Hi there,
It’s been wonderful to see knowledge and appreciation of fungi come meaningfully into the public eye this year. On Monday Sky News announced that terminally ill Canadians won the right to use magic mushrooms for end-of-life stress, and The Mirror reported that ‘Magic mushrooms should be legalised to save NHS millions says cop boss.’
Exciting stuff!
You can learn more about the latest psychedelic news and discuss it with other Psychedelic Society members at this free event hosted by our founder and co-director Stephen Reid.
To pick up in-depth knowledge on how fungi make our worlds, change our minds and shape our futures, tune into our launch event for Merlin Sheldrake's book Entangled Life in which we'll be speaking with him and fellow fungi experts Darren Springer and David Satori.
Or if you're keen to start growing mushrooms at home, enroll in on our Shroomshops and learn basic cultivation skills.
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Talks
Breaking My Ties To Racism - A Psychedelic Journey To Wholeness, Fri 28th Aug: Join Akua Ofosuhene for a discussion on how and why psychedelics can help to end racism.
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The Empowered Talk Series: Destigmatising Herpes, Mon 24th Aug: The first in a series of online workshops on empowering safer-s/ex conversations. This session will focus on creating permission to talk about herpes, so we can begin to normalise it and empower one another to have the best safer-s/ex conversations, to break the stigma and to be s/ex positive!
Psychedelics & Religion, Tues 1st Sept: How do holy books refer to the use of psychedelics? What esoteric and occult practices do these religions contain that are connected to psychedelics? Darren Springer and Sanae Orchi will share their personal research, taking you on an exciting exploration of these questions and how they can impact your life today.
Entangled Life, Weds 9 Sept: Join Merlin Sheldrake, Darren Springer, David Satori and Bonny Tydeman for a discussion on how fungi make our worlds, change our minds and shape our future…
Courses
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Womb Alchemy - six week course starting Thurs 17 Sept: Return to your body's natural wisdom and unearth your raw essence through the cultivation of practices in Womb consciousness, such as ritual, Womb yoga, myth work and alchemical meditation.
Doors of Perception: Online Six Week Immersion starting Mon 21st Sept: In a series of deceptively simple experiments and awareness exercises, you may discover fundamental truths about your experience - an experience that is both thrilling and liberating. (edited)
Womxn's Circle Facilitation Training: 3 Month Online Programme starting Fri 2nd Oct: Learn and practice a wide range of facilitation skills, form a tight knit community of femme leaders, release your doubt and fear to step into your power as a facilitator.
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The Body Knows: A Four Week Somatic Exploration starting Weds 30 Sept: Cultivate a deep and powerful relationship with yourself and the natural world, through listening to the innate wisdom of your body.
Beyond the Body: 4 Week Online Course Inducing Out of Body Experiences starting Sun 4 Oct: Learn how to self-induce, navigate and integrate an out of body experience (OBE).
Member Events
Headless Way with Richard Lang, Mon 24th Aug: In a series of deceptively simple experiments and awareness exercises, you will learn fundamental truths about your experience - an experience that is both thrilling and liberating.
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Psychedelic News Review, Wed 2nd Sept: In this free, members-only event, the Psychedelic Society's founder and co-director Stephen Reid will lead a discussion on all the exciting new developments in the world of psychedelics over the past few weeks.
How To Read Nature, Sat 12th Sept: Learn how to read the language of nature on this walk with mycologist, conservationist, teacher, and avid enthusiast of plants and fungi David Satori.
Workshops
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Kundalini Yoga Rebirthing, Sun 16th Aug: An opportunity to drop some subconscious baggage and become clearer in mind and purpose through movement, breath, mantra, mudra and sound.
Where does your Sovereignty Lie? Breathwork with Anthony Abbagnano, Fri 21st Aug: We will use exercises and the breath to connect our subconscious to the cosmic code, to rewrite outdated scripts and emerge as game-changers of substance. There is a morning and evening session, to cover all time zones.
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Rewilding Our Bodies, Sun 30 Aug: An opportunity to speak to your body (and others) through verbal, non verbal, somatic and physical embodiment practices.
Wild Play Lab: Unlock, Release, Relax - Sun 6 Sept: Using play as a tool for personal transformation, you'll explore techniques that can unlock creative blocks, release stored tension and create more space for our intuitive self to emerge.
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Shroomshops - Wed 2nd Sept & regularly throughout the year: Darren Springer will guide you through the basics of mushroom cultivation, covering various techniques for growing gourmet and medicinal mushrooms such as Oyster, Reishi & Shiitake.
Self Love Workshop, Thu 10th Sept: Let go of limiting beliefs and step into greater possibility and heart felt connection through this workshop combining breathwork, meditation and neuro-linguistic programming.
Medicine Festival
Medicine is a newly visioned gathering to inspire authentic connection and regeneration for people and planet. We are thrilled that it will be going ahead this year from 27-31 August in line with social distancing regulations.
Now more than ever is the time to seek new narratives, connections, skills and understanding to rekindle the fabric of community, redefine culture, celebrate the beauty and wonder of life and help us to restore our home, this sacred Earth.
Get your ticket here and receive a 10% discount with the code: PSYCHSOCxMEDICINE
Alalaho Retreats - Bookings Open
We are thrilled to announce that from October 2020 Alalaho will open their doors again to invite you on a psilocybin-assisted journey. Until the full Alalaho website launches in autumn, you can book your tickets via the Experience Retreats website, where you can also find the full list of upcoming dates, the Covid-19 safety protocol, and send in your application.
Alalaho is a new, independent organisation that will evolve the work of the Experience Retreats, offering more breadth and depth.
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Full Event Listings
You can view the full event listing here.
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The purpose of the Psychedelic Society is to nurture a culture where everyone has ample opportunities to connect with themselves, one another, to our living planet, and to the mystery of existence. We're a not-for-profit worker co-operative aspiring to the Teal paradigm, and we rely on the generosity of people who understand the transformative potential of psychedelic/entheogenic plants, fungi and compounds.
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