MAPS' Psychedelic Science 2020 webinar

Presented by MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies),  the Psychedelic Science 2020 webinar series is about to begin. From April 9 through May 21, the webinar will host many leaders of the psychedelic renaissance for insights into the latest research into the medical and therapeutic uses of MDMA, psilocybin, ketamine, and more. You’ll also get a sneak peek at key issues affecting the wider availability of psychedelics for healing and spirituality, and explore the role of psychedelics in healing trauma.
If you are interested in the topic and wish to participate, pleas visit MAPS   for complete info about the event here

Breaking Convention 2019

The 5th Breaking Convention, one of the more successful European conference on psychedelics will be held in London from August 16 to August 18.
Get more info here 

Altered States in Berlin

BERLIN, NOVEMBER 3 - 4, 2017

ALTERED is an international gathering of consciousness explorers from all backgrounds to take part in talks, workshopss and rituals on the subject of psychedelics, conscious practices and social issues facilitated by leading experts and researchers.

See details (tickets, location, speakers etc.) here 

Psychedelic Denmark

PSYKEDELISK SYMPOSIUM 2017, held in 

København, Denmark (Sept. 15 - 17)
Psykedelisk Symposium

Psychedelic Britannia

Breaking Convention is a biennial interdisciplinary British conference on psychedelic consciousness, featuring more than 150 presenters from around the world. The Breaking Convention 2017 will be held at the University of Cambridge (UK) from June 30 to July 2.
Get info, tickets and other details HERE 


BC promo 2017 - with gfx from Moore Lavan Films on Vimeo.

April 19: Bicycle Day

Today is  "Bicycle Day": on April 19, 1943 the Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann took the first (intentional) dose of LSD in human history.  To celebrate that epochal event,  the Psychedelic Science conference will begin today in Oakland, California and several "Bicycle Day" gatherings will be held in many places around the world (S. Francisco, Los Angeles, Edinburgh, Melbourne, etc.)
The video below is an introduction to the book "The Rose of Paracelsus", wrote by William Leonard Pickard, writer, philosopher and chemist and a PODW (Prisoner of Drug War) who received a life sentence without parole for manufacturing and distributing LSD produced in what is considered the largest clandestine laboratory in American history.
If you're interested in psychedelics, philosophy and spirituality, don't miss Leonard's beautiful book (The Rose of Paracelsus)

Bicycle Day - Psychedelic Science 2017

The discovery of LSD by Albert Hofmann and his first (intentional) trip with this powerful psychoactive molecule in  April, 19, 1943. This day in now known as "Bicycle Day" and it's celebrated worldwide by the international psychedelic network.
This year, MAPS and The Beckley Foundation co-host the Psychedelic Science 2017 conference in Oackland, California, USA from April 19 to April 24.
Get info about this great psychedelic gathering here and stay tuned for other "Bicycle Day" events...

Debunking the Taboo

Carl Hart, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology at Columbia University has something to say about the taboo, misconceptions and prejucices that afflict drugs users and addiction...

Psychedelic Renaissance

Once perceived - thanks to an incessant and pervasive disinformation , as the devil's tools, psychedelics are now considered for what they effectively are by a growing number of informed people: effective healing medicines, sacraments and one of the most exciting and powerful  mean of self-exploration  in the right "set and setting".
And an ever increasing number of conferences and gatherings dedicated to the psychedelic drugs are now  held in many parts of the world. Sonsored by MAPS and the Beckley Foundation, Psychedelic Science 2017 is coming in April in Oakland, California (Apr. 19 - 24)

Psychedelic Prague

Luckily, also Europe has his share of psychedelic conferences and events...
BEYOND PSYCHEDELICS (Global Psychedelic Forum) is the first global multidisciplinary forum on psychedelics in the Czech Republic, the country with a longstanding history of psychedelic research.
More than 60 speakers from all over the world will participate at the event.
Prague - Sept. 30 / Oct. 2, 2016 
Get info about the forum 

The 10th Women's Visionary Congress

Open to people of all genres, the 10th annual Women's Visionary Congress will be held from June 17 to June 19 in Petaluma, California (USA)
"The Women's Visionary Congress is a community of adventurers from all generations and traditions, We are united ina time-honored quest to explore a more vivid and profound awareness of our inner and outer worlds. (...) We promote the right to self-knowledge, cognitive liberty and new modes of healing that involve nonordinary forms of consciousness....."
All info and details here 

Voices from the Psychedelic Network

It's a long time that visionary substances like LSD,  psilocybin or ayahuasca aren't just a 'hippy thing' anymore....Researchers, scholars, (legal and illegal) chemists, shamans, psychonauts and activists are all part of the current psychedelic renaissance that focuses on the use of these fscinating compounds as effective therapeutic tools, evolution boosters and sacraments...
Here is a video about the Interdisciplinary Conference on Psychedelics Research recently held in Amsterdam (June 3-5) and some of the participants/lecturers...

