Chacruna Chronicles is shaped by a diverse community of writers, researchers, and practitioners who bring depth, nuance, and critical perspective to the psychedelic field. We are grateful to all of our authors for their contributions.
Marcelo Leite, PhD, former Nieman Fellow (Harvard), a science journalist in Brazil, writes the blog Virada Psicodélica. His book “Psiconautas...
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Bia Labate has a PhD in anthropology. She has published 28 books and 3 special journal editions about psychedelic plant...
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Dr. Faber is an experienced scientist and pharmaceutical professional specializing in translational clinical development. She is member of the Board...
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Erika Dyck, Ph.D. (History), is a Professor at the University of Saskatchewan, and a Canada Research Chair in the History...
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Maria Mocerino is a creative writer and interviewer that covers psychedelics. Currently, she is working on an interview series with...
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Ali McGhee, Ph.D., is a a member of the Chacruna Chronicles editorial team. She lives, writes, and teaches in Asheville,...
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Anya Ermakova, Ph.D. is a conservation biologist, researching peyote ecology in the USA with Prof. Martin Terry. She is part...
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Emily Sinclair is an anthropology Ph.D (C) candidate studying ayahuasca shamanism in Loreto, Peru. She is a member of Chacruna’s...
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Diana Negrín, Ph.D, is a geographer, educator and curator. She currently serves on the board of the Wixárika Research Center...
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Sean McAllister is a lawyer specializing in psychedelic law. He is an appointed member of the Denver Psilocybin Mushroom Policy...
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Sean Lawlor is a writer and graduate student of Transpersonal Counseling at Naropa University. He currently writes about psychedelics for...
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Zoë Dubus is a french PhD in history of medicine. She studies the transformations of medical practices and health policies...
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Matt “River” Baldwin, MFT, is a psychotherapist and musician living in San Francisco. He is a graduate of the Psychedelic...
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Henrique Fernandes Antunes has a Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of São Paulo (USP, Brazil). He is Chacruna’s Research...
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Glauber Loures de Assis has a PhD in Sociology from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). He is also...
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Dr. Clancy Cavnar is a licensed psychologist who works in a private practice in San Francisco. She is Co-Founder and...
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Nidia Olvera-Hernández is a historian and anthropologist who studies psychoactive substances. She has a Ph.D. in modern and contemporary history...
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Glenn H. Shepard Jr., Ph.D, is an anthropologist, filmmaker and tenured staff researcher in the Human Sciences Division at the...
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Simon Ruffel is a psychiatrist with a PhD in Amazonian ayahuasca and mental health. He is the co-founder of Onaya...
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Geoff Bathje, PhD is a former Full Professor, and currently a licensed psychologist focused on ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, integration, and harm...
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NiCole T. Buchanan, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Michigan State University and the Clinical Director and Founder...
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Carlos Minuano, journalist and writer, is the founder and editor of Psicodelicamente, an independent psychedelic journalism magazine, created in 2022,...
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Daniela Peluso, Ph.D., is a cultural anthropologist and an Emeritus Fellow at the University of Kent. She specializes in the...
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Dr. Adele Lafrance is a clinical psychologist, author and co-developer of emotion-focused treatment modalities. She conducts research on the therapeutic...
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Shelby Hartman is Editor-in-Chief of DoubleBlind, a newly launched magazine magazine on psychedelics. She has reported on psychedelics and plant...
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Kerry Moran, M.A., LPC is a depth-oriented psychotherapist and writer working with the integration of ayahuasca. She lives in Pisac,...
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Allison advises on employment, corporate, and intellectual property law and right to religious exercise at Hoots Law Practice PLLC. Allison...
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Rob Heffernan is an independent researcher and activist who has been involved in the vegetalismo and Santo Daime ayahuasca traditions...
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Kelan Thomas, PharmD, MS, BCPS, BCPP is Associate Professor of Clinical Sciences at Touro University California College of Pharmacy and...
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Amy Bartlett (she/her) is a feminist, lawyer, community organizer and psychedelic researcher exploring the role that mystical psychedelic experiences play...
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Osiris Sinuhé González Romero earned his PhD at Leiden University, he has been involved in psychedelic research since 2008. He...
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Lígia Duque Platero has a PhD in Anthropology from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro....
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Adam Knowles, PgDip, is a member of Chacruna’s Women, Gender Diversity, and Sexual Minorities Working Group. He is a London-based existential...
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Alexander Dawson, Ph.D., teaches history at the University at Albany (SUNY). He is the author of four books and numerous...
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Martha Hartney is an attorney in Boulder and owns the boutique estate planning firm, Hartney Law, LLC. She is a...
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Monnica T. Williams, Ph.D., ABPP, is a board-certified clinical psychologist and Associate Professor at the University of Connecticut. She has...
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Bernd Brabec de Mori, Ph.D, is cultural anthropologist and musicologist at the University of Graz. His main research areas are...
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Isabel Santana de Rose, Ph.D, is a Brazilian anthropologist and a researcher in the field of the ayahuasca religions and...
