Entheogenesis - Planting seeds for earth, body, and mind
Entheogenesis - Planting seeds for earth, body, and mind

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Garden States 2022 Speakers
DOUGLAS RUSHKOFF
DOUGLAS RUSHKOFF
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Douglas Rushkoff will be streaming into the conference for a live ‘in conversation’ piece with writer and long-term friend...
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DAVID LUKE
DAVID LUKE
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Dr David Luke is Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Greenwich, UK, where he has been teaching an...
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DR KAREN HITCHCOCK
DR KAREN HITCHCOCK
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Dr Karen Hitchcock B.A.(Hons) B.Med. FRACP PhD Dr Karen Hitchcock is a specialist physician and fellow of the Royal Australian...
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DAVID HOLMGREN
DAVID HOLMGREN
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David Holmgren is the co-originator of the permaculture concept following publication of Permaculture One, co-authored with Bill Mollison in...
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DR MARGARET ROSS
DR MARGARET ROSS
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Dr Margaret Ross is a consultant clinical psychologist and the clinical lead in Australia’s first ever psychedelic clinical trial....
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RENEE HARVEY
RENEE HARVEY
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Renee Harvey is a highly experienced clinical psychologist who relocated from the UK to Australia to develop training in psychedelic-assisted...
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JANET LAURENCE
JANET LAURENCE
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Janet Laurence is a leading Sydney-based artist who exhibits nationally and internationally. Her practice examines our physical, cultural and...
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MARK PESCE
MARK PESCE
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Mark Pesce co-invented the technology for 3D on the Web - laying the foundations for the metaverse - has...
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LYNETTE WALLWORTH
LYNETTE WALLWORTH
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Australian artist/filmmaker Lynette Wallworth is renowned for creating profoundly empathetic works while pushing the boundaries of emerging technologies. She...
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DR NIGEL STRAUSS
DR NIGEL STRAUSS
Contributors
Dr Nigel Strauss has worked in Melbourne as a Clinical Psychiatrist for many years with a special interest in...
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DR ALISON POULIOT
DR ALISON POULIOT
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Dr Alison Pouliot is an ecologist, author and professional environmental photographer with a focus on fungi. Her work spans...
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MICHAEL COLE
MICHAEL COLE
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Michael A. Cole earned a bachelor’s of science degree in ethnobotany from the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa in...
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KEEPER TROUT
KEEPER TROUT
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Keeper Trout is an author and archivist living in Northern California.  Trout has published 11 books and numerous articles;...
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KITTY CHOPAKA
KITTY CHOPAKA
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Kitty is the Founder of Chopaka, Thailand’s cannabis startup that focuses on consumer cannabis education and experience. Her background in...
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JOHN SEED
JOHN SEED
Contributors
John Seed is the founder of the Rainforest Information Centre. Since 1979 he has been involved in the direct...
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ANYA ERMAKOVA
ANYA ERMAKOVA
Contributors, Streamed
Anya has a motley background and varied research interests in nature conservation, ethnobotany, neuroscience and psychiatry, interweaving and connecting...
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THE SEED SISTAS (UK)
THE SEED SISTAS (UK)
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The Seed SistAs, Kazz and Fiona, are writers, speakers, eco-activists and Sensory Herbalists who have dedicated their lives to...
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DENNIS MCKENNA PH.D.
DENNIS MCKENNA PH.D.
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Dennis McKenna's research has focused on the interdisciplinary study of Amazonian ethnopharmacology. He has conducted extensive ethnobotanical fieldwork in...
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DR PRASH PUSPANATHAN
DR PRASH PUSPANATHAN
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Dr Prash Puspanathan, a medical doctor and former Neuropsychiatry Fellow at The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne, is one of...
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SNU VOOGELBREINDER
SNU VOOGELBREINDER
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Snu Voogelbreinder   Snu is an amateur ethnobotanist specialising in the study of psychoactive plants, fungi and animals. He is particularly...
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DR STEPHEN BRIGHT
DR STEPHEN BRIGHT
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Dr Stephen Bright has worked as a psychologist within the Mental Health & Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) field...
