Tobacco Substitutes in Australia - the Whitefella Perspective
Following on from my previous EGA presentation on pituri and tobacco substitutes used by Aboriginal Australians, we revisit the topic from another angle by looking at…
'Deep Ecology' (and the power of ethnobotanical plants)
I have worked for worldwide rainforests since 1979. Although many of our efforts succeeded, for every forest saved 100 have disappeared. Clearly, you can’t save the planet one…
Some more thoughts and observations on cacti
A lot has happened in the two decades since Trout’s cactus books went into print. Cactus lover Keeper Trout will discuss a few answers that have been learned for some rather old questions,…
The St Vincent’s Melbourne Psilocybin-Palliative Care Trial
Friday 31st January 2020 was a momentous day in the history of psychedelic research in Australia, as the clinical team of St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne’s landmark trial…
Between Sex and Death – A Journey in the Mycosphere
The scent of the prized Périgord truffle is somewhere 'between sex and death', according to one Australian forager. This fungus vies with Iranian caviar as one of the most expensive…
New World Technology and Old World Wisdom
This talk explores VR scenarios designed to promote movement through phases of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy, and discusses a novel protocol that utilizes unique features of VR as…
Discovering the ancient through native power plants
Belladonna, Henbane and Datura are some of the European power plants, holding the key to an altered mind perspective, as well as being important physically-active medicine. Since…
Permaculture: Stories celebrating floristic and fungal abundance
David Holmgren draws on a lifelong passion for ethnobotanical knowledge and practise to tell stories that celebrate abundance and diversity pushing the boundaries…
The alchemical life
I am thinking about the dreams of plants in order to enter into an intimate relationship with them and create a possibility for them to express their fears, delights and needs. Dreams are a series of thoughts, images…
Every nectar needs a vessel to hold it. The greater the vessel, the more potent the nectar can be
As we go through rites of passage, initiations, plant medicine inductions, we are strengthening our capacity and crafting the vessel of…
