Entheogenesis - Planting seeds for earth, body, and mind
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Garden States 2022 Presentations
DMT: Indigenous gateway to the soul and endogenous reality thermostat? <br /> – David Luke
DMT: Indigenous gateway to the soul and endogenous reality thermostat?
– David Luke
Presentations
N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT), dubbed the ‘spirit molecule,’ is an extremely potent short acting psychedelic substance found endogenously in the human...
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5-MeO-DMT containing plants: Fact and fiction
5-MeO-DMT containing plants: Fact and fiction
Presentations, Streamed
This talk will examine several plants containing 5-MeO-DMT and talk about their botany, cultural uses and history. Drawing on...
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In Conversation <br /> – with Douglas Rushkoff
In Conversation
– with Douglas Rushkoff
Presentations
From hanging with Tim Leary in the 80s underground psychedelic culture to playing a crucial role chronicling the rise...
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Permaculture: Stories celebrating floristic and fungal abundance <br /> – David Holmgren
Permaculture: Stories celebrating floristic and fungal abundance
– David Holmgren
Presentations
David Holmgren draws on a lifelong passion for ethnobotanical knowledge and practise to tell stories that celebrate abundance and...
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Strychnine <br /> – Keeper Trout
Strychnine
– Keeper Trout
Presentations
What is strychnine, and why do people seem to believe that it is in so many different plants and...
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Tobacco Substitutes in Australia – the Whitefella Perspective <br /> – Snu Voogelbreinder
Tobacco Substitutes in Australia – the Whitefella Perspective
– Snu Voogelbreinder
Presentations
Following on from my previous EGA presentation on pituri and tobacco substitutes used by Aboriginal Australians, we revisit the...
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Psychedelics 2.0 and beyond <br /> – Dr Sam Banister
Psychedelics 2.0 and beyond
– Dr Sam Banister
Presentations
In the past decade, there has been an explosion of research focused on the medicinal chemistry of psychedelics. Dozens...
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Drilling Down <br /> – Mark Pesce
Drilling Down
– Mark Pesce
Presentations
What does nitrous oxide, delivered in an Endodontist’s chair in Chatswood, have to do with the interdependent co-arising of...
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‘Deep Ecology’ (and the power of ethnobotanical plants) <br /> – John Seed
‘Deep Ecology’ (and the power of ethnobotanical plants)
– John Seed
Presentations
'Deep Ecology' (and the power of ethnobotanical plants) I have worked for worldwide rainforests since 1979. Although many of our...
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Transcendent Technologies: Shamanism in the digital age <br /> – Lynette Wallworth
Transcendent Technologies: Shamanism in the digital age
– Lynette Wallworth
Presentations
Wallworth will discuss the creative journey she experienced while co-creating her ground-breaking Virtual Reality work Awavena with a Brazilian...
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Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy for more complex presentations: expanding our models <br /> – Renee Harvey
Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy for more complex presentations: expanding our models
– Renee Harvey
Presentations
Psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy research is being expanded to examine its effectiveness for people with a variety of diagnostic presentations.  Is...
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The St Vincent’s Melbourne Psilocybin-Palliative Care Trial <br /> – Dr Margaret Ross & Dr Martin Williams
The St Vincent’s Melbourne Psilocybin-Palliative Care Trial
– Dr Margaret Ross & Dr Martin Williams
Presentations
The St Vincent’s Melbourne Psilocybin-Palliative Care Trial Friday, 31st January 2020, was a momentous day in the history of psychedelic...
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Between Sex and Death – A Journey in the Mycosphere <br /> – Dr Alison Pouliot
Between Sex and Death – A Journey in the Mycosphere
– Dr Alison Pouliot
Presentations
Between Sex and Death – A Journey in the Mycosphere The scent of the prized Périgord truffle is somewhere 'between...
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New World Technology and Old World Wisdom <br /> – Dr Agnieszka Sekula & Dr Prash Puspanathan
New World Technology and Old World Wisdom
– Dr Agnieszka Sekula & Dr Prash Puspanathan
Presentations
New World Technology and Old World Wisdom This talk explores VR scenarios designed to promote movement through phases of psychedelic-assisted...
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Discovering the ancient through native power plants <br /> – The Seed SistAs
Discovering the ancient through native power plants
– The Seed SistAs
Presentations
Discovering the ancient through native power plants Belladonna, Henbane, and Datura are some of the European power plants holding the...
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The alchemical life <br /> – Janet Laurence
The alchemical life
– Janet Laurence
Presentations
The alchemical life Working with the potency of an alchemical language to explore plants enables me to imagine their dreams...
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Preparing the Vessel <br /> – Lila Lieberman
Preparing the Vessel
– Lila Lieberman
Presentations
Lila has been working with medicinal plants and indigenous methodologies of healing for twenty-five years. She began her journey...
