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Workshop: Psychedelic Churches: From Legal Protections, to Ethics and Reciprocity (2025)
São Paulo · São Paulo

Workshop: Psychedelic Churches: From Legal Protections, to Ethics and Reciprocity (2025)

Wednesday, October 1st from 9:00am to 1:00pm PST Register here Price: $100 CE Approval Pending Scholarships Available As the use of psychedelic plant medicines becomes increasingly visible within spiritual communities, this workshop offers a critical and timely exploration of both legal protections and ethical responsibilities for churches and communities that incorporate plant medicines into their ceremonial practices. It will help participants…Read Article
Press Release - Chacruna’s Indigenous Reciprocity Initiative (IRI) Receives $25,000 Grant

Press Release - Chacruna’s Indigenous Reciprocity Initiative (IRI) Receives $25,000 Grant

The Entheon Foundation recognizes the IRI’s transformative efforts and ethical impact Chacruna Executive Director Bia Labate and Entheon Foundation Strategic Partnerships Lead Laurens de Groot at Psychedelic Science 2025. Art by Michelle Velasco. The Entheon Foundation is the latest organization to honor Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines with a grant of $25,000. The foundation specifically recognizes the vital role of the Indig…Read Article
Jonathan Ott, apostle for jurema and entheogens, dies at 76
Brazil · Brazil

Jonathan Ott, apostle for jurema and entheogens, dies at 76

Chemist made history with spiritual psychedelic self-experiments At the age of 76, American chemist Jonathan Ott died on Saturday, July the 5th. He was an enthusiast of dimethyltryptamine (DMT) extracted from the tree jurema-preta (Mimosa tenuiflora) and one of the inventors of the term “entheogen,” which he preferred to “psychedelic” because it indicated the inner manifestation of something divine. Ott published several works on psychedelics (I…Read Article

Hallucinating Hierarchies: How Patriarchy Co-opts Psychedelics

I welcome this opportunity to talk about the topic of psychedelics and patriarchy, something that is increasingly relevant. The words “patriarchy” and “feminism” are accurate but also have intrinsic gender implications that, from the start, create teams and sides that construct a battle of opposing forces. This is unfortunate, because patriarchy harms most people, benefitting only those at the pinnacle who have amassed the power and wealth to co…Psychedelics · San FranciscoRead Article

What Does Mindful Consumption of Cannabis Look Like?

July 9th, 2025 12:00 PM CST Register for this event here. We are delighted to invite you to Chacruna’s upcoming Community Forum, which will explore the evolving landscape of cannabis use in today’s society. This discussion will challenge outdated models of cannabis prohibition and treatment, and instead foster nuanced, safety-based conversations about mindful and moderate consumption. How can we approach cannabis more like exercise — acknowledgi…Berkeley, California · BerkeleyRead Article

Course: Queering Psychedelics: Intersectionality, Healing, Spirituality and Liberation

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From Hype to Integration: Rethinking Psychedelic Media in 2025

The psychedelic conversation has fundamentally changed. At the 2025 Psychedelic Culture conference, this shift was palpable—we’re no longer debating whether these substances have legitimate uses, but rather how to thoughtfully integrate them into our existing systems. The old narrative framing of “counterculture versus mainstream” has become obsolete, replaced by the far more complex work of cultural, medical, and regulatory integration. The bat…Austin, Texas · AustinRead Article

Press Release – Enrolling Now: Roots of Psychedelic Therapy

San Francisco, CA — [June 23, 2025] —The Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines, a global leader in ethical psychedelic education, is thrilled to offer a new session of its highly demanded course: Roots of Psychedelic Therapy: Shamanism, Ritual and Traditional Uses of Sacred Plants. This 16-week live, online course runs from July 8 to October 21, 2025, and offers 28 CE credits for eligible professionals. Register for the Course This…Education · CaliforniaRead Article

Psychedelic Science 2025 Kicks Off

The 2025 Psychedelic Science conference kicked off on Wednesday, June 18 with a plenary talk at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver. Hosted by the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), PS25 takes place June 16-20 and features more than 500 speakers. Since its inception in 2010, the Psychedelic Science conference series has sought to support the sharing of knowledge and community building in the psychedelic ecosystem.…Denver, Colorado · DenverSee the Story

The Enchanted Science of Jurema: DMT at the Root of Afro-Amerindian Rituals in Brazil

Bia Labate: Tell me a bit about yourself and your journey. Marcelo Leite: I’ve spent the last 45 years in science journalism, primarily focusing on stories about the destruction of the Amazon rainforest and climate change. After taking a sabbatical at Harvard in 1998, I returned to academia and earned a PhD in Social Sciences, specifically studying the Human Genome Project—incidentally, that’s when we first met! In 2017, I covered the Psychedeli…Psychedelics · NatalRead Article

Sacred Plant Alliance to Sue DEA Over Religious Exemption Process

As part of their legal advocacy, Sacred Plant Alliance intends to file a lawsuit to reform the Drug Enforcement Agency’s Guidance on its religious-based exemption process More individuals are seeking the profound spiritual experiences accessed through religious practices involving the ceremonial use of sacred, consciousness-altering substances for spiritual purposes (sometimes referred to as “sacraments” or “entheogens”). It is fundamental that …United States · United StatesRead Article

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