Complete Psilocybin and Psychedelics Directory

These communities and meetup groups vary in age, size, financial stability, activity level, web presence, and leadership ability. Each reflects the energies, philosophies, and organisational skills of its founders and/or current leaders. You can get involved in existing organizations or you may consider starting your own. We list organizations by state; some organizations offer online events and have the ability to serve an international crowd.

please note: many of these groups are not places to seek, encourage, or participate in the procurement of controlled substances. do not bring, buy, sell, transfer, or arrive on any illegal substances, or swap information on how to buy them.

‍United States‍
Autistic Psychedelic Community

Alabama
Psychedelic Discussion & Integration Group (Birmingham)‍

Alaska
Alaska Psychedelic Society‍

Arizona
Tucson Psychedelic Society
Psychedelic Club of Phoenix
Phoenix Psychedelics‍
Phoenix Ayahuasca Meetup Group
Phoenix Psychedelic Integration Circle

Arkansas
NWA Psychedelic Society‍

California

Northern CA
Psychedelic Club of Sacramento
West Sacramento Psychedelic Community
Davis Psychedelic Club
Mt. Tam Psychedelic Integration
Psychedelic Science at Berkeley
‍Berkeley Entheogenic Society
ERIE: Entheogenic Research, Integration, and Education
‍San Francisco Psychedelic Society
Psychedelic and Entheogen Academic Council
Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines
‍Psychedelic Club of San Mateo
‍Santa Cruz Psychedelic Society
‍Psychedelic Pilgrims & Integration
‍Monterey Psychedelic Society

Southern CA
Santa Barbara Psychedelic Integration Circle ‍
EntheoMedicine ‍
Psychedelic Club of UCSB ‍
LAMPS: Los Angeles Medicinal Plant Society ‍
InnerSpace Integration
‍Psychedelic Journeys: LA
‍Psychedelic Society of Los Angeles (PSOLA)
‍PsychedeLiA Integration
‍Ayahuasca DTLA
‍Psychedelica LA
Aware Project: Rethinking Psychedelics
Psychedelic and Psycho-spiritual Integration OC ‍
Conscious Cannabis Community ‍
Aware Project: San Diego Psychedelic Society ‍
Ayahuasca, Iboga, Psilocybin Entheogenic Integration
‍The Sacred Psychedelic Society ‍

Colorado
The Nowak Society
‍SPORE: Society for Psychedelic Outreach, Reform, and Education
‍Psychedelic Club of Denver
‍Psychedelic Club of Durango‍
‍Ayahuasca & Kambo Colorado / New Mexico
Denver Spore Club

Connecticut
Yale Psychedelic Science Group
Elm City Psychedelic Society‍

DC
D.C. Psychedelic Society
D.C. Friends of Psychedelic Science
DC Psychonauts

Florida
South Florida Psychedelic Society
Orlando Psychedelic Society
Florida Psilocybin Society
Tampa Psychedelic Society
Psychedelic Club of Orlando FL
Tampa Psychedelic Culture Meetup Group

Georgia
PsyAtlanta

Hawaii
Sacred Plants and Psychedelics Meetup‍

Idaho
Boise Psychedelic Society

Illinois

Chicago Psychedelic Community
Psychedelic Safety, Support, and Integration - Chicago
Psychedelics and the Future of Psychiatry
5-MeO-DMT: Expanding Consciousness In Chicago
‍Psychedelics and Limitless Personal Growth

Indiana
The Psychedelic Society of Southern Indiana & Western Kentucky

Iowa
Psychedelic Club of Iowa City‍

Louisiana
Louisiana Psychedelic Society‍

Maine
Dirigo Psychedelic Society‍

Maryland
Baltimore Psychedelic Society
The Ancestor Project

Massachusetts
Boston Entheogenic Network (BEN)
Psychedelic Society of New England
Harvard Undergraduate Science of Psychedelics Club
Boston Sacred Plant Collective
Group of Boston

Michigan
Detroit Psychedelic Society
Michigan Psychedelic Society
Grand Rapids Psychedelic Society

Minnesota
Psychedelic Society of Minnesota
Psychedelic Neuroscience

Missouri
Kansas City Psychedelic Society
Psychedelic Society of St. Louis

Montana
Southern Montana Psychedelic Community

Nebraska
Psychedelic Society of Omaha

Nevada
UNR Psychedelic Club‍

New Hampshire
The Beauty Road Community

New Jersey
Rutgers Psychedelic Society
Princeton Psychedelic Society Meetup Group
Princeton Science of Psychedelics Club
Jersey City Psychedelic Society‍

New Mexico
Finding The Force‍
New Mexico Psychedelic Science Society

New York
Brooklyn Psychedelic Society
Sacred Plants NYC
The Psychedelic Society of Eastern NY
The Psychedelic Society of Western New York
New York City Psychedelic Society
Psychedelic Club NYC
Westchester Psychedelic Society Meetup Group
Psychedelic Sangha NYC
Friends on Shrooms NYC
Entheogen Integration Circle
Soul Experiments NYC
Consciousness Hacking NYC
Teacher Plants NYC
Sacred Ceremonies NYC
NY/NJ plant medicine, natural healing and shamanism
Conscious Potential‍

North Carolina
Psychedelic Club of UNC Asheville
Asheville Psychedelic Preparation and Integration
Psychedelic Book Club

North Dakota
Fargo Moorhead Psychedelic Society

Ohio
Mind Manifest Midwest
Ohio Psychedelic Society
Akron Psychedelic Integration Support

Oklahoma
Psychedelic Society of Oklahoma

Oregon
Portland Psychedelic Society
Oregon Psilocybin Society
Psychedelic Equity Project
Psanctum Psychedelia
Portland Psychedelic Integration
Portland Integration Network

Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Psychedelic Society
Phoenixville Psychedelic Society
Psychedelic Club of Pittsburgh
Lehigh Valley Psychedelic Society‍
Psychonaut Pittsburgh

Rhode Island
Providence Psychedelic Integration Group

South Carolina
Society for the Exploration of Altered States (SEAS)‍

Tennessee

Texas
Austin Psychedelic Society
Dallas Psychedelic Society
Houston Psychedelic Society
Psychedelic Society of Texas
San Antonio Psychedelic Society

Utah
Utah Psychedelic Society
Psychedelic Society of Salt Lake City
Integration/Discussion Meetup

Vermont

Virginia
Psychedelic Club of Charlottesville

Washington
Seattle Psychedelic Society
Port Townsend Psychedelic Society
Seattle Mind Travelers
Olympia Psychedelic Society
Seattle Futurist Society
Sacred Heart Medicine Sanctuary Meetup
Cascadia Psychedelic Community

Wisconsin
Madison Psychedelic Society
Milwaukee Psychedelic Society
‍Green Bay Sacred Plant Medicines

Online communities and discussion forums dedicated to harm reduction, psychedelics, psilocybin, etc.

English
Ayahuasca Forums -- the online ayahuasca community.‍

Psychedelic Grad -- community for students, clinicians, therapists, activists, coaches, leaders, organizers, and all the other humans wanting to make a difference and play a role in the psychedelic movement.‍

Blue Light -- international, online, harm-reduction community committed to reducing the harms associated with drug use. ‍

DMT Nexus -- forum and chat focused on DMT. ‍

5MeO DMT -- forum focused on 5MeO-DMT. ‍

Mycotopia -- forum focused mostly on growing mushrooms and the culture around mushrooms. ‍

Shroomery -- spreads accurate information about magic mushrooms so people can make informed decisions about what they put in their bodies.‍

/r/shrooms -- A place to discuss the growing, hunting, and experience of shrooms.‍

/r/microdosing ‍ -- community for discussion pertaining to microdosing research, experiments, regimens and experiences. ‍

/r/psychonaut -- community of people who explore consciousness with different substances.‍

/r/psychedelics -- discussions of trips, chemicals, natural psychedelics and more. ‍

/r/LSD ‍ -- a kind, open-minded community dedicated to Lysergic Acid Diethylamide-25. ‍

Tripsit -- 24/7 chat rooms focused on harm reduction.‍

pHenohunter -- A growing, compassionate community for all things Cannabis.‍

The Corroboree -- Australia's first Ethnobotany forum.‍

Drugs-Forum -- online community which supports its members and provides them with reliable, harm reduction-oriented advice and information.‍

HPPD Support Forum -- Hallucinogen Persisting Perception Disorder (HPPD) support forum - HPPD, flashbacks, drug-induced visual snow syndrome and depersonalization/derealization.

Gold Cap Integration Network -- integration forum for members.

‍‍Danish
Psychedelia -- Denmark's largest community for drug users.‍

Dutch (Netherlands)
DrugsForum -- forum discussing all types of substances.

