The Women's Visionary Congress: Consciousness, Healing and Social Justice

July 27-29 at Wilbur Hot Springs, California

A fundraiser for the Women's Entheogen Fund (WEF), co-sponsored by MAPS and the Sybil Society, this event will be open to both women and men.

To learn more and to register, visit visionarycongress.org.

THE FIRST ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE DIVISION OF HUMANISTIC
PSYCHOLOGY

Humanistic Psychotherapies for the 21st Century
Evolution in Theory, Research and Practice

August 14-16, 2007

San Francisco, California - Airport Marriott

(Just preceding the APA Convention)

Earn Up to 24 hours of Continuing Education Credits

Register now for the best rates.

Featured presenters include: Les Greenberg, Jim Bugental, Mick Cooper,
Natalie Rogers, Gary Yontef, Art Bohart, Kirk Schneider, Al Mahrer, David
Rennie and Robert Elliott among others.

For a Conference Registration Form or to submit a Proposal for Presentation,
go to the Division of Humanistic Psychology website at:
www.apa.org/divisions/div32

Or

Contact the Conference Chairperson at: david4@fda.net

Presentation in London by Zoe Seven
7.30 PM at The Resource Centre, 356 Holloway Road, London N76PA

Ayahuasca, Shamanism & Altered States: A Multi-dimensional Perspective

Topics that will addressed include:
- Can altered states of consciousness serve as gateways to alternate realities?
- Are the supernatural entities shamans claim to communicate with for millennia real or a delusion of some kind?
- Can psychoactive shamanic plants like ayahuasca, Salvia divinorum, and datura help accelerate the evolution of human consciousness?

Consciousness and the Spirits of Nature
Presented by Heart of the Initiate
Bahia, Brazil - September 11-18, 2007

Heart of the Initiate offers tours to Brazil where we help people make sacred inner journeys through an intensive workshop experience. Our Brazil workshops incorporate shamanic ceremonies using the ancient plant teacher, Ayahuasca.

Facilitators and Staff:

Ralph Miller - Respected facilitator Ralph Miller utilizes the gifts of our Earth Mother to awaken the Truth and Proof of our real selves. His gentle, quieting stillness creates a soothing and safe environment necessary to reach the depth of our inner being.

Warinei Wanare - Step into a tradition where the shaman will lead you to his world of the supernatural. Warinei Wanare will host an interactive ayahuasca experience with drumming, singing, dancing and movement.

For booking and additional information please visit our website at www.heartoftheinitiate.com or email info@heartoftheinitiate.com

IXth INTERNATIONAL THEORETICAL-PRACTICAL SEMINAR

Organised by the Applied Ethnopsychology and Cognitive Studies Society (SdEA)

MODIFIED ESTATES OF CONCIOUSNESS,
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PSYCHOTHERAPY

From the 14 - 16 September, 2007 and from the 21 - 23 September, 2007

Director PhD Josep Maria Fericgla

Professors
PhD Josep M Fericgla, SdEA, PhD of Anthropology (Barcelona)
Jose Carlos Bouso, Clinical Psychologist, UAM and SdEA (Madrid)

Guest Teachers
PhD Jordi Riba, St Pau Hospital, Doctor of Pharmachology (Barcelona)
Amparo Soriano, SdEA, Psychotherapist (Barcelona)

Josep Maria Fericgla

Jose Carlos Bouso

Amparo Soriano

Jordi Riba

PROGRAMME
The Seminar is divided on two levels.
Each level lasts 6 days distibuted on two consecutive weekends to facilitate the practical work.
The attendants who wish to have private appointments with the teachers will be able to do so.

PLACE
The Seminar will take place in Can Benet Vives, 45 km from Barcelona (Spain), in the Natural Park of the Montnegere.

PARTICIPANTS
There will be a minimun of 30 participants and a maximun of 60, including both levels.

ENROLMENT
General Fee 520 for both weekends
SdEA friends 500

The Seminar has accomodation included, although this is not compulsory. The accomodation fee is 80 each weekend.

FURTHER INFORMATION
Applied Ethnopsychology and Cognitive Studies Society (SdEA)
Phone: (34) 934244540
Fax: (34) 934243 8676
e-mail: infotnopsico.org
web site: www.etnopsico.org
P.O. 22219
08080 Barcelona (Spain)

Consciousness and the Spirits of Nature
Presented by Heart of the Initiate
Bahia, Brazil - September 20-27, 2007

Heart of the Initiate offers tours to Brazil where we help people make sacred inner journeys through an intensive workshop experience. Our Brazil workshops incorporate shamanic ceremonies using the ancient plant teacher, Ayahuasca.

Facilitators and Staff:

Ralph Miller - Respected facilitator Ralph Miller utilizes the gifts of our Earth Mother to awaken the Truth and Proof of our real selves. His gentle, quieting stillness creates a soothing and safe environment necessary to reach the depth of our inner being.

Warinei Wanare - Step into a tradition where the shaman will lead you to his world of the supernatural. Warinei Wanare will host an interactive ayahuasca experience with drumming, singing, dancing and movement.

For booking and additional information please visit our website at www.heartoftheinitiate.com or email info@heartoftheinitiate.com

Ayahuasca Healing Retreats Introductory Program -
Consciousness Expansion and Exploration

Bahia, Brazil
October 2 to October 9, 2007

Click here for their website.
or e-mail: silviap@bitsnet.com.br

Experience ayahuasca ceremonies in a beautiful and relaxing environment in Bahia, Brazil. Learn about the history and uses of this ancient brew. Learn about the history and uses of this ancient brew. Participate inworkshops, watch films and hear lectures dealing with the topic of consciousness expansion and exploration. They will also be offering a variety of other Intermediate and Advanced courses. Visit the website www.Ayahuasca-Healing.net for more information.

NORML’s 36th annual National Conference
"Cannabis, Creativity and Commerce"
Los Angeles, California
October 12-13, 2007

The 2007 NORML Conference will be held on Friday, October 12 and Saturday,
October 13 at the Sheraton Universal Hotel in Universal City, CA. Please
mark your calendar now and plan to join us for our annual political
conference where we focus on the latest marijuana policy developments at
both the state and federal levels, celebrate our victories over the last
year, analyze our losses, and hear from an array of the leading NORML
activists and cannabis law reform organizers from across the country.

->NORML 2007 Conference Info: http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=7250

2nd Annual Clusterbusters Convention
Austin, Texas
October 26-28

Speakers: Andrew Sewell, MD, John Halpern, MD, Rick Doblin, PhD, and others to be announced.

For more information and to register, click here.

HORIZONS: Contemporary Perspectives on Psychedelics

Saturday October 27 2007 1pm - 6pm @
Judson Memorial Church
55 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012

Speakers:
Kenneth Alper MD, Rick Doblin PhD, Neal Goldsmith MD, Alex & Allyson Grey, Julie Holland MD, Howard Lotsof, Allison McKim, Michael Mithoefer MD, Ethan Nadelmann PhD and Andrew Sewell MD.

Click here for the Horizons Website, where you can find detailed information and purchase tickets.

The Association for Harm Reduction Therapy Presents:

2nd National Harm Reduction Therapy Conference
"Harm Reduction Therapy in the Real World"

November 2-4, 2007
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Philadelphia, PA, USA

For more information please visit the Web site :
http://www.associationforharmreductiontherapy.net/

Or contact: Frederick Rotgers, PsyD, ABPP
(fredro@pcom.edu)

Ayahuasca Healing Retreats Intermediate program -
Healing and the Higher Self

Bahia, Brazil
November 4 to November 14, 2007

Click here for their website.
or e-mail: silviap@bitsnet.com.br

Experience ayahuasca ceremonies in a beautiful and relaxing environment in Bahia, Brazil. In this Intermediate program both ayahuasca and Salvia divinorum are discussed and used to attain higher states of consciousness and psycho-spiritualhealing. Partake in four (4) ayahuasca ceremonies and three (3) with Salviadivinorum. They will also be offering a variety of other Introductory and Advanced courses. Visit the website www.Ayahuasca-Healing.net for more information.

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporations Radio One channel will feature on its program Ideas a two-part documentary about ayahuasca on November 19th and 26th (http://www.cbc.ca/ideas). You will be able to listen on the Internet by streaming audio in real-time when it is broadcast from 9:00 10:00 p.m. in all time zones across North America (so check zone differences): http://www.cbc.ca/listen/ . . . Alternatively, CBC usually sells CDs of Ideas programs after they have been broadcast.

Among the people interviewed are Jessica Rochester (Santo Daime church leader in Montreal), Alex Polari de Alverga (Santo Daime church leader in Brazil), Jacques Mabit (Takiwasi Centre, Peru) and Dennis McKenna (ethnopharmacologist).

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporations Radio One channel will feature on its program Ideas a two-part documentary about ayahuasca on November 26th (http://www.cbc.ca/ideas). You will be able to listen on the Internet by streaming audio in real-time when it is broadcast from 9:00 10:00 p.m. in all time zones across North America (so check zone differences): http://www.cbc.ca/listen/ . . . Alternatively, CBC usually sells CDs of Ideas programs after they have been broadcast.

Among the people interviewed are Jessica Rochester (Santo Daime church leader in Montreal), Alex Polari de Alverga (Santo Daime church leader in Brazil), Jacques Mabit (Takiwasi Centre, Peru) and Dennis McKenna (ethnopharmacologist).

2007 Biennial International Drug Policy Reform Conference
hosted by the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA)

December 5-8, 2007

Wednesday thru Saturday
New Orleans, Louisiana

Click here for more information about scheduals, exhibitors, and registration

The Drug Policy Alliance 2007 Biennial Conference is the worlds principle gathering of people who believe the war on drugs is doing more harm than good. No better opportunity exists to learn about drug policy and to strategize and mobilize for reform. The conference opens with a reception on Wednesday evening, December 5th 2007. Any and all are invited to attend: Concerned citezens, Federal, state and local elected officals, Criminal Justice Advocates, Healthcare and Drug treatment professionals, community activists, and anyone interested in drug policy reform. The conference will address a wide range of policy, legal, political, and scientific issues...

www.drugpolicy.org

Relapse Prevention and Harm Reduction in the Treatment of Addictive
Behaviors

Norway, Oslo: 17-18 December 2007,

G. Alan Marlatt, PhD, The University of Washington

Relapse Prevention: We will focus on relapse prevention and include the
following topics: Overview of relapse rates for alcohol/drug treatment
programs, theoretical models of determinants of relapse, a description of
relapse triggers and high-risk situations, and an overview of coping skills
designed to prevent relapse.

Harm Reduction: We will cover harm reduction as an intervention that can be
applied both to relapse management (overlap with relapse prevention) or as a
treatment approach for individuals who are unwilling or unable to commit to
an abstinence goal. The following topics will be covered: History and
overview of basic principles of harm reduction, clinical strategies designed
to reduce harmful consequences, and brief interventions applying harm
reduction to adolescents and young adults who are having problems with
alcohol.

Clinical Training & Empirical Research: Participants will learn how to
deliver the treatment procedures through role plays of each component of the
treatments, and through participation on various excercises and discussions
in group.Dr. Marlatt will present updates on the most significant recent;
(a) epidemiological studies, (b) randomized clinical trials, (c)
translational research, (d) empirical studies on mediators or mechanisms of
change, (e) cost-analysis, (f) as well as discuss current and future
research questions, both for relapse prevention and harm reduction. All of
the above within an academic conservative approach, paying attention to
metodological limitations.

Click here for the event website.
or e-mail: info@evidence.no for more information

You will learn empirically-validated and highly efficacious cognitive
behavioral treatment models for relapse prevention and harm reduction.
Evidence also offer a variety of other advanced international workshops of
relevance. Visit the website www.evidence.no/en for more information.

January 13-15, 2006: LSD: Problem Child & Wonder Drug
International Symposium at the Convention Center in Basel, Switzerland

On the occasion of the 100th Birthday of Dr. Albert Hofmann on January 11th 2006, the Gaia Media Foundation presents an International Symposium to the best known and most controversial discovery of this outstanding scientist.

On January 7, 2006, The New York Times published a sincere portrait of Albert Hofmann as his 100th Birthday approaches, marked by the Symposium honoring the father and his infamous problem child.

Pre-Symposium Announcement
Speakers (Word Document)

A Subculture in Ecstasy: How the Psychedelic Revolution Marked Our Culture

Saturday January 14, 2006

Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Auditorium
250 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90012

Featuring Robert Fink, Julie Holland, Thomas Brod and other speakers

The Psychedelic Pioneers on History Channel

by Greg Williams
The History Channel explores LSD and psychedelics in a January 20th documentary

Ten years before Timothy Leary advised everyone to eat LSD, three doctors had been working extensively with psychoactive drugs in, of all places, Weyburn, Saskatchewan.

Abram Hoffer, Duncan Blewett and Humphrey Osmond believed, and were testing the theory that schizophrenia was caused by the release of too many psychoactive chemicals naturally produced by the patient's brain. They administered the same substances to themselves endeavoring to understand the schizophrenic's world. As they looked further a field, they used mescaline, mushrooms and * once it was discovered * LSD.

On January 20, 2006, The History Channel will air "The Psychedelic Pioneers", documenting the work of these early visionaries who first opened the doors of perception. They worke! d extensively with alcoholics and by administering LSD, achieved a success rate twice that of other treatment programs.

LSD changed the professional and personal lives of all who were involved in its beginnings, but it wasn't until they began to test the drug to see what it could do for creativity that it burst out into the rest of society. Through men like Alan Ginsberg, Edgar Rice Burroughs, and Aldous Huxley, tales of the experience spread like a contact high into a new generation ready to explode. All they lacked until then was the fuel.

"Pioneers" is well researched and presented in a non-judgmental, fast paced program. It is well worth watching how LSD was credited with ending the Vietnam War and changing the world forever, and how the U.S. administration was frightened by its power and rushed to make it illegal. But it wasn't before the planet had tuned in and turned on, thanks to the efforts of three men in a s! mall Canadian prairie town.

Sentient Experientials and the Council for Cultural and Biological Diversity presents the 18th "Plants as Teacher, Traditional Wisdom, and Rainforest Conservation Strategies."

A Rainforest Plant Medicine Intensive Workshops:
Monday, January 23 2006 to Monday, January 30, 2006
San Jose, Costa Rica
Cost: $1200/person
Space available for max 22 participants

Join us on an unforgettable adventure of self-discovery, wellness and exploration of rainforest plant traditions with cultural masters and acclaimed ethnobotanist.

Why is Sentient Experientials hosting these quintessential, inspiring, extraordindary workshops? Please Read: www.secoya.org and www.secoyashaman.moonfruit.com

To register:
Email: puravida@guariadeosa.com
Tel: (510) 235 4313 (U.S. office) www.GuariadeOsa.com or www.OrchidoftheRainforest.com
Click on Calendar of Events

Sentient Experientials and the Council for Cultural and Biological Diversity presents the 19th "Plants as Teacher, Traditional Wisdom, and Rainforest Conservation Strategies."

A Rainforest Plant Medicine Intensive Workshops:
Wednesday February 1 2006 to Wednesday, February 8, 2006
San Jose, Costa Rica
Cost: $1200/person
Space available for max 22 participants

Join us on an unforgettable adventure of self-discovery, wellness and exploration of rainforest plant traditions with cultural masters and acclaimed ethnobotanist.

