Wander with us into the Enchanted Woodland, where the forest floor comes alive with the hum of unseen magic…

Join us on this 5 day journey into the mystical and mythical realms of the mycelial world where we, and our fungi friends, will be held and nurtured in the woodland setting of Cae Mabon in Snowdonia.

Together we will experience the fungal world in all its glory, existing in harmony with the many mushroom species that grow in the woods. Through this immersive experience we will forge an intimate bond with the iconic Amanita Muscaria, uncovering her many secrets and history as a medicine mushroom.

Learn about the ancient history of Amanita Muscaria through myth and folklore, ritual and ceremony, foraging and medicine making. The week's activities include workshops to teach us the practice of tincture and oil making, with each of us returning home with bottles of self made medicine.

We've carefully selected the dates for our retreat to coincide with the peak of mushroom fruiting season, so we can increase our chances of encountering the magnificent and majestic Amanita Muscaria in her natural habitat (mushroom fruitings are notoriously unpredictable, so Amanita sightings are not guaranteed!).

Let us venture forth with hopeful hearts and open minds, and embrace the enchantment that awaits us in the woodlands.

Together we will

🍄 Journey into the woodland to forage and uncover the hidden treasures of the earth, and meet the infamous Amanita Muscaria

🌿 Learn of the ancient wisdom of Amanita, as we delve into her rich history of use in sacred rituals, ceremonies, and medicinal practices

🍄 Gather for Sacred  Ceremonies in Cae Mabon’s thatched Celtic Roundhouse

🌿 Learn the process of Amanita tincture and oil making, making a bottle each of both tincture and oil to take home

🍄 Explore a variety of safe and effective ways to experience the mystical properties of the Amanita Muscaria

🌿 Embark on nature hikes, go wild swimming and come together around the warmth of the fireside, as we share songs, stories, and laughter in the heart of the forest

🍄 Lose ourselves in the enchanting rhythm of the forest, as we dance in harmony with the woodland mushroom spirit

🌿 Experience daily meditations, breath work, drumming circles, yoga and more

🍄 Meet like-minded human beings and nature lovers in a dreamy, hobbit land setting 

What's Included?

4 nights accommodation and all activities, ceremonies, one self made tincture and one oil (50ml) to take home, hot tub access and meals are included in the price of your ticket. 

You will need to arrange your own transport to/from the retreat center. Bangor is the nearest railway station. We will connect our group ahead of time to arrange ride shares.

Cae Mabon's in-house catering will provide our seasonal and nutritionally balanced meals with locally sourced produce. Our friends in the next valley, at Tyddyn Teg Organic Cooperative and Pandy Farm supply us with fresh “earth to table” produce. We prefer to cook vegan/plant based and vegetarian and can accommodate most dietary requirements, with advanced notice.    

In the Autumn, we provide nourishing porridge on the breakfast bar and we love to cook soups, stews and roasted veg. We are also blessed with an abundance of fungi in our woodland, which we will respectfully harvest and prepare fresh as part of the autumn menu.

Accommodation

The Cae Mabon Eco-Retreat Centre rests in an oak forest clearing, by a rushing river and serene lake, at the foot of Snowdon. At its heart is a thatched Celtic Roundhouse, home to many convivial evenings of fireside story and song. Circling this hub-hearth is a family of seven elegant dwellings made from strawbales, cedar logs, cob, stone, thatch, turf, timber and hempcrete. A renovated barn contains a fully equipped kitchen and a large room to eat and meet. There is a composting loo, washroom, thatched shower hut and luxurious hot tub, a magical tree nest and riverside play and ceremony area.

For important information about your stay at Cae Mabon, check out: Cae Mabon - about your visit

Low-Income and Payment Plans

We want to ensure this event is accessible to all, so have reserved two bursary spaces at the discounted price of £600.  If you are struggling to meet the ticket price please write to carly@psychedelicsociety.org.uk with details of your financial situation. We will review and consider your request for a bursary ticket and respond within 2 weeks. Payment plans are available.

Disclaimer

Please note that this retreat should not be considered as a replacement for personal therapy. Our facilitators are skilled and experienced in coaching, nature connection and other therapeutic modalities, but there will not be any trained psychotherapists or medical staff onsite. If you are experiencing any significant challenges with your mental or physical health, we strongly recommend you seek support from a qualified professional. 

Amanita Muscaria will be used as a topical medicine only.

YOUR FACILITATORS

Carly Birch

Carly is a facilitator, event curator and co-director of the Psychedelic Society. She holds a reverence for the transformative potential of immersive retreats, and crafts events designed to cultivate a deeper connection with ourselves, each other and the natural world. 

An advocate for the safe and therapeutic use of psychedelics, Carly is certified in Transpersonal Coaching Psychology and has completed a year long psychedelic-informed practitioner training with VITAL. Aiding her experience in creating transformative passages through expanded states of consciousness.

Beyond her work with the Psychedelic Society and her ongoing studies, Carly is a certified kuala tantra yoga teacher and works with Heroic Hearts Project UK, supporting ayahuasca retreats for veterans and law enforcement workers. Pre pandemic, she was living and working at a plant medicine retreat center in Ecuador, managing the retreats and center, and assisting in ceremonies.

Lawrence Joye

Lawrence Joye is a dedicated facilitator, developmental coach, and retreat host with a passion for supporting personal and communal transformation. 

He is an internationally accredited Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming and Communication. Following his two years of intensive training and development with The Coaching Room in Australia, he gained further experience as a coach and facilitator with YES& Conscious Leadership between 2020 and 2023. 

Inspired by a life-changing initiate program with the Mankind Project, Lawrence has spent the past 3 years passionately developing the Menspedition men's work community. Through various events, workshops and retreats, he seeks to create spaces where men can explore and grow into themselves, and connect authentically with others. 

Lawrence has also been a registered facilitator of The Work That Reconnects since 2021 and since then has been offering workshops and retreats with this profound and powerful body of work. 

Lawrence’s mission is to create a world of beauty, joy, and truth by offering the gift of his hands and heart, and by meeting each moment with openness, acceptance, and love.

Agnieszka Laskus 

Agnieszka is an award-winning artist and an accredited Energy Healer. She has 20 years of experience as a facilitator, having spent her early career as a teacher, consultant and a director leading teams in the educational sector. She has worked both with young people and adults. 

Since her early teens she has been drawn to sacred sites and over the years she has undertaken many pilgrimages to ancient lands of historic and ceremonial importance. Some of her most significant initiations and grid work happened at Palenque Mayan ruins, land of the Cathars, Medjugorje, Bosnian Pyramids, Mount Shasta, Avalon and ancient Albion. 

In 2017 she discovered Amanita Muscaria and the following year was called to work with Sacred Waters. This made her transition from her line of work to embrace the world of Arts, Healing and Ceremony which is at the heart of her current work. She makes medicinal remedies and holds ceremonies to share the wisdom of the elements and the ancient medicine. 

She has recently graduated from Mycotherapy Studies and is in the process of Nutrition Advisory training to finalise her accreditation in the field. Her other accredited modalities are Angelic Reiki, Metamorphic Technique, Intuitive Healing, Vinyasa Yoga and Mindfulness. She is currently also undergoing Shamanic Studies to deepen and expand her practice. 

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