Finnish
Psilosybini info -- psilocybin forum.‍

Psychoactive Vault -- forum discussing all types of substances.

French
Psychonaut.fr -- forum discussing psychedelics.

German
Eve & Rave -- forum discussing all types of substances.

Persian
Persian psy -- forum discussing all types of substances.

Russian
ЦКП -- forum discussing exploration of consciousness with and without substances.‍

Мотылёк -- harm reduction forum.‍

Magiska Molekyler -- forum discussing all types of substances.

Organizations and individuals offering training programs for prospective psychedelic therapists, guides, facilitators; as well as for journeyers who seek healing and support.

Tripsitters does not endorse any individual or organization listed. This list contains information that is openly available on the internet. Please do thorough research before choosing a program.

For Therapists, Guides, Facilitators

Alef Trust -- various training, and degree and certificate programs in consciousness, transpersonal and spiritual psychology
Alien Insect -- youtube video series called Psychedelics and Brain Master Course
Atma Academy Canada -- Accredited Psychedelic-assisted Psychotherapy Training Programs for Mental Health Professionals
AWE -- hybrid three-year Psychedelic Therapy Training program offering MA and PhD tracks
‍‍Aya Healing Retreats -- Various online and in-person training programs and apprenticeships, such as Trauma-Informed Plant Medicine Training Program and Somatic Plant Medicine Integration Training
Being True to You -- Online Addiction Recovery and Psychedelic Integration Coaching Training
Blossom Psychedelic Courses -- directory of courses and training programs
California Institute of Integral Studies -- Hybrid Residential and Online Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies and Research Certificate Program (Boston or SF), 150 hours. Must have an advanced degree and licensure ‍
Canadian Psychedelic Assocation -- directory of courses and training programs
Ceiba Ibogaine -- 4-part recorded series about Gabonese culture and the spiritual practice of Bwiti to educate and inspire anyone with an interest in the use of iboga
Center for Consciousness Medicine -- several training programs such as the Psychdelic Guide Training Program
Center for Optimal Living -- Live Online Integrative Harm Reduction Psychotherapy Certificate Program, and Intensive Trainings, CE credits available
Center for Psychedelic Medicine (NYU) -- training programs in a clinical setting
Chiron Learning Academy -- training programs in Toronto, Canada
‍Compass Pathways -- Online and clinical training for psilocybin therapy‍‍
Consciousness Medicine -- Francoise Bourzat -- Pre-recorded online courses
Embodied Philosophy -- Pre-recorded lecture series, along with an option to join “the Wisdom School,” which gives access to more educational material
EntheoNurse -- various educational programs such as Psychedelics in Psychiatry
Evolutionary Education -- live and online, trauma-informed training for helping professionals.
Fluence -- various educational courses, workshops and certificates such as Postgraduate Certificate in Psychedelic Integration Therapy.
Forest Medicine Coaching -- various courses, workshops, and retreats, such as Medicinekeeper Immersion, based in Colorado
Gabor Mate -- various courses, events and training programs with emphasis on compassionate inquiry, and healing trauma and addiction
The Guiding Presence -- pre-recorded online course with teachings from various practitioners
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai -- lectures and clinical training for therapists
Innate Path -- 8-week Experiential, Cohort-based Psychedelic Training
Institute of Psychedelic Therapy -- upcoming two-year psychedelic assisted therapist training starting March 2022
Integrative Psychiatry Institute -- Year-Long Online Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Training with optional in-person ketamine experiential retreat
IFS (Internal Family Systems) -- online courses and in-person trainings
Inward Bound -- Online Introduction to Psychedelic Therapy Training Program
Ketamine Training Center -- in-person workshop program is designed for experienced professionals
MAPS Compilation of Institutions Offering Programs‍ -- list of courses, programs, and institutions that offer education in areas involving psychology, psychedelics, transpersonal studies, etc.
Maps MDMA Therapy Training -- virtual MDMA Therapy Training Program enrolls compassionate and experienced clinicians who are committed to health and well-being. Plans to host future in-person programs
Medicine Keeper School -- Foundational Guideship Trainings with in-person Immersive Retreats
Microdose (Science of Psychedelics) -- accredited Professional Training in Psychedelic Medicine
Mind Foundation -- various offerings such as in-person training in Germany and Amsterdam, and recorded webinars and courses online
Mind Medicine Australia -- Certificate In Psychedelic-assisted Therapies (CPAT), 90-hours hybrid program
Mindspace Wellbeing -- various training programs and courses in mindfulness, psychotherapy, and psychedelic harm reduction
Naropa University -- The Naropa University Certificate in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies is a ten-month, 200-hour non-degree training program featuring a hybrid delivery of online and retreat-based learning launching in 2022
Nursing & Sacred Medicine -- online courses specifically for nurses of all levels of practice.‍
Phoenix Academy -- training programs, retreats, and workshops based in Vancouver.
Polaris Insight -- Ketamine and Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Training
Portland Psychotherapy Training -- Workshops and Classes for Therapists
Psychedelic Coalition for Health -- in-person training in Los Angeles for heathcare professionals
Psychedelic Insights -- experiential psilocybin retreat in Netherlands for those who want experience sitting for others
Psychedelic Medicine Association -- directory of courses and training programs
‍PRATI (Psychedelic Research and Training Institute) -- In-person programs such as Ketamine and Psychedelic Medicine Training, for physicians and professionals
Psychedelic School -- various courses such as Foundation to Psychedelic Pharmacology
Psychedelic Science at Berkeley -- Introduction to Psychedelic Science video series
Psychedelics Sitter School -- several levels of online and in-person courses focused on therapeutic cannabis use, but with broader applications to other psychedelics‍‍
Psychedelic Somatic Institute -- Psychedelic Therapy Training and Apprenticeship
Psychedelic Support -- Accredited courses to advance professional development and knowledge of psychedelic safety, therapeutic applications, and research findings
Psychedelics Today -- Navigating Psychedelics for Clinicians and Therapists, 8-week Online Live Course
‍Sage Institute -- two-year internship training program, and a hybrid Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy Program
‍SCPTR (Salt City Psychedelic Therapy & Research) -- 8-week online Psychedelic Therapy Training Program
Somastery -- trauma training for psychedelic facilitators
Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute -- training in the Somatic Experiencing modality
Sophia University -- MA, PhD, PsyD and certificate programs in various fields of Psychology
SoundMind Center -- ten-week graduate-level training course for clinicians and other professionals
SSDP Psychedelic Pipeline -- global network to connect SSDP members and alumni who are interested in working in the field of psychedelics to quality mentorship, training, scholarship funds, and career development opportunities, with a deliberate focus on providing access to people of color
Synthesis Institute -- 12-month practitioner training in partnership with Usona Institute, and 10-day practitioner retreat‍‍
Therapsil -- training program designed to train healthcare providers in how to safely and effectively guide a client on a therapeutic psilocybin experience
University of Ottawa -- 9-credit Microprogram in Psychedelics and Spirituality Studies
University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Pharmacy -- offering a masters-level program in Psychoactive Pharmaceutical Investigation, and an online Capstone Certificate in Psychoactive Pharmaceutical Investigation
‍Zendo Project -- variety of harm reduction resources‍‍

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For Journeyers

Francoise Bourzat -- Consciousness Medicine -- Pre-recorded online courses for therapists, health professionals, coaches, and everyone interested in exploring and refining a sense of personal balance
DoubleBlind Magazine -- affordable online classes on growing mushrooms and using psychedelics
Evolutionary Education -- live and online, trauma-informed training for helping professionals
Fungi Academy -- online and in-person courses and community for cultivation and using psilocybin mushrooms
Heal Grow Art & Therapy -- Microdosing & the Artist’s Way Course
IAI Academy -- two-part Science of Psychedelics course
Idler -- The Science Of Psychedelics Online Course with Dr. Robin Carhart-Harris
Julianne Keu -- Microdosing for Mental Wellness course
Live Free Laura D -- Microdosing Mastermind Program and Free 8-Day Microdosing Course
Microdosing for Healing -- self-guided virtual microdosing course with supportive group coaching
Microdosing Institute -- Explore Microdosing video course
Microhuasca -- Introduction to Ayahuasca Microdosing for Professionals (Spanish, subtitles in English)
Psychedelic Conversations -- Microdosing Reset Program
Psychedelic School -- several courses such as Antidepressants and Psychedelics and Psychedelic Therapy & Healing: From Theory To Practice
Psychedelic Society of UK -- online mushroom cultivation course for beginners
San Francisco Psychedelic Society -- Microdosing Movement course and community
Somastery -- courses and workshops focused on trauma relief and support
Spirit Molecule -- courses on microdosing protocol, organic extraction, and mushroom cultivation
Tam Integration -- various courses such as Sitting for Psychonauts Meditation Intensives, and Mushroom Culitvation and Microdosing Intensive
The Third Wave -- various microdosing courses and programs
Thrive with Jeremy -- Microdosing Masterclass
UMASS Memorial Health Center for Mindfulness -- Mindfulness programs and community
‍Zendo Project -- variety of harm reduction resources

Organizations that advocate for policy changes and harm reduction.

