cocktail that triggers our innate wisdom, or some mysterious blend of both, ayahuasca has a profound capacity to illuminate the issues underlying depression, anxiety, and addiction. Often what’s revealed is the unprocessed trauma lying at the root of these. By bringing awareness directly to the source, deep healing can occur. Ayahuasca is known to affect the DON’T HAVE A BAD TRIP WITH THE POLICE: KNOW YOUR RIGHTS Help support Chacruna’s team by being a sponsor. Chacruna Institute is a registered California 501(c)(3) non-profit. We are a volunteer-led organization run by a team of experts and enthusiasts who give their time freely to bring education and cultural understanding about psychedelic plant medicines to a wider audience. HOW WHITE FEMINISTS OPPRESS BLACK WOMEN: WHEN FEMINISM In November, I participated in a panel discussion at a psychological conference in Washington DC. The name of the panel was Being a Mentor in the Era of #Metoo, which seemed extremely timely given the spate of powerful people recently felled by revelations of sexual wrongdoing. As the only person of color on the panel, I wanted to make sure to mention some of the issues around THE PSYCHEDELIC PLANT MEDICINE EXPERTS Help support Chacruna’s team by being a sponsor. Chacruna Institute is a registered California 501(c)(3) non-profit. We are a volunteer-led organization run by a team of experts and enthusiasts who give their time freely to bring education and culturalunderstanding about
PRESS RELEASE: THE WIXÁRIKA REGIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE DECEMBER 8, 2020, COLOTLÁN, JALISCO. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN The Wixárika Regional Council for the Defense of Wirikuta made up of the Traditional, Civil and Agricultural Authorities of the Communities of Bancos de Calitique and Bancos de San Hipólito, municipality of Mezquital, Durango, Santa Catarina Cuexcomatitlán municipality of Mezquitic, and San Sebastián Teponahuaxtlán 20 BEST BOOKS ABOUT PEYOTE AND MESCALINE Anya Ermakova, Ph.D compiled a list of the 20 best books about peyote and mescaline. These non-fiction books about Lophophora williamsii are written by scholars of history, anthropology, religion, biology, and ecology and conservation. SHAMANISM AND THE DYNAMICS OF ADDICTION Help support Chacruna’s team by being a sponsor. Chacruna Institute is a registered California 501(c)(3) non-profit. We are a volunteer-led organization run by a team of experts and enthusiasts who give their time freely to bring education and cultural understanding about psychedelic plant medicines to a wider audience. ENTHEOGENS, THE AFRICAN DIASPORA, AND BIPOC COMMUNITIES Kufikiri Imara is a facilitator and community activist from Oakland, California, who looks to play a part in growing the entheogenic BIPOC communities in the Bay Area and beyond. He was born to parents who were both active in the Civil Rights and Black Power Movements in San Francisco, in the 60s and 70s. This upbringing had a profound impact on him, as he was raised by a village that included 7 BEST PRACTICES FOR AYAHUASCA LEGAL HARM REDUCTION We are at a unique juncture in the emergence of ayahuasca into global culture. It seems its use is growing, especially throughout the USA, in many forms: from organized Brazilian religions, like the UDV and Santo Daime, to various more or less traditional forms associated with Peruvian and Columbian lineages, to extremely syncretic neoshamanic uses. Outside of the context of the Brazilian THE ISLAND: RECOVERING SELF, CULTURE AND PLACE THROUGH I am a US Citizen of Puerto Rican descent, and have bloodlines tracing back to Cuba. I mainly identify as Puerto Rican, and I first set my feet upon this earth on the Fort Bragg Army Base in North Carolina. My family and I relocated to another outpost in Germany where we lived for 4 years. We found ourselves in Delaware after that, where I, to date, have lived out most of my life. PEYOTE HARVESTING GUIDELINES Introduction to Lophophora williamsii (peyote) Peyote is a small, psychoactive cactus that