Hi there,

Right now, somewhere across Britain, someone is stuffing wellies into a rucksack while nervously eyeing the weather forecast. Festival season is properly upon us, and with it comes that familiar flutter of excitement – the promise of four days where anything could happen, where ordinary life is suspended and we enter a beautiful, temporary tribe.

There's a reason psychedelics and festivals feel like natural bedfellows.

And honestly, some of the most profound experiences happen in these chaotic, magical spaces. We've heard incredible stories from our community – moments of connection that lasted long after the comedown and insights that shifted entire life perspectives.

But a field in Somerset at 3am with 10,000 strangers is a very different beast from your carefully planned ceremony at home or with a guide. Festival psychedelics can be unpredictable in ways that catch people off guard and often even microdoses can be powerful when in highly stimulating settings.

So if you're taking them at festivals this summer, please treat them and yourself with the respect and care you both deserve.

Know exactly what you're taking and how much (you can read up on all substances and dosing info on our harm reduction pages), bring someone who's committed to staying relatively sensible, consider your set, setting and emotional state, and familiarise yourself with where help lives if you need it.

Our brilliant friends at PsyCare are at festivals across the UK and Europe with free drug testing services, knowledgeable volunteers, and zero judgement. Many of our team are PsyCare-trained volunteers and can attest that their whole mission is keeping people safe. If you need their tent, don't hesitate to go there.

And remember – those profound moments don't vanish when you pack up your tent and return to reality. Festival experiences can be just as intense and meaningful as any other psychedelic journey, which means they deserve the same care afterwards.

Our next online Integration Circle is coming up on August 5th, and we'd love to hear about whatever magic (or chaos) you encountered in those sunny fields. Happy festival-ing!

As always, you can find all our upcoming events and retreats on our events page.

At the bottom of this newsletter you'll also find:

Last chance to join our team and become our next London event coordinator - submissions close on 3 August!
A 10% discount to All Things Fungi festival in September

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NEWS & OFFERINGS

Join the team!

We're looking for a passionate freelancer to join our cosy team of 6 to help us further develop our events offerings related to nature connection, psychology and wellbeing, and the therapeutic arts. You'd vision, create, manage and promote 1–2 events/month (20–40 capacity), plus at least one larger-scale event per quarter (70+ capacity) across a range of subjects and topics and help build our beautiful community!

Apply here

Discount to All Things Fungi festival

Calling all fungi lovers! This is an educational and community-oriented gathering uniting local and national fungi groups. The festival will cover mushroom identification, cultivation, microscopy, DNA sequencing and topics surrounding the soil food web, composting, permaculture & and rewilding.

All Things Fungi Festival celebrates creativity, exploring the somewhat blurred boundaries where art meets science with experts at the forefront of mycology in the UK and beyond!

Use code PSY10 at checkout for 10% off tickets

Join us

Ready to grow your own mushrooms?

Our friends at MycoPunks and Orangutan Trading Co have created exclusive discounts for Psychedelic Society members off a selection of curated mushroom cultivation kits, supplies and spores. MycoPunks are a small team of passionate fungi fanatics who supply all manner of mycology related wares, from ready to use mushroom grow kits to lab equipment!

Simply use the code PSYCHSOC at checkout for 20% off selected items.

Orangutan Trading Co also offer a vast selection of spore syringes, prints, and swabs for microscopy. Use the code PSYCHSOC for 10% off your spores.

Join our community of members!

We fund our work in community-building and psychedelic education primarily through our membership program.

By becoming a member of The Psychedelic Society community, you get access to exclusive members-only events, a discount on events, and support the development of this alternative cultural space. Membership starts from just £5/month!