Australia
Entheogenesis Australis (EGA) -- providing opportunities for critical thinking and knowledge sharing on ethnobotanical plants, fungi, nature and sustainability.

Canada
Global Ibogaine Therapy Alliance (GITA) -- supporting the sacramental and therapeutic uses of iboga, as well as its alkaloids and their analogs, through sustainability initiatives, scientific research, education, and advocacy.‍

NORML Canada -- focusing its efforts on policy reform and public outreach.‍

Decriminalize Nature Canada -- Decriminalization does not authorize recreational use or retail marketing. It simply reduces people’s risk of arrest for using natural substances that can treat common mental health conditions.

Europe
EuroNPUD -- supports growth and development of drug user networking and advocacy across EU and its Neighbourhood, and represents the interests of people who use drugs to European institutions.‍

European Coalition for Just and Effective Drug Policies (ENCOD) -- fights for fairer drug policies respecting the rights of users, providing information and education.‍

Nightlife Empowerment & Well-being Network (NEW Net) -- European network of community-based NGOs acting in the fields of health promotion and nightlife, of nightlife professionals, local and regional authorities and agencies, treatment professionals and scientific researchers.

France
NORML France -- informs citizens, supports cannabis users towards access to rights and to health, promotes scientific research and brings together civil society actors in favor of 'reform of cannabis legislation’

Germany
Deutscher Hanfverband (DHV) -- striving for a legal, consumer-friendly market regulation of cannabis.‍

Law Enforcement Against Prohibition Deutschland (LEAP Deutschland) -- nationwide and global network of people who advocate the legal regulation of drugs and harm reduction.‍

Schildower Kreis -- draws attention to the harmful consequences of drug prohibition and shows legal alternatives to repressive drug policy.

International
Ayahuasca Defense Fund (ADF, ICEERS project) -- an ICEERS program dedicated to addressing the challenges presented by the growing criminalization of practices with ayahuasca and other teacher plants.‍

International Center for Ethnobotanical Education, Research Services (ICEERS) -- dedicated to transforming society’s relationship with psychoactive plants.‍

International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC) -- global network of 192 NGOs that focus on issues related to drug production, trafficking and use.‍

Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP) -- Unite and mobilize the voice of law enforcement in support of drug policy and criminal justice reforms that will make communities safer by focusing law enforcement resources on the greatest threats to public safety, promoting alternatives to arrest and incarceration, addressing the root causes of crime, and working toward healing police-community relations.‍

Thank You Plant Medicine - working for the de-stigmatization of psychoactive plant medicines and psychedelics, and their responsible integration into mainstream society.

Ireland
NORML Ireland -- working for more research into the benefits and the uses of the cannabis plant for all purposes.

Israel
Ha Kaleidoscope -- Information in Hebrew about psychedelic substances, harm reduction

Lithuania
Young Wave -- calls for the development of a drug policy based on Western best practices, scientific discoveries and human rights, and for the participation of civil society in policy-making processes.

Mexico
Espolea -- empowers young people to get involved in projects and initiatives that generate knowledge and information that, from a youth perspective, allow us to act as agents of change and promote respect for human rights.

Netherlands
Fair Trade Coke -- platform that opens up the debate on cocaine trade and is looking for constructive, sustainable and humane alternatives for the War on Drugs.

Women on Psychedelics -- advocates for women’s rights and choices while bringing them to work together towards the end of the stigmatization around women and drugs, and the normalization of the use of psychedelics for its therapeutical potential and healing capacities.

New Zealand
NORML New Zealand -- moving public opinion sufficiently to legalise the responsible use of cannabis by adults, and to serve as an advocate for consumers to assure they have access to high quality cannabis that is safe, convenient and affordable.

Norway
Emmasofia -- works to get Norway into a drug policy based on research and respect for human rights.

Pakistan
Legalize Cannabis in Pakistan

Philippines
No Box -- working on reforming drug-related policies and laws.

Romania
Awaken -- project that focuses on harm reduction strategies, promoting the health and safety of the festival community.

Sweden
Föreningen för Holistisk Missbruksvård -- spread information about ibogaine and its effects by arranging lectures and having a dialogue with politicians and authorities.

Switzerland
Schweizerische Ärztegesellschaft für Psycholytische Therapie (SÄPT) -- make the psychoactive substances usable for psychotherapeutic use, to control their handling, to encourage further research and to offer the theoretical and practical training necessary for their handling.

United Kingdom
All Party Parliamentary Group for Drug Policy Reform (APPG for Drug Policy Reform -- discuss drug policy reform based on available evidence and with a health focus.‍

Beckley Foundation’s Global Initiative for Drug Policy Reform -- promotes the development of alternative approaches to drug control in order to create more humane, cost-effective, and evidence-based policies. It achieves these aims by collecting, commissioning, and disseminating evidence to the public and governments.‍

Drug Equality Alliance (DEA) -- mission is to use domestic and international legal jurisdictions to interrogate the law and its application to those who produce, commerce, possess and consume such drugs. ‍

Ethnobotanical Stewardship Council (ESC) -- promoting global awareness of and local accessibility to organic potent ethnobotanicals.‍

NORML UK ‍

Transform Drug Policy Foundation -- dedicated to reducing the risks associated with drugs, promoting evidence-based policy, and improving the lives of those harmed by ineffective drug laws.

Volteface -- seeks to reduce the harm drugs pose to individuals and society, through evidence-based policy and reform.

United States
920 Coalition -- bring together as many people as possible to encourage dialogue, raise awareness and create community around the intelligent and beneficial use of psychedelic psilocybin mushrooms. ‍

Ayahuasca Foundation -- supports the preservation of indigenous wisdom and culture, offering healing retreats and educational courses, and conducting research focused on the ayahuasca healing tradition used for millennia by indigenous healers of the Peruvian Amazon.‍

Bay Staters for Natural Medicine -- a grassroots team of scientists, clinicians, and patients advocating for commonsense legislation in MA.‍

Cosmic Sister -- an environmental feminist educational advocacy group founded in 2007 by cultural activist Zoe Helene, who coined the term Psychedelic Feminism.‍

Decriminalize Nature (multi-state) -- improving human health and well-being by decriminalizing and expanding access to entheogenic plants and fungi through political and community organizing, education and advocacy.‍

Decriminalize Nature Ann Arbor

Decriminalize Nature Massachusetts ‍

Decriminalize Nature NYC ‍

Decriminalize Nature DC ‍

Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) -- mission is to advance those policies and attitudes that best reduce the harms of both drug use and drug prohibition, and to promote the sovereignty of individuals over their minds and bodies.‍

Erowid Foundation -- member-supported organization providing access to reliable, non-judgmental information about psychoactive plants, chemicals, and related issues.‍

Heroic Hearts Project (HHP) -- non profit organization that connects military veterans struggling with mental trauma to psychedelic therapy options including ayahuasca, psilocybin, and ketamine. ‍

The Hood Incubator -- seeks to disrupt and undo the harm created by centuries of racist policies and practice beginning with chattel slavery and continuing through the war on drugs.

Limina Foundation -- support the betwixt and between states of consciousness where transformation, change, and renewal takes place.‍

Niskanen Center -- works to advance an open society by active engagement in the war of ideas, direct engagement in the policymaking process, and through the courts with amicus briefs and pro bono representation.‍

NORML -- move public opinion sufficiently to legalize the responsible use of marijuana by adults, and to serve as an advocate for consumers to assure they have access to high quality marijuana that is safe, convenient and affordable.‍

North Star -- shaping psychedelic business around psychedelic wisdom, to not only change mental healthcare but to develop role models in the needed transformation of business as a whole.

Oklahoma Psilocybin Initiative -- people-powered movement working to remove criminal and civil penalties for psilocybin use and possession in Oklahoma.

Plant Medicine Coalition -- Washington DC-based organization whose mission is to create, protect, and promote safe, equitable access to natural and synthetic psychedelic and plant medicines through local and national advocacy.

Psychedelic Liberation Education Discipline and Guidance (PLEDG) -- non-profit organization whose mission is to heal communities in need by providing first responders and people with limited resources access to psilocybin therapy, education, and integration.‍

Samadhi Today -- creates a global movement towards an evolution of humankind.

