Belinda Eriacho, Lila Vega, Camara Rajabari
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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
Santo Daime religion, founded in the Brazilian Amazon in the 1930s, is now global. The bailado dance is central, offering unique psychoactive engagement and fostering ecological identity and healing opportunities.
Ana Flecha
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
Indigenous plant medicines and practices are threatened by colonialism, extraction, and climate change. Supporting traditional Indigenous Medicine conservation directly supports climate and biodiversity conservation.
Miriam Volat, Mona Polacca, Chief Nixiwaka Biraci Yawanawa
Address delves into peyote's historical, cultural, and colonial impact, challenging dominant narratives and exploring paths for cultural preservation and religious freedom. Speakers illuminate untold narratives and complexities.
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
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
Dr. Fadiman shares insights from personal psychedelic experiences and interactions with key pioneers, highlighting how psychedelics influence his Integrative Medicine philosophy and potential for global impact.
Andrew Weil
Spring Washam shares insights from combining Ayahuasca with Buddhist philosophy, offering a new pathway for awakening. She discusses transformative practices and ethical ways to navigate the medicine path.
Spring Washam
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