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Ana Gretel Echazú Böschemeier is an Argentine-Brazilian feminist anthropologist, university professor and translator researching topics linked to gender, collective health,...
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Kevin Feeney, Ph.D., JD, is a cultural anthropologist and lawyer who has published several articles examining legal and regulatory issues...
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Alli Feduccia, Ph.D. is a Neuropharmacologist working as a Clinical Data Scientist at MAPS Public Benefit Corporation. She is also...
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Alex Belser, PhD, is a clinical scientist, psychologist in private practice, and psychedelic researcher formerly at NYU and Yale University....
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Justin Natoli, JD, LMFT is a psychotherapist, Ketamine-assisted therapist, and Director of the Healing and Growth Center in Los Angeles....
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Daiara Tukano is an indigenous activist, visual artist, fomer coordinator at Rádio Yandê, and holds a master's in human rights...
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Andrew Penn, MS, PMHNP is a psychiatric nurse practitioner, a professor at UC San Francisco, a psychedelic psychotherapy researcher, and...
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Jae Sevelius, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Medicine at University of California, San Francisco, and holds a Certificate in Psychedelic...
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Lt. Gen. Steele served 34 ½ years before retiring in 1999 as the highest-ranking tank officer in Marine Corps. history....
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Ben Feinberg is a Professor of Anthropology at Warren Wilson College in Asheville, NC. He is the author of “The...
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J. Hamilton Hudson earned his JD with an MS from Tulane University and his BA magna cum laude in anthropology...
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Dr. Denise Renye is a licensed clinical psychologist, certified sexologist, and psychedelic integrationist. She has specialized training and expertise in...
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Marc Blainey’s research and publications bridge psychotherapy and the anthropology of religion amidst regional expertise with cultures of Europe, North...
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Genesee Herzberg, PsyD is a psychologist and co-founder of Sage Integrative Health and Alchemy Community Therapy Center. She served as...
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Graham St John, PhD, is Senior Research Fellow, University of Fribourg, Switzerland. He is a cultural anthropologist specialising in event-cultures...
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Christopher Timmermann (PhD) is a neuroscientist and psychologist from Santiago, Chile and based at the Centre for Psychedelic Research in...
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Mike Jay is a historian who has written widely about the history of medicine and drugs. His books include High...
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Wendy Kline, Ph.D., is the Dema G. Seelye Chair in the History of Medicine at Purdue University and the author...
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Dr. Gabor Maté, M.D., is a renowned speaker and bestselling author. His work focus on a range of topics including...
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The Union of traditional Yagé Medics of the Colombian Amazon (UMIYAC) is an indigenous organization representing Siona, Cofán, Inga, Kamentsá,...
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The IPCI conservation effort exists to sustain the spiritual practices of Indigenous Peoples for generations to come; promoting health, well-being,...
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Jeanna Eichenbaum is a psychotherapist in private practice in San Francisco, specializing in issues of alternative sexuality and relationship models...
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An attorney with Guidant Law, Gary Smith is at the forefront of psychedelics and cannabis and law in Arizona. He...
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Jamie Beachy, MDiv, PhD is a professional chaplain, spiritual care educator, and ethics consultant with experience in palliative care, hospice,...
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Carlos Suárez Álvarez has a Masters in Amazonian Studies from the Universidad Nacional Colombia and is the author of the...
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Maya Fern is the SoundMind Institute Oregon Program Coordinator and is a queer, trans woman and board-certified hypnotherapist living in...
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Adam Andros Aronovich is a PhD candidate in Medical Anthropology and Global Health at the Universitat Rovira I Virgili in...
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Charlotte Walsh is a legal academic at Leicester Law School. Her writings and talks challenge the drug laws as they...
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Jean-Francois Sobiecki Bsc Hons (UJ), Dipl Clin Nutr (Aus), is a pioneering South African ethnobotanist, educator and herbalist healer. Jean-Francois...
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Harvey Schwartz, PhD, is Co-founder and Psychologist at Polaris Insight Center. He is passionate about training the next generation of...
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Gerard Artesona is an AMFT currently residing in Oakland California. He has worked in depth with plant medicine traditions since...
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Elizabeth M. Nielson, PhD, is a Psychologist at the Psychedelic Education and Continuing Care Program and therapist on clinical trials...
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Giorgio Samorini is an Italian independent researcher specialized on the ethnobotany, history and archaeology of psychoactive plants. He has carried...
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Dr. James Penner is the editor of Timothy Leary: The Harvard Years (2014) and the author of Pinks, Pansies, and...
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Dr. Stacy B. Schaefer is Professor Emerita in the Department of Anthropology, California State University, Chico. She has researched and...
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Alhena Caicedo Fernández has Ph.D. in social anthropology from EHESS, France and is Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Universidad...
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Francoise Bourzat is trained in Somatic psychology, has been mentored in the Mexican Mazatec tradition of the sacred mushrooms and...
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Stephen Snelders is a Dutch historian of psychedelics and drugs in general. He did his PhD on LSD in the...
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Jon Dennis is a psychedelic lawyer, activist, and consultant. He is the co-host of the Eyes on Oregon podcast, a...