Scales -- To promote solidarity between psychedelic users, researchers, indigenous entheogenic communities, and other psychedelic advocates and people that are in prison as a result of their relationship with psychedelic substances.

Society of Cannabis Clinicians (SCC) -- nonprofit educational and scientific society of physicians and health care professionals dedicated to the education and research support of cannabis for medical use.‍

SPORE (Society for Psychedelic Outreach, Reform, and Education) -- develop public education, build community, and foster diverse leadership towards respecting, liberating, reclaiming, and responsibly integrating psychedelics into our society.‍

Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) -- replacing the disastrous war on drugs with policies rooted in evidence, compassion and human rights.‍

The Clarity Project -- seeks to create a legislative framework for legally accessing psilocybin-assisted therapy in Hawai'i.

VETS (Veterans Exploring Treatment Solutions) -- working to transform veteran healthcare by finding meaningful alternative solutions for mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and post-traumatic stress (PTS).

Women’s Visionary Council -- expands the inclusion of women in critical discussions about mental health and community wellness.

Organizations that focus on harm reduction.

German
ChEckiT -- anonymous, free, and confidential drug testing and advice/information center.
Saferparty -- provides neutral information about mind-altering substances and associated risks, and offers advice by email.

Dutch
‍‍Safe’n Sound -- provides information booths at parties that educate people on substance use and harm reduction. ‍

Unity -- provides information to partygoers about alcohol and drugs and the associated risks.

English

Fireside Project -- Psychedelic Peer Support Line (62-FIRESIDE > 623-473-7433) and App providing free and confidential real-time peer support for people during and after psychedelic experiences.

‍‍Mind your trip -- helps people to control their NPS (New Psychoactive Substances aka designer drugs) use.‍

Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) -- provides advocacy, programs and resources that help to prevent mental health problems and illnesses, support recovery and resilience, and enable all Canadians to flourish and thrive.‍

Crew -- harm reduction and outreach charity based in Scotland.‍

International Energy Control (IEC) -- develops Harm Reduction strategies, offers information, personal advice and education regarding drugs in order to diminish risk and harm related to their use.‍

DrugsAnd.Me -- provides accessible, objective and comprehensive educational material to help reduce the short and long term harms of drugs.‍

DrugWise -- promoting evidence-based information on drugs, alcohol and tobacco.‍

Harm Reduction Australia -- committed to reducing the health, social and economic harms potentially associated with drug use.‍

International Harm Reduction Association (IHRA) -- dedicated to reducing the negative health, social and legal impacts of drug use and drug policy.‍

The Loop -- provides drug safety testing, welfare and harm reduction services at nightclubs, festivals and other leisure events. ‍

PsyCare UK -- provides welfare and harm reduction services at music festivals and events throughout the UK and internationally.‍

Dance Safe -- promoting health and safety within the nightlife and electronic music community.‍

Drugs Data -- independent anonymous laboratory drug testing program of Erowid Center that collects, reviews, manages, and publishes laboratory testing results and republishes from other analysis projects worldwide.‍

Kosmicare -- promoting research and intervention aimed at the caring for the people who use drugs.
National Harm Reduction Coalition -- building power and equity with people who use drugs through access, advocacy and action.‍

Pill reports -- global database of Ecstasy" pills based on both subjective user reports and scientific analysis. ‍

Zendo project -- provides a supportive environment and education to help transform difficult psychedelic and emotional experiences into opportunities for learning and growth.‍

Welsh Emerging Drugs and Identification of Novel Substances (WEDINOS) (Public Health Wales project) -- tests substances to give individual users and others rapid and accurate information to reduce harms.‍

Tripby -- aimed to provide harm reduction information on psychoactive drugs.

Polish
Spoleczna Inicjatywa Narkopolityki (SIN; Social Initiative of Drug Policy) -- working for drug policy based on facts and human rights.

Slovenian
DrogArt -- vision is to reduce the risks associated with drug and alcohol use in Slovenia.

Organizations that focus on science and research.

Australia
Psychedelic Research In Science and Medicine (PRISM) -- collaborating with MAPS to establish research on MDMA / PTSD in Australia. Also involved in harm reduction and drug law reform.‍

Mind Medicine Australia -- focused on clinical application of psilocybin and MDMA for certain mental illnesses.‍

Medicinal Psychedelics Research Network (MPRN) -- University of Melbourne organization aims to facilitate collaboration between Australian and international colleagues to further research.

Brazil
Insituto Phaneros -- aims to contribute to the evaluation, research and development of psychedelic-assisted therapy in Brazil. ‍

Wasiwaska -- Research center for study of psychoactive plants, visionary art and consciousness.

Canada
Ketamine Research Institute (KRIYA) -- devoted to understanding the therapeutic properties of ketamine (and related medicines).‍

Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) Canada -- scientific research and education supporting the beneficial uses of psychedelic medicines, including treatment for medical conditions, neuroscience, creativity and spirituality.

Europe
MIND - European Foundation for Psychedelic Science -- science and education organization that promotes psychedelic research and therapy.‍

Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) Europe -- sponsors clinical trials in Europe that offer volunteers the opportunity to participate in research studies.

India
International Society for Ethnopharmacology (ISE) -- small, collaborative, interdisciplinary group of scientists fascinated by the study of the global use of medicines.

International
Alius Research Group -- international interdisciplinary research group dedicated to investigation consciousness, with specific focus on non-ordinary or understudied conscious states traditionally classified as altered states of consciousness.‍

Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness (ASSC) -- academic society that promotes research and coordinates conferences directed toward understanding nature, function, and underlying mechanisms of consciousness. ‍

International Cannabinoid Research Society (ICRS) -- non-political, non-religious organization dedicated to scientific research in all fields of the cannabinoids.‍

International Center for Ethnobotanical Education, Research Services (ICEERS) -- dedicated to transforming society’s relationship with psychoactive plants by engaging with some of the fundamental issues resulting from the globalization of ayahuasca, iboga, and other ethnobotanicals.‍

Psychedelic Survey -- collaborative platform focused on knowledge sharing and giving people the ability to help psychedelic science with their own meaningful experiences.

Netherlands
OPEN Foundation -- dedicated to solidifying professional quality of psychedelic psychotherapy and to ensure its potential is optimized in mental health care.

Norway
Norwegian Psychedelic Science -- aims to build a network of scientists, academics and students, and organize activities that enhance the development of scientific research on psychedelics.

Russia
The Moscow Center for Consciousness Studies (MCCS) -- Moscow State University research unit studying the problem of mind-body, free will and moral responsibility, artificial intelligence and personality identity.

Spain
Journal of Transpersonal Research -- aims to promote, gather and disseminate research in transpersonal psychology and psychotherapy, and related fields.

Switzerland
Schweizerische Ärztegesellschaft für Psycholytische Therapie / Swiss Medical Association for Psycholytic Therapy (SÄPT) -- aims to make psychoactive substances available for psycholytic and psychedelic psychotherapy, to control their use, to stimulate further research and to offer theoretical and practical training.

United Kingdom
Beckley Foundation -- collaborates with leading scientific and political institutions worldwide to design and develop ground-breaking research and global policy initiatives.‍

COMPASS Pathways -- mental health care company researching how psilocybin therapy can help treatment-resistant depression.‍

DrugScience -- leading independent scientific body on drugs in the UK, working to provide clear, evidence-based information without political or commercial interference.‍

Imperial College London / Imperial Centre for Psychedelic Research (CPR) -- focuses on the action and clinical use of psychedelics, with a particular focus on researching the treatment of depression.

United States
Alexander Shulgin Research Institute (ASRI) -- preserves and continues work of biochemist Sasha Shulgin, by performing basic biochemistry and neuroscience research; providing support services to scientists and professionals; and conserving and disseminating 50 years of existing research.‍

Ayahuasca Foundation -- supports preservation of indigenous wisdom and culture, offering healing retreats and educational courses, and conducting research focused on the ayahuasca healing tradition used for millennia by indigenous healers of the Peruvian Amazon.‍

Council on Spiritual Practices -- collaboration among spiritual guides, experts in the behavioral and biomedical sciences, and scholars of religion, dedicated to making direct experience of the sacred more available to more people. ‍

Delos Psyche -- Passionate volunteers committed to developing and implementing rigorous scientific studies with psychedelic substances. Developing a controlled, scientific study of the effects of sub-perceptual doses of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide, a psychoactive chemical.