Why is Sentient Experientials hosting these quintessential, inspiring, extraordindary workshops? Please Read: www.secoya.org and www.secoyashaman.moonfruit.com

To register:
Email: puravida@guariadeosa.com
Tel: (510) 235 4313 (U.S. office) www.GuariadeOsa.com or www.OrchidoftheRainforest.com
Click on Calendar of Events

Seminar on Visionary Art with Robert Venosa and Martina Hoffmann

February 12-23, 2006
Wasiwaska
Research Center for the Study of Psychointegrator Plants, Visionary Art and Consciousness
Florianpolis, Brazil

The 2006 NYC Ibogaine Conference
February 25 & 26, 2006

Saturday, February 25, 9:00am to 6:00pm
Columbia University / Lerner Hall
15th Street and Broadway
Satow Room (5th Floor)
RSVP to Tyler at tfc2101@columbia.edu or 856-577-2446

Patrick Kroupa & Jeffrey Kamlet, MD
Mechanism of Action: Kenneth Alper, MD
Drug Development: Policy and Politics, with Howard Lotsof
Political Panel with: Arturo Garcia-Costas, Howard Lotsof, Dana Beal, Allan Clear, and Dimitri Mugianis

Evening Reception, 7:30pm
The Yippie Museum
#9 Bleecker St.
Ground Floor

The Yippie Museum will be Presenting, Special Screenings of Ibogaine: Rite of Passage.A documentary film, by Ben De Loenen and David Graham Scott's, BBC 1 Documentary: Detox or Die

Sunday, February 26, 11:00am to 7:00pm, Registration: $20
Chapel of Sacred Mirrors
540 West 27th St., Fourth Floor
New York City, NY, 10001
212 677 7180

Ibogaine: The Crucifixion and Resurrection with: The Rev. Ron Sala, Paul DeRienzo, Carl Ruck and Dana Beal
Ibogaine: Source of Revelation with: Lee Albert, Daniel Pinchbeck and Awolowo Johnson
Ibogaine and Sacred Art: Alex Grey with Geerte Frenken, Aivia Monitto and David Hunter
Saving the World One Addict at a Time with: Hands-on Ibogaine Providers
Closing Remarks and Summary

March 3, 2006 - April 8, 2006
Minds Wide Open

Around the Coyote
1935 1/2 North Ave.
Chicago, IL 60622
773-342-6777

Featuring Works By:
Luke Brown
Dean Chamberlain (featuring portrait of Albert Hoffman)
J Garcia
Alex Grey
Allyson Grey
Paul Laffoley
Kenny Scharf
Carey Thompson
Stacy Valis
Oliver Vernon
Robert Williams
Susan Williams

"Addition Treatment in Metamorphosis: Paradigm Shift in Theory and Practice"
The 2006 Conference presented by The New York State Psychological Association Division on Addictions

Friday, April 28, 2006
9:00am - 5:00pm
The New School Wollman Hall
65 West 11th Street 5th Floor
New York, N.Y. 10003

View Full Brochure (PDF Format)

1st National Harm Reduction Therapy Conference

May 5-6, 2006
8:30am - 6pm
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

Presented by:
The Harm Reduction Therapy Center
The Addictive Behaviors Research Center, University of Washington
Harm Reduction Psychotherapy and Training Associates

Click for pdf brochure with presenter and conference details

Wasiwaska presents "Psychointegrator Plants, Science and Spirituality"
June 12 - 25, 2006

Wasiwaska Research Center for the Study of Psychointegrator Plants, Visionary Art and Consciousness
Florianpolis, Brazil
www.wasiwaska.org

Invited participants: Dr. Dennis McKenna, ethnopharmacologist, associate professor of the Dept. of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology, University of Minnesota and Dr. Ede Frecska, neuroscientist of the National Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology in Budapest, Hungary. Lectures by Dennis Mckenna: Neuroscience and Spirituality; Plant / Human Co-evolution. Lectures by Ede Frecska: Entoptic Phenomena Following Long Term Ayahuasca Experiences; Intuition, Non-locality, and Sources of Knowledge in Divination.

Click here for the conference application.

Click here for the information on other 2006 Wasiwaska events.

Consciousness and the Spirits of Nature
Presented by Heart of the Initiate

June 15 - July 12, 2006
Bahia, Brazil

Heart of the Initiate offers tours to Brazil where we help people make sacred inner journeys through an intensive workshop experience. Our Brazil workshops incorporate shamanic ceremonies using the ancient plant teacher, Ayahuasca.

Facilitators and Staff:

Ralph Miller - Respected facilitator Ralph Miller utilizes the gifts of our Earth Mother to awaken the Truth and Proof of our real selves. His gentle, quieting stillness creates a soothing and safe environment necessary to reach the depth of our inner being.

Warinei Wanare - Step into a tradition where the shaman will lead you to his world of the supernatural. Warinei Wanare will host an interactive ayahuasca experience with drumming, singing, dancing and movement.

For booking and additional information please visit our website at Heart Of The Initiate.com

SheShamans and Magic Mamas
A conference by and about women psychonauts

June 23-25 2006
Isis Oasis
Geyersville, California

Visit SheShamans.com for more information.

Entheon Convergence is a party in Chicago to benefit the MAPS/Chapel of Sacred Mirrors Burning Man camp, called Entheon Village. The party starts at 9 PM and goes until 5 AM. There will be lots of amazing entertainment, DJs, live painting by Alex Grey and others, and Rick Doblin and Valerie Mojeiko will be there at a MAPS table.

2nd International Amazonian Shamanism Conference: A Gathering of Healers

June 30 - July 8, 2006
Sponsored by the Church, "Soga del Alma" - "Vine of the Soul"
Iquitos, Peru

Confirmed lecturers so far: Dr. Benny Shannon, Dr. Dennis Mckenna, Dr. Valentin Hampjes, Dr. Jacques Mabit, Dr. Richard Grossman, Dr. John Heuser, Peter Gorman, Alan Shoemaker

This International Conference is open to all people in the world willing to drink the medicina with local curanderos and to meet with people sincerely and seriously interested in the Knowledge from the Amazon forest.

Wasiwaska presents Altered States of Consciousness, Psychointegrator Plants, Art and Religion
July 4 - 17, 2006

Wasiwaska: Research Center for the Study of Psychointegrator Plants, Visionary Art and Consciousness
Florianpolis, Brazil
www.wasiwaska.org

Invited participants:
Graham Hancock, author of Fingerprints of the Gods, and other books on ancient civilizations, now touring the world talking about his latest book Supernatural, Meetings with the Ancients Teachers of Mankind, on rock art and altered states of consciousness. Santha Faila, an outstanding photographer, Hancocks wife, Clark Heinrich, author of Forbidden Fruit , Magic Mushrooms in Religion and Alchemy, and with Carl Ruck and Blaise Daniel Staples of The Apples of Apollo. Pagan and Christian Mysteries of the Eucharist. Lectures by Clak Heinrich: Hidden In Plain Sight: Decoding the Symbols of Myth, Religion, and Alchemy; Finding God Without Religion: The Art of Passing In (lecture and workshop).

Click here for the conference application.

Click here for the information on other 2006 Wasiwaska events.

The First Annual Clusterbusters Convention

July 15-17, 2006
Marriott Hickory Ridge Conference Hotel
Lisle, Illinois

Click here for more information

Room rate is $84.00 per night.
Those booking rooms will receive a complimentary copy of Dr. Larry Robbins' new booklet, Headache 2006-2007.
Also a copy of the copyrighted Clusterbusters CD, Music for the Mind.

Speakers: Dr. Andrew Sewell, Dr. John Halpern, James Joseph, and others to be announced.

Cost: $50.00 All events
$35.00 Sunday events only, or, if you are a registered attendee of the OUCH convention.

Psychedelic Mindview Class
July 21 - 22, 2006

College of DuPage
425 Fawell Blvd.
Glen Ellyn, IL 60137

Friday, July 21 from 5:00pm to 10:00pm
Saturday, July 22 from 9:00am to 5:00pm

M Building, Room 113
Taught by Bruce Sewick, LCPC
Human Services #1840, code 48130
One credit hour

Click here more information about the course or contact:
Human Services / Frank Salvatini: 630-942-2043
Bruce Sewick: gunting@sbcglobal.net

Wasiwaska presents "Shamanism and the Brain
July 25 - August 7, 2006

Wasiwaska: Research Center for the Study of Psychointegrator Plants, Visionary Art and Consciousness
Florianpolis, Brazil
www.wasiwaska.org

Invited participants:
Dr. Michael Winkelman, of the Department of Anthropology of Arizona University, author, among other books, of Shamanism. The Neural Ecology of Consciousness and Healing, and who coined the term psychointegrator, and Dr. Mihly Hoppal, a world authority on Eurasian shamanism, Director of the Institute of Ethnology of the Hungarian Academy of Science, and author of many books and films on shamanism. Lectures by Michael Winkelman: Shamanism in Cross Cultural Perspective; Shamanism and the Brain: Psychointegrators and the Brain. Lectures by Mihly Hoppal: Shamanism Renaissance in Eurasia; Functions of Shamans in Hunting Societies; Types of Symbolism in Shamanism. Films by M. Hoppal: Shamanism: Past and Present; Shamans in Eurasia.

Click here for the conference application.

Click here for the information on other 2006 Wasiwaska events.

Boom Festival 2006

August 3-9, 2006
Lake Idanha-a-Nova
Outside of Lisbon, Portugal

Boom Festival is a global art, music and culture gathering held every two years in Portugals sun-drenched countryside in a stunning outdoor location on the shore of the Lake Idanha-a-Nova.

Tickets are 80 Euros in advance, 110 Euros at the door.

Visit boomfestival.org for more information.

Wasiwaska presents "Moving Through Time and Space"
August 14 - August 25, 2006

Wasiwaska: Research Center for the Study of Psychointegrator Plants, Visionary Art and Consciousness
Florianpolis, Brazil
www.wasiwaska.org

Invited participants:
Christos Daskalakos, South African/Greek architect and teacher of Biodanza, and Karen Helle Grue, Danish Jungian psychologist and certified Holotropic Breath Work facilitator. The seminar navigates two paradigms: the everyday common understanding and transcendence, achieved through Biodanza, Holotropic Breathwork and rituals. At the end hopefully one will achieve an expanded and better understanding of the everyday. Lectures by Christos Daskalakos: Architecture of Movement; Transformation Through Movement. Lectures by Karen Helle Grue: Transformation, Death/Rebirth: fairytales, myths, alchemy, tarot, dreams and Holotropic Breathwork experiences in the light of Stan Grof and Carl Jung; The Shadow and Evil. An analysis of fairytale Vasilisa the Beautiful; The dynamic of Animus and Anima seen through dreams and fairytales East of the sun and West of the Moon, and other fairytales; Individuation seen through dreams, myths, and Andersens fairytale The Traveling Companion.

Click here for the conference application.

Click here for the information on other 2006 Wasiwaska events.

MAPS 20th Anniversary @ Burning Man

Thursday, August 31 2006 - Monday, September 4 2006

On the occasion of both Burning Man's and MAPS' 20th Anniversaries, MAPS will be highly present at this year's Burning Man celebrations, organizing a lecture series and assisting the Rangers in providing psychedelic emergency services.

Consciousness and the Spirits of Nature
Presented by Heart of the Initiate
Bahia, Brazil

September 5, 2006 - October 2, 2006

Heart of the Initiate offers tours to Brazil where we help people make sacred inner journeys through an intensive workshop experience. Our Brazil workshops incorporate shamanic ceremonies using the ancient plant teacher, Ayahuasca.

Facilitators and Staff:

Ralph Miller - Respected facilitator Ralph Miller utilizes the gifts of our Earth Mother to awaken the Truth and Proof of our real selves. His gentle, quieting stillness creates a soothing and safe environment necessary to reach the depth of our inner being.

Warinei Wanare - Step into a tradition where the shaman will lead you to his world of the supernatural. Warinei Wanare will host an interactive ayahuasca experience with drumming, singing, dancing and movement.

For booking and additional information please visit our website at www.heartoftheinitiate.com

Transpersonal Conference 2006: 100 Years of Transpersonal Psychology

September 7-9, 2006
Institute of Transpersonal Psychology
1069 East Meadow Circle
Palo Alto, CA 94303

One hundred years ago, William James used the word transpersonal for the first time, in reference to that which transcends the boundaries of the individual self. A century later, the Association for Transpersonal Psychology and the Institute for Transpersonal Psychology invite you to our annual professional conference for an exciting end of the summer and a great way to prepare for the fall. The Conference will be held at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, Palo Alto, California.

Keynote Speakers: Stanislav Grof, Jeanne Achterberg, Marilyn Schlitz, James Fadiman.

Special Thursday evening opening event: "Honoring Women in Transpersonal Psychology" with Louisa Teisch, Christina Grof, Leslie Gray, Olga Louchakova, Rosemarie Anderson, Judy Schavrien, Kate Wolf-Pizor and others.

Other outstanding presenters include Stanley Krippner, Estelle Frankel, Daniel Benor, Ronald Jue, Frances Vaughan, Brian Wittine, Ruth Cox, Charles Tart, Neil Fiore, Kirk Schneider, David and Cristel Lukoff, Stuart Sovatsky and Sylvia Nakkach.

Topics: transpersonal psychotherapy, therapy, transpersonal approaches to trauma, healing, transpersonal education, entheogens, Kaballah, dreams, expressive arts, women in transpersonal psychology, the contributions of William James, Otto Rank, C. G. Jung, & Baruch Spinoza, experiential workshops at no extra cost, and poster sessions.

Continuing Education units are available.

Go to the Association for Transpersonal Psychology website for conference information, the program of the presenters and topics, and lodging. You can register at the website online, and by fax and mail. Phone: (650) 524-8764.

Ayahuasca Healing Retreats
Bahia, Brazil

October 7 - 14, 2006
November 4 - 14, 2006

Click here for more information

Psychedelic Therapy Beyond "Sitting": A Potential Role for Psychoanalysis with Drug-Induced Ecstatic/Mystical States

New Center for Psychoanalysis
2014 Sawtelle Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90025

A two-hour workshop on a radical "thought experiment," led by Dan Merkur, Ph.D. What if we could design a psychoanalytic study in which a "subject" and a psychoanalyst worked together while the subject was "high" on a psychedelic drug? What would need to be considered?

Click here for more information.

The First Arab-Israeli Joint Conference on Peace and Drug Policy

Wednesday, October 25 beginning at 11 am
Beit Meirsdorf, Hebrew University, Jerusalem

Featuring talks by MAPS President Rick Doblin, Ph.D., and Lester Grinspoon, M.D.

Sponsored by the Ali-Yarok Party.
For more information, visit the Ali-Yarok Party website, or contact chen@ale-yarok.org.il or 054-572-5833

From the conference flyer (translated from Hebrew):
Cannabis is a common denominator between diverse cultures and nations. Israel's residents are a prime example of people in conflict and Jerusalem is at the core of the problem ... and possibly also the solution. The conference will bring together Arabs and Jews alike to delve into the various issues related to the legalization of marijuana and industrial hemp.

Beyond Zero Tolerance Conference

October 25, 2006
Fort Mason Conference Center
San Francisco, CA

This one-day conference offers realistic, pragmatic, and cost-effective strategies for implementing drug education and effective disciplinary practices in secondary schools.To learn more and register, click here.

Ed Rosenthal's 2nd Annual Wonders of Cannabis festival

Hall of Flowers, Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, CA
October 28-29, 11am-7pm

A benefit for the Cannabis Action Network (CAN) and Green Aid.
For more information and to purchase advance tickets, click here.

