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SUMMARY:Who Owns Psychedelic Knowledge?
DESCRIPTION:Do you wish you got into this event for free? Become a Chacruna member and receive free or discounted access to all Community Forums\, Courses\, Workshops\, and more! Also get full access to our entire archive of past forum recordings and join our global network of psychedelic professionals and activists to dive deeper into discussion and discovery. \nWe invite you to explore the contested landscape where knowledge\, authority\, and psychedelic experience intersect. This Community Forum examines who gets to define legitimate expertise in psychedelic studies\, whether rooted in clinical research\, lived experience\, Indigenous tradition\, or social media influence\, and what is at stake in those definitions. How can researchers\, practitioners\, and communities distinguish between biomedical authority\, embodied knowledge\, and influencer-driven narratives in a field undergoing rapid transformation\, and what responsibilities do institutions hold in preventing the consolidation of new epistemic hierarchies? The visibility and charisma characteristic of today’s psychedelic renaissance raise profound questions about how certain voices come to be trusted over others and how commercial\, cultural\, and therapeutic contexts shape what counts as credible knowledge. As psychedelic-assisted therapy expands into mainstream clinical and public discourse\, ensuring that diverse forms of knowing\, including Indigenous and Global South perspectives\, are not marginalized or commodified becomes increasingly urgent. We’ll discuss the risks of epistemic injustice\, the power dynamics embedded in competing knowledge claims\, and the ethical standards the field needs before expertise can be responsibly exercised or publicly communicated. How should the field balance honoring the experiential reality of psychedelic states while remaining critically attentive to who benefits from particular definitions of truth and authority? Deepak Sarma\, Distinguished Scholar in the Public Humanities and Professor of Religious Studies and Bioethics at Case Western Reserve University; Pierce Flynn\, cultural sociologist and ethnographic researcher with deep expertise in psychedelic cultures and sacred plant medicines; and Paulina Valamiel\, sociologist of religion and Research and Communications Officer at Chacruna Institute\, will explore these questions together in what promises to be a rich and necessary conversation.
URL:https://chacruna.net/event/who-owns-psychedelic-knowledge/
LOCATION:Virtual
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SUMMARY:Memory Emergence in Psychedelic Contexts: True\, False\, and Everything In Between
DESCRIPTION:We invite you to explore the complex terrain where memory\, trauma\, and psychedelic states intersect. This Community Forum examines how memories emerge during psychedelic experiences\, whether true\, false\, or somewhere in between\, and what this means for therapists\, guides\, and the people they support. How can clinicians distinguish between implicit somatic memory activation\, symbolic material\, and autobiographical recall in altered states\, and what responsibilities do they hold in preventing premature narrative consolidation? The suggestibility and autonomic activation characteristic of psychedelic states raise profound questions about how ambiguous internal experiences become organized into memory\, and how therapeutic relationships and cultural context shape that process. As psychedelic-assisted therapy expands into mainstream clinical settings\, ensuring that practitioners are equipped to navigate these vulnerabilities with skill and ethical clarity becomes increasingly urgent. We’ll discuss the risks of inadvertent memory implantation\, the power dynamics inherent in therapeutic relationships\, and the competencies therapists need before working with trauma-related material in psychedelic contexts. How should the field balance honoring the lived reality of a client’s experience while remaining epistemically careful about its historical truth? Manuela Mischke-Reeds\, somatic trauma psychotherapist and author of Embodied Psychedelic Therapy; Dr. Jim Hopper\, Harvard Medical School psychologist and leading researcher on traumatic memory; Dr. Elowyn Samadhi\, clinical psychologist and psychedelic-assisted therapy specialist; and Dr. Franklin King IV\, Director of Training at the MGH Center for the Neuroscience of Psychedelics will explore these questions together in a conversation moderated by Ali McGhee\, co-founder of Appalachian Psychedelic Society and part of the Chacruna Chronicles editorial team.
URL:https://chacruna.net/event/memory-emergence-in-psychedelic-contexts-true-false-and-everything-in-between-2/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Community Forum
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SUMMARY:Join the Journey Toward Ethical Plant Medicine Facilitation: Certificate in Ceremony\, Ethics\, & Reciprocity
DESCRIPTION:Do you wish you got into this event for free? Become a Chacruna member and receive free or discounted access to all Community Forums\, Courses\, Workshops\, and more! Also get full access to our entire archive of past forum recordings and join our global network of psychedelic professionals and activists to dive deeper into discussion and discovery. \nREGISTER HERE \nTicket Prices\nTuition + in-person component*: $2000 \nTuition (not including in-person component): $1800 \nTuition for folks from the Global South: $700 \nThis certificate is a 5-month\, 60-hour journey designed for those already facilitating or assisting in ceremonies\, aiming to create a safer\, more equitable\, and informed space for plant medicine practices. It focuses on reducing risks\, strengthening community accountability\, and cultivating skills for ethical ceremonial leadership outside of traditional Indigenous contexts. \nWhether you’re looking to refine your skills\, gain new insights\, or build bridges between ceremony and psychedelic therapies\, this program provides the tools to make a meaningful impact in your community. \n*This certificate does not qualify students as ceremonial leaders\, facilitators\, or shamans. Instead\, it provides foundational education in connection\, ethics\, safety\, and ongoing learning for those involved in psychedelic plant medicine ceremonies\, whether as leaders\, facilitators\, guides\, or participants
URL:https://chacruna.net/event/join-the-journey-toward-ethical-plant-medicine-facilitation-certificate-in-ceremony-ethics-reciprocity/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Courses
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SUMMARY:Psychedelic Culture 2027: Beyond Consensus
DESCRIPTION:Chacruna’s work aims to curate critical conversations and uplift the voices of women\, queer people\, Indigenous peoples\, people of color\, and the Global South in the field of psychedelic science. In doing so\, we foster cultural and political reflections on the field of psychedelic science and facilitate conversations about controversial topics that have been simmering on the sidelines as psychedelics go mainstream. At a time when big corporations\, big tech and Western science are at the forefront of the conversations around psychedelics that we see at major conferences\, Psychedelic Culture 2027: Beyond Consensus strives to bridge the gap between all sides of the spectrum\, bringing together unlikely perspectives and pushing beyond the echo chamber of agreement without action. \nRegister here.
URL:https://chacruna.net/event/psychedelic-culture-2027-beyond-consensus/
LOCATION:Brava Theater Center\, 2781 24th St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conferences,In Person
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