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Philosophical issues in psychedelic research: A review of emerging themes <br /> – Dr Chris Letheby
Philosophical issues in psychedelic research: A review of emerging themes
– Dr Chris Letheby
Presentations
Philosophical issues in psychedelic research: A review of emerging themes Serotonergic (or “classic”) psychedelics have struck many researchers as raising...
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MDMA research down under: What does a decade of persistence look like? <br /> – Dr Stephen Bright
MDMA research down under: What does a decade of persistence look like?
– Dr Stephen Bright
Presentations
MDMA research down under: What does a decade of persistence look like?   Prior to MDMA being banned internationally in 1987,...
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Whose Stories Are We Telling: Ethnobotanical Understandings in the Corporadelic Era <br /> – David Nickles
Whose Stories Are We Telling: Ethnobotanical Understandings in the Corporadelic Era
– David Nickles
Presentations
Whose Stories Are We Telling: Ethnobotanical Understandings in the Corporadelic Era   Storytelling has played a central role in the creation...
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What we know so far about microdosing <br /> – Vince Polito
What we know so far about microdosing
– Vince Polito
Presentations
What we know so far about microdosing Microdosing has exploded in popularity over the past six years. A microdose can...
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Ayahuasca and DMT-Based Medicines for Mental Health Applications <br /> – Jerome Sarris & Daniel Perkins
Ayahuasca and DMT-Based Medicines for Mental Health Applications
– Jerome Sarris & Daniel Perkins
Presentations
Ayahuasca is a psychoactive tea containing DMT and several harmala alkaloids, which have been used ceremonially for centuries by...
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Sex and psilocybin genes in magic mushrooms <br /> – Alistair McTaggart
Sex and psilocybin genes in magic mushrooms
– Alistair McTaggart
Presentations
Most magic mushrooms are species of Psilocybe, which nearly all share a cluster of genes that metabolise tryptophan into...
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PRISM: Trip sitting and psychedelic harm reduction <br /> – Steph Tzanetis
PRISM: Trip sitting and psychedelic harm reduction
– Steph Tzanetis
Presentations
The principles for psychedelic support (otherwise known as ‘trip sitting’) that are promoted by international groups like MAPS Zendo...
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Some Traps, Pitfalls and Questions of the Psychedelic Path <br /> – Nick Sun
Some Traps, Pitfalls and Questions of the Psychedelic Path
– Nick Sun
Presentations
With the increasing acceptance within the mainstream, many people are seeking psychedelics for many reasons. Healing, meaning, spiritual awakening,...
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Technology to Nurture the Psyche
Technology to Nurture the Psyche
Presentations
How do we use technology to deepen our self-agency, to enhance our humanity? Melissa will take us through a...
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Bill Richard’s Living Room: How are we designing psychedelic clinical spaces? <br /> – Anna Conrick
Bill Richard’s Living Room: How are we designing psychedelic clinical spaces?
– Anna Conrick
Presentations
The “living room” has long been considered the optimal spatial configuration to contain therapeutic psychedelic experiences. Recognised for its...
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The problems of the throwing out of babies with bath waters: Whose paradigms are we really shifting? <br /> – Simon Green
The problems of the throwing out of babies with bath waters: Whose paradigms are we really shifting?
– Simon Green
Presentations
For at least 25 years, I have worked in the Healing Arts, and for 20 deeply engaged with the...
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A New Trip: towards a path of representation, inclusion and safety in the psychedelic movement <br /> – Meredith Drinkell
A New Trip: towards a path of representation, inclusion and safety in the psychedelic movement
– Meredith Drinkell
Presentations
A New Trip: towards a path of representation, inclusion and safety in the psychedelic movement Psychedelics have moved to the...
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A Prescription of NeuroGnostics; Entheogenic Herbalism <br /> – Rachel Gagen
A Prescription of NeuroGnostics; Entheogenic Herbalism
– Rachel Gagen
Presentations
A Prescription of NeuroGnostics; Entheogenic Herbalism   We are going to explore psychotropic herbalism, organic biological organisms used as a medicine...
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Mapping Entheogenesis Through The Ecological-Self <br /> – Jef Baker
Mapping Entheogenesis Through The Ecological-Self
– Jef Baker
Presentations
Mapping Entheogenesis Through The Ecological-Self Evolving from my 2015 Honours thesis examining the overlaps, intersections, and parallels between the philosophy...
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Disclaimer

Unfortunately, the impact of COVID-19 has been severe, prolonged and unanticipated. Given the circumstances, some minor changes to the program speaker line up and the way we run events may occur. International guests may face travel or economic barriers associated with attending, and some presentations may have to be delivered remotely. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we do our best and work through this together.