grows in Mexico and small part of Texas, in the USA. It grows in the Chihuahuan desert and Tamaulipan Thornscrub ecoregions. It is a very slow growing and long-lived cactus, taking more than 10 years to mature from seed. It produces pale pink flowers around March (late Feb–April depending on weather CHILDREN AND PSYCHEDELICS: USING INDIGENOUS WISDOM TO For Westerners, the topic of children and psychedelics is a near-untouchable one, mired in taboo and stigma. Many find the idea of allowing children to ingest psychedelics, or even be in their presence, dangerous and irresponsible. As we stand on the precipice of greater access to these substances, it may be time to examine the views that have governed our mode of thinking by reaching COMBINING PSYCHEDELICS WITH CAPITALISM MAY CAUSE The Myth of the Trojan Horse. Will psychedelics be reduced to an elite product that enhances status and feeds egos, as yoga and meditation have been found to do in some Western contexts?. Capitalism is an ideology with deceptively broad and pervasive values (such as private property/wealth, competition, inequality, consumption, wage labor, and individualism), which makes it THE PSYCHEDELIC PLANT MEDICINE EXPERTS Help support Chacruna’s team by being a sponsor. Chacruna Institute is a registered California 501(c)(3) non-profit. We are a volunteer-led organization run by a team of experts and enthusiasts who give their time freely to bring education and culturalunderstanding about
PRESS RELEASE: THE WIXÁRIKA REGIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE DECEMBER 8, 2020, COLOTLÁN, JALISCO. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN The Wixárika Regional Council for the Defense of Wirikuta made up of the Traditional, Civil and Agricultural Authorities of the Communities of Bancos de Calitique and Bancos de San Hipólito, municipality of Mezquital, Durango, Santa Catarina Cuexcomatitlán municipality of Mezquitic, and San Sebastián Teponahuaxtlán 20 BEST BOOKS ABOUT PEYOTE AND MESCALINE Anya Ermakova, Ph.D compiled a list of the 20 best books about peyote and mescaline. These non-fiction books about Lophophora williamsii are written by scholars of history, anthropology, religion, biology, and ecology and conservation. SHAMANISM AND THE DYNAMICS OF ADDICTION Help support Chacruna’s team by being a sponsor. Chacruna Institute is a registered California 501(c)(3) non-profit. We are a volunteer-led organization run by a team of experts and enthusiasts who give their time freely to bring education and cultural understanding about psychedelic plant medicines to a wider audience. ENTHEOGENS, THE AFRICAN DIASPORA, AND BIPOC COMMUNITIES Kufikiri Imara is a facilitator and community activist from Oakland, California, who looks to play a part in growing the entheogenic BIPOC communities in the Bay Area and beyond. He was born to parents who were both active in the Civil Rights and Black Power Movements in San Francisco, in the 60s and 70s. This upbringing had a profound impact on him, as he was raised by a village that included 7 BEST PRACTICES FOR AYAHUASCA LEGAL HARM REDUCTION We are at a unique juncture in the emergence of ayahuasca into global culture. It seems its use is growing, especially throughout the USA, in many forms: from organized Brazilian religions, like the UDV and Santo Daime, to various more or less traditional forms associated with Peruvian and Columbian lineages, to extremely syncretic neoshamanic uses. Outside of the context of the Brazilian THE ISLAND: RECOVERING SELF, CULTURE AND PLACE THROUGH I am a US Citizen of Puerto Rican descent, and have bloodlines tracing back to Cuba. I mainly identify as Puerto Rican, and I first set my feet upon this earth on the Fort Bragg Army Base in North Carolina. My family and I relocated to another outpost in Germany where we lived for 4 years. We found ourselves in Delaware after that, where I, to date, have lived out most of my life. PEYOTE HARVESTING GUIDELINES Introduction to Lophophora williamsii (peyote) Peyote is a small, psychoactive cactus that grows