MAPS staffers Jag Davies and Julia Onnie-Hay will be hosting a MAPS information booth and will each speak briefly about MAPS' medical marijuana research initiatives.

Ayahuasca Healing Retreats
Bahia, Brazil

November 4 - 14, 2006

Click here for more information

Experience ayahuasca ceremonies in a beautiful and relaxing environment by the ocean, in Bahia, Brazil. Introductory, Intermediate, and Advanced programs available, including ceremonies with Salvia divinorum and siline capensis (dream inducing herb). Lucid dreaming, remote viewing and similar psychic modalities are also featured in some of our programs.

6th National Harm Reduction Conference
Drug User Health: The Politics and the Personal

November 9 - 12, 2006
Marriott Oakland City Center Hotel
Oakland, CA

Click here for more information

Featuring MAPS staffers Valerie Mojeiko, Julia Onnie-Hay, and Jag Davies. They will each present as part of the panel, "Psychedelic Harm Reduction: Coordinating Services, Techniques, and Education," and Davies will also be presenting "The Political Obstruction of Marijuana Vaporization and Medical Marijuana Research."

Harm Reduction Coalition
22 West 27th Street, 5th Fl
New York, NY 10001
Tel: 212-213-6376
Fax: 212-213-6582
www.harmreduction.org

Just Say Know: The SSDP 2006 International Conference

Georgetown University Law Center, Washington D.C.
November 17-19

Click here for the conference website.

Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) is an international grassroots network of students who are concerned about the impact drug abuse has on our communities, but who also know that the War on Drugs is failing our generation and society as a whole. SSDP mobilizes and empowers young people to participate in the political process, pushing for sensible policies to achieve a safer and more just future, while fighting back against counterproductive Drug War policies, particularly those that directly harm students and youth.

Hallucinogens and Ecstasy: Harms, Possibilities and Research
Oslo, Norway

Harvard researcher John Halpern, M.D., will be presenting this seminar. MAPS members will receive an discount on the registration fee, and all profits from the seminar will be devoted to psychedelic research.

To learn more and to register, click here.

This seminar has been approved by the Norwegian Psychological Association (NPF: Norsk Psykologforening). The organizers have also applied for approval from the Norwegian Medical Association (Den Norske Lgeforening: Dnlf), The Norwegian Nurses Council (Norsk sykepleierforbund: NSF) and the joint association of social educators, child welfare specialists and social workers (Fellesorganisasjonen for vernepleiere, barnevernpedagoger og sosionomer: FO).

Sacred Vine of Spirits and Sacred Mushroom of Visions
A talk by Ralph Metzner, Ph.D.

November 21, 2006 at the Randall Museum
hosted by the Mycological Society of San Francisco

Click here for more information

Ayahuasca and the psilocybe mushrooms are two shamanic entheogens that have entered underground, like illegal immigrants, into Western societies in the late 20th century. Their use has spread, vine-like and mycelium-like, through the psychedelic subculture of individuals and groups interested in consciousness expansion, psychospiritual healing and growth, and the restoration of a more direct relationship with thesacred dimensions of the natural world.

Dr. Metzner will present the findings regarding these two mind assisting medicines, and how they relate to psychotherapy, shamanic journey practices and alchemical divination. He is a psychologist and Professor Emeritus at the California Institute of Integral Studies. He is also the author of The Well of Remembrance, The Unfolding Self, and Green Psychology. He has developed a training program in Alchemical Divination processes for accessing intuitive knowledge for healing and guidance.

Mycological Society of San Francisco
c/o The Randall Museum
199 Museum Way
San Francisco, CA 94114
ph: (866) 807-7148
www.mssf.org

Tom Roberts Speaking at Transistions Bookplace in Chicago

November 28, 2006

Tuesday at 7 pm
Chicago, Illinois

Transitions Bookplace Website

"Can we go beyond discovering, describing and domesticating "mindbody" states as they now exist, and start designing new states?" In Tom Robert's new book Psychedelic Horizons he answers "Yes, we can!" But only if we embark on a new kind of scientific endeavor, exploiting and embracing the potential benifits of psychedelics for humanity. This book has a forward by Roger Walsh, MD, PHD.

Transitions Bookplace

1000 W. North Avenue
Chicago, IL 60622
ph: (312) 951-READ
www.transitionsbookplace.com

Entheon: ABUNDANCE

Cultural Re:Evolution

www.entheonvillage.com
for tickets & full event information

Saturday December 9, 2006 9pm-6am
Heir Gallery - 4115 S. State St. - Chicago IL 60609

Theme: To bring in the holiday spirit of ABUNDANCE, we are encouraging all that attend to dress up in their best and most creative WHITE! outfits.
Yep it's a White Party!!

18+ to enter 21+ to drinks Cash Bar ID is required to enter event!

Full event information, past Entheon event photos, video and music clips visit www.entheonvillage.com

The Line-Up

AUDIO
Edit vs Ooah [live] (Glitch Mob) Los Angeles
Rena Jones [live] (Native State Records) Portland
Shen [live] (Native State Records / GSC) Toronto
Noah Pred (Metapath / Sentient Sound) Toronto
Phidelity (Oracle Gatherings) Portland
Daniel Mnookin (Siteholder Records) Chicago
Brad Miner [live] (Illmeasures) Chicago
S.O.T. (Chilluminati / Divine Balance) Chicago
Kaiser Soze (Chilluminati / Divine Balance) Chicago
Brill [live] (Entheon) Chicago
Damon (Chillumafia) Chicago
Miss Levi (Entheon) Chicago
Sasha Navarro (Playco) Chicago
Mark Ersfeld (Entheon) Chicago

MC- Goodfelllow - Lucid Wordsmith

VISUALS: Live video performance artists and interactive video installations curated by Psymbolic and the Chicago Motion Graphics Festival :

StopTime341
OVT / M1 Interactive
Merkaba Visuals
MF Chicago
VJ Mason Dixon
Shudder

LIVE PAINTING
Robert Venosa
Martina Hoffmann
J Garcia
Oliver Vernon
Kris D
Mark Hensen
Roman Villagrana

PERFORMANCES
SPUNN - Kinetic Fire
Pyrotechniq - Urban. Fire. Mafia.
John Sacelli - AngLynx Divination
Opening/Closing Ceremonies: Niema & Aquarius

INSTALLATIONS
The Gallery: IAMU - Interdimensional Art Movement Unified
The Lighting: Magic Lasers & Mero Productions
Main Room Sound: Function 1 by Sound Investment
Deco: Kevin Loftus - Pulsating Visions on Fabric
Deco: Venus Envy Studios - Dramatic Visual Environments
Deco: Patrick "Alobar" Jones - EntheoAbstract Art & Décor
Earthen Sculpturing: Chi Cob Co
Crystal Energetic Grid: AtlPsy
Intentional Altars: Niema, Aquarius, Yahazim

YUMMY TREATS
Amazing Starr Bar - Tantalizing Elixirs & Concoctions
Vegan Sustenance
Dulcenea Angel Water

TRIBAL VISIONARY MARKET
IAMU-Interdimensional Art Movement Unified
MAPS- Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies
Entheon Village
Psymbolic Shop
Conscious Alliance
Dreamers Jewelry
And all live painters present at ABUNDANCE will have artwork & literature on sale

Visionary Art Gallery Exhibition and Auction
Sunday, December 10, 6p.m – 9p.m.
Dulcenea - 1431 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago

The world's largest traveling visionary art exhibition featuring work by Robert Venosa, Martina Hoffmann, Oliver Vernon, J Garcia, Kris Davidson, Roman Villagrana, Mark Hensen and many others. Original works from each artist available during silent auction: doors open at 6 p.m., auction close at 8:30 p.m. Solo Cello set by Rena Jones and Dominic Johnson, beverages and light food provided.
Robert Venosa will signing his book Illuminatus

THE LOGISTICAL DETAILS For Saturday December 9th

Tickets:
Pre-Sale Tickets are $20 available at entheon village website. $25 at the door if you bring 5 items of non-perishable food or a toy that will fit into a box
In the spirit of Abundance non-perishable food and toys will be donated to Conscious Alliance www.consciousalliance.org
$75 Event Sponsor includes exclusive area, free drinks, food voucher, and Entheon T-Shirt

Directions:
Heir Gallery is located at 4115 S. State St. Chicago IL 60609
Mapquest
Carpooling is high suggested

Driving:

From Lakeshore drive:
Take Pershing Rd exit and go west.
At State St. go left or south
To 4115 S. State

From 90/94:
Take Pershing Rd Exit and go east
At State St. go left or south
To 4115 S. State St.

Public Transportation:
Train: Green Line south to Indiana
** the green line does not run from 12:30am to 6am on Sunday morning.

Bus: #29 State Street South to 4115 S. State

The Final Details
Entheon: ABUNDANCE
Cultural Re:Evolution
Saturday December 9, 2006
9-6am

Purchase tickets at www.entheonvillage.com

18+ to enter
21+ to drink
ID is required!
This is an ALL CASH event, so please plan accordingly.

Flyer Created byPhidelity.com
Tickets by Psymbolic.com
Visit our myspace profile at: www.myspace.com/culturalreevolution

if there are any questions please email: entheonvillage

Increasing Spiritual Intelligence: Chemical Input, Religious Output
Hosted by the Theosophical Society in America

December 14, 2006
Thursday at 7:30 pm
Chicago, Illinois

The Theosophical Society in America's National Events Webpage

The spiritual uses of psychedelics can, under special circumstances, lead to spiritual understanding, primary religious experience, and higher levels of social responsibility. From the rites at Eleusis in ancient Greece, to soma in Vedic religions, to 20th century religious explorations, does the religious use of psychoactive drugs offer direct experience of the sacred and open doors to the spiritual aspects of human nature? Dr. Roberts claims "yes." Tom Roberts, PhD, has just retired from Northern Illinois University as a full professor in the College of Education, where he taught the course Psychedelic Mindview for 25 years. This quarter he is a visiting research professor at Johns Hopkins University, Department of Psychiatry. He edited Psychoactive Sacramentals: Essays on Entheogens and Religion and is the author of Psychedelic Horizons(2006). Bruce Sewick, MA, LCPC, is a Clinical Supervisor at a community mental health center and an adjunct professor at the College of DuPage, Triton, and Wright Community Colleges. He seeks to share a better understanding of the spiritual and therapeutic potential of entheogens.
$8 guests $6 members

The National Center of the Theosophical Society in America
1926 North Main Street
Wheaton, IL
phone: 630-668-1571;
fax: 630-668-4976;
e-mail: olcott@theosophical.org
www.theosophical.org

Ayahuasca Healing Retreat
January 11-20, 2004 (with three optional extra days)
Bahia, Brazil
There will be ceremonies with ayahuasca and salvia divinorum (ska pastora), lectures, as well as workshops in art, group sharing, transpersonal exercises and local excursions.

Invited Staff:
Robert Venosa, visionary artist
Martinna Hoffmann, visionary artist
Zoe Seven, consciousness researcher and author
Silvia Polivoy, psychologist
Find more information as well as an application form at our web site, please visit: www.ayahuasca-healing.net or contact Silvia at silviap@house.com.ar

Albert Hofmann, Ph.D. turns 99. Everyone grateful for their experiences with LSD and psilocybin can send some loving vibes to Albert today, at his home in Switzerland.

Sundance Film Festival MAPS Lectures

The trailer for the movie, Entheogen: Awakening the God Within, produced by Critical Mass Productions, directed by Rod Mann, which focuses in part on MAPS-sponsored psychedelic research, will be shown at a party at the Sundance Film Festival. Speakers at the party will include Dr. John Halpern (MAPS' MDMA/cancer anxiety study), Dr. Charles Grob (Heffter-sponsored psilocybin/cancer anxiety study), and Rick Doblin, Ph.D. The party will be held at the club Suede and all MAPS members and friends are invited to attend.

Resonance: A Convergence of Perspectives on Music and Spirituality
Saturday, February 5, 2005
Pacific School of Religion
1798 Scenic Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94709

Music is an incredibly powerful phenomenon that touches us in profound ways. For more and more people, music has transcended being simply a form of art or entertainment to become much more: a source of spirituality, of religious experience, and of connection to the divine. This approach to music points the way toward a new paradigm of the sacred for the twenty-first century, a universal spiritual language that unites rather than divides. This conference will examine music from this emerging paradigm of the sacred, exploring the connection between music and spirituality from a variety of perspectives, weaving them together into a larger whole, and providing a glimpse of a new landscape of sound and spirit.

Presenters
Silvia Nakkach, award winning composer, multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, psychologist, and author of Music and the Human Process, Music in Human Adaptation, and The Transpersonal Consciousness.
Petr Janata, Ph.D, Assistant Professor of Psychology at the Center for Mind and Brain at the University of California Davis, and leading researcher in brain science as relates to music.
Shanti Shivan, practitioner of Nada Yoga (Hindu mysticism of sound) and Indian classical vocal music in the Dhrupad tradition.
Luisah Teish, Lucumi/Yoruba priestess of Oshun, author of Jambalaya: The Natural Woman's Book of Personal Charms and Practical Rituals, Carnival of the Spirit: Seasonal Celebrations and Rites of Passage, and Jump Up: Seasonal Celebrations from the World's Deep Traditions.
Robin Sylvan, Ph.D, leading researcher on the spiritual and religious dimensions of popular music, founder and director of the Sacred Center, and author of Traces of the Spirit.

More information, registration and questions: http://resonance.explorespirit.org

February 20-21 Ibogaine Forum-New York City
(Sunday Noon-7 PM, Monday 10 AM - 7 PM)
Location: Alex Grey's Gallery
Chapel of Sacred Mirrors
540 West 27th Street, Fourth Floor
Registration: $20 per day
212-677-4899
Sponsored in part by: CURESnotWARS
www.cures-not-wars.org
(212) 677-7180, info@cures-not-wars.org
Speakers include:
Rommel Washington, Benu Project
Dana Beal, author, The Ibogaine Story
Carl Ruck, PhD, author, The Apples of Apollo
Bwiti Nganga Awolowo Johnson, sociologist
Rev. Ron Sala, Unitarian
Rob Gordon, Cures Not Wars
Howard Lotsof, Patrick Kroupa, Dimitri Mugianis
Adam Nodelman, Chris Laurance and Andrea Aplementos

Screening of Ibogaine: Rite of Passage with Ben De Loenen
Carl Anderson, PhD
Jeffrey Kamlet, MD, with intro by Patrick Kroupa
Kenneth R. Alper, MD
Emmanuel Onaivi, PhD
John Freelander
Vic Hernandez, PhD, Chris Laurance, Jason Farell, Richie D.

The 2005 NYC Ibogaine Conference, Feb 20-21.
Sponsored by Cures Not Wars. Held at the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors, 540 West 27th St., Fourth Floor, New York City, NY, 10001, Planet Earth, Milky Way.
Registration: $20 per day
212/677.4899
More information here.

There will be a live chat between Ethan Nadelmann and psychedelic chemist Alexander (Sasha) Shulgin and psychotherapist Ann Shulgin. Ethan Nadelmeann is the executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance. The chat will begin 6 PM EST, at http://www.drugpolicy.org/events/shulginchat . The Shulgins will be online to address your questions on a range of topics from the "war on drugs" to the therapeutic use of MDMA.. Please email before February 22 to submit questions.

