Betty Eisner was a major force in the psychedelic revolution, but her career was also defined by notable professional transgressions.

In this article, we take a closer look at some of the implications of the argument that identity politics are antithetical to psychedelics’ teaching of “oneness.” We outline some of the potential harm in holding oneness as the ultimate psychedelic experience on which all healing depends, hypothesize that oneness may be a privileged and intrinsically heteronormative experience, and show that, even if oneness is indeed the ultimate truth revealed by psychedelics, it is not in fact incompatible with identity politics. To be clear, some people, including queer and trans people, have powerful and healing psychedelic experiences of oneness. We celebrate that. Our hope is that this article will help legitimize other kinds of experiences, encourage research on the LGBTQIAS2+ community and psychedelics, and debunk claims that focusing on identity and equity means one has not understood that “we are all one.”

Sean Lawlor interviews Camille Barton, somatic researcher, teacher, and advocate of embodied social change, about psychedelic research, therapy, ancestral dance practices, embedded systems of oppression, decriminalization, the psychedelic shadow, integration, universalism, identity politics, and QAnon’s connection to psychedelics.

Anaïs Nin wrote about Timothy Leary in her diary. She didn't like him. But what does this have to do with expertise and American politics?

This article explores how the struggle to define what an authentic Mazatec shaman is expresses a conflict about the proper way to consume psilocybes and about the right to make profit from them. Materials published by anthropologists continue to play a role in building the reputation of local shamans who use these mushrooms with tourists.

A Special Chacruna Institute Gathering Wednesday, March 24th at 12:00-2:00PM PST Join us for this FREE event HERE. With Participation From: Bia LabateErica Morton MagillGrace CepeLiana GilloolyTonya AbernathyClaudia...

Facilitated by Adele Lafrance Wednesday, April 7th from 12-1:30pm REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT HERE For years, the study of spirituality was weighted by taboo – in part...

Amazonian communities in Colombia were hit hard and fast by the advent of Covid-19 to their territories. These communities were forced to adapt the ways in which they use plant medicines, particularly Yagé, and dive deep into their ancestral knowledge to uncover ways to protect themselves from the worst effects of the pandemic. What resulted was a show of resilience, pride, and unification on the part of Indigenous groups to confront this crisis.

In 2019, Chacruna began the process of forming the Sacred Plant Alliance, a self-regulating organization and professional society of religious and spiritual practitioners dedicated...

At the beginning of this article, the author opens up about their traumatic history and how they sought the wisdom of psilocybin mushrooms to catalyze their healing process. Post-psychedelic experience, the author juxtaposes spirituality, mainly Christianity, with their belief of ‘queerness is that ability to survive in the midst of hell’ and calls for queer individuals to embrace entheogens as a sacred Eucharist.