Edelic Center For Ethnobotanical Services (ECFES) -- works with the research and practitioner community to educate the public on safety around “medicinal” plants, modernize psycho-pharmacopeia protocols, and champion the individual’s right to access whole plants for health and healing.‍

Erowid Center -- helping to improve available information about psychoactive plants, chemicals, medicines, and technologies. ‍

Heffter Research Institute (HRI) -- Advancing studies on psilocybin for treatment of addictions and other mental disorders, with the highest standards of scientific research.‍

Johns Hopkins Psychedelic Research Unit (JHPRU) -- research focused on how psychedelics affect behavior, mood, cognition, brain function, and biological markers of health.‍

Modern Spirit Epigenetics Project (MSEP) -- Dedicated to demonstrating the value of spiritual healing in modern healthcare by illuminating the intersection between biology, emotion, and spirituality. ‍

Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) -- research and educational organization developing medical, legal, and cultural contexts for people to benefit from the careful uses of psychedelics and marijuana.‍

Out of Body Experience Research Foundation (OBERF) -- for all other experiences that are not an ADC (after death communications) or an NDE (near death experience), such as spiritually transformative event, power of prayer, out of body experience, meditation experiences, premortal existence, precognitive dreams, etc. ‍

Salt City Psychedelic Therapy and Research (SCPTR) -- Utah-Based organization dedicated to advancing the field of Psychedelic Medicine.‍

Salvia divinorum Research and Information Center (SDRIC) -- directory of resources regarding Salvia divonorum.‍

Society of Ethnobiology -- professional organization dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of the relationships of plants and animals with human cultures worldwide, including past and present relationships between peoples and the environment. ‍

Source Research Foundation (SRF) -- aims to connect, inspire, and support students who study the epidemiology, phenomenology, and the environmental, cultural and clinical contexts of psychedelic use, and to develop a virtual collaboratory of students, scientists, and community members who are passionate about psychedelic science.‍

Unlimited Sciences -- psychedelic research nonprofit that combines the power of data and lived experiences to serve the community, educate the public, and inform common sense practices and policies.‍

Usona Institute -- conducts and supports pre-clinical and clinical research to further the understanding of the therapeutic effects of psilocybin and other consciousness-expanding medicines.

Books
Acid Dreams: The Complete Social History of LSD – Martin A. Lee and Bruce Shlain
‍Tells the full and astounding story—part of it hidden till now in secret Government files—of the role the mind-altering drug played in our recent turbulent history and the continuing influence it has on our time.‍

The Adventure of Self-Discovery - Stanislov Grof
Presents a useful model of the psyche―a model extended by his thirty years of studying non-ordinary states of consciousness. It is useful for understanding such phenomena as shamanism, mysticism, psychedelic states, spontaneous visionary experiences, and psychotic episodes. The model is also useful in explaining the dynamics of experiential psychotherapies and a variety of sociopolitical manifestations such as war and revolution.

Allies for Awakening - Ralph Metzner
Based on 50 years of experience as a participant-observer in the international underground sub-culture involved with entheogenic, consciousness-expanding substances. The author discusses the uses and values of such substances when the explicit intention or purpose is for spiritual awakening, psychotherapy, healing, increased understanding and the enhancement of creativity.

The Art of Being a Healing Presence - Susan Cutshall, James E Miller
On being with others in a compassionate, nurturing, healing way.

The Art of Losing Control - Jules Evans
Piecing together interviews, analysis of ancient and modern philosophy, and his own eclectic encounters with the sublime, philosopher Jules Evans mounts an investigation into what we can gain from mastering the art of losing control.

Autism On Acid: How LSD Helped Me Understand, Navigate, Alter & Appreciate My Autistic Perceptions – Aaron Paul Orsini
Personal telling of the unprecedented degree to which LSD helped autistic author Aaron Paul Orsini navigate an otherwise chaotic swirl of formerly inaccessible — and therefore, unfamiliar — social cues and interoceptive sensory signals. Includes curation of relevant research publications and reflections on potential therapeutic protocols.

A Really Good Day - Ayelet Waldman
The true story of how a renowned writer’s struggle with mood storms led her to try a remedy as drastic as it is forbidden: microdoses of LSD. Her revealing, fascinating journey provides a window into one family and the complex world of a once-infamous drug seen through new eyes.

Becoming a Person - Carl Rogers
A personal account of how Carl Rogers sees client-centered psychotherapy. Friendly read, very insightful, and lots of case studies to learn from.

Become What You Are - Alan Watts
In this collection of writings, including nine new chapters never before available in book form, Watts displays the intelligence, playfulness of thought, and simplicity of language that has made him so perennially popular as an interpreter of Eastern thought for Westerners. He draws on a variety of religious traditions, and covers topics such as the challenge of seeing one's life "just as it is," the Taoist approach to harmonious living, the limits of language in the face of ineffable spiritual truth, and the psychological symbolism of Christian thought.

Be Here Now - Ram Dass
A vehicle for sharing the true message, and a guide to self-determination. With over 150 pages of metaphysical illustrations, practical advice on how to implement a yogic regiment, and a chapter dedicated to quotes and book recommendations, Be Here Now is sure to enrich your emotional, physical, and spiritual life.

The Body Keeps the Score - Bessel van der Kolk
Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, one of the world’s foremost experts on trauma, has spent over three decades working with survivors. In The Body Keeps the Score, he uses recent scientific advances to show how trauma literally reshapes both body and brain, compromising sufferers’ capacities for pleasure, engagement, self-control, and trust. He explores innovative treatments—from neurofeedback and meditation to sports, drama, and yoga—that offer new paths to recovery by activating the brain’s natural neuroplasticity.

The Book - Alan Watts
At the root of human conflict is our fundamental misunderstanding of who we are. The illusion that we are isolated beings, unconnected to the rest of the universe, has led us to view the “outside” world with hostility, and has fueled our misuse of technology and our violent and hostile subjugation of the natural world. To help us understand that the self is in fact the root and ground of the universe, Watts has crafted a revelatory primer on what it means to be human—and a mind-opening manual of initiation into the central mystery of existence.

Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
Presents Aldous Huxley's vision of the future--of a world utterly transformed. Through the most efficient scientific and psychological engineering, people are genetically designed to be passive and therefore consistently useful to the ruling class. This powerful work of speculative fiction sheds a blazing critical light on the present and is considered to be Huxley's most enduring masterpiece.

Brave New World Revisited - Aldous Huxley
Following Brave New World is the nonfiction work Brave New World Revisited, first published in 1958. It is a fascinating work in which Huxley uses his tremendous knowledge of human relations to compare the modern-day world with the prophetic fantasy envisioned in Brave New World, including threats to humanity, such as overpopulation, propaganda, and chemical persuasion.

Breaking Open: Finding a Way Through Spiritual Emergencies - Jules Evans and Tim Read
The first book in which people discuss their own spiritual emergencies and share what helped them through. Our authors are the experts of their own experience, and they share their wild journeys with courage, insight and poetry.

The Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss: My Life with Terence Mckenna - Dennis McKenna
The story of the McKenna brothers' eye-opening expedition to the Amazon in 1971 for psychedelic research.

Cave and Cosmos: Shamanic Encounters with Another Reality - Michael Harner
Written by the leading authority on shamanism, Cave and Cosmos is a must-read not only for those interested in shamanism, but also for those interested in spirituality, comparative religion, near-death experiences, healing, consciousness, anthropology, and the nature of reality.

Confrontations with the Unconscious - Scott J. Hill
Intertwines psychedelic research, personal accounts of psychedelic experiences, and C. G. Jung's work on trauma, the shadow, psychosis, and psychospiritual transformation - including Jung's own confrontation with the unconscious - to show the relevance of Jung's penetrating insights to the work of Stanislav Grof, Ann Shulgin, Ronald Sandison, Margot Cutner, among other psychedelic and transpersonal researchers, and to demonstrate the great value of Jung's penetrating insights for understanding difficult psychedelic experiences and promoting safe and effective psychedelic exploration and psychotherapy.

Consciousness Medicine - Francoise Bourzat
A comprehensive guide to the safe and ethical application of expanded states of consciousness for therapists, healing practitioners, and sincere explorers.

Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge - Jeremy Narby
This adventure in science and imagination, which the Medical Tribune said might herald "a Copernican revolution for the life sciences," leads the reader through unexplored jungles and uncharted aspects of mind to the heart of knowledge.In a first-person narrative of scientific discovery that opens new perspectives on biology, anthropology, and the limits of rationalism, The Cosmic Serpent reveals how startlingly different the world around us appears when we open our minds to it.

The Cultural History of the Magic Mushroom - Andy Letcher
The world of the magic mushroom is a place where shamans and hippies rub shoulders with psychiatrists, poets, and international bankers. Since its rediscovery only fifty years ago, this hallucinogenic fungus, once shunned in the West as the most pernicious of poisons, has inspired a plethora of folktales and urban legends. In this timely and definitive study, Andy Letcher chronicles the history of the magic mushroom—from its use by the Aztecs of Central America and the tribes of Siberia through to the present day—stripping away the myths and taking a critical and humorous look at the drug's more recent manifestations.