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Decriminalize Nature Oakland is an educational campaign to inform Oakland residents about the value of entheogenic plants and fungi. DNO...
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Ismail L. Ali, JD, currently works as Policy & Advocacy Counsel for the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), presently...
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Erik Davis is an independent scholar and lecturer. He is the author, most recently, of Nomad Codes: Adventures in Modern...
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Kevon Adrian Simpson is Founder of Entheogen Integration Circle (NYC). He is a two-spirit medicine man within the plant medicine...
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David E. Presti, Ph.D teaches neurobiology, psychology, and cognitive science at the University of California in Berkeley. He has worked...
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Edward MacRae is associate professor of anthropology at the Federal University of Bahia, researcher at CETAD/UFBA and NEIP. He has...
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Dee Dee Goldpaugh, LCSW (they/them/theirs) is a psychotherapist, clinical supervisor, educator, and author. Dee Dee is the Clinical Director of...
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Osiris García Cerqueda, PhD is a Mazatec historian and sociologist from Huautla de Jiménez, Oaxaca. He is Chacruna's IRI Program...
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Noah Potter, J.D., is an attorney in private practice, a former chair of the New York City Bar Association’s Committee...
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Chris Elcock is an award-wining independent historian of psychedelics who has recently co-founded the Lyon Psychedelic Society. He is finishing...
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Andrea Ens is a PhD student in History at Purdue University. Her research interests broadly include the history of sexuality,...
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Dana Strauss is a doctoral student in clinical psychology working with Dr. Monnica Williams at the University of Ottawa. She...
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Ariel Vegosen is an inclusivity and diversity expert, educator, trainer, workshop facilitator, coach, consultant, ritualist, and writer. Ariel is the founder...
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Seph Mortensen is Chacruna’s Marketing Advisor, a musician, entrepreneur, and therapist-in-training at Naropa University, exploring the intersections of plant medicine,...
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Jessica Nielson, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Health Informatics at the University of Minnesota and founder of...
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Ibrahim Gabriell is a podcaster, editor, and researcher. As a former professor in the state of Chiapas (Mexico), he has...
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Alí Cortina is a History major from the Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico. He is currently doing his masters degree in Social...
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Joseph Mays has a MSc. in Ethnobotany and is a member of Chacruna’s Ayahusaca Community Committee. He studies biocultural diversity...
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Dr. Joseph Tafur is a Colombian-American family physician. After post-doctoral research in psychoneuroimmunology, Dr. Tafur trained in ayahuasca shamanism under...
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Julie D. Megler, NP-BC, is a nurse practitioner focusing on integrative mental health and integration of non-ordinary states of consciousness....
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Kenneth Tupper, Ph.D., is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Population and Public Health at the University of British...
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Luís Fernando Tófoli, M.D., Ph.D., is a psychiatrist and professor of Psychiatry at the University of Campinas, Brazil. He is...
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Taylor Dysart (@DiceArtTaylor) is a PhD candidate in the Department of History and Sociology of Science at the University of...
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Benjamin Malcolm, PharmD, MPH, BCPP is a clinical psychiatric pharmacist and psychopharmacology consultant. He provides education related to psychedelics as...
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As a psychedelic guide and Program Director at the UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics, Tony supports healing...
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Sidarta Ribeiro. Professor of Neuroscience and Director of the Brain Institute at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte,...
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Michael James Winkelman, Ph.D. (University of California-Irvine), is a medical anthropologist with an interest in psychedelics, alterations of consciousness and...
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Bett Williams is the author of Girl Walking Backwards. Her new book, The Wild Kindness chronicles cover seven years of...
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Rosalía Acosta López is a psychologist from La Salle University, Puebla, and has been based in Huautla de Jiménez for...
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Geneviève Paiement is a screenwriter, poet and former journalist whose work has appeared or is forthcoming in Poetry London, The...
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Anjali Vats, JD, PhD is Associate Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Her focuses include...
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Vincent Verroust is finalizing his PhD in history of sciences, epistemology, and philosophy and collaborates with French medical teams and...
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Alexandra Nigri, M.A., is a clinical psychologist researching psychedelics, trauma, and substance use disorders, with a psychoanalytic and group therapy...
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Robin Wright has researched and published widely on indigenous Amazonian shamanism for 30 years. His recent book is entitled "Mysteries...
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Adam Snider is a PsyD candidate in Los Angeles, CA. He works as a therapist and research associate at La...
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Mariavittoria Mangini, Ph.D., FNP, has written extensively on the impact of psychedelic experiences in shaping the lives of her contemporaries...
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Elizabeth Arnold is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Greenwich Village. She holds an Ed.M. from Harvard University and...
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Nicolas Langlitz is associate professor of anthropology at The New School in New York. He is the author of Neuropsychedelia:...
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Stephen Lett is a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the History of Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan. His research explores practices...
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Kewal Wright, MA, is a writer, researcher, and community organizer located in Phoenix, Arizona. Her writing centers around topics of...