Consciousness and the Spirits of Nature
Presented by Heart of the Initiate
Bahia, Brazil
Feb. 23 - March 03 March 06 - 13 March 16 - 23, 2005

We welcome you to a series of one and two week experiential workshops, in an extraordinarily beautiful setting along the coast of Bahia, located approximately 700 miles north of Rio de Janeiro. During each week we will be hosting three ayahuasca journeys along with lectures on this plant medicine, it's history, and healing properties on the body. We have found that "the medicine" and the heart opening process work together synergistically, allowing us to very quickly move past our self imposed limitations. We will spend the week exploring and opening the subtle doorway through the heart energy and into the inner trans-dimentional worlds long forgotten by mankind. This is the path back to remembering your true divinity and awakening of the true self. As we work through our old, limiting patterns, we begin to heal and reclaim our lost power.

Guest Facilitators and Staff:

Ralph Miller - Respected facilitator Ralph Miller utilizes the gifts of our Earth Mother to awaken the Truth and Proof of our real selves. His gentle, quieting stillness creates a soothing and safe environment necessary to reach the depth of our inner being. It is here that you are awakened to the true you; opening your eyes and mind to the many hidden dimensions that surround us.

Kajuyali Tsamani - Step into a tradition where the shaman will lead you to his world of the supernatural. Initiated by the legendary Kogi Indians of Northern Colombia, Kajuyali Tsamani will host an interactive ayahuasca experience with drumming, singing, dancing and movement.

We have chosen a beautiful and comfortable beach front property on the coast of Bahia, Brazil. We will have exclusive and private use for our stay and includes 10 bungalows, a restaurant, which we'll have full use of, and swimming pool. Creating it's own little village, the buildings are individually designed and constructed of local raw materials and carefully inserted into the rainforest. Some of the buildings are almost 3 meters high offering stunning views of the sea and surrounding jungle, giving the sensation of being in treehouses. A shallow and gentle Atlantic Ocean, which in its low tide reveals up to 200 meters of nearly deserted white sand beach and natural pools, meanders by, providing us a place to relax and play.

For booking and additional information please visit our website at www.heartoftheinitiate.com.

Ayahuasca Healing Retreat
March 3-11 2005
Bahia, Brazil
There will be ceremonies with ayahuasca and salvia divinorum (ska pastora), lectures, and a special workshop in Capoeira Angola (an Afro-Brazilian dancing martial art) and percussion.

Invited Staff:
Cabello, percussionist and dancer
Zoe Seven, consciousness researcher and author
Silvia Polivoy, psychologist
Find more information as well as an application form at our web site, please visit: www.ayahuasca-healing.net or contact Silvia at silviap@house.com.ar

Israel MAPS Conference

As part of MAPS' efforts to sponsor a pilot study in Israel into the use of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy in subjects with war and terrorism-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), MAPS is sponsoring a one-day conference in Israel on Thursday, March 24, 2005, in association with the Israeli Ministry of Health, the Israeli Anti-Drug Authority, and the Israeli Society of Addiction Medicine. MAPS is inviting all MAPS members and friends to attend and may also organize a 6-day tour of Israel, scheduled around the conference. If you are interested in attending, or would like more information, please contact Valerie Mojeiko, MAPS staff person, at valerie@maps.org.

Speakers at the conference include:
* Rick Doblin, Ph.D. President of MAPS
* Dr. Michael Mithoefer, MD. Principal Investigator, MAPS-sponsored MDMA/PTSD study
* Jose Carlos Bouso, Ph.D. candidate, Principal Investigator, proposed MAPS-sponsored MDMA/PTSD study in Spain
* June May Ruse, Ph.D., director of MAPS' MDMA Treatment Manual Project
* Dr. Raphael Mechoulam, Hebrew University, Marijuana/PTSD Study to be conducted in Israel
* Dr. John Halpern, MD. (Harvard), Principal Investigator, MAPS-sponsored MDMA/Cancer Anxiety study
* Valerie Mojeiko, MAPS' ibogaine outcome study
* Dr. Udi Bastiaans, ibogaine outcome study

Ayahuasca Healing Retreat
April 7-15, 2005
Bahia, Brazil
There will be ceremonies with ayahuasca and salvia divinorum (ska pastora), lectures, and a special workshop in Capoeira Angola (an Afro-Brazilian dancing martial art) and percussion.

Invited Staff:
Robert Venosa, painter of Fantastic Realism
Martina Hoffmann, painter and sculpter
Brandy Doyle, MAPS staff
Zoe Seven, consciousness researcher and author
Silvia Polivoy, psychologist

Find more information as well as an application form at our web site, please visit: www.ayahuasca-healing.net or contact

Altered States and the Spiritual Awakening gathering.
San Francisco, California.

MAPS' Rick Doblin will be among the speakers and MAPS will have a table. Other speakers include Stan Grof and Ralph Metzner.

Marijuana: Medicine, Menace, or Both?
A Panel of Experts Address Cannabis Controversies
Wednesday, 4/20, 2005 5-7 p.m.
San Francisco Medical Society
1409 Sutter Street (at Franklin), San Francisco

Featuring:
Donald Abram, MD
University of California, San Francisco
Leading HIV and medical canabis researcher

Timmen Cermak, MD
California Society of Addiction Medicine
Author, Marijuana: What's a Parent to Believe?

Mitch Earlywine, PhD
University of Southern California
Author, Understanding Marijuana: A New Look at the Scientific Evidence

Moderators: Steve Heilig, MPH, San Francisco Medical Society, Marsha Rosenbaum, PhD, Drug Policy Alliance, San Francisco

Remarks: Russell Giuntini, JD, Assistant District Attorney, San Francisco, Ethan Nadelmann, PhD, JD, Drug Policy Alliance, New York Free to the public
Co-sponsored by the Drug Policy Alliance, San Francisco Medical Society, and the Office of the District Attorney of San Francisco

For more info and to RSVP contact the Drug Policy Alliance at (415) 921-4987 or e-mail sf@drugpolicy.org.

Ayahuasca Perspectives thérapeutiques d'une tradition amazonienne millénaire
Lyon, France
23-24 Avril 2005

An event organized by the Takiwasi Center and "Le Maison Qui Chante" on April 23-24, 2005 that includes the showing of the film, ""L'Ayahuasca, le serpent et moi". The announcement, in French, follows below. For more information, contact

Congrès Lyon 2005

Ayahuasca: Perspectives thérapeutiques d'une tradition amazonienne millénaire

Soire le 22 Avril de présentation avec le film d'Armand Bernardi "L'Ayahuasca, le serpent et moi"
Organisateurs :
Association La Maison Qui Chante
Centre TAKIWASI
Lieu : L'Embarcadre, 13 bis Quai Rambaud, 69002 Lyon, France.
Renseignements et inscriptions :
LMQC Bourgogne, 105 Bd de la Croix-Rousse, 69004 Lyon. tl. 04-78.28.87.90 mail:

Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) 10th Anniversary Fundraising Gala!
MPP celebrates ten years of working for marijuana policy reform with two fundraising gala events, one in Washington, D.C. on May 4th and one in Los Angeles on May 9th.
All proceeds from the galas will support MPP's work to reform marijuana policies.

Entheogenesis 2: From Darkness Back to Light
Rediscovering The History Of Psychoactive Substances
Vancouver BC Canada
Simon Fraser University's Morris J Wosk Centre for Dialogue
May 21-23, 2005
This years theme is "From Darkness Back to Light" and will have a focus on the use of
entheogens from the time of the Dark Ages, when these substances were widely surpressed
and were limited to occult use following up to our modern age of information when the
entheogens returned to their former popularity.

Featured Speakers: Dr. Michael Aldrich, Prof. Susan Boyd, Prof. Francis Thackeray, Prof. Carl
Ruck & Prof. Blaise Staples, Kenneth Tupper, Chris Bennett, Renee Boje, Allan Piper,
Rev.Damuzi, Michael Horowitz & Cynthia Palmer, Martin A. Lee and Phil Lucas.

• Consciousness and the Spirits of Nature
  Presented by Heart of the Initiate
  Bahia, Brazil
  May 21 - June 27, 2005

  We welcome you to a series of one and two week experiential workshops, in an extraordinarily beautiful setting along the coast of Bahia, located approximately 700 miles north of Rio de Janeiro. During each week we will be hosting three ayahuasca journeys along with lectures on this plant medicine, it's history, and healing properties on the body. We have found that "the medicine" and the heart opening process work together synergistically, allowing us to very quickly move past our self imposed limitations. We will spend the week exploring and opening the subtle doorway through the heart energy and into the inner trans-dimentional worlds long forgotten by mankind. This is the path back to remembering your true divinity and awakening of the true self. As we work through our old, limiting patterns, we begin to heal and reclaim our lost power.

  Guest Facilitators and Staff:

  Ralph Miller - Respected facilitator Ralph Miller utilizes the gifts of our Earth Mother to awaken the Truth and Proof of our real selves. His gentle, quieting stillness creates a soothing and safe environment necessary to reach the depth of our inner being. It is here that you are awakened to the true you; opening your eyes and mind to the many hidden dimensions that surround us.

  Kajuyali Tsamani - Step into a tradition where the shaman will lead you to his world of the supernatural. Initiated by the legendary Kogi Indians of Northern Colombia, Kajuyali Tsamani will host an interactive ayahuasca experience with drumming, singing, dancing and movement.

  We have chosen a beautiful and comfortable beach front property on the coast of Bahia, Brazil. We will have exclusive and private use for our stay and includes 10 bungalows, a restaurant, which we'll have full use of, and swimming pool. Creating it's own little village, the buildings are individually designed and constructed of local raw materials and carefully inserted into the rainforest. Some of the buildings are almost 3 meters high offering stunning views of the sea and surrounding jungle, giving the sensation of being in treehouses. A shallow and gentle Atlantic Ocean, which in its low tide reveals up to 200 meters of nearly deserted white sand beach and natural pools, meanders by, providing us a place to relax and play.

  For booking and additional information please visit our website at www.heartoftheinitiate.com.

Mind States VI "Technology & Transcendence"
Palace of Fine Arts Theatre
San Francisco, California

MAPS' Rick Doblin will be among the speakers and MAPS will have a table.

THREE FULL DAYS
Featuring presentations on topics such as:

visionary art,
brain fingerprinting,
future pharmaceuticals,
transcranial magnetic stimulation,
robotics, artificial intelligence, A-life
EEG-mapping of altered states,
video game environments,
intelligence increase,
harm reduction,
and more

International Conference on Drugs in the Future
London, England

Join Dr. Wrye Sententia of the Center for Cognitive Liberty and Ethics as well as the Shulgins and the Erowids at this one day event, where "visionary thinkers take a bold look into drug use trends over the next 20 years and beyond..."

June 25th & 26th
Entheogenesis Australis
A two-day drug conference at the foot hills of the Grampians in the Land Down Under.

PRESENTERS:

Des Tramacchi, Michael Bock, Carl Turney, Thomas Munro, David Cameron, Tim, Shane Huebener & Margaret, Santillan de Pinto, Krusty, Martin Williams, Julian, Matt Soltau, Darren Smith, Adrian, and others!

July 14-18th, 2005
Paonia, Colorado

Dreamtime, a non-profit organization, is throwing a huge festival that uniquely combines live music and world class bands with educational workshops, theme camps and art installations. This fusion includes dancing, interactive sculptures, costumes, fire performances, theater, multimedia, creative fashion shows, DJs, a myriad of workshops, movement classes, healing camps, acoustic stages, and YOUR INSPIRED CONTRIBUTION.

For more information about the festival, please take a moment to visit them on the web at DreamTheFuture.org

July 16-22, 2005
Iquitos, Peru
Amazonian Shamanism Conference
Sponsored by the Church, "Soga del Alma" - "Vine of the Soul"
Speakers: Dr. Dennis McKenna, Luis Eduardo Luna, Peter Gorman and Alan Shoemaker.
This International Conference is open to all people in the world willing to drink the medicina with local curanderos and to meet with people sincerely and seriously interested in the Knowledge from the Amazon forest.

WAMM - The Wo/Mens Alliance for Medical Marijuana will host a March for Medical Marijuana

Saturday, July 16th, 2005 at 12 noon on the Pacific Garden Mall, in downtown Santa Cruz.

More than 1,000 people are expected to participate in this demonstration of community solidarity opposing the recent decision of the Supreme Court and of Congress that leaves sick and dying Californians vulnerable to persecution from the federal government.

In a symbolic act of compassionate access, WAMM patient members will lead the March carrying live medical marijuana plants. This solemn event will honor the 154 WAMM members who have died since the WAMM inception in 1993.

For more details, please visit www.wamm.org/march.htm.

August 2 to 14, 2005
"Mind States, the Higher Self & Self Empowerment"
Ayahuasca Healing Retreat in Bahia, Brazil by the Ocean Intermediate Program

A 12-day program that has been carefully designed and is based on proven and effective techniques from various disciplines, including teachings from shamanic practices, ancient mystery schools, and modern transpersonal studies. It is geared towards exploring mind states associated with heart opening, transcendence and deep spiritual healing. Actual initiations into higher states of being by way of ayahuasca, Salvia divinorum, guided meditations and one's own higher self are also part of this program. A light and sound hemispheric synchronization workshop which demonstrates the delta, theta, alpha and beta brainwave states and how they relate to healing and the development of psychic abilities is also included.

Staff:
Silvia Polivoy, transpersonal psychologist
Zoe Seven, writer and researcher

For more information, please visit us at: www.ayahuasca-healing.net or contact silviap@house.com.ar

Family Members and Friends of People Incarcerated March on D.C.
Washington, D.C.

"Two million imprisoned - too many!"

Family Members and Friends of People Incarcerated, an organization based in Montgomery, Alabama is calling for individuals and organizations to travel from their respective communities.

The United States imprisons its citizens at rates three to ten times higher than other democratic societies. Rigid sentencing laws and 'get tough' policies have made prisons crowded, dangerous and don't make us safer. The impact of continued punishment after a person's release from prison adds to despair that keeps our communities weak.

The March on August 13th and associated events will send a message to our leaders, and is an opportunity for the world to support our demands. We must stop relying on incarceration, give people an education and rehabilitate our communities. People who pay their debt to society should be able to participate in society again.

Millions of citizens can no longer vote. Laws that partially or permanently discourage good citizenship from formerly incarcerated people cannot be supported by evidence and is bad policy.

Please support the call of Family Members and Friends of People Incarcerated, marking August 13th, 2005 a historical day. We will no longer be silent victims of criminal justice policies that target the most vulnerable citizens. We are meeting in Washington, DC to make a unified demand for justice.

August 17-25, 2005

Psytopia is a 7 day charity event in Jamaica to raise money for MAPS, NORML, The Drug Policy Alliance, The Hofmann Foundation and The Chapel of Sacred Mirrors. It's all inclusive week of Speakers, Bands, and events at Hedonism III and Breezers Bay resorts. The event is being organized by Alex Pearlstein, and the Coalition for Cosmic Consciousness.

Information on Psytopia is also available in PDF format.

Toward a Science of Consciousness: Methodological and Conceptual Issues
Copenhagen, Denmark
August 18-20, 2005

The fourth "midway" TSC conference will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark. It will focus on the methodological and conceptual challenges that face an interdisciplinary investigation of consciousness. In recent years, scientists have made increasing use of philosophical notions such as "consciousness" or "subjectivity". In a parallel move, a number of philosophers have employed experimental results in their own theoretical enterprise. However, the precise relation between the philosophical and the scientific takes on consciousness is far from obvious. The current discussion is characterised by a complicated melange of differing methodological approaches and different philosophical traditions. If headway is to be made, a reciprocal metareflection on the current philosophical and scientific practice is required. This is the kind of headway that TSC 2005 will try to bring about.