Decomposing the Shadow - James W Jesso
Presents a psychological model for the experience of the magic psilocybin mushroom. It explores what the experience of this psychedelic medicine exposes to us about the nature of mind, emotion, society, psychospiritual maturity, and reality itself.

DMT and My Occult Mind - Dick Khan
The DMT (dimethyltryptamine) experience represents some of the most important and interesting research in our world. Unsanctioned DMT researcher Dick Khan investigates the mind manifesting realities of hidden nature and attempts to understand what's at play with the deeply mystical and mysterious DMT experience.

The Doors of Perception - Aldous Huxley
The author of Brave New World explores the mind's remote frontiers and the unmapped areas of human consciousness.

The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants: Ethnopharmacology and its Applications - Chistian Ratsch
The most comprehensive guide to the botany, history, distribution, and cultivation of all known psychoactive plants.

Entangled Life - Merlin Sheldrake
A mind-bending journey into the hidden universe of fungi.

The Ethics of Caring - Kylea Taylor
Written for all caregivers, including psychotherapists, bodyworkers, medical practitioners, clergy, hypnotherapists, and acupuncturists, who want to become more conscious in their relationships with clients. It provides unique help to volunteer and professional caregivers who want to sort out confusing ethical dilemmas in seven categories including love, truth, insight, and oneness as well as the more well-known ethical issues of money, sex, and power. Ethical issues pertain to longings, feelings, and motivations which resonate at our very core.

Food of the Gods - Terence McKenna
An exploration of humans' symbiotic relationships with plants and chemicals presents information on prehistoric partnership societies, the roles of spices and spirits in the rise of dominator societies; and the politics of tobacco, tea, coffee, opium, and alcohol.

Grace Unfolding: Psychotherapy in the Spirit of Tao-Te Ching - Greg Johanson, Ron Kurts
A sensible and compassionate book that will help those involved in any form of therapy make the best possible use of their time, effort, and money.

Guide to The Bodhisattva’s Way of Life -- Shantideva
Composed in the eighth century by the Indian Bodhisattva Shantideva, it became an instant classic in the curricula of the Buddhist monastic universities of India, and its renown has grown ever since. Shantideva presents methods to harmonize one's life with the Bodhisattva ideal and inspires the reader to cultivate the perfections of the Bodhisattva: generosity, ethics, patience, zeal, meditative concentration, and wisdom.

High Priest - Timothy Leary
Back in print after 20 years, this text from the earliest days of psychedelia chronicles the experiences on 16 acid trips taken before LSD was illegal. The trip guides or "high priests" included Aldous Huxley, Ram Dass, Ralph Meltzner, Huston Smith and a junkie from New York City named Willy.

How to Change Your Mind - Michael Pollan
When Michael Pollan set out to research how LSD and psilocybin (the active ingredient in magic mushrooms) are being used to provide relief to people suffering from difficult-to-treat conditions such as depression, addiction, and anxiety, he did not intend to write what is undoubtedly his most personal book. But upon discovering how these remarkable substances are improving the lives not only of the mentally ill but also of healthy people coming to grips with the challenges of everyday life, he decided to explore the landscape of the mind in the first person as well as the third.

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts - Gabor Maté
The essential resource for understanding the roots and behaviors of addiction.

Island - Aldous Huxley
The final novel from Aldous Huxley, Island is a provocative counterpoint to his worldwide classic Brave New World, in which a flourishing, ideal society located on a remote Pacific island attracts the envy of the outside world.

Journey of Awakening: A Meditor’s guidebook - Ram Dass
Ram Dass is an American psychologist and spiritual teacher who has studied and practiced meditation for many years. Here he shares his understanding and suggests how you can find methods suitable for you. He illuminates the stages and benefits of meditative practice, and provides wise and often humorous advice on overcoming difficulties along the way.

The Joyous Cosmology: Adventures in the Chemistry of Consciousness - Alan Watts
Exploration of the insight that the consciousness-changing drugs LSD, mescaline, and psilocybin can facilitate “when accompanied with sustained philosophical reflection by a person who is in search, not of kicks, but of understanding.”

The Long Trip - Paul Devereux
Using a slew of disciplines - including archaeology, anthropology, linguistics, ethnobotany, biology and other fields - The Long Trip strips bare the evidence for the psychedelic experiences of various prehistoric societies and ancient, traditional cultures.

LSD and the Mind of the Universe - Christopher M. Bache
Pushing the boundaries of theory and practice, the author shows how psychedelic experience can take you beyond self-transformation into collective transformation, beyond the present into the future, revealing spirit and matter in perfect balance.

LSD: Doorway to the Numinous - Stanislav Grof
A pioneering book that explores the unknown landscape of human consciousness induced by LSD and other psychedelics.

LSD: My Problem Child - Albert Hoffman
This is the story of LSD told by a concerned yet hopeful father, organic chemist Albert Hofmann, Ph.D. He traces LSD's path from a promising psychiatric research medicine to a recreational drug sparking hysteria and prohibition. In LSD: My Problem Child, we follow Dr. Hofmann's trek across Mexico to discover sacred plants related to LSD, and listen in as he corresponds with other notable figures about his remarkable discovery.

LSD Psychotherapy - Stanislav Grof
A complete account of a remarkable chapter in the ever-continuing inquiry into our transpersonal nature and origins. The controlled studies described in this book reveal exciting and challenging data about the nature of human consciousness, perception, and reality itself. Drawing on this work, Stanislav Grof outlines a new cartography of the human mind, one which accounts for experiences such as shamanic trances, near-death experiences and altered states of consciousness. This vision is also the foundation for Dr. Grof's revolutionary Holotropic Breathwork techniques.

Microdosing Psychedelics - Paul Austin
A comprehensive guide to all the necessary information on the practice of microdosing – including protocols, benefits, drawbacks, and sourcing. Weaving together anecdotal narratives and preliminary research on the use of small amounts of psychedelics, Microdosing Psychedelics is oriented toward anyone interested in microdosing to improve their general well-being, particularly those in leadership and creative positions.

Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World - Paul Stamets
Manual for the mycological rescue of the planet. That’s right: growing more mushrooms may be the best thing we can do to save the environment, and in this groundbreaking text from mushroom expert Paul Stamets, you’ll find out how.

Pikhal - A Chemical Love Story - Alexander (Sasha) Shulgin
A foundational work in the genre and was the first book to fully impart the how-to chemistry, and convey the effects, of many of the entheogenic drugs that are currently being studied and used to heal trauma and deal with death. ‍

Plants of the Gods - Richard Evans Schultes, Albert Hofmann & Christian Rätsch
Three scientific titans join forces to completely revise the classic text on the ritual uses of psychoactive plants. They provide a fascinating testimony of these "plants of the gods," tracing their uses throughout the world and their significance in shaping culture and history.

Psilocybin: Magic Mushrooms Grower’s Guide - Terence McKenna, Dennis McKenna
In the 1970s two of the most influential thinkers of the psychedelic era gathered what was then known about psilocybin botany and culture and presented it in Psilocybin: Magic Mushroom Grower's Guide. Writing under pseudonyms, the McKenna brothers provided simple, reliable, and productive methods for magic mushroom propagation, including black-and-white photographs that showed the techniques of the time.

The Psilocybin Mushroom Bible - Dr. K Mandrake
Details every step of the complex mushroom cultivation process, making it hands down the largest and most comprehensive book ever written on the subject

Psilocybin Mushrooms of the World - Paul Stamets
Identification guide exclusively devoted to the world's psilocybin-containing mushrooms. Detailed descriptions and color photographs for over 100 species are provided, as well as an exploration of their long-standing (and often religious) use by ancient peoples and their continued significance to modern-day culture. Some of the species included have just been discovered in the past year or two, and still others have never before been photographed in their natural habitats.

The Psychedelic Experience - Timothy Leary, Richard Alpert (Ram Dass), Ralph Metzner
This foundational text serves as a model and a guide for all mind-expanding inquiries. Based on a unique interpretation of The Tibetan Book of the Dead, The Psychedelic Experience remains a vital testament to broadening spiritual consciousness through a combination of Tibetan meditation techniques and psychotropic substances.‍

The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide - James Fadiman
Psychedelics for spiritual, therapeutic, and problem-solving use.

Psychedelic Medicine - Richard Louis Miller
Explores the potential of psychedelics as medicine and the intersections of politics, science, and psychedelics.

Psychedelic Mysteries of the Feminine - multiple authors
An exploration of the connections between feminine consciousness and altered states from ancient times to present day.

