Osiris Sinuhé González Romero
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Jerónimo Mazarrasa explores lessons modern psychedelic medicine can learn from indigenous traditions in working with powerful plants like ayahuasca. He draws from 20 years of experience with ayahuasca practices.
Jerónimo Mazarrasa
Comparison of psilocybin mushroom conceptions in Global North research and Mazatec culture, exploring impacts of commercialization on Indigenous communities and proposing solutions for addressing colonial legacies in psychedelic industry.
Nicholas Spiers
Dennis J. McKenna, Ph.D., a prominent ethnopharmacologist, co-founded the Heffter Research Institute and played a pivotal role in the Hoasca Project. He also taught Ethnopharmacology at the University of Minnesota.
Dennis J McKenna
Peyote's historical significance as a sacrament faces sustainability challenges due to increased psychedelic use and ecological threats. Discussion focuses on legal and environmental protection for future generations.
Steven S Benally, Lucy Benally, Forrest Tahdooahnippah
Veterans find healing through traditional psychedelics, beyond clinical research. Explore how veteran communities use psychedelics in ceremonial settings for therapeutic benefits.
Jesse Gould, Grace Blest-Hopley, Zachary Skiles
Dr. Harris shares insights from interviews with women elders guiding long-term underground psychedelic journeys, focusing on themes like self-healing, apprenticeship, and relationships with medicines. These priestesses offer an alternative perspective
Rachel Harris
Explorers and wisdom keepers discuss benefits, challenges, and mysteries of cultivating direct relationships with plant medicines, contrasting this approach with psychedelic integration into the medical system.
Alejandra Barabas, Lorien Chaves
Panel explores reciprocity in global plant medicine spaces, focusing on disparities in psychedelic renaissance participation between Global North and South communities, emphasizing Indigenous perspectives and advocating for decolonization. Discussions include
Marlena Robbins, Joseph Mays
Mazatec people's traditional psilocybin healing ceremonies were disrupted by unwanted visitors post-1957 Life Magazine article, impacting their community and raising concerns about intellectual property in the current psychedelic revival.
Osiris García Cerqueda, Rene Arevalo Martinez
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