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Nico Gusac is Chacruna’s Development and Operations Intern, pursuing a master’s in Medical Anthropology and Global Health. She advocates for...
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Dee Adams holds a Masters of Science in Public Health. She is an HIV researcher, global difference maker, shamanic advisor,...
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Jerry B. Brown, Ph.D., is an anthropologist, activist and coauthor of The Psychedelic Gospels, 2016, and of “Entheogens in Christian...
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Patrick Farrell is an editor and writer living in Toronto. He is part of the Chacruna Chronicles editorial team, where...
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Madrone Love is a PsyD student at the Wright Institute and practicum student at the San Francisco VA Medical Center...
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Gautier Dassonneville is a PhD in Philosophy (Liege University & Lille-3 University) and a hypnotherapist in Liege, Belgium. He is...
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Alejandra Barajas received her BA in Studio Art and Journalism from Beloit College and holds a certificate in Psychedelic Assisted...
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Wendy Chapkis, Professor of Sociology at the University of Southern Maine, is co-author of Dying to Get High (New York...
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Philippe Lucas PhD(c) is a Graduate Researcher with the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research and VP, Patient Research &...
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Matteo Politi has a Ph.D. in natural product chemistry, with a specialization in naturopathy, and is Director of Research at...
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Inti García Flores is a Mazatec historian from La Salle University, Puebla, and a secondary school teacher in San Mateo...
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Peder Clark, PhD; Dr. Peder Clark is a historian of modern Britain, based at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. He...
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Tom Eckert, with his late wife Sheri, was the visionary force behind Oregon's successful 2020 campaign to legalize psilocybin therapy...
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Hernán Scholten. Lecturer, research assistant and Phd candidate in the department of psychology at the Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina)....
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An epidemiologist, veterinarian and budding psychonaut, Dr. Heather Hannah thrives in dynamic environments. A creative team-player, her career is inspired...
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Oscar Calavia-Sáez - born in La Rioja, Spain, 1959, living in Brazil from 1986 on- is a writer and anthropologist...
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Miroslav Horák, Ph.D. is research assistant at the Department of Languages and Cultural Studies, Faculty of Regional Development and International...
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Valerie Leveroni Corral is the co-founder & Executive Director of WAMM, the longest running medical cannabis collective in the nation,...
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Leonardo Rodríguez has a Ph.D. in international studies. He works as a civil society representative at the United Nations. He...
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Joel Anaya is PhD candidate in Social Sciences & Humanities from UAM Cuajimalpa and is currently a professor in the...
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Nathan Fernandes is a Brazilian journalist. He twice won the Vladimir Herzog Prize, Brazil’s main human rights journalistic award. He...
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Amanda Reiman received her PhD from UC Berkeley and is the Community Manager for Flow Kana and the Secretary of...
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Ifetayo Harvey is from Charleston, and has a BA in History and African Studies from Smith College. She is currently...
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Jonathan Dickinson has been working with ibogaine since 2009. He is the former director of the Global Ibogaine Therapy Alliance...
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Jeremy Schulz is a Survivor Theologian at Boston University School of Theology and fierce advocate against Trans violence and LGBTQIA+...
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Carlos Miguel Gómez is a philosopher, writer, and university professor living in Bogotá. He obtained a Ph.D. in Philosophy of...
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Fernanda Palhano-Fontes is a Brazilian engineer and neuroscientist specializing in fMRI. She led clinical trials on ayahuasca and DMT in...
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Daniel Perkins, Ph.D, works in research and policy relating to psychoactive plants in government and at the University of Melbourne,...
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Kylea Taylor, MS, MFT, writes, teaches, and consults about her unique InnerEthics™ model. She wrote The Ethics of Caring and...
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Chor Boogie aka Gyangou Kombe Manzambe is an internationally acclaimed artist, Bwiti initiate, and iboga provider with the Ibogasoul team.
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Ana Flecha is a PhD student in the Latin American and Latinx Studies Department at UC, Santa Cruz. Her research...
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Nathan Howard is a leader in Oregon’s political community. He was an advisor to Oregon’s ballot Measure 109, has helped...
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Peter Sachs Collopy is a historian, archivist, and curator of American science, technology, and media. He serves as University Archivist...
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Dr. Claudio Naranjo is a Chilean psychiatrist who was part of the early Esalen Staff, created the International SAT program...
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Céu da Santa Maria, or Centro Eclético da Fluente Luz Universal Cristi Céu da Santa Maria, is a Santo Daime...
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Veronika Gold is a psychedelic activist. She is a co-therapist and sub-investigator in MAPS Clinical Program for MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy and...
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Lana Cook, Ph.D, is a cultural scholar, writing a history of women’s contributions to psychedelic aesthetics. She is also Assistant...
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Wesley Bellanca is the Lead Supervisor for Fireside Project, a nonprofit psychedelic peer support line that helps people by phone...
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Alex K Gearin is a cultural anthropologist researching ayahuasca and psychedelic practices and cultures. He is assistant professor in the...
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Dawn D. Davis is a mother, a wife to Dr. Cleve Davis, a micro-farmer and a Ph.D student at the University...