Confirmed speakers include: Robert van Gulick, Petra Stoerig, Patrick Haggard, Evan Thompson, Shaun Gallagher, Tony Jack, Michael Antony, Tim Crane, Victor Lamme, Thomas Metzinger, Alva No, and Jean-Luc Petit.

Organising committee: Dan Zahavi, Andreas Roepstorff, Morten Overgaard, Nini Prtorius and Oliver Kauffmann

For more information, please contact the committee at tsc2005@cfs.ku.dk

Or see updates at the website www.cfs.ku.dk/tsc2005.

25th Anniversary of the Telluride Mushroom Festival
Telluride, Colorado

This three-day festival is designed for people interested in edible, psychoactive, and poisonous mushrooms. The festival includes mushroom lectures, forays, identification and cultivation workshops, poetry, the third annual "Mushroom Cook-off Feast," and a parade! Check out the website link for more information, registartion, lodging, and travel arrangements.

Science and Response: 2005
1st National Conference on Methamphetamine, HIV, and Hepatitis
August 19-20, Salt Lake City

Abstract submission deadline May 1. If interested in submitting, please call Amanda at 801/355-0234 ext 3.

www.harmredux.org

August 30 - Sept 4
MAPS @ Burning Man

This year Palenque Norte and MAPS are joining forces to produce a lecture program as our gift to the Burning Man community. For those of you who are lucky enough to make it to the burn, we hope you will join us for some of these talks. Our setting is informal, and usually there is time for questions from the audience.

Talks will be held at The Psychedelic Centre in the Snowflake Village on the Esplanade.

Tuesday, August 30, 2005
10am - 2pm: Grof Holotropic Breathwork Workshop
Sheelo Bohm, Grof Holotropic Breathwork Practitioner

2pm: "Responsible Use of Sacred Medicines"
Sandra Karpetas, Sobey Wing, RafaelO Aisner, moderated by Jon Hanna.

Beginning between 4 & 5pm: "Achieving Conscious and Subconscious Mastery of Your Psyche"
RafaelO Aisner

Wednesday, August 31, 2005

2pm: "Ritual Uses of Ayahuasca"
Marcelino Sepulveda, Tony Moss, and Michael Nickel, round table discussion led by Daniel Pinchbeck.

5pm: "Holotropic Breathwork Discussion"
Stasia, group dicussion moderated by Daniel Pinchbeck

Thursday, September 1, 2005

10am - 2pm: Grof Holotropic Breathwork Workshop
Sheelo Bohm, Grof Holotropic Breathwork Practitioner

2pm: "Psychedelics, Psychotherapy and Mystical Experience"
Brian Richards, Psy.D.

3pm: "Psychedelic Therapy: A Critical Review of Experimental Evidence"
Matthew W. Johnson, Ph.D.

4pm: "The Hope of MDMA for the Dying"
John Halpern, M.D.

5pm: "Ibogaine Research: Is this the drug to stop drug addiction?"
Sandra Karpetas, Leah Martin, Valerie Mojeiko

Friday, September 2, 2005

1pm: "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Dimensional Shift"
Daniel Pinchbeck

2pm: "Visionary Art/Visionary Design"
Erik Davis

3pm: "The Infinite Improbability of Us"
Bruce Damer

4pm: Panel discussion and Q & A with all of this year's speakers

Saturday, September 3, 2005

1pm: "Recent EEG and Ayahuasca Findings and Implications for the Development of Awareness"
Frank Echenhofer, Ph.D.

2pm: "LSD and Psilocybin in the Treatment of Cluster Headaches"
Andrew Sewell, MD

3pm: "Want to Legally Research Psychedelics? - Everything You've Wanted to Know but Were Afraid to Ask"
John Halpern, M.D.

4pm: "Psychedelics and Marijuana Research: Therapy, Politics and Future Visions"
Rick Doblin, Ph.D

Please go here for details about the speakers and their talks.

Consciousness and the Spirits of Nature
Presented by Heart of the Initiate
Bahia, Brazil
August 25 - October 03, 2005

Staff:
Ralph Miller
Stuart Wilde
Kajuyali Tsamani

For booking and additional information please visit the website at www.heartoftheinitiate.com.

September 16,17,18
Earthdance 2005
Laytonville, CA - USA

The Earthdance event in Laytonville is one of over 150 global events celebrating peace on September 17, 2005, and this year members of MAPS will be attending.

Earthdance, the Global Dance Festival for Peace has grown to become the world's largest simultaneous music and dance event. Founded in 1997, with 22 cities and 18 countries participating, Earthdance events have occurred in over 240 cities in 50 countries, with locations ranging from the club-lands of New York to the rainforests of Brazil. Every year, in alignment with the International Day of Peace, over 200,000 people unite in dance with hundreds of thousands more joining online in support of global peace and humanitarian aims.

Please visit the Earthdance International Website at: to see what cities are participating in 2005, to find out which charities are being supported, and to find out more about the Global Webcast.

September 20 to 28, 2005
"Ancient Healer of the Soul"
Ayahuasca Healing retreat in Bahia, Brazil by the ocean

Ceremonies with Ayahuasca, meditation, lectures, transpersonal exercises, and excursions.

Staff:
Sue Minns, past life therapist and author of "Be Your Own Doctor"
Gary Reich, psychic and lecturer
Alistair Appleton, TV presenter, meditation instructor
Silvia Polivoy, transpersonal psychologist
Zoe Seven, writer and researcher

For more information, please visit us at: www.ayahuasca-healing.net or contact silviap@house.com.ar

September 24, 2005 - November 29, 2005
Minds Wide Open

Light Space Gallery
1732 Abbot Kinney Blvd
Venice, CA 90921
310-301-6969

Featuring Works By:
Luke Brown
Dean Chamberlain (featuring portrait of Albert Hoffman)
J Garcia
Alex Grey
Allyson Grey
Paul Laffoley
Kenny Scharf
Carey Thompson
Stacy Valis
Oliver Vernon
Robert Williams
Susan Williams

October 4 to 12, 2005
"Ancient Healer of the Soul"
Ayahuasca Healing retreat in Bahia, Brazil by the ocean

Ceremonies with Ayahuasca, meditation, lectures, transpersonal exercises, and excursions.

Staff:
Sue Minns, past life therapist and author of "Be Your Own Doctor"
Gary Reich, psychic and lecturer
Silvia Polivoy, transpersonal psychologist
Zoe Seven, writer and researcher

For more information, please visit us at: www.ayahuasca-healing.net or contact silviap@house.com.ar

Heart of the Shaman Workshop
October 5-10, 2005
Spring Hills Farm in Pennsylvania

After 20 years of Rave Reviews at Esalen Institute in California and Hollyhock Farm in Canada, we welcome you to our first East Coast Initiation Intensive

For more information contact:
Orenga.org
Donna Dryer
410-367-6945

Synergenesis 2
Saturday October 8, 2005
Sanfrancisco, CA
www.synergenesis.org

a full day of visionary culture design...

Full interactive hands on workshops with
Alex and Allyson Grey
Robert Venosa and Martina Hoffmann

Visionary Downloads from
Erik Davis and Jennifer Dumpert
Daniel Pinchbeck
Jenny Pell

Crystal and Spore interactivated metamedia environment

Visionary Beatbox Puppet Shenanigans with the Funginears

Cultural Visionaries Panel with amazing creators from up and down the coast, illuminating the process and informing the (r)evolution

Group Art Show including new work from:
Luke Brown
Carey Thompson
Vibrata Chromodoris
Roman Villagrana
Mariela de la Paz
David Heskin
Micheal Brown
Xavi
Rob Newell
and many more!

Tribal Market of independant artisans
Dancefloor Activation and Integration of the Day with Bluetech, Rodman and Naasko

Ritual Prayerformance with Matrixters, Mirroracle, BenBenStone and Mayku, Ulantia Studios, and amazing altared space and found object alchemy by Shrine

October 22-23, 2005
"Sacred Elixirs, a conference on the role of drug plants in the history of religion"

Montgomery Theater, San Jose, CA
Further details are available at Sacred Elixirs

In Conjunction with MOCAs Ecstasy: In and About Altered States:

Film - Richard Linklaters Waking Life (2001)
Discussant - Thomas M. Brod, M.D.

Friday October 28, 2005, 7-9:30 pm
New Center for Psychoanalysis (formally LAPSI) Auditorium
2014 Sawtelle Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90025

Call NCP office for reservations (310.478-6541)

Ecstasy & Experience: Lessons From Sacred and Illusory Journeys
Co-Sponsored with MOCA by New Center for Psychoanalysis and the C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles

Featuring Charles Grob MD, Ralph Metzner PhD, and other speakers

Saturday October 29, 2005 (6 hrs)
Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Auditorium
250 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90012

Reception follows at:
Geffen Contemporary MOCA
152 North Central Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90013

Program chair: Thomas M. Brod, MD

From Visionary Experience to Spiritual Life: Entheogenic Plants and Chemicals

November 2, 2005 at 6pm
Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington Street
Chicago, IL

Free admission
Click here for content and speaker informaiton

For more information contact:
312-744-6630
chicagoculturalcenter.org

Consciousness and the Spirits of Nature
Presented by Heart of the Initiate
November 04-21, 2005
Bahia, Brazil

Heart of the Initiate offers tours to Brazil where we help people make sacred inner journeys through an intensive workshop experience. Our Brazil workshops incorporate shamanic ceremonies using the ancient plant teacher, Ayahuasca.

Guest Facilitators and Staff:
Ralph Miller - Respected facilitator Ralph Miller utilizes the gifts of our Earth Mother to awaken the Truth and Proof of our real selves. His gentle, quieting stillness creates a soothing and safe environment necessary to reach the depth of our inner being. It is here that you are awakened to the true you; opening your eyes and mind to the many hidden dimensions that surround us.

Stuart Wilde - Well known and respected for the 17 books he's written on consciousness and spirituality, Stuart Wilde has spent the last 25 years exploring the trans-dimensional doorway and helping others to find it themselves. Those who work with him quickly realize that at heart, Stuart is an enormously loving, generous and caring teacher, whose primary mission is to help seekers recognize their own truth.

Kajuyali Tsamani - Step into a tradition where the shaman will lead you to his world of the supernatural. Initiated by the legendary Kogi Indians of Northern Colombia, Kajuyali Tsamani will host an interactive ayahuasca experience with drumming, singing, dancing and movement.

For booking and additional information please visit our website at www.heartoftheinitiate.com.

Visionary Painting
with Roberto Venosa and Martina Hoffmann
November 7-13, 2005
Boulder Colorado

For more information contact:
workshop@venosa.com
303-440-8905

www.venosa.com
www.hoffmann.com

2005 International Drug Policy Reform Conference
November 10-12, 2005
The Westin
Long Beach, CA

Topics will include cannabis, civil liberties, drug treatment, GLBT people and drug law reform, harm reduction, hepatitis C, HIV/AIDS, methadone, methamphetamine, psychedelics, racial injustice, teen issues, and more.

Go to www.drugpolicy.org for more information.

"Telling the Truth" Luncheon with MAPS
Sunday, December 4th, 2005
Portland, Oregon
1pm-2pm

We've designed a short one hour program and lunch, with time for extended discussion after the luncheon for those who want to stay longer.

This is a free lunch for people to come and learn more about MAPS. Though it is a fundraiser and you will be asked to consider making a special contribution, there is no minimum gift required. As much as anything, we want people to come and learn about the important work being done by our organization.

We would be delighted if you could join us. The Telling the Truth luncheon will be on December 4th, 1-2pm at the CenterRing, located at 5339 SE Foster Rd, Portland, OR. If you are interested in coming to the event, please RSVP to Sara Haimowitz, the event coordinator, at mirandah9@hotmail.com. If you wish to bring a friend or friends with you to the event, that would be fine. Just give Sara the names of invitees and their contact information.

December 15, 2005 - January 11, 2006
Minds Wide Open

MicroCosm
540 West 27th Street - 4th Floor
New York, NY 1001
215-594-8841

Featuring Works By:
Luke Brown
Dean Chamberlain (featuring portrait of Albert Hoffman)
J Garcia
Alex Grey
Allyson Grey
Paul Laffoley
Kenny Scharf
Carey Thompson
Stacy Valis
Oliver Vernon
Robert Williams
Susan Williams

Ethnobotany: Plants in Human Affairs January Intensive
January 6-17, 2004
Ohana Keauhou Beach Resort, Hawaii

This 4-credit, 12-day intensive course explores humanity's ago-old symbiotic relationship to plants. Team-taught by ethnobotanist Kathleen Harrison and ethnopharmacologist Dennis McKenna, this course covers the role of plants in the evolution of civilizations, wars, migrations, religion, spirituality, art, medicine, and science. Guest lectures by local experts and frequent field trips bring the subject alive in one of the most beautiful and biodiverse environments on the planet. This course is sponsored jointly by the Center for Spirituality and Healing at the University of Minnesota and the Kohala Center in Kameula, Hawaii. For information and details of costs, credit, accommodations, etc., visit http://www.csh.umn.edu/WhatsNew/index.html or contact Nancy Feinthel at 612 626-5166.

Ayahuasca Healing Retreat
January 11-20, 2004
Manaus, Brazil

There will be (4) four ceremonies with ayahuasca and (2) two with salvia divinorum (ska pastora), lectures by top people in the field of visionary and healing plant teachers, as well as workshops in the shamanic use of neuro-technology devices, Lucid Dreaming, group sharing, transpersonal exercises and local excursions.

Staff:

• Robert Venosa, visionary artist
• Martinna Hoffmann, visionary artist
• Zoe Seven, consciousness researcher and author
• Silvia Polivoy, psychologist

Find more information as well as an application form at our web site: www.ayahuasca-healing.net or contact Silvia at silviap@house.com.ar

Peyote Research and a New World View
Thursday, February 5th

A presentation to Poetry Science Talks
New York City
John H. Halpern, M.D.

Dear Friends and Colleagues:

How did people use "hallucinogens" before they were seen as drugs? Do these ancient substances provide answers for a post-modern age? What can native use of peyote offer to alcoholics and the dying? It is probably impossible to conduct dispassionate research on psychedelics, so how does the research influence the researcher and how can the researcher influence the research? What are the Heisenbergian methodological implications of getting involved?

For February, we are pleased to have researcher, psychiatrist and scholar, John Halpern, as our session producer. John is a top performing Harvard psychiatry professor who early on decided to devote his medical career to a reconsideration of the clinical uses of psychedelic chemicals and plants. Over the past ten years, John has begun to change the medical community's perceptions about psychedelics research and practice and, in conducting his research, has been profoundly changed himself.

PRESENTATION: "Peyote Research and a New World View"

"This is a different sort of lecture for me. I will still report general scientific findings from a multi-year study with Native Americans who have histories of exclusive use of mescaline-containing peyote (versus comparisons who had either a history of alcoholism or no drug/alcohol abuse history). Yet, this lecture will also touch on how working on projects involving psychedelics can shape the investigator and reveal a 'new world view.' With a foot in two very different doors of perception, the demands of this work sometimes pull in opposite directions as if I am supposed to be some cultural wishbone. While the inherent rewards of conducting and completing novel, I hope important research are obvious, the less scientific/personal side can reveal a special value and healing from walking through the heart of peyote. Time will be reserved for questions about my work and any hallucinogen-related interests of the audience."

