Mary Sanders, LCSW, is a dynamic psychotherapist and fervent social justice advocate, infusing passion into both her clinical endeavors and community initiatives. With over a decade of experience in community mental health, she's provided transformative psychotherapy...

"The Origins of the Ritual Use of Crystals and Mushrooms" Acacea Lewis is the Founder of Divine Master Alchemy LLC, and Divine Master University, a school for Entheogenic Cultural Literacy and Applied Naturopathic Medicine Research.  Acacea is a student of Baba...

Christine Diindiisi McCleave, enrolled citizen of the Turtle Mountain Ojibwe Nation, is the past CEO of the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition where she worked with the United States Department of the Interior to investigate Indian Boarding...

Sutton King, N??qtaw-Pianakiw (comes first woman), MPH, Afro-Indigenous, descendent of the Menominee and Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, is a graduate of NYU School of Global Public Health. As an internationally recognized Indigenous rights activist, public health...

Dr. Osiris García Cerqueda is an Indigenous Mazatec historian and sociologist fromHuautla de Jiménez, Oaxaca, Mexico. From a very young age, he has dedicated himself tothe study of the history of his community and the practice of the ancestral ritual withpsilocybin...

Chaikuni grew up in the farm country of Western New York. He studied film at NYU after which he spent several years traveling the world. He subsequently returned to North America to work as a filmmaker in the US and Jamaica. Since 2012, Chaikuni has apprenticed under...

Kenneth Tupper, Ph.D., is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Child & Youth Care at the University of Victoria. Kenneth’s doctoral research developed the concept of “entheogenic education,” a theoretical frame for understanding how psychedelic plants and...

Olivia Marcus completed her PhD in medical anthropology from the University of Connecticut with a specialization in social sciences and healthcare, and an MPH in sociomedical sciences from Columbia University. She is a postdoctoral fellow at the NYU Rory Meyers...

Wood Carver, Plant Romancer, Ceremonialist, Father and Village Tender Born and raised as a child in the woods of Northern Interior BC, and Detroit city in his teen years. Discovering Plant Medicine ceremony in his early 30’s after the birth of his daughter Pearl...

Dr. Anja Loizaga-Velder is a German-Mexican clinical psychologist whose research into the therapeutic potential of ritual psychedelic plant use spans more than two decades. She serves as Director of Research and Psychotherapy at the Nierika Institute for Intercultural...

Watch Marco's Full 2023 Presentation Here Marco Sánchez is a practitioner and researcher of plant technology. He assists in facilitating healing trough the teachings of shipibo cosmovision technology from the Amazon. Marco has been practicing and learning for over 17...

Miguel Carrillo is the son of Marakame Pablo Carrillo and is a well-known musician for his tribe. Miguel has received the responsibility as Jicarero in the Tunuwame ceremonial center for 10 years. He works alongside his uncle, Dona Rafa, to represent the Wirikuta...

Don Rafael is a natural-born Marakame (medicine man) of the Wixárika Nation in Jalisco Mexico. He is one of the few remaining Marakame alive that have walked their ancient pilgrimage routes to sacred sites by foot. Don Rafa is currently part of the elder's council and...

Curtis Andrews is a Canadian musician with global persuasions; a percussionist/composer/teacher who creates music that is informed by his many years of experience with West African, South Indian and jazz traditions yet transcends most categories. In June 2009 he moved...