Hi there,
The Psychedelic Society is turning 10! And next Saturday, 30 November, we invite you to come celebrate with us!
We are thrilled to share this special day and night event packed with talks, lectures, workshops, music and all kinds of glorious forms of communication and growth. Although we started with a focus solely on psychedelics 10 years ago, our events have expanded and developed like the mycelia we are over this decade.
This celebration will be a chance to experience all seven of our event categories of connection from consciousness to intimacy and embodiment with a full 14 hours of programming across two gorgeous spaces of the new &Soul venue in Southall. We're so excited about the rich array of experiences we have in store and of course, the chance to meet, celebrate, and deeply connect with the breadth of this extraordinary community. You can purchase a daytime ticket (11am-7pm), evening-only (7pm-1am) - or a combination for the full journey.
Come join us to reflect on the last ten years and collectively dream about the next!
WHAT'S IN STORE…
DAYTIME MINI-FESTIVAL (11am-7pm)
✨ Keynote - The Bigger Picture of Psychedelics with Alexander Beiner
Individual and collective trauma has led us to the brink of catastrophic breakdown of societal and eco/bio-systems. Can psychedelics play a part in humanity’s response to this global crisis? Drawing on his acclaimed recent book, The Bigger Picture, legendary thinker Alexander Beiner will set the scene for the role of psychedelics in our future in this keynote.
✨ Panel - Bridging Worlds: Psychedelic Science and Indigenous Wisdom
A discussion and Q&A on the intersection between modern psychedelic science and the traditional use of psychedelics in healing and ritual. We’ll explore ethical tensions, appropriation, and opportunities for bridging these two worlds. This panel will feature researchers from Heroic Hearts UK and Onaya Science, two leading psychedelic research organizations that collaborate closely with indigenous ayahuasca-using communities in the Amazon.
✨ Altered States Breathwork with Jez Grattan Kane
A journey of conscious-connected breathwork, where you’ll be guided through circular breathing and breath-holds to induce shifts in your conscious state. The effects of this breathwork can be anything from soothing and gentle through to a full-body emotional release and psychedelic potential.
✨ Wild Play Lab with Dani Tonks
This workshop uses play, creative meditation, and improvisation to bring awareness to our unconscious behavioral patterns and consciously dismantle our limiting habits in a fun, accessible, and safe environment. This is a deep and powerful practice of getting ‘out of our heads’ and trusting the wisdom of our bodies.
✨ Sensorium with Dia
Our senses are the portals to our human experience. This is a space to relax, and surrender to sensations of play and pleasure. Let yourself be taken on a sacred journey through your senses. In pairs, you will take turns being blindfolded and exploring taste, touch, smell, and energy with one another.
✨ Talk - Layers of Consciousness with Shamil Chandaria
In this talk, Shamil Chandaria, a philosopher and former strategic advisor at DeepMind, will discuss his model of consciousness and how it integrates the leading theories of consciousness and perception. We will then have a practical session in which a series of thought experiments, guided meditations and perception games will give you a taste of the many wonders your mind has to offer. Expect to further understand altered states, and how to integrate the deepest layers of consciousness with everyday reality.
✨ Psychedelic Speed-Friending
Taking inspiration from the 36 Questions to Intimacy, this platonic friend ‘dating’ offers a menu of profound, intriguing, and spicy questions designed to inspire authenticity and deepen your connection with those around you.
✨ Earth Rhythms with Alana Bloom
Attune to the world’s cyclical patterns and discover the map of the wheel of the year as a portal for deep connection with the land, your community and your inner world. During this hour long experiential workshop we will explore the seasonal qualities we find prevalent in the northern hemisphere, especially within the British Isles, co- creating an altar that honours and celebrates the different qualities that exist in each point.
💞 An array of stalls from partner organizations and vendors 💞
Meet other psychedelic orgs! Learn about the work of our partners at PsyCare, PAR, and many others or check out psychedelic art from visionary artists like Harry Pack and herbal medicines to bring about energy, relaxation, or an overall health kick.
EVENING PARTY (7pm-1am)
🌙 Cacao activation with Cacao Amor (the Hive)
Our most loving plant ally, supporting us in the imperative journey from the head to the heart! For our event, Dia CacaoAmor brings this consecrated beverage, for us to collaborate with, and dance into the night. Cacao wants to experience themselves through you, inspiring us to live from the heart, with curiosity, playful innocence and connection. Originating in Ecuador and Peru, Cacao was revered as a sacred tree more than 5000 years ago in the lands of Abya Yala.
🌙 Ritual rave with Gaia Harvey-Jackson (the Hive)
Bridging the worlds of the sacred and the absurd, Gaia's dances facilitate brave spaces for you to totally lose your shit, break free of the box, and express yourself with wild abandon.
🌙 Euphoric rave with DJ Jane Latham (the Hive)
Using a blend of music genres from ethereal, organic, afro and deep house through to techno, Jane weaves emotive melodies with surging rhythms to help you shake off any physical and emotional tensions and completely let go into the magic of dancing with total freedom of movement and expression. She will ensure that you end the night on a high!
🌙 Singing workshop and open mic jam with George Montagu (the Shala)
Meanwhile in the Shala space, George will open his singing session with a workshop teaching through call and response from a collection of stunning numbers old & new (from folk & medicine music to modern pop), each chosen for their capacity to tap into deep nourishment, joy & healing. Then we'll transition into a round-the-fire style jam & an open mic. This is an opportunity to share as much or as little as you want in a space dedicated to supporting & nurturing authentic, heartfelt & courageous expression.
🌙 Museum of Consciousness with Carl Smith (the Shala)
This intimate and cutting-edge exhibition includes sound transmissions produced by audio wizards, with the aim to alter one's state of consciousness with sound alone.
🌙 Soothing sound healing and gong bath (the Shala)
As we close Psychedelic Society’s 10th anniversary, We The Conscious® and Sound Mirror will guide us into a deeply immersive experience that celebrates the power of gratitude. This special session combines breathwork, traditional sound bath and 360° soundscape to honour the community, the milestone of this gathering, and the shared journey that connects us all.
Want to get involved?
There are a large number of elements we'd love to add to this incredible event, which is all made much easier if the community is able to help us. If anyone Is able to provide any of the following we would absolutely love to hear from you:
- Videography of the event
- Editing of video footage
- Photography at the event
- Sound technician services
- Microphones
For anyone interested to volunteer at this or future events, either as a steward or helper on setup or other various roles, please fill out our volunteer form.
