The Church of Ambrosia claims city-required upgrades and alleged religious discrimination forced its closure, while violations and safety concerns remain points of contention.

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The world's largest psychedelic church is about to close its doors in San Francisco.

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Zide Door is a part of the so-called Church of Ambrosia--the largest psychedelic church in the country. But its pastor says the last few weeks of 2024 are set to be Zide Door's last in San Francisco

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SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- A San Francisco "psychedelic church" that gained national attention for its adherence to the "spiritual power" of psilocybin mushrooms will be closing its doors by the end of the year. Zide Door will close its location in the city's SOMA neighborhood with its pastor citing harassment from the San Francisco Planning Department. The church, according to a press release, was the "victim of a city planning department bent on …

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The founder and pastor of a very non-traditional church says their San Francisco location will now close due to harassment by the city over ongoing issues with their building.

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San Francisco church with ‘magic mushrooms' to close after alleged harassment by city

Zide Door, a psychedelic church in San Francisco, will close by year-end, citing harassment by city officials.

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Psychedelic church in San Francisco to close following alleged harassment from city officials

The "largest psychedelic church in the world" is set to shut its doors in San Francisco following a dispute with the city's planning department.
Members of Zide Door follow the Church of Ambrosia faith, which believes that psychedelics such as entheogenic, or psychoactive substances such as…

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World's Largest Psychedelic Church to Shut in San Francisco

The "largest psychedelic church in the world" is set to shut its doors in San Francisco following a dispute with the city's planning department.Members of Zide Door follow the Church of Ambrosia faith, which believes that psychedelics such as entheogenic, or psychoactive substances such as psilocybin mushrooms and DMT can lead to spiritual enlightenment, or access to the divine.Though psychedelics are illegal in California, San Francisco has pas…

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The Church of Ambrosia’s Zide Door in SF has been providing magic mushrooms and other legally questionable delights for over a year now at Howard and Seventh streets, but says they’re shutting down the SF location because of “harassment” from the SF Planning Department.For about the last five years, a purported “magic mushroom church” called the Church of Ambrosia has been operating out of Oakland, providing what they call “safe access of all En…

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‘Magic Mushroom Church’ Is Closing Down Its SoMa Location, Claiming Harassment From SF City Hall

LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS?   CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE!  "We are the world's largest entheogenic church, providing cannabis, mushrooms, and DMT as sacrament for people," Church of Ambrosia pastor Dave Hodges said yesterday. "We're the first and the biggest." — Read the rest  The post San Francisco's famed magic mushroom church closing doors, cites city government "harassment" appeared first on Boing Boing.

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