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.
Wednesday, June 8th, 2022 from 12:00-1:30pm PST
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One of the the main components associated with psychedelics and sacred plants are their...
Tuesday, June 14th, 2022 4:00-6:00pm PST6:00-8:00pm CDT
Centro Cultural México Contemporáneo
Leandro Valle 20, Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de México, CDMX.Mexico City
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Editors: Erika Dyck, Patrick Farrell, Beatriz Caiuby Labate, Clancy Cavnar, Ibrahim Gabriell and Glauber Loures de Assis
Abstract:
This collection of short essays examines the place...
In this selective adaptation from Erik Davis’ article titled The Elephant LSD, we explore some of Erik’s impressions and thoughts after attending and participating in Chacruna’s Religion and Psychedelics conference.
This speech, originally given by Artionka Capiberibe, Ph.D at Chacruna’s Religion and Psychedelics forum, takes a step away from the focus on sacred plants and emphasizes many struggles faced by Indigenous communities, particularly those in Brazil. It is important to educate ourselves on these issues in order to support Indigenous communities whose populations continue to suffer over time.
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While psychedelics become a part of the mainstream, many problems arise that negatively affect Indigenous peoples that have been using these plant medicines for thousands of years. Chacruna’s Indigenous Reciprocity Initiative is one way ensure that these Indigenous communities are supported financially and by providing education to non-Indigenous folks entering this booming field on the concept of reciprocity.
Thursday, April 21, 2022
Brava Cabaret2773 24th Street, San Francisco
The “Religion & Psychedelics Forum” will consist of an optional in-person launch event on Thursday 21st...
This article exposes the dark realities of the commercialization and globalization of substances. Indigenous communities in Latinoamerica face an increasing struggle to rightfully access natural resources due to the fight for territory between illicit drug traffickers. Many Indigenous people have lost their lives, and the media has done little to talk about these issues. Diana Negrin gives examples and also explains parallels between these issues and substance problems faced in the U.S.