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Pietro Benedito is a sociologist. He specialized in Sociology of Religion through a thesis on Gender and Religion within the...
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Shawn Sunil Verma, M.D. is a resident psychiatrist interested in ecopsychology, environmentalism, and novel approaches to imbuing conservation ethic and...
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Wade Davis is the author of 23 books, including One River, The Wayfinders, Into the Silence and the forthcoming Magdalena. In 2016, he was made a...
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Alex Polari de Alverga is a Brazilian writer, poet, and essayist. He is also the curator of CEDOC - Center...
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Alexis Turner is PhD candidate in the History of Science at Harvard University. Alexis’ current research is on the early...
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Kevin Matthews is the President of the Denver Psilocybin Mushroom Policy Review Panel and is a national advocate for legal...
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Magaly Tornay is a Swiss historian currently researching the history of bioethics. Previous books on postwar psychoactive drugs and subjectivity,...
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Brad Burge (Stanford and UC San Diego) is founder and CEO of Integration Communications, providing ethical public relations strategies for...
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Vanja Dakic finished PhD at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, supervised by Professor Steven Rehen. She investigated biological effects...
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Katie Stone is a social change visionary and doctoral student in the Transformative Inquiry Department at CIIS. Her research focuses...
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Todd Youngs is a recovering addict with 9 years clean. He is a practitioner of the 12 Step model and...
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Elizabeth Bast is a Bwiti initiate, iboga provider with the Ibogasoul team, and coach specializing in holistic recovery and sacred...
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Ivo Gurschler is a philosopher currently writing his PhD on the "Genealogy of Mescaline" at the Academy of Fine Arts,...
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Jenna Fletcher is a psychotherapist in private practice in Ottawa, Canada. She has done research on ayahuasca-assisted therapy for eating...
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Alicia Danforth Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist and researcher. She is the co-investigator for the first pilot study of...
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Dr. Sienknecht provides Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy at Polaris Insight Center and MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy in the MAPS Study for Treatment of PTSD. His...
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The Wixárika Regional Council for the Defense of Wirikuta, integrating the Traditional, Civil and Agrarian Authorities of the Communities of...
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David Restrepo is Research Director at CESED (Center for the Study of Security and Drugs, UniAndes, Bogotá), where he promotes...
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Agnese Ferrante, M.Sc., based in the Netherlands, is pursuing a career as a psychedelic facilitator and holistic therapist. They are...
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Ignacio Carrera works as an Assistant Professor in the Universidad de la República, Uruguay. His research interest lies in the...
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Michelle Thiessen is a Ph.D. student in Clinical Psychology at The University of British Columbia. She researches the association between...
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Rebekah is a Psychology and Anthropology major. She is interested in preserving indigenous ceremonial practices, protecting plant medicines and the...
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Nicholas Powers is a poet, journalist and professor. His book "The Ground Below Zero: 9/11 to Burning Man, New Orleans...
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Magdalena Tanev is a British-born, Colombia-based writer and editor. She currently works at the digital PR firm Publicize and is...
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Mason Marks, MD, JD is a law professor at the University of New Hampshire. He leads the Project on Psychedelics...
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Timothy Vilgiate (they/them) is a 4th year PhD student at the University of Texas at Austin, currently researching the history...
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Marta Camagna, MA, cultural worker and Chacruna Communications Officer, explores art therapy, psychedelics, and visual education. She designs creative programs...
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Jeremy Narby has a PhD in anthropology from Stanford University. He has published 3 books about ayahuasca, shamanism and ecological...
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Rachel Harris, PhD is the author of Listening to Ayahuasca: New Hope for Depression, Addiction, PTSD, and Anxiety. She was...
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Miguel Evanjuanoy, human and indigenous rights leader of the Inga people, from Putumayo, Colombia. Environmental engineer and follower of yagé...
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Victoria Wueschner is a 26 year old yoga teacher with a love of entheogens. She started her journey with plant...
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Claudia Schwarz-Plaschg is a social scientist studying and intervening in the relationships between science and society. She currently explores medicalization...
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Francisco Savoi de Araujo has a Master in Anthropology at UFBA. His main research interest is the religious use of...
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Artionka Capiberibe, PhD is a professor in the Department of Anthropology at Unicamp (State University of Campinas) in Brazil. Since...
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Bruno Rasmussen Chaves is a physician who has been researching and working with ibogaine in Brazil for more than 20...
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Sophia Rokhlin MSc. is a nonprofit organizer working in the Peruvian Amazon, co-author of When Plants Dream (Watkins, 2019) and...
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Annette Williams is chair of the Women’s Spirituality program at the California Institute of Integral Studies. Research interest has centered on women’s spiritual...
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Betty Sanchéz, MA, is a higher education teacher and consultant in territory management and public policies with several international organizations...
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Ido Hartogoshn, Ph.D, is an assistant professor at the Graduate Program in Science, Technology and Society at Bar Ilan University....
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Naomi Rendina (@NaomiRendina) recently earned her PhD in History from Case Western Reserve University. She is a Lecturer in the...