Psychedelic Research Conference in Amsterdam

Today begins in Amsterdam the Interdisciplinary Conference on Psychedelics Research (June 3-5, 2016). Featuring presentations by Roland Griffith, Rick Doblin, Ben Sessa, Bia Labate and other psichedelic researchers, the conference is one of the few similar conferences in Europa and a good occasion to learn more about the current status of the studies on visionary psychoactive substances and meet interesting and like-minded people. Don't miss this conference if you're in the area.
Get info here 

Visionary Convergence and Horizons 2015

If you live in the American west-coast or for whatever reason you'll be in the LA area in the next few days, don't miss the Visionary Convergence, an event about Shamanism, Spirituality and Science - Visionary and Healing Plants - Plant Wisdom, Creativity and Art.
The conference will be held from Sept. 25th to Sept. 27 at the Big Art Church in Los Angeles. See the complete list of lecturers and artists and  get info on PlantTeachers 



The American east-coast responds with Horizons: Perspectives on Psychedelics , an annual forum that examines the role of psychedelics in science, healing, culture and spirituality. In recent years, a growing community of scientists, doctors, artists, seekers and scholars have orchestrated a renaissance in psychedelic thought and practice. Horizons brings together the brightest minds and the boldest voices of this movement to share their research, insights and dreams for the future.
The 2015 conference will be held from October 9th to October 11th in NYC. 
To get infos about locations, speakers etc. please visit Horizons 

Exploring Entheogens: An African Perspective

Exploring Entheogens: A Pan-African Perspective is an interesting conference about the use of psychoactive plants amongst indigenous African communities. The conference will be held in London on Sunday July 19 (at Passing Clouds, 1 Richmond Road, London.)
A selected group of African lecturer will talk about the entheogen experience through the eyes of African people: among them you will find Kilindi Iyi, a psychonaut, mycologist and martial arts master, See Kilindi talking about his high dose psilocybin experiences at the Breaking Convention 2013
(to get more info about the London 'African' conference go here)



Kilindi Iyi - High-Dose Mushrooms Beyond the Threshold from Breaking Convention on Vimeo.

Breaking Convention 2015

Breaking Convention is the only multidisciplinary conference on psychedelic counsciousness in England. The third edition will be held from July 10 to July 12 at the University of Greenwich in London, with an outstanding panel of more than 130 nternational presenters, among which there will be Ralph Metzner, Jonathan Ott, Kat Harrison, Martina Hoffmann, Ben Sessa and Rick Doblin... ( see complete list here )
The convention program, with intersting lectures which range from psychedelic therapeutics, DMT entities and cannabinoids to entheobotany, harm reduction and ayahuasca, is enriched by a lot of intriguing fora, films and musical events...
To get all detailed info and your ticket, visit Breaking Convention 

Time of Psychedelic Conferences in USA

Soon the American psychedelic community (plus possible foreign hosts) will have the opportunity to congregate for two interesting conferences.
Psymposia (Envisioning a post prohibition world) - with talks on ayahuasca, iboga, MDMA, marijuana, drug policy and harm reduction - will be held on April 17-19 in Amherst (Massachusetts); among the speakers there will be Earth and Fire of Erowid (see the complete list on Psymposia website). If one can't go to Amherst, it's possible to watch the entire conference (and even ask questions) online.
For more details, tickets and livestream tickets visit: Psymposia

Generation Psychedelic - held in the same Psymposia days, April 17-19 -  is a three-day conference celebrating the younger generation of the psychedelic movement. The conference is produced by the Greener's Association for Psychedelic Studies at the Evergreen State College in Olympia (Washington). Among the speakers there will be Rick Doblin of MAPS (see the complete list on Generation Psychedeli website.)
Info, speakers and tickets on Generation Psychedelic  

Acid Test: LSD, Ecstasy and the Power to Heal

At the Horizons 2014 conference, Tom Shroder, author of Acid Test: LSD, ecstasy and the Power to Heal (a book dedicated to MAPS history and its continuous efforts to legitimate again the psychedelic therapy) speaks - together with Nicholas Blackston, MDMA therapy patient - about the renaissance of psychedelic healing...



Horizons 2014: Tom Shroder & Nicholas Blackston “Acid Test: LSD, Ecstasy and the Power to Heal” from Horizons on Vimeo.

AYA2014 - World Ayahuasca Conference

In the last decade, the interest and use of ayahuasca has expanded exponentially. This phenomenon has both activated the advancement of scientific research into its effects, risks and therapeutic potential, as well as serious legal, ethical and sustainability challenges. The World Ayahuasca Conference 2014, organized by the ICEERS Foundation, aims to be a multidisciplinary event that brings together leading scientists, legal experts, practitioners. environmentalists and other experts involved in the ayahuasca field, facilitating the interchange of experience and knowledge, and the birth of new synergies and collaborations through the formal presentations and round tables, workshops and debates, as well as the informal events of the conference.

The conference will be held  from Sept. 25 - 27 in Ibiza (Spain) with the participation of renowned entheogen scholars and researchers like Jonathan Ott, Dennis McKenna, Antonio Escohotado, Josep Maria Ferigcla and shamans from Colombia, Ecuador and Brasil.

For info, program, tickets etc. please visit AYA 2014  

The 8th Women Visionary Congress

The Women Visionary Congress is an annual gathering focused on the female energy in the field of visionary research, art, healing and activism. The 8th edition will be held at the Institute of Noetic Sciences Earthrise Retreat Center in Petaluma, California (USA) from May 30 to June 1st. Speakers include Gabrielle Agin-Liebes of the New York University Psilocybin Cancer Anxiety Study, Ecosexual artists Annie Sprinkle and Elizabeth Stephens, Joanne Naughton of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), and anthropologist Beatriz Labate and psychologist Clancy Cavnar, authors of The Therapeutic Use of Ayahuasca, in conversation with ethnobotanist Kat Harrison. Laura Blanco de Leon, President of the Association of Cannabis Studies of Uruguay, will talk about the creation of legislation in Uruguay regulating the legal production, sale and use of cannabis...
Tickets to the event are $ 350. (This amount includes a $ 75 tax deductible membership to the WVC, a 501CR nonprofit organization.)
Info, panels and presentations, schedule, complete list of speakers HERE