Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines is a registered California 501(c)(3) non-profit organization (EIN 84-3076078). We are a community-oriented organization run by a small staff of experts and enthusiastic volunteers who work to bring education and cultural understanding about psychedelic plant medicines to a wider audience. We promote a bridge between the ceremonial use of sacred plants and psychedelic science and envisage a world where plant medicines and other psychedelics are preserved, protected, and valued as part of our cultural identity and integrated into our social, legal, and health care systems.
Help us to achieve our mission! From our beginnings in 2017, we have stood apart from other psychedelic education and advocacy organizations by pioneering initiatives that support and provide a platform for diverse voices, including women, queer people, people of color, Indigenous people, and the Global South. In efforts to address the lack of diverse representation in the expanding psychedelic landscape, we centered our mission around the empowerment of marginalized voices to foster cultural and political reflections on topics like race, gender, and sexuality in psychedelic science. We believe now more than ever, given the current social and political climate, our work is critical to the future of psychedelic healing for humanity.
Please become a member so that you are able to help Chacruna, yourself, and the world. Support of any amount helps this cause and allows us to provide psychedelic education to anyone who wants to access it.
Using a mixture of personal reflection, clinical observations, and interviews, Justin Natoli argues that psychedelics can help individuals interested in or practicing polyamory transcend labels and embrace the full complexity and potential of their relationships.
Ethnobotanist, Jean-Francois Sobiecki, outlines his research journey studying African psychoactive and psychedelic plants and their importance in understanding learning, growth and self development as well as their use as ubulawu in treating nervous system disease and mental illness.
Wednesday, March 13th, 2024 from 12:00-1:30pm PST
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Join us in exploring the fascinating intersection of sacred ceremonial practices and psychedelic psychotherapy. We'll...
Location: Remote with opportunities for travel to conferences/eventsReports to: Executive DirectorJob Type: Unpaid InternshipDuration: 3 to 6 monthsHours: 5-10 per week
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Join us for this Community Forum where we will delve into the intricacies of interethnic research, the convergence and divergence of Indigenous worldviews and...
This workshop will challenge participants to take Indigenous claims on plant medicines seriously, to learn about traditional cultures and practices, and to engage in...
In this article, Marcelo Leite outlines the major developments in psychedelic science and markets going into 2024 that are causing industry trepidation. The biggest news of January comes from MAPS and its business division, which has been rebranded as Lykos Therapeutics.
Four leaders in the psychedelic community who work in collaboration with Indigenous partners provide advice on how to work in solidarity with Indigenous groups. They challenge the romanticization of the concept of the "global psychedelic community and urge individuals to avoid developing relationships based on tokenization and non-reciprocity.
May, 8th, 2024. From 7:00pm-9:00pm EST
Matka456 Johnson AveBrooklyn NY, 11206
This is an event hosted by Brooklyn Psychedelic Society and Chacruna Institute
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