PRESENTER: John H. Halpern, M.D.

"John H. Halpern, M.D. is Associate Director of Substance Abuse Research at the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Center of McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA and is Instructor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. A current recipient of a National Institute on Drug Abuse Research Career Development Award, Dr. Halpern is engaged in full-time research on the clinical effects of hallucinogens. Recently completed, ongoing, or in development research projects include neuropsychological assessments of members of the Native American Church, similar projects with 'pure' MDMA users and with members of an Ayahuasca-using religion, and assessing the psychotherapeutic value of MDMA for the terminally ill. Dr. Halpern is Board-Certified in General Psychiatry and maintains a small private practice. He also works as a forensic expert witness and as an industry consultant on the development of medications for the treatment of drug abuse/addiction. Recreational fun includes Ashtanga yoga, travel, and camping off to hot springs in the wild."

LOGISTICS:

We hope you will join us next Thursday, February 5th, for the next in our continuing series of out-of-box discussions and good fellowship at the very accommodating East Village home of Wandsqueen (AKA, Karen Wendy Gilbert):

- As usual, we will meet for a light dinner between 7:00 and 8:15PM and then begin the presentation and discussion, running to 10:30 or so.
- A $10 contribution will be collected to help defray expenses.
- We rotate leadership each month, so at the end of the evening, we solicit a "producer" for our next meeting.
- FOR LOGISTICAL REASONS, WE ASK THAT YOU RSVP TO THIS EMAIL EVEN IF YOU ALREADY HAVE THE EXACT ADDRESS AND DIRECTIONS.

POETRY SCIENCE TALKS BACKGROUND:

Here is the original "mission statement" (loosely defined) for our PST discussion group/salon:

- Ideas, analyses and solutions regarding the...
- Development, implementation, diffusion, use and positive and negative impacts of...
- New ideas, new technologies and new ways of interacting as a culture.

We have evolved since we crafted that statement (as you'll see in the topic list below), but generally our intent is still quite similar. Here is a list of PST/CHT meeting topics (CHT stands for Carriage House Talks, an earlier venue/name):

• Monist Philosophy (Neal Goldsmith, [05/06/04])
• Integral Psychology (Scott Gremmel, [04/08/04])
• Post-Modern Physics 201 (Karen "Wandsqueen" Gilbert [03/04/04])
• Peyote Research and a New World View (John Halpern, [02/05/04])
• Finnegans Wake: A Turn of the Collideorscape (Chip Benjamin, 01/08/04)
• Post-Modern Physics 101 (Richard Alan Miller, 12/11/03)
• Why Do Living Things Get Old and Die? (Josh Mittledorf, 11/06/03)
• Rage (Michael Eigen, 10/02/03)
• A Shaman, a Peruvian and a Bunch of New Yorkers: Adventures of an Urban Warrior in the Amazon (Jackie Bobrowsky, 09/11/03)
• Lost Cabaret OR Katandogastrophic (Gerd Stern, 07/10/03)
• Democracy, Liberty, Freedom (Ed Rosenfeld, 06/05/03)
• Stories: Being, Knowing, Doing (Liz Rymland, 05/1/03)
• ReView (Ed Rosenfeld, 04/3/03)
• Integral Medicine (Scott Gremmel, 03/13/03)
• Healing (Neal Goldsmith, 02/06/03)
• Fugue States (Lizbeth Rymland, 01/09/03)
• Slowness: An Economy of Differential Rates of Being (Karen Wandsqueen Gilbert, 11/05/02)
• Who Is I?: Toward a New Mythology (Carleton Schade, 10/10/02)
• Season Opener, 2002-03: What We Are About (09/12/02)
• Blogs, Personal Journalism and the Free Internet (Dan Sieradski, 07/11/02)
• The Stupid Network (David Isenberg, 06/06/02)
• Innovation in an Online Corporation (IBM's WorldJam) (Mike Wing, 05/02/02)
• Collage: Digital/Analog (Gerd Stern, 04/11/02)
• Tomorrow: Sustainable Technology for Spaceship Earth (Carleton Schade, 03/07/02)
• The Core Group (Art Kleiner, 02/07/02)
• bin Laden, Kaczynski and the Borgification of Humanity (Neal M. Goldsmith, 12/06/01?)
• MK-ULTRA (Ed Rosenfeld, 11/06/01)
• Technology Futures (Dave Sarlin, 10/11/01)
• The Omnicompetent Communicator (Thatcher Drew, 09/06/01)
• Democracy and Technology (Bernd Hendricks, 07/05/01)
• Acceleration in Novelty (Ed Rosenfeld, Scott Campbell, (06/07/01)
• The Carriage House Talks
• First Meeting (04/05/01)

We look forward to seeing you at the Poetry Science Talks, the (USUALLY) first Thursday of every month!

Best regards,

-- Neal and Ed

Neal M. Goldsmith, Ph.D.
438 12th Street, PH-A
Brooklyn, NY 11215-5190
+1-718-369-9100/1502 (tel/fax)
+1-347-743-1110 (cell)
neal@inch.com

Ed Rosenfeld 360 Central Park West, 7F
New York, NY 10025-6572
+1-212-222-1123 (tel/fax)
ed@eintelligence.com

P.S. We place email addresses by default into the To: field of these notices to encourage new connections - for you to message, meet and interact with new individual colleagues - but please don't send global emails to this list. Please do feel free to update your email preference anytime or to send us email addresses of friends or colleagues who would like to be added to our distribution list.

The Ayahuasca Visionary Art School
February 8-21, 2004
Florianpolis, Brazil

An intensive course on Visionary Art by Alex Grey and Luis Eduardo Luna. Through our own ayahuasca journeys every other night, we arrive at imagery that we will develop in one or two 11 x 14 inch detailed paintings during the 2 week seminar. Lectures on visionary art, excursions, tai chi, Portuguese lesson (if requested). For a maximum of eleven persons. See http://www.wasiwaska.org, or contact Luis Eduardo Luna, luna@wasiwaska.org.

TRANSPERSONAL PSYCHOLOGY 2004, A Twenty First Century Conference
February 13-15, 2004 (Presidents' Day Weekend)

Transpersonal Psychology 2004 will bring transpersonal psychology up-to-date for psychologists, therapists, educators, health professionals, researchers, scholars, writers, students and others interested in the transpersonal field. Stan Grof is giving the opening talk. Charlie Tart and Jeanne Achterberg the other 2 plenaries. Sat. night is a premiere of a documentary on Stan Krippner with him there and a panel discussing his work. June May Ruse will speak about MAPS' treatment manual for conducting MDMA/PTSD research.

Continuing Education credits will be available for psychologists, MFTs, LCSWs, and RNs for individual sessions and the entire conference. The meeting will be held in Palo Alto, California, sponsored by the William James Center of the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, the Association for Transpersonal Psychology, and Internet Guided Learning (an APA approved provider). Be up to date with this psychology that speaks to these critical times for individuals and the planet.

The conference is scheduled for President's Day weekend to allow workshops before and after the main conference, and to enable easier travel schedules. Ample lodging is available in the immediate Palo Alto area. Further conference details and registration information will be posted on the ITP website and the Association website.

Triumph Over Fear Victory Party and Award Ceremony
Tuesday, February 24, 2004.

Reception begins at 5:00 p.m., Award Ceremony at 6:00 p.m.
Oakland Box Theater, 1928 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, California, (two blocks from BART)

Angel Wings patient OutReach, Inc. in collaboration with Alameda County Supervisor Nate Miley, Oakland City Council Member Nancy Nadel and Assemblyman Mark Leno invite you to our Triumph Over Fear Victory Party and Award Ceremony in honor of all those who made our stunning victory in Raich v. Ashcroft possible. California Attorney General Bill Lockyer will attend the event.

$50.00 General Public,
$35.00 Patients with an OCBC Card or a San Francisco County Patient ID Card

Make checks or money orders payable to:
Angel Wings Patient OutReach, Inc., P.O. Box 18767, Oakland, California 94619-8767.
Angel Wings Patient OutReach, Inc. is a 501(c)(3). All donations are TAX DEDUCTIBLE to the full extent of the law.

R.S.V.P. to 510-764-1499 or send an e-mail to: angelwings@raich-v-ashcroft.com. Please visit our site for updates at http://raich-v-ashcroft.com or Events at: http://www.raich-v-ashcroft.com/page16.html

For the past six years Angel Wings Patient OutReach and Angel McClary Raich have been working very hard to protect the rights of medical cannabis patients, caregivers and providers. We want to honor some of the people who are working by our side. We will be presenting awards to the following people. Most of these people plan to be at the event.

Angel Wings Triumph Over Fear Award

• Attorney General Bill Lockyer

Angel Wings Medal of Valor

• Randy Barnett, Attorney Raich v. Ashcroft
• Robert Raich, Attorney Raich v. Ashcroft
• David Michael, Attorney Raich v. Ashcroft
• John Gilmore, Angel Wings Funder, Activist/Supporter
• Frank Lucido, M.D., Angel's Primary Care Doctor
• Alice Mead, California Medical Association, Filed Amicus Curiae Brief in Raich v. Ashcroft
• Deborah Burger, California Nurses Association, Filed Amicus Curiae Brief in Raich v. Ashcroft
• Kay McVay, California Nurses Association, Filed Amicus Curiae Brief in Raich v. Ashcroft
• Rob Kampia, Marijuana Policy Project, Filed Amicus Curiae Brief in Raich v. Ashcroft, we also worked on several other projects
• Rick Doblin, Ph.D., Filed Amicus Curiae Brief in Raich v. Ashcroft
• Ethan Russo, M.D., Filed Amicus Curiae Brief in Raich v. Ashcroft
• Richard Winnie, Alameda County Counsel, Filed Amicus Curiae Brief in Raich v. Ashcroft
• John Russo, Oakland City Attorney, Filed Amicus Curiae Brief in Raich v. Ashcroft
• Barbara Parker, Chief Deputy Oakland City Attorney, Filed Amicus Curiae Brief in Raich v. Ashcroft

Angel Wings Certificates of Appreciation

• Supervisor Nate Miley, Angel Wings Supporter, and worked with Angel on several other projects
• Nancy Nadel, Oakland City Councilmember, Sponsor and worked with Angel in the City of Oakland regarding medical cannabis issues
• Assemblyman Mark Leno, Medical Cannabis Supporter, and worked with Angel on several other projects
• Supervisor Keith Carson, Angel Wings Supporter, Helped at press conferences for Raich v. Ashcroft in support of Angel
• Bruce Mirken, Marijuana Policy Project, Helped with Raich v. Ashroft Media
• Steph Sherer, Americans for Safe Access, Medical Cannabis Support and worked with Angel on several other projects
• Hilary McQuie, Americans for Safe Access and worked with Angel on several other projects
• Debby Goldsberry, Medical Cannabis Activist, Gave first donation to Raich v. Ashcroft, and worked with Angel on several other projects
• Don Duncan, Medical Cannabis Activist, Gave first donation to Raich v. Ashcroft, and worked with Angel on several other projects

Download the major pleadings from our litigation (Raich v. Ashcroft) at: http://raich-v-ashcroft.com and http://news.findlaw.com/legalnews/documents/index.html#drugs

Perspectives on Cannabis
February 24, 2004, 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM
Crowne Plaza Hotel, Liverpool, England.

A conference covering the legal, ethical, medical, public health and social aspects of cannabis today. Organized by HIT, a drug education and harm reduction organization, with the assistance of John Moores University, Centre for Public Health. Speakers include:

• Harry Shapiro
  Smoke and mirrors: A brief history of cannabis
• Professor Les Iversen
  How does cannabis work and how safe is it?
• Professor Howard Parker
  The normalisation of cannabis use in the UK: Managing the risks and benefits
• Professor Cindy Fazey
  Can you hear the grass growing? Cannabis and the repatriation of drug policy
• Dr Philip Robson
  Therapeutic potential of cannabis and its derivatives
• Tiggey May
  Cannabis smokers, cultivators and the police: Has anything changed?
• Professor Mark Bellis
  Public health perspectives on cannabis: Striking the right balance
• Andrew Bennett
  Protecting and promoting the health of cannabis users
• Chief Constable Andy Hayman
  The policing of cannabis post reclassification

Ecuadorian Upper Amazon
March 18 - 24, 2004

A Deep Forest Wilderness and Cultural Sojourn To the Amazanga Community & the Llushin River Wilderness
www.OsaRetreat.org

Plants as Teacher, Traditional Wisdom, & Rainforest Conservation Strategies

This sojourn is a fundraising benefit for Rainforest Conservation. By participating your tuition helps raise funds to purchase priceless, mega-diverse, tropical rainforest directly bordering Sangay National Park. Your tuition also supports people working towards rainforest conservation and cultural heritage renewal and indigenous peoples communities who are making a difference at ground level!

SENTIENT EXPERIENTIALS invites you to an auspicious week-long Rainforest and Cultural Spring Equinox Celebration to the Ecuadorian Amazon!

Meet the Amazanga Community and the Jade Green Lushin River at Sangay National Park, a UNESCO declared World Heritage Biosphere Reserve.

With

• Jonathon S. Miller Weisberger - Ethnobotanist, Guide, Interpreter
• Don Rafael Santi - Amazanga Community Chief, Rainforest and Cultural Master, Architect, Artisan, Herbologist
• Lucia Vargas - Midwife, traditional Herbologist, Cultural Teacher, Community Matriarch
• Flavio Santi - Director of the Huanduk Yachai Foundation, Cultural Advocate, Artisan, Musician, Master of Traditional Mythology
• Eduardo Santi - Artisan and Rainforest Guide, and a whiz in animal tracking and spotting boa constrictors

Experience a wilderness adventure off the beaten path
Meet the Santi Family, an authentic Quichua Indigenous community, dedicated to making positive change towards Cultural Renewal and Rainforest Conservation
Be part of a Rainforest Conservation Legacy expanding a biological mega-diverse Rainforest Refugia
Have a unique adventure hiking into pristine wilderness rainforest
Celebrate the sight of the sacred Lushin River and it's crystal clear, pristine emerald waters
Explore the Sangay National Park
Visit distinguished elders and shamans
Sit on a wooden turtle or anaconda carved bench
Have direct experience learning from the plants themselves
Challenge yourself with a traditional plant diet for wisdom and strength
Learn forest ecology, tropical nature & an indigenous worldview counting on its Origin mythology
Befriend rainforest medicinal plants such as de Gato, Sangre de Drago, Chuchuguasu and many others
Engage in healing ceremonies for replenishment and well being
Climb very tall old trees
Soak in hot springs
Engage in lots of laughter

Space is limited to 12 conscientious travelers in good health that can take long, deep forest hikes and live for several days in a traditional manner (without the modern conveniences and values of the techno-world).