in Mexico and small part of Texas, in the USA. It grows in the Chihuahuan desert and Tamaulipan Thornscrub ecoregions. It is a very slow growing and long-lived cactus, taking more than 10 years to mature from seed. It produces pale pink flowers around March (late Feb–April depending on weather CHILDREN AND PSYCHEDELICS: USING INDIGENOUS WISDOM TO For Westerners, the topic of children and psychedelics is a near-untouchable one, mired in taboo and stigma. Many find the idea of allowing children to ingest psychedelics, or even be in their presence, dangerous and irresponsible. As we stand on the precipice of greater access to these substances, it may be time to examine the views that have governed our mode of thinking by reaching COMBINING PSYCHEDELICS WITH CAPITALISM MAY CAUSE The Myth of the Trojan Horse. Will psychedelics be reduced to an elite product that enhances status and feeds egos, as yoga and meditation have been found to do in some Western contexts?. Capitalism is an ideology with deceptively broad and pervasive values (such as private property/wealth, competition, inequality, consumption, wage labor, and individualism), which makes it SACRED PLANTS IN THE AMERICAS II A Virtual Psychedelic Summit on the Globalization of Plant Medicines and Indigenous Reciprocity April 23rd-25th, 2021 Buy Tickets This global virtual summit will bring together Indigenous leaders from throughout North, Central and South America as well as researchers, practitioners, community builders and other experts from around the world. We will discuss the potential benefitsIBOGA CONSERVATION
The Bwiti also have weekly ceremonies called ngoze, or “masses,” in which members of the community take much smaller doses of powdered iboga in connection with ritual and ceremonial dances.. T. iboga can be considered a cultural keystone species, meaning that it is of exceptional significance to a culture or a people (Quiroz & Andel, 2018). It is integral for the Bwiti religion, practiced SHAMANISM AND THE DYNAMICS OF ADDICTION Help support Chacruna’s team by being a sponsor. Chacruna Institute is a registered California 501(c)(3) non-profit. We are a volunteer-led organization run by a team of experts and enthusiasts who give their time freely to bring education and cultural understanding about psychedelic plant medicines to a wider audience. ETHICAL AND SUSTAINABLE ACCESS TO ENTHEOGENIC PLANTS Chacruna is a traditionally recognized sacred plant; it is the source for the psychoactive compound n,n-dmt (N,N-Dimethyltryptamine). Members of the Psychotria genus can be grown indoors or outdoors in temperate areas.. A garden that hosts the plants above, even on a single inhabited urban lot, can support plant-assisted meditation several times per year for a small group. WHO’S IN CHARGE OF PSILOCYBIN? Alex Beiner critiques a paper called Psilocybin: From Serendipity to Credibility in the journal ‘Frontiers in Psychiatry’ which was written by two psychiatrists, James Rucker and Allan Young, about the use of psilocybin by legal retreats. He centers the philosophical question of “who has the right control access to psilocybin?“, provides counter arguments to the current power 7 WAYS TO CULTIVATE YOUR AYAHUASCA EXPERIENCE Participating in an ayahuasca ceremony is an opportunity for deep healing and personal development. There is potential for healing of the body, mind and spirit, reconciliation with oneself and others, revelatory spiritual experiences, and much more. Fortunately, there are preparatory and in-ceremony practices that can help maximize the experience and related benefits. There are also habits THE ART OF LISTENING WITH LICIA SKY |CHACRUNA A near-death experience as a child set Licia Sky on the path to becoming a healer. This life-changing vision became a guide on how to listen with a heightened sense of awareness, which growing up in a multiracial family with trauma lineages, was “a means of survival,” Sky told us. Talking about her work, she said, “I’m really guiding people to listen in the way that I learned from that 6 WAYS AYAHUASCA