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Organic synthetic chemist, working in drug discovery. Part of ‘The Loop’ harm reduction and drug testing service since 2019. Passionate...
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The ICEFLU-Igreja do Culto Eclético da Fluente Luz Universal was created in the state of Acre in October 1974 by...
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David Nickles is an underground researcher, moderator for the DMT-Nexus community, and glassblower. He has offered cultural commentary on psychedelics...
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Ben Meeus holds both a master in International and European Law and in Latin American Studies.
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Leandro Altheman Lopes is a journalist based in Cruzeiro do Sul-Acre, author of the book: Muká: The Root of Dreams....
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Alex Dymock, Ph.D. is a Senior Lecturer in Law at Goldsmiths, University of London. Her research focus is on the...
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Connie Littlefield is a Canadian documentary filmmaker. She has an MFA degree in filmmaking from NSCAD University and works as...
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Joanna Steinhardt is a writer, editor, and researcher with a focus on science and technology and a background in the...
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Julien Bonhomme is a social anthropologist. He works a the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris (France)...
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Nader Wahba, M.A., is a clinical psychologist and researcher examining the history of medicine and psychiatry in Egypt. His work...
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Stanley Krippner, Ph.D., is the Alan Watts Professor of Psychology at Saybrook University in Oakland California. His many books include...
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Kathleen Harrison, M.A., is an ethnobotanist who teaches about plants and fungi, especially ritual and mythical relationships with nature. She...
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Ingmar Gorman, PhD is a Psychologist and co-founder of Fluence. He served as Co-Principal Investigator on Phase II and III...
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Casey Alexander Paleos, MD, is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the NYU School of Medicine. He is currently...
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Gabriel Amezcua is a Mexican anthropologist and conflict mediator specializing in harm reduction, gender studies and psychedelic therapy. He currently...
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Celina De Leon is the director of Circle of Sacred Nature 501(c)3 church, a PhD candidate at the GTU, and...
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Eleonora is a psychotherapist and she studies ethics and healing related to non-ordinary states of consciousness. She maintains a private...
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Dimitri Daldegan-Bueno is a psychologist and has a master’s degree in psychopharmacology. He is a member of the Interdisciplinary Cooperation...
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Lucid News provides informed, honest and transparent journalism that covers the growing integration of psychedelics into society and their broad...
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Amanda Feilding is the Founder and Director of the Beckley Foundation. Through the Scientific Programme, Amanda orchestrates collaborations with leading scientists...
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Guilherme Meneses is enrolled in the doctorate program in social anthropology at FFLCH-USP. He has a master’s degree in social anthropology (FFLCH-USP), a...
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Amilton Pelegrino de Mattos is professor and researcher at the Indigenous Graduation of UFAC - Floresta. Since 2009, he researches...
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Nora Jaffary is a historian of Mexican gender history. She teaches in Concordia University’s History Department in Montréal and is...
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Diana Quinn is a queer Chicana, naturopathic doctor, and healing justice practitioner. She is a trainee of the CIIS Psychedelic-Assisted...
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Dr. Katherine Hendy is a medical anthropologist and science studies scholar who uses ethnographic methods to investigate how biomedical knowledge...
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Miranda Milbauer is a Minnesotan-born biologist with a Masters of Science in sociology exploring international health dynamics and global panaceas...
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Martin Terry, DVM, Ph.D., works on plants and their physiological effects on humans. He exhibits an inordinant fondness for tackling...
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Britta Love is a somatic sex educator, writer and healer currently completing a research-based memoir about healing and awakening through...
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Yahav Erez is a graduate of the Science, Technology & Society program at Bar Ilan University (MA), and is interested...
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Tal Davidson is a PhD student in the Historical, Theoretical, and Critical Studies of Psychology program at York University in...
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Raizza Marins is a musician and music educator. She has an MA in Ethnomusicology from UNIRIO. Her main area of...
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Terence Ching, PhD co-leads psychedelic clinical trials as a licensed clinical psychologist and associate research scientist in the Yale School...
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Aura Roig Forteza is a social anthropologist and the Founder Director of Metzineres, a cooperative creating Sheltered Environments for women...
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Lynne Nardizzi, MSW is a psychotherapist and writer. Having healed her “incurable” autoimmune disease through shamanic plant medicine work, she...
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Cristiana Vale Pires is graduated in psychology, MSc and PhD in Anthropology. She is a founding-member of Kosmicare Association and...
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Ariel Clark, partner with Clark Howell LLP, California’s leading women-owned business and regulatory law firm focused on cannabis, hemp and...
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Filipe Silva Ribeiro is a master’s student in anthropology at the Federal University of Paraná. He researches the uses and...
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The Navajo Nation Council is empowered under 2 N.N.C. § 102 as the governing body of the Navajo Nation and...
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Dr Mark Gallagher is a lecturer in the School of Health Sciences at Queen Margaret University, Scotland. He researches philosophy...
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Hayden Griffin is an assistant professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Alabama, Birmingham. He has...
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Neal M. Goldsmith, Ph.D. is a social psychologist, licensed psychotherapist, and author specializing in psychospiritual development, with particular expertise in...