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LILA LIEBERMAN
LILA LIEBERMAN
Contributors
Lila has been working with medicinal plants and indigenous methodologies of healing for twenty-five years. She began her journey...
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DAVID NICKLES (NZ/US)
DAVID NICKLES (NZ/US)
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David Nickles is an underground researcher and harm reduction advocate who serves as an editor for Psymposia Media, co-host of...
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ANNA CONRICK
ANNA CONRICK
Contributors
Anna Conrick is a practising spatial designer and design educator at Monash University, Melbourne. Currently undertaking doctoral research at...
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JEROME SARRIS
JEROME SARRIS
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Jerome Sarris is Professor of Integrative Mental Health at NICM Health Research Institute at Westmead, Western Sydney University. He...
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DANIEL PERKINS
DANIEL PERKINS
Contributors
Daniel Perkins is the Co-Director of the Melbourne-based non-profit organisation Psychae Institute, which conducts research on botanical psychedelics with...
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VINCE POLITO
VINCE POLITO
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Vince Polito is a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Cognitive Science at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia...
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DR. SAM BANISTER
DR. SAM BANISTER
Contributors
Sam is currently CSO of Psylo; a biotech start-up focused on the development of next-generation psychedelic medicines. Sam has...
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STEPH TZANETIS
STEPH TZANETIS
Contributors
Steph Tzanetis   Steph has close to a decade’s experience providing formalised psychedelic support at music festivals in Australia and overseas,...
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DR MARTIN WILLIAMS
DR MARTIN WILLIAMS
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Martin Williams PhD is currently a Research Fellow in Computational Neuroscience at the Turner Institute of Brain and Mental...
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MEREDITH HARTLEY
MEREDITH HARTLEY
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Meredith Hartley (she/her) is a musician, vocalist, music therapist, psychotherapist, and community engagement facilitator currently residing on the ancestral...
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AGNIESZKA SEKULA
AGNIESZKA SEKULA
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Agnieszka is a scientist with a background in biomedical engineering and medical imaging. She uses cutting edge biotech tools,...
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CAINE BARLOW
CAINE BARLOW
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Caine Barlow is a Mycologist and Fungi Educator based in Melbourne, Australia.  He gives regular talks on mycology, fungi...
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SIMON GREEN
SIMON GREEN
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Simon Green is a Huachumero and Curandero who has worked for the past two decades in service to a...
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DARKLIGHT
DARKLIGHT
Contributors, Webcast Contributors
Darklight has been working with aseptic medicinal and endangered plant species propagation for over 20 years. Moving into fungal...
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TORSTEN WEIDEMANN
TORSTEN WEIDEMANN
Contributors
Torsten Wiedemann is a consultant on legal issues relating to plant drugs and new psychoactive substances in Australia. His...
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DR ALISTAIR MCTAGGART
DR ALISTAIR MCTAGGART
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Alistair is a research fellow for the Centre of Horticultural Science (QAAFI), University of Queensland. He studies the evolution...
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DR CHRIS LETHEBY
DR CHRIS LETHEBY
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Dr Chris Letheby is a Lecturer in Philosophy at The University of Western Australia (UWA). His areas of specialization are...
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SHAUN DUFFY
SHAUN DUFFY
Contributors
Shaun Duffy is the CEO and Managing Director of Reset Mind Sciences, a company focused on the use of...
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TOM FORREST
TOM FORREST
Contributors
A global leader in the cannabis industry, Tom is the first ever Churchill Fellow for Cannabis Agronomy and publisher of...
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EMA CORRO
EMA CORRO
Contributors
Ema Corro is a mycologist who believes that the best way to protect the environment is to involve the...
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STEPHANIE HAZEL
STEPHANIE HAZEL
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Stephanie is a practicing herbalist in Melbourne who has been working with herbal medicine and traditional healing systems for...
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MELISSA WARNER
MELISSA WARNER
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Melissa’s mission is to cultivate an evidence and experience-based understanding of psychological well-being, with the aim to translate this...