WORKS LIKE A GOOD TRAUMA THERAPIST Be it plant spirit, a chemical cocktail that triggers our innate wisdom, or some mysterious blend of both, ayahuasca has a profound capacity to illuminate the issues underlying depression, anxiety, and addiction. Often what’s revealed is the unprocessed trauma lying at the root of these. By bringing awareness directly to the source, deep healing can occur. Ayahuasca is known to affect the DON’T HAVE A BAD TRIP WITH THE POLICE: KNOW YOUR RIGHTS Help support Chacruna’s team by being a sponsor. Chacruna Institute is a registered California 501(c)(3) non-profit. We are a volunteer-led organization run by a team of experts and enthusiasts who give their time freely to bring education and cultural understanding about psychedelic plant medicines to a wider audience. HOW WHITE FEMINISTS OPPRESS BLACK WOMEN: WHEN FEMINISM In November, I participated in a panel discussion at a psychological conference in Washington DC. The name of the panel was Being a Mentor in the Era of #Metoo, which seemed extremely timely given the spate of powerful people recently felled by revelations of sexual wrongdoing. As the only person of color on the panel, I wanted to make sure to mention some of the issues around__
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CHACRUNA INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHEDELIC PLANT MEDICINESPAST EVENTS
PSYCHEDELIC LIBERTY SUMMIT: NOW VIRTUAL! NORTH STAR ETHICS PLEDGE LAUNCH AT PSYCHEDELIC LIBERTY SUMMIT THE EAGLE AND PEYOTE IN COMANCHE CULTURE WEBINAR: PSYCHEDELIC LIBERTY AND TIMES OF CRISISUncategorized
MAZATEC PERSPECTIVES ON THE GLOBALIZATION OF PSILOCYBIN MUSHROOMS Rosalía Acosta López- May 6, 2020
Culture
CORONAVIRUS, SELF-ISOLATION, AND THE PRAGMATIC FATALISM OF INDIGENOUSPEOPLES
Inclusion & Diversity ENSURING PSYCHEDELIC LIBERTY IN BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES: QUESTIONSTO PONDER
Integration
THE VIRUS, AYAHUASCA, GRIEF, AND HOPEMISSION:
We provide public education and cultural understanding about psychedelic plant medicines and promote a bridge between the ceremonial use of sacred plants and psychedelic science.VISION:
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COUNCIL FOR THE PROTECTION OF SACRED PLANTS DOCUMENTATION, EDUCATION, AND ADVOCACY ON THE LEGALITY OF SACREDPLANTS.
AYAHUASCA COMMUNITY COMMITTEE RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT KEY ISSUES AND PROMOTING POSITIVE ACTION. RACIAL EQUITY AND ACESS COMITTEE PROMOTING THE VOICES OF PEOPLE OF COLOR IN THE FIELD OF PSYCHEDELICSCIENCE.
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MAZATEC PERSPECTIVES ON THE GLOBALIZATION OF PSILOCYBIN MUSHROOMS Rosalía Acosta López- May 6, 2020
CORONAVIRUS, SELF-ISOLATION, AND THE PRAGMATIC FATALISM OF INDIGENOUSPEOPLES
Glenn H. Shepard Jr., Ph.D.- April 20, 2020
We usually think about the medical systems of indigenous people... ENSURING PSYCHEDELIC LIBERTY IN BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES: QUESTIONSTO PONDER
NiCole T. Buchanan, Ph.D.- April 16, 2020
Our current...
THE VIRUS, AYAHUASCA, GRIEF, AND HOPE Chaikuni Witan - April 14,2020
As the whole world grapples with coronavirus, I have the... CAN KETAMINE-INDUCED NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES EXPEDITE HEALING? Eric Sienknecht, Psy.D.- April 13, 2020
Since entering our current climate of shelter-in-place order andsocial...
CORONAVIRUS BRINGS BACK MEMORIESLuis Miguel Modino
- April 10, 2020
Justino Sarmento Rezende, a Salesian priest of the Tuyukaindigenous...
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------------------------- LEARN ABOUT AYAHUASCA, PSILOCIBYN MUSHROOMS, PEYOTE, AND OTHER PSYCHEDELIC PLANT MEDICINES -------------------------SPIRITUALITY
CURING AN INCURABLE DISEASE IN THE AMAZON JUNGLELynne Nardizzi, MSW
- June 11, 2019
Western...
HEALING SEXUAL TRAUMA WITH AYAHUASCAVictoria Wueschner
- May 17, 2019
As...
SACRED MUSHROOMS OF THE MAZATEC TRADITION: TRANSFORMING THE INNER LANDSCAPE OF THE HUMAN PSYCHE Francoise Bourzat, MA- April 5, 2019
These...
