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September 27-30, 2012 University of Pennsylvania Houston Hall 3417 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA Calendar of Events:

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Welcome to Psychedemia!

Thank you for joining us for this special event. In the past decade psychedelics have reemerged in the cultural space thanks to new research and formal exploration into psychedelic experiences.. The mission of this conference is to present this information as an academic discipline, and to foster a rational discussion about the future of psychedelics in Western culture. We hope that this conference educates, in- spires creativity, provokes critical thought, and fosters a community of curious and open minds. We encourage you to engage this conference as an active participant – to not only absorb the conversations, but to contribute to them. Ask questions during symposia. Interact with, and get to know, your fellow psychedemics. Partici- pate in all of the varied parts of the conference with equal vigor. By doing these things you will contribute to the success of a unique conference that is certain to transcend its four days.

Humbly, Your Psychedemia Organizers.

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Dedicated to the memories of John C. Lilly, Buckminster Fuller, and Terence McKenna. Lilly and Fuller were visionary scholars, both with ties to the University of Pennsylvania. Lilly, a pioneering psychonaut and researcher of consciousness using sensory deprivation tanks, dolphin communication, and psychedelics received his medical degree from the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania in 1943. Fuller, the self-proclaimed „comprehensive anticipatory design scientist‟ who invented, among many other things, the geodesic dome, taught at Penn as Pro- fessor Emeritus, appointed in 1975. Terence McKenna was a psychedelic philosopher and performance artist. The coincidence of Psychedemia with the year 2012 and the archaeology exhibit “Maya 2012:Lords of Time” at the Penn Museum would seem appropriate to him. Terence once wrote: “You are an explorer, and you represent our species, and the greatest good you can do is to bring back a new idea. Because our world is endangered by the absence of good ideas. Our world is in crisis because of the absence of consciousness.”

ii Contents:

i – Calendar of Events ii – Welcome iii – Contents 1 - 3 – Conference schedule 4 – Acknowledgements 5 – Explanation of access 6 – Travel information 7 – Getting to the conference 8 – Getting around the conference 9 – Conference space descriptions 10 – Program of Events (Thursday) 11 - 15 – Program of Events (Friday) 16 - 27 – Program of Events (Saturday) 28 - 30 – Program of Events (Sunday) 31 – Program of Events (Workshops) 32 - 33 – Sponsors

iii Conference Schedule:

Who

Dan Merkur,Ph.D.

MaggiQuinlan, Ph.D. NealGoldsmith, Ph.D. KatherineMacLean, Ph.D. StephanBeyer, Ph.D. Panel Johnson Ken Michael Divine Quasha George AmandaSage JenniferIngram Panel DianaSlattery, Ph.D. HamiltonMorris JamesKent L. Lattin, Don Stephanie Schmitz,Charles Shaw Griffiths, Roland PhD, Brian Richards, D. Psy.D, Mary Cosmano,MSW

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―PsychoactiveWesternDrugs in Esotericism.‖ FilmScreening

Interdisciplinary Symposiumon Psychedelics and Health Introduction ―HealingFrom Gods: ayahuasca the and the curing ofdisease states.‖ ―PsychedelicLove: Sex to Transcendence.‖ ―TheEffects of andPsilocybin Meditation on Personality Changein Healthy Volun- teers‖ BREAK "Shamanism,relationship, right and the sacred plants" Discussion Panel andQ&A LunchBreak Symposiumon Psychedelics andTheory Art Introduction "ThePath and Lineage of Visionary WeHow Art: Ourselves Opened Up" "Principlesof Artistic Vision" ―VisionMapping for Golden the Age‖ BREAK Takes "It to Village Raise a Art an Movement" Discussion Panel andQ&A IndividualPresentations ―Communicatingthe Unspeakable: Linguistic Phenomena in the Psychedelic Sphere‖ ―EmergingPsychedelics World‖Around the Systems"A to Describing Approach Psychedelic States.‖ PsychedelicRoot Cellar: Archives Special EveningPresentation ―ClinicalPerspectives in Preparing and ManagingHigh Dose PsilocybinSessions: Insightsfrom Johns Hopkins Spiritual Practice and CancerStudy‖