Psychedelic Psychotherapy - R. Coleman
Comprehensive, easy-to-read resource for therapists and laypeople who need practical guidelines for psychedelic drug-assisted psychotherapy. This book contains valuable insiders' information for those using psychedelics for their own healing, and for practitioners who facilitate their sessions. Its focus is the nitty-gritty of healing trauma using MDMA, LSD, and psilocybin. It includes step-by-step guidance on how to safely and effectively navigate through the psychedelically-enhanced healing process.

Psychedelics in Mental Health: Psilocybin - George G. Lake Esq
Examines the modern scientific literature evidencing the mental health benefits of various psychedelic substances. This first book entitled “Psilocybin,” is a comprehensive guide to all current scientific literature and studies regarding psilocybin and mental illness. This book is an essential resource for all psychedelic and mental health advocates.

Radical Acceptance - Tara Brach
Buddhist teachings and lots of examples from her practice on learning to trust and accept ourselves. Comes with instructions for a few guided meditations.

Sacred Knowledge: Psychedelics and Religious Experiences - William A. Richards
The first well-documented, sophisticated account of the effect of psychedelics on biological processes, human consciousness, and revelatory religious experiences. Based on nearly three decades of legal research with volunteers, William A. Richards argues that, if used responsibly and legally, psychedelics have the potential to assuage suffering and constructively affect the quality of human life.

The Secret Chief Revealed: Conversations with Leo Zeff, pioneer in the underground psychedelic therapy movement - Myron Stolaroff
Dedicated to the memory of Leo Zeff, with the fervent hope that the revelation of his work will help bring understanding and sanity to a confused world. The Secret Chief Revealed reveals for the first time the identity of pioneering psychedelic therapist Leo Zeff, which was kept secret in the original The Secret Chief.

Spiritual Emergency: When Personal Transformation Becomes a Crisis - Christina and Stanislav Grof
Foremost psychologists, psychiatrists, and spiritual teachers address the following questions: What is spiritual emergency? What is the relationship between spirituality, “madness,” and healing? What forms does spiritual emergency take? What are the pitfalls — and promises — of spiritual practice? How can people in spiritual emergency be assisted by family, friends, and professionals? This groundbreaking work reveals that within the crisis of spiritual emergency lies the promise of spiritual emergence and renewal.

The Stormy Search for the Self - Christina and Stanislav Grof
Guidebook for anyone going through a spiritual emergence/emergency or who wants to support a friend going through it. Filled with practical advice for any type of transformation.‍

Taking Back My Mind -- Gerardo Urias
Details the author's journey overcoming severe clinical depression with the use of psilocybin mushroom.

Tao Te Ching - Lao Tzu
A series of meditations and poems on the mysterious nature of the Tao -- the Way, the guiding light, the very source of all existence. Most translated book after the Bible.

Tao: The Watercourse Way - Alan Watts
At the root of human conflict is our fundamental misunderstanding of who we are. The illusion that we are isolated beings, unconnected to the rest of the universe, has led us to view the “outside” world with hostility, and has fueled our misuse of technology and our violent and hostile subjugation of the natural world. To help us understand that the self is in fact the root and ground of the universe, Watts has crafted a revelatory primer on what it means to be human—and a mind-opening manual of initiation into the central mystery of existence.

The Thirst for Wholeness - Christina Grof
Carl Gustav Jung described the addict's craving as a 'thirst for wholeness.' Christina Grof, a pioneer in the transpersonal psychology movement, draws on her own spiritual journey and addictive experience to explore the issues at the very heart of that craving--the longing for spiritual identity and the yearning to know the true self.

Tikhal - A Continuation - Alexander (Sasha) Shulgin
Sequel to PiHKAL: A Chemical Love Story but can stand alone to any reader. Where PiHKAL focuses on a class of compounds called phenethylamines, TiHKAL is written about a family of psychoactive drugs known as tryptamines with TiHKAL being an acronym for "Tryptamines I Have Known and Loved”.

Trip: Psychedelics, Alienation, and Change - Tao Lin
Takes readers on a trip through psychedelic culture, from D.A.R.E. to Aldous Huxley, from NYU's Bobst Library to a plant-drawing class in Santa Rosa, California. Drawing on first-person exploratory journalism as well as in-depth research, Tao details the experience of taking psilocybin, DMT, and cannabis, studies their chemical composure and legality, and ends his story with a pilgrimage out West, where he communes with McKenna's ex-wife and fellow "ethnobotanist," Kathleen Harrison.

True Hallucinations - Terrence McKenna
A mesmerizing account of ethnobotanist Terence McKenna's extraordinary encounters with hallucinogens and shamanism in the Amazon Basin.

Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma - Peter Levine
Offers a new and hopeful vision of trauma. It views the human animal as a unique being, endowed with an instinctual capacity. It asks and answers an intriguing question: why are animals in the wild, though threatened routinely, rarely traumatized? By understanding the dynamics that make wild animals virtually immune to traumatic symptoms, the mystery of human trauma is revealed.

Way of the Psychonaut Vols 1&2 - Stanislav Grof
Oone of the most important books ever written about the human psyche and the spiritual quest. This comprehensive work is a tour de force through the worlds of psychology, psychotherapy, Holotropic Breathwork, maps of the psyche, birth, sex, and death, transpersonal experiences, psychospiritual death and rebirth, reincarnation, karma, mystical states, archetypes, spiritual emergency, art, artists, and higher creativity.

The Way of the Shaman - Michael Harner
This classic on shamanism pioneered the modern shamanic renaissance. It is the foremost resource and reference on shamanism.

The Way of Zen - Alan Watts
In his definitive introduction to Zen Buddhism, Alan Watts explains the principles and practices of this ancient religion.

The Wisdom of Insecurity - Alan Watts
Shows us how — in an age of unprecedented anxiety — we must embrace the present and live fully in the now in order to live a fulfilling life.

Your Psilocybin Mushroom Companion - Michelle Janikian
A comprehensive yet friendly guide to everything there is to know about magic mushrooms. ‍

Movies
Dosed (2019) -- After many years of prescription medications failed her, a suicidal woman turns to underground healers to try and overcome her depression, anxiety, and opioid addiction with illegal psychedelic medicine such as magic mushrooms and iboga.

Fantastic Fungi (2019) -- A descriptive time-lapse journey about the magical, mysterious and medicinal world of fungi and their power to heal, sustain and contribute to the regeneration of life on Earth that began 3.5 billion years ago.

From Shock to Awe (2018) -- Two combat veterans abandon traditional medicine and begin experimenting with psychedelics to treat their post-traumatic stress disorder.

The Kingdom: How Fungi Made Our World (2018) -- Hidden from sight is a kingdom that rules life on land. It’s an alien world with the largest and oldest organisms alive today. Fungiform the 5th Kingdom of Life.

Magic Medicine (2018) -- Over 4 years, filmmaker Monty Wates was given exclusive access to the first ever medical trial to give psilocybin (the psychoactive ingredient in magic mushrooms) to a group of volunteers suffering from clinical depression.

Neurons to Nirvana (2013) -- Richly illustrated feature documentary about the resurgence of psychedelics as medicine. Through interviews with the world's foremost researchers, writers, psychologists and pioneers in psychedelic psychotherapy, the film explores the history of five powerful psychedelic substances (LSD, Psilocybin, MDMA, Ayahuasca and Cannabis) and their previously established medicinal potential.

A New Understanding (2017) -- explores the treatment of end-of-life anxiety in terminally ill cancer patients using psilocybin to facilitate deeply spiritual experiences. The documentary explores the confluence of science and spirituality in the first psychedelic research studies since the 1970s with terminally ill patients.

Numen: The Healing Power of Plants (2009) -- Numen, defined as the animating force in nature, is a 75-minute documentary film focusing on the healing power of plants and the natural world.

Orange Sunshine (2016) -- A small group of surfers and hippies from Southern California forms a church called the Brotherhood of Eternal Love and go on to become the largest suppliers of psychedelic drugs during the 1960s and '70s.

The Psychedelic Renaissance (2021) -- A documentary feature about the worldwide re-emergence of the psychedelic movement and the crucial role of psychedelic substances in human culture.

Psychedelic Soldiers (2016) -- The film tells the story of two American Veterans and their haunting battle with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. After having tried every form of treatment made available to them without success, they turned to MAPS and MDMA-Assisted therapy. That decision allowed them to work towards gaining back control of their lives in a way they had never experienced.

Soviet Hippies (2017) -- The hippie movement that captivated hundreds of thousands of young people in the West had a profound impact on the other side of the Iron Curtain. The journey through time and dimensions goes deep into the psychedelic underground world in which these people strived for freedom.

Videos
61 Year Old Tries "Magic Mushrooms" (psilocybin) (2016) -- In this short documentary a 61 year old woman tries mushrooms. Will she get the “Spiritual Experience” she’s after? Or will things become too intense for her to handle it?