HEALING AND KNOWLEDGE WITH AMAZONIAN SHAMANIC DIET Matteo Politi, Ph.D. -September 27, 2018
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SHAMANISM AND THE DYNAMICS OF ADDICTION Michael James Winkelman, Ph.D.- February 27,
2018
Why have addictions and the social problems of drug abuse become oneof the greatest...
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CULTURE
CORONAVIRUS, SELF-ISOLATION, AND THE PRAGMATIC FATALISM OF INDIGENOUSPEOPLES
Glenn H. Shepard Jr., Ph.D.- April 20, 2020
We...
CORONAVIRUS BRINGS BACK MEMORIESLuis Miguel Modino
- April 10, 2020
Justino...
HUMANKIND CROWNED – OR HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THEVIRUS
Bernd Brabec de Mori, Ph.D.- April 2,
2020
To...
VOLUNTARY ISOLATION IN THE AGE OF CORONAVIRUS Glenn H. Shepard Jr., Ph.D.- March 24, 2020
While...
KAMBÔ, RAPÉ AND SANANGA: A RESET ON BODY, MIND AND VISION Leandro Altheman Lopes, MA (C)- February 18,
2020
On...
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SCIENCE
WHY CHRONIC MICRODOSING MIGHT BREAK YOUR HEART Kelan Thomas, PharmD, MS, BCPS, BCPP-
December 17, 2019
While...
HOW MANY AYAHUASCA DRINKERS ARE THERE IN BRAZIL? Luís Fernando M.D., Ph.D.- November 8,
2019
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FAKE NEWS ABOUT AYAHUASCA’S ARCHEOLOGICAL ANTIQUITYGiorgio Samorini -
November 5, 2019
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THE 40 BEST BOOKS ABOUT SHAMANISM AND PLANT MEDICINES Chacruna.net - August 14,2019
In...
THE URGENT NEED TO REVIEW THE BOTANICAL CLASSIFICATION OF THEAYAHUASCA VINE
Regina Celia de Oliveira, Ph.D.- September
27, 2018
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POLICY
NATIVE AMERICAN STATEMENT REGARDING DECRIMINALIZATION OF PEYOTE Steven Benally - March30, 2020
MYTHS AND REALITIES ABOUT THE DECRIMINALIZATION OF PSYCHEDELICS IN THEUS
Sean McAllister, Esq.- March 18, 2020
The...
DECRIMINALIZATION LEGAL LIBRARY Chacruna.net - March 17,2020
Petitions,...
PROPOSED LANGUAGE FOR CALIFORNIA STATEWIDE PSILOCYBIN DECRIMINALIZATION BILL Chacruna.net - February28, 2020
California...
OREGON PSILOCYBIN SERVICES ACT OF 2020 Chacruna.net - February28, 2020
Be...
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INTEGRATION
THE VIRUS, AYAHUASCA, GRIEF, AND HOPE Chaikuni Witan - April 14,2020
As...
CAN KETAMINE-INDUCED NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES EXPEDITE HEALING? Eric Sienknecht, Psy.D.- April 13, 2020
Since...
INTEGRATION: THE UPSIDE OF COMING DOWN – DEBRIEFING, DISRUPTING &DARK JOURNEYS
Harvey Schwartz, Ph.D.- April 6, 2020
INTEGRATION: THE UPSIDE OF COMING DOWN Harvey Schwartz, Ph.D.- March 20, 2020
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HOW PSYCHEDELICS EXPOSE THE RACIAL STIGMA AROUND PARENTINGNicholas Powers -
January 13, 2020
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NEWS
PRESS RELEASE: PSYCHEDELIC LIBERTY SUMMIT 2020 Chacruna.net - February7, 2020
EXPLOSIVE GROWTH OF PLANT MEDICINE MOVEMENT AIMS TO HELP HEAL THEWORLD
Chacruna.net - January15, 2020
REPORT: AYAHUASCA SYMPOSIUM UK Adam Knowles, PgDip -June 26, 2019
PLEASE SUPPORT PSYCHEDELIC DECRIMINALIZATION IN OAKLAND Chacruna.net - May 20,2019
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QUEERING PSYCHEDELICS PRESS RELEASE Chacruna.net - March 15,2019
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