Andrew Weil
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Dr. Tafur explores the spiritual aspect of using sacred plant and psychedelic medicines in emotional processing and mental health improvements, combining traditional ceremony and scientific research.
Joe Tafur
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
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
Dr. Dölen presents evidence linking psychedelics to reopening the social reward learning critical period, suggesting a shared mechanism across these drugs. This metaplastic restoration of oxytocin-mediated long-term depression may have
Indigenous cultures use psychedelics in group settings, contrasting with recent individual-focused psychedelic therapy research. New studies explore group administration for cost-effective care and conventional therapy benefits.
Paul Thambi, Christopher “Chris” Stauffer
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
Panelists explore Judaism's historical, cultural, and contemporary views on psychedelics, examining their potential role in Jewish spirituality and healing practices through ritual, history, and mysticism. The conversation aims to deepen
Sam Shonkoff, Rabbi Tirzah Firestone, Madison Margolin
Panel explores interplay between psychedelics and Buddhist philosophy/practice, discussing potential for expanded awareness/self-discovery/liberation and presenting unique perspective on relationship between the two.
Daan Keiman, Kan Yan
Panel on using psychedelics for healing migration-related trauma and reconnecting with ancestral roots, exploring cultural integration and addressing intergenerational trauma in immigrant communities.
Malek Asfeer, Grace Cepe, Oriana Mayorga, Simran Preeti Sethi
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