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Sara Reed, MS, MFT, is a Marriage and Family Therapist practicing in New Haven, CT. As a socially-minded therapist, she...
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Lucas Maia has a master’s degree in psychopharmacology and a PhD in mental health. He is a member of the...
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Summer Vineyard is a non-binary editor, educator, and psychedelic therapist-in-training based in Denver, Colorado. They enjoy exploring, celebrating, and educating...
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Dr. Stephanie Michael Stewart is a holistic psychiatrist who brings a spiritual, environmental, and social justice perspective to her work....
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Marc Aixalà is an engineer, psychologist, psychotherapist and Holotropic Breathwork facilitator. He leads the ICEERS Integration & Support service and...
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Steven Benally is an enrolled Dine' from Sweetwater, Navajo Nation. He helps organize the Annual Spiritual Pilgrimage for his Dine...
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Katherine A. Costello, PhD, is a transformational coach specializing in gender, sexuality, and psychedelic preparation/integration. She brings together feminist/queer/transgender theory...
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Fabiana Maizza is an assistant professor in Anthropology at the University of Pernambuco, Brazil. She obtained a Ph.D. degree in...
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Beat Bächi is a historian and author of the book "LSD auf dem Land. Produktion und kollektive Wirkung psychotroper Stoffe"...
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Paulina Valamiel has a PhD in Sociology from UFMG, Brazil. She is Communications Associate of Chacruna Latinoamérica in Brazil, Associate...
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Dr. Scott Shannon, MD, is a leader and pioneer in the field of Integrative Medicine and Integrative Psychiatry. He has...
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Dena Sharrock is a PhD candidate in Anthropology from the University of Newcastle, Australia. Her ethnographic research was carried out...
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Kufikiri Imara is from Oakland, California. At his core he is a creative and a healer. His personal journey of...
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Vinícius Dino graduated in Social Sciences at the University of Brasília, and is currently a master’s student in Social Anthropology...
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Rebecca Kronman, LCSW, is a licensed therapist specializing in psychedelic preparation and integration, a mother of two and founder of...
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Stephanie Schmitz is the Betsy Gordon Archivist for Psychoactive Substances Research at the Purdue University Archives, working closely with donors...
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Celina Strzelecka holds a PhD in Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology. She works at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology at...
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Bruno Ramos Gomes, M.A., is a psychologist with a master’s degree in public health from São Paulo University, Brazil. Since...
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Pedro Musalem is a chilean medical doctor and doctor in social anthropology, currently working on the fields of public health...
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Maíra Dias is a Doctoral candidate and Master in Religion Studies at the Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB), Brazil. Museologist...
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Juliana Mulligan has been an active member of the Ibogaine community for eight years and holds a B.A. in Psychology....
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Darron T. Smith, Ph.D, teaches is a NCCPA-certified physician assistant and faculty member in the Department of Sociology at the...
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Sasha T. Sisko is a non-binary student of ethnopharmacology, author of the non-fiction work Graced by Nature, host of the...
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Genderqueer writer Rowan Woodmass advocates for transgender inclusion and competency primarily in the health care industry. They live on Kanien’kehá:ka...
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Alessandra Santos Pye (Ally Pye) she/her, is a Brazilian, mixed-race psychedelic-assisted therapist, educator, facilitator, and artist. She is the Founder...
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Dr. Paul Glue is a clinical psychiatrist and psychopharmacology researcher at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
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Lebert Lester III is from Manchester, CT. He has his B.A. in psychology from Morehouse College. He is a research...
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Patrick Barber lives in Buena Vista, Saskatchewan, Canada and works full-time as an Indigenous Health Policy Analyst. His book Psychedelic...
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Grace Cepe (she/her) is part of the Chacruna Chronicles editorial team and is the Communications Associate for MAPS. Her interests...
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Jacqueline Alves Rodrigues is an actress and social scientist, with a Masters in Anthropology from the Federal University of Minas...
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Ian Baker, PhD is a historian and anthropologist. He is the author of seven books on Tibetan and Himalayan culture,...
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Leonardo Lessin is an anthropologist with a PhD in Social Sciences from UNESP and postdoctoral studies at PACC/UFRJ. A professor...
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Leopardo Yawa Bane was born in the indigenous land Kaxinawá of Rio Jordão, in the state of the Acre, Brazil. He...
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Sharon Rafferty, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist and a registered yoga teacher with the Yoga Alliance. She offers both...
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Brad Bartlett is an attorney in Denver, Colorado and member of Chacruna’s Council for the Protection of Sacred Plants. For...
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Mareesa Stertz is a filmmaker, community organizer, and kundalini yoga teacher. She is the Media Director at Lucid.News, programs events...
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Silvia Mesturini has a master’s degree in social science of religion (EPHE-Sorbonne) and a PhD in anthropology (ULB-Brussels). She is...
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Elyse Bais is a native CHamoru from Guam where traditional medicine involves indigenous plants and spiritual ceremonies. She now lives...