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DR LIAM ENGEL
DR LIAM ENGEL
Contributors, Webcast Contributors
Dr Liam Engel is a drug science researcher and communicator. Liam's passion is illicit drugs, particularly the areas of...
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DR LANI ROY
DR LANI ROY
Contributors
Dr Lani Roy is The Founder of The Signs of Life Psychology. Lani is a psychologist, social worker, and therapist...
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RACHEL GAGEN
RACHEL GAGEN
Contributors
"I have come to understand herbal medicine as a part of mankind's placement and movement across the land. Not...
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RICH HARIDY
RICH HARIDY
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Rich has written for a number of online and print publications over the last decade while also acting as...
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AMANDA MORGAN
AMANDA MORGAN
Contributors
Amanda Morgan leads the Research and Development of Fungi Cultures to tackle challenges of waste management and ecosystem rehabilitation...
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NICK WALLIS
NICK WALLIS
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Nick Wallis is a broadcaster and drug law reform advocate and harm reduction worker. Nick has a background in radio...
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JESS SAUNDERS
JESS SAUNDERS
Contributors
Jess is a botanical illustrator and tattooer living in Northern Rivers NSW/ Bundjalung country. A love of the natural world,...
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ANDREW GOODMAN
ANDREW GOODMAN
Contributors
Andrew Goodman is a visual artist and writer with an interest in science fiction, process philosophy, more-than-human consciousness and...
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NICK SUN
NICK SUN
Contributors
Nick Sun was an award-winning, international stand up comedian for 13 years. Then he drank Ayahuasca and had a...
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LILY KAY ROSS
LILY KAY ROSS
Contributors, Streamed
Lily Kay Ross, PhD is Feminism and Ethics Research Fellow at Psymposia and creator and producer of New York...
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STEVE MCDONALD
STEVE MCDONALD
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Steve McDonald is a futurist and Managing Director of Aadii Mesh Foundation (www.aadii.org), a Taoist charity focused on human...
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DR AMAR DHALL
DR AMAR DHALL
Contributors
Dr Amar Dhall spent about 8-years writing his PhD, which explored the nexus of quantum mechanics and law. During...
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MANNY SATIJA
MANNY SATIJA
Contributors
Manny Satija is a human rights lawyer, mediator, coach and psychotherapist. His work straddles the domains of social justice,...
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JEF BAKER
JEF BAKER
Contributors
Jef Baker heads the Sydney chapter of The Australian Psychedelic Society, is global moderator at The 5-Hive forum and...
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CERI HANN
CERI HANN
Contributors
Ceri Hann is a multidisciplinary arts practitioner who develops participatory art forms intended to enhance the conditions for collective...
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PIXIE MILLER
PIXIE MILLER
Contributors
Pixie is the founder of the Psychedelically Aware harm minimisation network and The PATCH – The Psychedelically Aware Talking...
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EUGENE-NRG (DJ KRUSTY)
EUGENE-NRG (DJ KRUSTY)
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DJ Krusty has been spanking the planks and enjoying DJing for a long time now, he has performed at...
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ADEM JAFFERS (VJ MANDALA)
ADEM JAFFERS (VJ MANDALA)
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VJ  Mandala - During a photography gig during the late ’80s, Adem was first introduced to analogue and digital...
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ADELE WILKES
ADELE WILKES
Contributors
Adele Wilkes is an artist, filmmaker, researcher and PhD candidate in the School of Art at RMIT. Her practice...
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TESSA LAIRD
TESSA LAIRD
Contributors
Tessa Laird is an artist, writer and lecturer in Critical and Theoretical Studies at the Victorian College of the...
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NICK DOREY
NICK DOREY
Contributors
Nick Dorey is an artist living and working on the lands of the Quandamooka, Yugarabul, Yuggera, Jagera, and Turrbal...
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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

The conference has both in-person and online components. Some minor changes to the programme may occur, or implementation of the programme, for example in the case of the inability to travel due to Covid. 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.

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