6 ways mushrooms can save the world - Paul Stamets (TED 2008) -- Mycologist Paul Stamets lists 6 ways the mycelium fungus can help save the universe: cleaning polluted soil, making insecticides, treating smallpox and even flu viruses.

Can Magic Mushrooms Cure Addiction? (2016) -- Kathleen Conneally successfully quit smoking, after a decades-long habit, with the help of psilocybin. Conneally was a participant in a study at Johns Hopkins University looking at whether nicotine addiction could be treated by psilocybin, the active compound in magic mushrooms. In this short video, staff writer Olga Khazan speaks with Conneally about her experience and uncovers the science of how psychedelics work in the brain to make this possible.

Can Magic Mushrooms Unlock Depression? - Rosalind Watts (TEDxOxford 2017) -- A clinical psychologist from Imperial College describes how Magic Mushrooms (Psilocybin), when used in a therapeutic setting, have been found to be a very effective treatment for depression. In this talk she draws on her experiences as working as a therapist on the groundbreaking Psilocybin for Depression study, and introduces us to some of the patients and their stories of transformation.‍

How Denver Decriminalized Magic Mushrooms - Vice News (2019) -- Denver became the first city in the country to decriminalize the use and possession of psilocybin mushrooms, after a ballot initiative squeaked through with 50.6% of the vote, according to election officials.

Joe Rogan & Paul Stamets (2020) -- Conversation between two beings.

Johns Hopkins Psychedelic Legend Bill Richards in conversation - Psychedelic Seminars (2019) -- Bill Richards is a clinical psychologist who has been involved in psychedelic research since 1963. Talk about the parallel arcs of Bill's career and the movement, mystical experiences, what makes a good psychedelic therapist, and the concerns related to for-profit psychedelic business.

Michael Pollan and Tim Ferris - SXSW (2019) -- A renaissance is underway in the scientific study of psychedelics, both as a mode of therapy for mental illness and as a tool for understanding the mind. Tim Ferriss takes up these issues and more in a conversation with Michael Pollan, the author of How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics teaches us about Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression and Transcendence.

Psilocybin Mushrooms & The Path to Higher Consciousness - Vice TV (2018) -- On MISTER TACHYON: Micro-dosing has been on the rise. But does really it work? Where's Hamilton when you need him

Psychedelic Medicine: From Tradition to Science - Harvard Medical School (2019) -- Researchers in neuroscience, psychiatry, and clinical practice join other leaders in psychedelic medicine to discuss this rapidly emerging field.

Sam Harris Heroic Dose experience (2019) -- Sam Harris trip report from his lates psychedelic experience with 5 grams of Psilocybin in darkness.

The science of psilocybin and its use to relieve suffering - Roland Griffiths (TEDMED 2016) -- Leading psychopharmacologist Roland Griffiths discloses the ways that psychedelic drugs can be used to create spiritually meaningful, personally transformative experiences for all patients, especially the terminally ill.

Your Brain on Shrooms - Asapscience (2015) -- How do "Magic Mushrooms" chemically alter your brain?

Podcasts
Adventures Through The Mind -- an interview-based podcast focusing on psychedelic culture. It is hosted by Canadian author and public educator, James W. Jesso.

Aubrey Marcus Podcast -- features conversations between entrepreneur, philosopher, and NYT bestselling author Aubrey Marcus and world class guests with expertise in mindset, relationship, health, business and spirituality.

Back from the Abyss -- How do we find a way out of the darkest depths of despair? Psychiatrist Dr. Craig Heacock hosts a deep dive into powerfully moving stories of hope and healing, as well as topical explorations of psychopharmacology, psychotherapy, and psychedelics.

Change Truth -- podcast by Carl Christensen is about drugs, addiction & mental health. Its focus is on psychedelics and other illegal drugs. There are discussions on benefits vs. dangers, and everything in between.

DoseNation -- brings you news and talks about psychedelics, brain science, consciousness, spirituality, religion, politics, pop culture, and human behavior. Hosted by James Kent.

Drug Positive -- the risk reduction and benefit enhancement podcast reducing shame and stigma to save lives and end the drug war.

Entheogen -- focuses on psychedelics used in therapeutic, medicinal, sacramental, and recreational contexts.

The Entheogenic Evolution -- hosted by author Martin W. Ball, Ph.D, this podcast is dedicated to the discussion of the nondual and unitary nature of being as revealed by conscious entheogenic energetic awakening. Featuring music and art by Martin and the interview with leading figures in psychedelic research and culture.

Hacking Consciousness -- Hacking Consciousness explores the emerging convergence of various disciplines, traditions and cultures in their attempts to understand human consciousness and promote human flourishing. From cutting-edge scientific research and technologies to advanced meditators and proponents of psychedelics, they’ll journey through these efforts to map consciousness through the prism of science, technology, meditation and psychedelics.

Micro-dosing with Zeifmans -- Short podcasts on demystifying the business of psychedelics.

Mikeadelic -- Podcast with a focus on cognitive liberty, civilization, ayahuasca, psilocybin mushrooms, DMT, LSD, iboga, reality, and consciousness, hosted by Mike Brancatelli.

Natural Born Alchemist -- This podcast will bring together people and ideas that have an alchemical foundation, and together people will dive into the depths of consciousness and hopefully have some stimulating insights and ideas to share. It will also feature interesting talks by philosophers, scientists, explorers and scholars of various sorts. New episodes every Sunday all year round.

Nod Squad Drugs | Psychedelics | DMT | LSD | -- Take a glimpse into the dark & twisted lives of the addicts still suffering as well as the ones stumbling off the beaten path back on to the road of recovery.

Plant Medicine Podcast -- The mission is to demystify and de-stigmatize plant medicines by educating both the medical establishment and those who could potentially benefit from these medicines on the latest research and current best-practice administration of these substances.‍

Psychedelic Parenting Podcast -- talks about how experiences with altered states of consciousness influence family lives. Committed to the creation of new family traditions and developing rights of passage grounded in the unity consciousness touched by psychedelic medicines.

Psychedelic Psoul -- A podcast dedicated to the psychedelic music of the 1960's. The music ranges from familiar hits to deep album cuts and rare recordings. New episodes are uploaded every week (usually on Fridays).

Psychedelic Salon -- Hosted by Lorenzo Hagerty, who podcasts interviews and talks concerning the use and benefits of psychoactive plants and chemicals, both in their natural settings and in medical research institutions.

Psychedelics Today -- A show discussing the important academic and other research in the field of psychedelics. We discuss how psychedelics relate to human potential and healing.

Psychotropic: Where Drugs and Life Intersect -- Stories involving psychotropic drugs, psychedelics, DMT, LSD, Mescaline, Psilocybin, Marijuana, Cocaine, Meth and Heroin. If you are interested in people, the drug experience and its consequences, philosophies, and ideas surrounding drug use, and how it's all laced into everyday life, then these short memoirs, told by individuals who have (or haven't) partaken, might give you some insight.‍

PRP: Psychedelic Renaissance Podcast -- In this podcast, learn all the ins and outs of psychedelic science, spirituality, integration, legality, and culture through the stories of real people and real psychedelics. Join your very psychedelically-influenced hosts Josh, Chris, and Adam as they explore the Psychedelic Renaissance with scientists and advocates from The Psychedelic Society of Minneapolis and abroad.

The Psychonauts -- Dives into the strange new world of psychedelic-assisted therapy, hosted by Leonie Joubert. A podcast trips into the realm of psychedelic psychiatry, as hallucinogenic mushrooms go on trial in South Africa.

The Psychedelic Therapy -- A weekly conversation series with leaders in the psychedelic community specifically for therapists, healers, retreat leaders, and passionate enthusiasts. Podcast hosted by Eamon Armstrong.

Say Why to Drugs -- The internet is full of misinformation about recreational drugs - both legal and illegal. Dr Suzi Gage, a psychologist interested in understanding associations between substance use and mental health, tackles one substance per episode - providing information about what we know - the harms, but also potential benefits of these substances.

Synchronicity -- A show dedicated to examining the subtle realities that connect us all. Host Noah Lampert speaks with new guests to find out their unique perspectives on life, reality and beyond.

The Third Wave -- Explores the many minds of the emerging psychedelic renaissance. Through conversations with thought leaders across various disciplines, we explore how psychedelics, when used with intention and responsibility, catalyze transformation on both an individual and a collective level.

Trust Wise Sages -- Dive into fascinating conversations with incredible people. Podcast that motivates, inspires and challenges ideas. Topics include spirituality, reprogramming your brain, ultimate health, writing and other artistic endeavors and so much more.

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