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Ayanna Bell is a Clinical Psychology PhD student exploring culturally responsive care, sociobehavioral impacts on human health, innovative initiatives for...
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Edilene Coffaci de Lima, is PhD in Anthropology (University of São Paulo, USP) and is Anthropology Professor at the Federal...
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Alessandro Tarsia holds a MA in Philosophy of History at the University of Calabria (Italy). He is a Ph.D. Candidate...
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The Portland Psychedelic Society (PPS) is a project of the Portland Entheogenic, Exploration, and Research Society (PEERS), which is now...
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Ana Camacho is a Ph.D. student at Radboud University focused on the cultural perceptions of peyote.
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Brendan Caldwell is a psychedelic guide and licensed psychotherapist practicing in Boulder, CO. He is a harm reduction specialist with...
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Martin Fortier is a doctoral student at Institut Jean Nicod (Paris) and a visiting student researcher at Stanford University. His...
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Gregory Wells, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist in private practice in San Francisco. He offers ketamine-assisted psychotherapy. He is also...
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Kathryn L. Tucker, JD, is Executive Director of the End of Life Liberty Project, an advocacy organization dedicated to protecting...
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Luis Miguel Modino is a diocese priest from Madrid, Spain who has served as a Fidei Donum missionary in Brazil...
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Dr. Raj Balkaran is a scholar of Sanskrit narrative (Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies), an avid spiritual practitioner, and Founder...
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Chris Byrnes is an intellectual property lawyer at Calyx Law and member of Chacruna’s Council for the Protection of Sacred...
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Dr. Kaston Anderson Jr. is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Michigan State University. His research focuses on addiction and...
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Recently accepted into the MA Psychedelics and Consciousness Studies Program at the University of Ottawa, Neizer is passionate about exploring...
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Annie Oak is the founder of the Women's Visionary Congress (WVC) https://www.visionarycongress.org/ and the Full Circle Tea House. She is the co-founder...
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Amy Jones, Ed.M, LCSW is a psychotherapist in private practice in New York City and has specialized in working with...
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Zach Topley worked as the Outreach Director for Decriminalize California, a statewide drug policy reform campaign. He holds a BA...
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Aryan Sarparast, M.D., works as an outpatient psychiatrist and assistant professor of psychiatry at the Oregon Health and Science University...
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Esmeralda is a Brazilian Psychologist with MSc in OPS Management, Psilocybin Therapy facilitator in Oregon. Pursuing MA in Counseling in...
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Jordan Sloshower, MD, MSc is a psychiatrist, researcher, and educator whose work focuses on therapeutic applications of psychedelic medicines. He...
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Larry Norris, MA, PhD Candidate is the co-founder and executive director of ERIE 501(c)(3), a group dedicated to the development...
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Brian Anderson, MD, MSc, is a psychiatrist and researcher in the department of psychiatry at University of California, San Francisco,...
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Yuri Motta is a Doctorate student at the Graduate Program in Sociology and Law at Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), Rio...
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Lisbeth Bonilla is a native of the Wixarika community of Tateikié, Jalisco. She received a degree in Administration from ITESO,...
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Samantha Black (she/they) is a PhD candidate in psychology at the University of Saskatchewan and a lecturer at First Nations...
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Anja Loizaga-Velder, PhD is clinical psychologist who has been investigating the therapeutic potential of the ritual use of psychedelic plants...
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Kim P. C. Kuypers, Ph.D., works at Maastricht University where she studies the acute and longer term effects of psychedelics...
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Regina Célia de Oliveira is a biologist with a Ph.D. in botany from UNICAMP and a postdoc at Kew Gardens....
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Chaikuni is a student of Amazonian Plant Medicine in the Shipibo Tradition. He also leads men’s retreats and coaches high...
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Cash Ahenakew holds a Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Peoples’ Well-being at the University British Columbia. He is a member...
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Roger K. Green is the author of A Transatlantic Political Theology of Psychedelic Aesthetics: Enchanted Citizens (Palgrave 2019) and Ayahuasca’s...
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Caracol Mazateco is an independent group with more than ten years of community work. Their struggle involves the strengthening and...
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Virgilio Bomfim, PhD, is an anthropologist, former visiting researcher at the University of St Andrews. His research focuses on Indigenous...
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Rev. Dr. Jessica Rochester is the Madrinha and President of Céu do Montréal, a Santo Daime Church she founded in...
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Dr. Michelle Corbin is a feminist sociologist whose research on psychedelic sciences is grounded in feminist sociology of knowledge and...
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Bob Otis Stanley, MA Div, is a healthcare informatics researcher, founding Chair of Oakland’s decriminalization initiative and Sacred Garden Community.
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Matthew Baggott, PhD, is a data science leader and neuroscientist who has pioneered research on how psychedelics affect people for...
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Joseph McCowan is a licensed Clinical Psychologist (29284) offering Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy, psychedelic integration therapy & individual psychotherapy grounded in humanistic,...
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Jasmine Cumetti, M.Sc., is studying towards becoming a psychedelic-assisted therapist. She is also passionate about the decolonization of the psychedelic...
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