Full details are at: http://osaretreat.org/events.html

$1,275 USD: Tuition (from Quito back to Quito)
$800: Deposit to reserve your space as soon as possible
Balance due Feb. 18, 2004

Check payable to: Sentient Experientials
Mail to: Sentient Experientials, c/o Dahlia Miller
P.O. Box 1004, El Cerrito, CA 94530, USA

Consciousness and the Spirits of Nature
March 28 - April 4, 2004
Presented by Heart of the Initiate
Bahia, Brazil

We welcome you to a series of two one-week workshops, in an extraordinarily beautiful setting along the coast of Bahia, located approximately 700 miles north of Rio de Janeiro. During each week we will be hosting three ayahuasca healing sessions along with lectures on this plant medicine, it's history, and healing properties on the body. We have found that "the medicine" and the heart opening process work together synergistically, allowing us to very quickly move past our self imposed limitations. We will spend the week exploring and opening the subtle doorway through the heart energy and into the inner trans-dimentional worlds long forgotten by mankind. This is the path back to remembering your true divinity and awakening of the true self. As we work through our old, limiting patterns, we begin to heal and reclaim our lost power.

Guest Facilitators and Staff:

• Ralph Miller - Respected facilitator Ralph Miller utilizes the gifts of our Earth Mother to awaken the Truth and Proof of our real selves. His gentle, quieting stillness creates a soothing and safe environment necessary to reach the depth of our inner being. It is here that you are awakened to the true you; opening your eyes and mind to the many hidden dimensions that surround us.
• Zoe7 Seven - Zoe Seven is an international lecturer, author, and cartographer of altered states of consciousness. His main area of research is 'techno-shamanism' - the fusion of shamanic psychoactive plants and compounds together with brainwave technology devices. He is the author of INTO THE VOID and has has written for several entheogen and neuro-technology related magazines.
• Silvia Polivoy - With a Master's degree in clinical psychology, Silvia Polivoy has worked extensively in the Peruvian and the Brazilian Amazon with ayahuasca and San Pedro, where she's initiated and trained in shamanism and the ritual use of ayahuasca by a Shipibo shaman.

We have chosen a beautiful and comfortable beach front property on the coast of Bahia just south of the fishing village of Itacar. We will have exclusive and private use for our stay and includes 10 bungalows, a restaurant, which we'll have full use of, and swimming pool. Creating it's own little village, the buildings are individually designed and constructed of local raw materials and carefully inserted into the rainforest. Some of the buildings are almost 3 meters high offering stunning views of the sea and surrounding jungle, giving the sensation of being in treehouses. A shallow and gentle Atlantic Ocean, which in its low tide reveals up to 200 meters of nearly deserted white sand beach and natural pools, meanders by, providing us a place to relax and play.

For booking and additional information please visit our website at www.heartoftheinitiate.com .

Peter Jennings Reporting: Ecstasy Rising
1 Hour Special, April 1, ABC 10pm est/pst, 9pm cst/mst.
This will be a fascinating documentary with lots of interviews, including Rick Doblin, Sasha Shulgin and many others.

ABC World News Tonight
April 1, ABC 6:30pm est
Presents a short segment on the MAPS MDMA/PTSD study with film from Charleston, SC.

Toward A Science Of Consciousness 2004
April 7-11, 2004
Tucson Convention Center
Tucson, Arizona

You may find more details and register for the conference at: http://consciousness.arizona.edu/tucson2004/. E-mail inquiries should be directed to: center@email.arizona.edu.

The sixth "Toward a Science of Consciousness" conference will be held at the Tucson Convention Center in Tucson, Arizona, on April 7-11, 2004. This conference will mark the tenth anniversary of the landmark Tucson consciousness conference in 1994.

Registration fees are $230 (regular) and $130 (students). The full program for the conference is now available on the conference website. The program includes plenary and concurrent oral sessions, poster sessions, and pre-conference workshops (April 6-7). Additional events will include a reception (Wednesday April 7), a conference banquet at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (Friday April 9), a poetry slam (Saturday April 10), and an end-of-conference party (Sunday April 11).

PL4: HOW DO HALLUCINOGENS AFFECT CONSCIOUSNESS?
Thursday April 8, 2-4:10pm

Alexander Shulgin, Hallucinogens and Consciousness
Franz Vollenweider, Brain Mechanisms of Hallucinogens
Thomas Ray, The Chemical Architecture of the Human Mind: Probing Receptor Space with Psychedelics

C14: ART AND CONSCIOUSNESS
Thursday April 8, 4:30-6:35pm
[Hanna, Ascott, Little, Seeley, Lobell]

C19: HALLUCINOGENS AND CONSCIOUSNESS
Saturday April 10, 4:30-6:35pm
[Carter, Winkelman, Levin, Jansen, Mercante]

The International Conference on Science and Consciousness
April 23-28, 2004.
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.

Presenters include Candace Pert, Huston Smith, Judith Orloff, Peter Russell, Donna Eden, Carlos Warter, Danah Zohar, Raymond Moody, Stephen Wolinsky, Don Campbell and more than 40 other researchers and trailblazers.

From early morning yoga to special evening events with drumming and dancing, recharge your spirit, open your mind and learn about the miracle of life!

For more information or to sign-up, visit http://www.bizspirit.com/science/index.html or contact:

The Message Company
4 Camino Azul, Santa Fe, NM 87508
phone (505) 474-0998 or (505) 474-7604
fax (505) 471-2584
email: message@bizspirit.com

Altered States and the Spiritual Awakening
May 14-16, 2004
San Francisco, CA

Altered States and Spiritual Awakening aims to create a uniquely interactive meeting of the minds. We are gathering together pioneers in the field of consciousness - luminaries who have shown how to deepen the completeness of the human spirit and connections between souls - and encouraging them to share their discoveries with those who wish to learn.

One of the primary goals of this conference is to bring together experts in multiple forms of altered states. We seek to cover three main spheres of knowledge: transpersonal and para-psychology, entheogens, and consciousness exploration through external (technological) means. While all of the fields share certain commonalties, they all provide distinct insights into how we can enrich the human psyche and deepen understanding of our existence.

The time is ripe to have a meeting like the one we're organizing. Many youth today are actively searching to fill gaps of meaning and connection in their lives. All too often, young people turn to the underground culture's mind-altering substances to quickly numb themselves and deaden the sensations of spiritual longing. The value of spiritual awakening via altered states that was discovered by older generations has faded out of view. This conference is an attempt to bridge the gap between multiple generations of the same community and help create a dialogue in which gurus may share their wisdom with students.

In order to succeed at introducing a new generation of people to this type of wisdom, we are conducting this gathering differently than an average conference. First of all, we are deliberately setting the entrance fee at a point that will make it much more accessible to young people. False Profit, the group hosting the event, is predicated on emphasizing human value over financial value, and will turn no profit from the enterprise.

Moreover, this conference will take a different approach to communication than most others. We will go beyond a formal lecture-and-listen model and encourage a more personal learning process. Our loft space is conducive to establishing the intimate milieu we are aiming for. Overall, we aim to create a comfortable set and setting that will allow people to share openly in the event.

For more information visit www.assacon.com

Prophets Sacred Pilgrimage of Healing and Renewal
May 17-27, 2004
We Walk The Path Of Beauty
The Great American Southwest

SPIRIT JOINS US for a pilgrimage of a lifetime to some of the most beautiful and sacred places on Earth and meetings with authentic Navajo and Hopi medicine people and guides!. Full information

Canyon de Chelly

Guided by Maria, a Quero Apache, and Peter Weiss, expert travel guide and art and cultural historian, along with Robin and Cody Johnson of the Prophets Conferences, the Prophets Pilgrimage into the mysterious sacred places of the magnificent American Southwest is a quest for the renewal of self and planet. From the grandeur of these ancient places of power and from the ceremonies, the stories and teachings of these ancient people, the pilgrims will gain wholeness and a broader awakening to the wonder of life. May is the most beautiful time to explore this area as the wildflowers are in bloom, the air is fresh and stimulating, and it is before the summer rains and the tourists.

Maria calls Spirit to join this Mystic's Journey and tells of the unfolding of this spiritual pilgrimage through the beauty and wonder of the land of her family.

Dagote shi gotah diyi. She ukehe nohwiza'ye bike'e pilch ensella.

Welcome my family of spirit. I am grateful that we follow the Ancestor's tracks joined together as one.

Today we set intent for the power of Creation to join us in this Mystic's Journey. You have responded to a call from Eternity to search out earth tradition and connection. The mysticism of the Quero Apache snake clan is not academe. It is practical magic... a shifting perspective into planetary alignment. In short, your desire for connection, for healing, for depth - your craving to get beyond the changing phenomena and future shift and the universal family into a deeper reality is what you have responded to. This pilgrimage is relevant; it is the air we breathe.

Spirit joins us. All Our Relations are with us, we connect, we interact - All Our Relations are known. Gently the whisper has been heard, and I am honored to guide you on this path.

As we begin our journey - an energetic initiation - we will connect with Animal Spirit Guides and divide into working clans in the Making of Relations rituals. In our clan interactions we find wisdom and learn the etiquette and structure of traditional relationships. We implement a foundation of respect and discovery.

For help in the Deishehi Diyi - Birthing Energy - ritual we will partner in "couples." When we call on energetic shift and it comes to us, our emotional bodies will transmute. To lighten, that is the purpose of our journey - lightening. To shake loose densities, as we journey and become lighter, we become the shining rainbow light of prophecy. As the light shines out of us, others will be touched by it. The joy of evolution descends upon us.

Our hearts fill with joy as we Bike'e diyi - Stalk Power - meeting the Gatekeepers of Time: Bear, Puma, and Snake. We respond to the three questions of initiation, then seek our power tokens of confirmation... affirmations of connection.

We will build Tutuskya - the great Medicine Wheel of Life - and walk the energetic labyrinth of Turtle Island. Connecting to the landscape of our experience we step into our own inner truth. We combine energy with sacred purpose, and our actions align with our intent... we walk the Path of Beauty.

Gotah binah shi naiiees. In the land of my family we "come out." A walk of balanced polarities reenacts the sacred migrations of ancient legend. An edifice of connection to the Changing Mother earth brings various forms of life and love into our consciousness as expressed experience. We are opened to things we previously believed impossible. With respect to manifesting the intangible, we see a deeply unconscious state of coming forth to the surface of our knowing.

In Chaghashe Naakai - Children Returning Home - we celebrate our combined journey... the truth of re-turning to remembrance. We affirm connection and life.

During O'izeege - Fire Ceremony - final transition stokes the flame of passion and creativity. In a moment we are freed of karmic past.

Near the Doorway of the Snake, finally empowered in the truth of our essence, we shall send forth our combined powers to the Four Directions during the Chajala Naaisha - Healing Complete - touching our family, our towns, our country, our world... the universal heart with unconditional love.

Coming to the end of our journey godiyih yalti - Sacred Talk - will reveal that the process we have engaged has been subtle, and personal. We have seen through the deceptions we had fallen prey to. Together we created opportunities to make a deeper look at our life philosophies and become more connected to Spirit... this has been a journey of awakening.

Hozhoni naslee, beauty is everywhere.

Maria
author/quero apache

PS, some things that you might want to consider bringing for our rituals: drums, rattles, pad and pen, corn meal or tobacco. Let us travel with power and ease, let us travel well.

The granddaughter of Ten Bears, the eminent Quero Apache Holy Man, Maria is also the descendent of Nochaydelklinne, Apache Dreamer and Prophet who, over a century ago, brought forth visions of the current changing times of evolution. Maria is a storyteller, healer and ceremonialist of the Quero Apache Tlish Diyan tradition. With a degree in the field of Applied Ecopsychology, she has received awards and merits for her work over the last twenty years.

There is still space available on the Magical Bus for this very special spiritual pilgrimage through the sacred sites and lands of the Great American Southwest. We invite you to join us. Full information is at www.greatmystery.org/southwest.html. We are also being allowed to visit and pray at the Hopi Prophecy Rock that tells the story of our future world lines.

The Third National Clinical Conference on Cannabis Therapeutics
May 20-22, 2004
Charlottesville, Virginia

Patients Out of Time is pleased to announce that it will serve as a co-host along with the University of Virginia School of Nursing, the Pain Clinic of the University of Virginia's Health System, the Virginia Nurses Association and the University of Virginia School of Law for The Third National Clinical Conference on Cannabis Therapeutics to be held on May 20-22, 2004, at the Charlottesville Omni Hotel in Charlottesville, VA, USA.

The conference is designed for physicians, nurses, healthcare professionals, legal professionals and patients. The conference theme, "Cannabis Use Throughout the Life Span" focuses on the current research and clinical applications involving cannabis as one of the therapeutic options for health problems that include: behavioral problems, general pediatric applications, use during pregnancy, dependence and addiction risk, pain, traumatic brain injury treatment and movement disorders. The educational sessions facilitated by researchers and clinicians from the United States, Canada, Israel and the United Kingdom provide a platform for discussion that include the pros and cons for considering cannabis as therapeutic option, varied delivery modalities, modern clinical research, use in the hospice setting, and other medical and legal issues related to this therapy.

The conference provides AMA Category 1 credit to physicians, and CEUs to nurses and other healthcare professionals through the Office of Continuing Medical Education of the University of Virginia School of Medicine. Registration information and other conference details will be announced.

For more information, visit http://www.medicalcannabis.com.

AN EVENING WITH DR. SASHA SHULGIN AND ANN SHULGIN

WHEN: Monday, June 21st from 6 - 8 pm
LOCATION: John Jay College of Criminal Justice,
899 10th Avenue, Room 203 between 58th and 59th, New York City
CONTACT: To RSVP or for more information,
please contact Julie Ruckel, 212.613.8053

The Drug Policy Alliance and the John Jay College of Criminal Justice are co-hosting an evening with Dr. Sasha Shulgin, the noted psychedelic chemist and pharmacologist, and his wife Ann Shulgin, the noted psychotherapist.

Alexander "Sasha" Shulgin, Ph.D., is best known for his creation and discovery of new psychoactive chemicals. Sasha earned his doctorate in biochemistry from UC-Berkeley in 1954 before eventually becoming a senior research chemist at Dow Chemical. Best known for his work with synthesizing MDMA or "ecstasy", Sasha was first introduced to the drug in 1967 at San Francisco State University.

Though Sasha was not the first to create MDMA, he did create a new synthesis process and introduced the drug to Bay Area psychologists who incorporated the psychedelic into their therapeutic practice. Word about MDMA's benefits quickly spread beyond the therapeutic community. In addition, Sasha has created and self-tested hundreds of other psychoactive chemicals.

Ann Shulgin, Sasha's partner is a lay therapist who conducted psychedelic therapy before 1985, when MDMA was effectively made illegal when it was reclassified as a Schedule I drug. Ann is a researcher and spokesperson for the beneficial use of psychedelics, including MDMA, in a therapeutic setting.

Sasha and Ann Shulgin are authors of PIKHAL, A Chemical Love Story and TIKHAL, Tryptamines I Have Known and Loved and detailing the synthesis and personal experience with hundreds of psychedelics. The Shulgins travel and speak extensively on the topic of psychedelics.

Sixteenth International Transpersonal Association Conference
June 11-18, 2004

Mythic Imagination and Modern Society:
Search for Re-Enchantment of the World
Riviera Resort in Palm Springs, CA

Program Coordinators: Stanislav and Christina Grof
Conference Coordinator: Bob Duchmann

This conference will focus on the importance of myth in modern society. We will explore how the new understanding of the nature and function of myth revealed by the work of C. G. Jung, Joseph Campbell, James Hillman, Mircea Eliade, and their followers has revolutionized the thinking in many areas of modern life. Like previous ITA events, the format of this meeting will combine lectures, experiential sessions, rituals, music, dance, and visual arts. The conference coincides with the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Joseph Campbell, the greatest mythologist of the twentieth century.

