Culture

Latinas in Psychedelics: Building Community, Honoring Heritage, and Shaping the Future

As psychedelics gain mainstream acceptance in medicine and wellness, Latina voices are stepping forward to ensure these movements respect cultural lineage, increase representation, and create pathways for responsible participation.

Talking Music and Culture-Making with East Forest

The musician, whose compositions have become an integral part of both spiritual ceremonies and psychedelic clinical trials, reflects on the unique musical frontier he inhabits.

Women’s Visionary Council Hosts A Day of Remembering

The first nonprofit organization for psychedelic women is hosting a Day of Remembering in Berkeley, CA on November 1 to honor elders, ancestors and those who shaped psychedelic history.

The Gathering of the Pearl: Psychedelics in the South

A gathering to support the Pearl Institute in Asheville, North Carolina, highlights the potential for southern-style psychedelic healing and unity in a fractured age.

Psychedelic Renaissance Reaches Puerto Rico 

On Sept. 27th, Puerto Rico hosted its inaugural Puerto Rico Psychedelic Summit (PSPR25) to explore the role of psychedelic medicines in mental health and discuss access, policy and cultural frameworks in Puerto Rico and beyond.

Rewilding the Imagination: Psychedelic Art, Ecological Medicine, and the Practice of Peace

In this age of climate disruption and cultural fragmentation, multi-modal digital artist Ken Adams believes that art is a survival tool to rewild the imagination and offer awe and reconnection not to escape Earth, but to enchant it anew.

Michigan Psychedelic Community Celebrates Entheogens and Activism

The Michigan Psychedelic Society (MPS) and the Detroit Psychedelic Society (DPS) presented the Entheo Cup and Community Steward Awards last month to support and recognize local psychedelic community, advocacy work and products.

Minnesota Psychedelic Medicine Task Force Makes Recommendations

Thanks to organizing from local advocacy organizations, Minnesota has quietly become a hotbed of reform launching a psychedelic task force and deprioritized arrests related to entheogenic plants and fungi.

2025: The Year of Ibogaine Therapy

The future of ibogaine therapy was a central topic at the 2025 Psychedelic Science conference, where it was endorsed by former Texas governor Rick Perry and others. Other states are following suit, but some advocates worry about possible exploitation of the plant medicine.

Psychedelic Science 2025 Closes with Talks From Indigenous Activists, Psychedelic Parents, and Hamilton Morris

The final day of PS2025 on June 20 offered a declaration from Indigenous activists, a Q&A about psychedelic parenthood, a conversation with Hamilton Morris about ketamine, an introduction into the benefits of nature therapy, plus videos from the closing ceremony.