Some Ideas for Themes to be Explored at the Conference;

• Re-Visioning of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Psychotherapy
• Mythic Imagination in Science
• Visionary Anthropology
• Shamanism and the Re-Enchantment of Nature
• Future of the Body
• Archetypal Dynamics, Healing, and Transformation
• The Gaia Theory and Deep Ecology
• Feminism and Return of the Great Mother
• Mythic Elements in Business and Economy
• Archetypal Forces in the World of Politics
• Art and the Imaginal World
• Myth and New Perspectives in Entertainment
• The Imaginal and Its Relation to Spirituality and Religion
• Archetypal Psychology and Astrology
• Ancient and Native Prophecies
• Cosmology and the Creation Stories
• Global Crisis and the Search for A New Myth

Exploring Consciousness Conference
June 24th-26th, 2004
Bath, England

See: www.exploringconsciousness.org.uk

Organised by Bath Spa University College's Sophia Centre, Psychonaut UK and The Academy for Cultural and Educational Studies.

How do we explore consciousness and with what intent?

This theme will be considered from psychonautic, Gaian, cosmological, scientific, psychological, anthropological, philosophical, architectural, sociological, historical, astrological, literary, mythological, political, hedonistic and therapeutic perspectives amongst others.

Presenters: Alexander Shulgin, Rick Doblin, Christian Raetsch, Claudia Mueller-Ebeling, Francoise Barbira-Freedman, Eric Davis, William Bloom, Kelly Morris, Julian Vayne, Max Velmans, Philippa Berry, Andrew Letcher, Susan Greenwood, Susan Blackmore, Anja Saunders, Jude Currivan, Charles Jencks, Chas Clifton, Rob Hand, Piers Gibbon, Stephen Fitzpatrick, Liz Greene, Hattie Wells, Amanda Feilding, David Luke, Serena Roney-Dougal, Nicholas Mann, Bernadette Brady, Ann Shulgin.

Contact: info (at) exploringconsciousness.org.uk

Ayahuasca Healing Retreat
August 6 to 15, 2004
Manaus, Brazil

There will be (4) ceremonies with ayahuasca and (2) with salvia divinorum (Ska Pastora), lectures by top people in the field of visionary and healing plant teachers, as well as workshops in art, in the shamanic use of neuro-technology devices, Lucid dreaming, group sharing, transpersonal exercises and local excursions.

Staff:
Pablo Amaringo, shaman and visionary artist
Zoe Seven, consciousness researcher and author of "Into the Void"
Silvia Polivoy, transpersonal psychologist
For more information, please visit us at:
www.ayahuasca-healing.net or contact silviap@house.com.ar

Entheovision 2
August 21-22, 2004.
Berlin, Germany

Speakers include Ann and Sasha Shulgin, Jon Hanna, Sergius Golowin, Dr. Claudia Muller-Ebeling, Wolfgang Bauer, Dr. Jochen Gartz, Dr. Christian Rtsch, Werner Pieper, Markus Berger, Traumkraft, Bernd Lauer, Ulrich Holbein, David Schlesinger, Sandra Karpetas. The conference will offer simultaneous translation in England and German.

Boom Festival, Portugal.
August 26-30, 2004.

Vibrating into the full moon. 5 days and 4 nights of psyconnecting to culture, art, life, music and cosmic love!

For more information, see www.boomfestival2002.com/boom2004_flash.html
Also read a MAPS Bulletin article on the 2002 Boom Festival here.

Consciousness and the Spirits of Nature
Presented by Heart of the Initiate
Bahia, Brazil
September 1-8 11-18, 2004

We welcome you to a series of one and two week experiential workshops, in an extraordinarily beautiful setting along the coast of Bahia, located approximately 700 miles north of Rio de Janeiro. During each week we will be hosting three ayahuasca healing sessions along with lectures on this plant medicine, it's history, and healing properties on the body. We have found that "the medicine" and the heart opening process work together synergistically, allowing us to very quickly move past our self imposed limitations. We will spend the week exploring and opening the subtle doorway through the heart energy and into the inner trans-dimentional worlds long forgotten by mankind. This is the path back to remembering your true divinity and awakening of the true self. As we work through our old, limiting patterns, we begin to heal and reclaim our lost power.

Guest Facilitators and Staff:

Ralph Miller - Respected facilitator Ralph Miller utilizes the gifts of our Earth Mother to awaken the Truth and Proof of our real selves. His gentle, quieting stillness creates a soothing and safe environment necessary to reach the depth of our inner being. It is here that you are awakened to the true you; opening your eyes and mind to the many hidden dimensions that surround us.

Arno Adelaars - Step into a tradition where sound and music becomes the inner landscape of our own creation. With his own unique style of ayahuasca ritual, Arno Adelaars will guide an interactive experience with drumming, singing, dancing and movement.

We have chosen a beautiful and comfortable beach front property on the coast of Bahia just south of the fishing village of Itacar. We will have exclusive and private use for our stay and includes 10 bungalows, a restaurant, which we'll have full use of, and swimming pool. Creating it's own little village, the buildings are individually designed and constructed of local raw materials and carefully inserted into the rainforest. Some of the buildings are almost 3 meters high offering stunning views of the sea and surrounding jungle, giving the sensation of being in treehouses. A shallow and gentle Atlantic Ocean, which in its low tide reveals up to 200 meters of nearly deserted white sand beach and natural pools, meanders by, providing us a place to relax and play.

For booking and additional information please visit our website at www.heartoftheinitiate.com

2nd Annual Santa Cruz
WAMMfest
A benefit for the Wo/Mens Alliance for Medial Marijuana
Sunday September 5th 2004 form 10am to 5pm
San Lorenzo Park Benchlands
Vendors Live Music Food Games Hemp Products White Elephant Sale
WAMM Craft Gallery Medical Marijuana Information Rent a Booth Space or for more information
See our website www.wamm.org
831.425.0416

WIN THE MEAL OF A LIFETIME
THE D.E.A. CAME UNINVITED---- YOU WILL BE CHAUFFEUR DRIVEN!
Enter to win a champagne brunch for 2 in WAMM's
secret medical marijuana garden
Bunch will be on Sept. 12th.
Entries $50-$100 each.
Purchase tickets at World Market Bazaar 1231 Pacific Ave. or online at www.wamm.org
Winner to be announced at WAMMfest Sept.5th @ San Lorenzo Park
winner will be contacted by phone or email. (Subject to certain restrictions and conditions)

Cannabinoids in Medicine
The 3rd International Association for Cannabis as Medicine (IACM)
Conference on Cannabinoids in Medicine
September 10-11, 2004, Somerville College Oxford, UK.

A call for papers will be published in January 2004 in the IACM Bulletin. International Association for Cannabis as Medicine (IACM)

The Great Rethinking Oxford
10-12 September, 2004
Oxford University Union, Oxford UK

The Great Rethinking Oxford will be taking place at the Oxford Union the weekend of 10-12 September, with a magical mystery tour of the UK ancient sacred sites. Information will be forthcoming. More information

Once again The Great Rethinking returns to the Oxford Union in Oxford, England. The conference takes place the weekend of 10-12 September, followed by a pilgrimage extension to Stonehenge, Glastonbury, and other ancient sites 13-14 September. Early registration tuition incentives are available for the first 50 delegates!

The faculty coming together in Oxford includes Dr. Vandana Shiva, Dr. Helen Caldicott, Dr. Ervin Laszlo, Peter Russell, Dr. William Bloom, Satish Kumar, Lynne McTaggart, Thom Hartmann, Danah Zohar, Rabbi Michael Lerner, Dr. Alberto Villoldo, Christopher Hansard, and Paul Hannam.

Mind States Oaxaca
September 2004

The Mind States conference in 2004 will be held in Oaxaca City, Mexico in September of 2004. "Oaxaca, a sun-drenched city cooled by Mexican mountain breezes, is regarded by many as a spiritual center because of the ancient Zapotec and Mixtec cities that dominate the nearby hills. It is also a multicultural center--people from all over the world come to see the arts and crafts of the 16 different indigenous groups practicing their traditional ways in the region." -- Iris Denton, Whole Life Times (June 1998).

For more information on specific dates and presenters, see http://www.mindstates.org

MAPS Benefit Dinner and Dance
at Alex's Grey's Chapel of Sacred Mirriors

We are thrilled to announce this special event held at Alex Grey's new sacred art space. The evening event will start at 6:30 PM. We're asking for a $100 donation to MAPS per person, which also includes a ticket to the all-night dance (current MAPS members also get a second ticket to the all-night dance). At 7 PM, Alex will give a talk about his art and show people around the Gallery. We'll have dinner and then at 8:30 PM, we'll have short talks by:

Dr. Michael Mithoefer (primary investigator in the MDMA/PTSD study)
Dr. John Halpern (PI on the MDMA/cancer anxiety study we are trying to get approved at McLean)
Dr. Charlie Grob (psilocybin/cancer anxiety study- this is a Heffter Research Institute study)
Valerie Mojeiko (MAPS staffer who is coordinating our ibogaine outcome study)
Brandy Doyle (MAPS staffer who is coordinating our Rites of Passage project about parents who create opportunities for psychedelic experiences for their kids, and vice versa)
and Rick Doblin, MAPS President.

About 9:45 PM, incredible photographer Dean Chamberlain will take a group photo. This ends the evening event.

At 10PM, doors open for the all-night dance, for which we are asking everyone to become a MAPS member at whatever membership level they choose (current MAPS members can come for just $20). The dance is limited to 250 people. The same group of speakers will talk again starting about 10:15. We'll have DJs, one or two bands, and some games, until about 7 AM. We'll have free water, juice bar, bodywork available, and breakfast.

The gallery is at:
540 W. 27th Street 4th Floor
New York, NY 10001

That's the basics! You can purchase tickets/donate through the MAPS website and indicate in the final dialogue box which event you would like your donation to be for, or you can send a check to the MAPS office at 2105 Robinson Ave, Sarasota, FL, 34232 or call at 941 924-6277.

Ayahuasca Healing retreat in Brazil
October 15 to 23 in Bahia, by the ocean
Ceremonies with Ayahuasca and Salvia Divinorum
Lectures, transpersonal exercises, and excursions.

Staff:
Christine Page, MD, physician and author of "Spiritual Alchemy"
Sue Minns, past life therapist and author of "Be your own Doctor"
Gary Reich, psychic and lecturer
Silvia Polivoy, transpersonal psychologist
For more information, please visit us at:
www.ayahuasca-healing.net or contact silviap@house.com.ar.

The Good News
October 15-17
The Sedona Hilton Resort
More information

The first 50 registrants will receive a full weekend pass for $225. The tuition will increase to $295 and $355 thereafter.

Come together with Larry Dossey, M.D., Barbara Marx Hubbard, Gregg Braden, Mary Manin Morrissey, Peter Russell, Hank Wesselman, Ph.D., Jill Kuykendall, Robert A. F. Thurman, Ph.D., Caroline Casey, Lama Surya Das, Mikela Tarlow, Ph.D., Philip Tarlow, Carlos Barrios, and many other members of your spiritual family for this journey into vision, commitment and healing.

Barbara Marx Hubbard, Gregg Braden and Hank Wesselman will also come together to help us express our life purpose for the good of the self and the world during The Day of Cocreation taking place as a conference extension on Monday, October 18. Find out more here.

There are no overlapping presentations. Only plenary sessions and experiential workshops are available so that you fully enjoy The Great Rethinking Sedona and The Great Rethinking Oxford experiences.

East Village book bash for Under the Influnece: The Disinformation Guide to Drugs by Dan Forbes
October 21st from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m.
Uncle Ming's, at 225 Avenue B (at 13th St.) in NYC

Forget the modest number of immodest go-go dancers, the syncopation from renowned Slipper Room vinyl spinner, DJ Ness, the no-doubt dissolute air rubbing shoulders (let's say) with strangers similarly possessed of a certain moral casualness. Come, rather, seeking proof of the cruelties, absurdities, malfeasance & propaganda promulgated by your government to prop up an ever shakier War on Some Drugs.

DisInfo and editor Preston Peet have corralled the top writers on drugs (verily) for a volume chockablock with the sort of truth-to-power rarely found between soft covers:

Libertarian big-foot Jacob Sullum, of the usually eponymous Reason magazine and author of Saying Yes: In Defense of Drug Use (Tarcher/Putnam); New York Press columnist, author and irasciblist Paul Krassner; Daniel Pinchbeck, author of Breaking Open the Head: A Psychedelic Journey into the Heart of Contemporary Shamanism (Broadway Books); bona fide contemporary shaman, Rick Doblin, who's actually buffaloed the feds into approving his investigations of post-trauma, therapeutic Ecstasy; and ex-Village Voice columnist, Cynthia Cotts.

Not to mention Ethan Nadelmann, avatar of the Drug Policy Alliance and many state drug-reform ballot initiatives; China Syndrome screenwriter, Mike Gray, whose seminal drug policy books include Drug Crazy (Random House); Lonny Shavelson, author of Hooked: Five Addicts Challenge our Misguided Drug Rehab System (The New Press); rock star and ex-High Timeser Steven Wishnia, author of Cannabis Companion (Running Press); our beloved editor, High Timeser Preston Peet, who also edits DrugWar.com; and Daniel Forbes, a feckless freelancer who engendered four congressional hearings and testified at two after revealing that the Clinton White House steered $22 million to the TV networks for government-approved anti-drug TV scripts and has perpetrated numerous stone-down-a-well scoops ever since.

5th National Harm Reduction Conference:
Working Under Fire: Drug Users' Health and Justice 2004
November 11-14, 2004
Astor Crowne Plaza Hotel
New Orleans

Including a special session on ibogaine on November 13, from 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM, in the Iberville Room, moderated by Patrick Kroupa. MAPS staffer Valerie Mojeiko will participate.

Go to http://www.harmreduction.org/conf2004/index.html for more information.

Visionary Art Workshop
November 12-19
Boulder, Colorado

For detailed information please visit:
http://www.martinahoffmann.com/workshops.html

Contact:
roberto@venosa.com
art@martinahoffmann.com
Tele: (303) 440-8905
http://www.venosa.com/ http://www.martinahoffmann.com

Campus Freethought Alliance Presents Highlights from the 2004 UC Berkeley Symposium on Psychedelics: Their Value and Social Responsibility Tuesday November 30, 2004 7pm-10pm UNL City Union Auditorium Ralph Metzner, Ph.D., "Psychedelics, Psychoactive and Addictive Drugs and States of Consciousness." Metzner, who studied psychology and psychopharmacology at Harvard University with Timothy Leary and Ram Dass, discusses his models of consciousness based on 30 years of research. A 20 minute presentation on DVD Adele Getty, "Why Psychedelics Wont Go Away." Getty, a cultural anthropologist and former wife of British social anthropologist Frances Huxley, argues that psychedelics represent a revitalization movement of spiritual importance during times of crisis. A 20 minute presentation on DVD Maura T. Lucas, Ph.D., "On Not Passing the Acid Test: Shamanic Perspectives on Bad Trips." Lucas, a neuropsychologist, argues Europeans have become disconnected from our shamanic roots and need to find ways of reestablishing this connection. This will require taking some bad tripsthat is, confronting our shadow and the shadow of Western culture, namely individualism, dominance, and control. A 20 minute presentation on DVD There will be a question and answer session following each DVD presentation moderated by the UC Berkeley symposium organizer, Mark A. Schroll, Ph.D.