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R I D A Y F 1 Conference Schedule:

Who

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NeseL.S. Devenot, M.A. Guss, Jeffrey M.D. Alan Bell, CharlesStein, JonathanTalat Phillips Paul Elias

St JagDavies StephenRoss, M.D. Panel Griffiths, Roland Ph.D. WilliamRichards, A. Ph.D. MatthewJohnson, Ph.D. Panel DrewKnight WitkinPhilip Violet K. McKeon, M.A. Panel

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I Interdisciplinary Symposiumon University and Academics Research Outcomes?" "TheNYU PsilocybinResearch Project" "PsychedelicStudies in the Humanities" BREAK "Training to BecomePsychedelic a Psychotherapist" Discussion Panel andQ&A PsychedelicRoot Cellar: Myth, Poetry, andHealing LunchBreak PosterSession CurrentTranslational Research on Psilocybin Humans in ―Overview ofHopkins the Psilocybin Research and Summary of Studies in Healthy Volunteers.‖ ―PsilocybinTreatment of Cancer Patients.‖ BREAK ―PsilocybinTreatment of Drug Dependence: smoking cessation.‖ Discussion Panel andQ&A Symposiumon Psychedelics andTheory "Laying Groundwork a for Psychedelic a Theory" "MeasuringImmeasurable Phenomena" "Mapping the Contoursof Higher Consciousness" BREAK ―Life,Liberty, and the Pursuit WhyofHappiness: the Prohibitionof Psychedelics is ethical an concern‖ Discussion Panel andQ&A Musicand ShowArt and Reception

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Who

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Introduction Anthony Bossis,Ph.D. Ross, Lily MA Richard Doyle,Ph.D. Panel TBD AlexanderSpanos. JulieHolland, M.D. Panel

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Interdisciplinary Symposiumon Psychedelics andInnovation. Introduction "Psilocybinand Mystical Experience:Implications for the treatment of existential anxiety andpsycho "Enteringthe larger Conversation:The : future of interdisciplinary psychedelic studies." SomePitfalls of Psychedelic Culture: Utopian/Dystopian Delusions and Spiritual Megalomanias BREAK Ecodelics:Information Technologies for the Mind BeyondThought Discussion Panel andQ&A LunchBreak Interdisciplinary Symposiumon Psychedelics and Ethics Introduction Traditional Bioethicsand Possible Concerns About Self ―Why‗ayahuasca healing‘?‖ “ BREAK ―Tim andthe great Leary Harvard anesthesiologist andbioethics pioneer Henry Beecher‖ Discussion Panel andQ&A ClosingRemarks

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U N D A Y S 3 Acknowledgements

► Conference Organizers • Nese L.S. Devenot • Matthew Young • Daniel Shankin • Marcelo Mattar ► Lead Volunteers • Rebecca Lee • Zach Devenot • Ryan Natan • Peter Addy • Art Auerbach ► Senior Faculty Advisory Council • Josh Gold • Irwin Lucki • Jonathan Moreno ► Perelman School of Medicine ► Graduate and Professional Student Assembly ► Penn Medicine Neuroscience Center ► SASgov ► UPenn Program in Comparative Literature ► UPenn Cinema Studies ► Susan Mosher Ruiz (patron donor) ► Cherie Glanzmann-Jester ► Frankford Hall (see page 32) ► North Bowl ► Greg Dunn ► Special thanks to Justin Bonnet and Android Jones for providing the images for Psychedemia posters, badges, and program guide. Thanks to Doug Pfeifer for designing our logo.

4 Explanation of Access:

Full access (Pink badge) Open access to all presentations on Friday, Saturday and Sun- day. Free access to reception on Saturday.

Saturday and Sunday (Yellow badge) Open access to all presentations on Saturday and Sunday Free access to reception on Saturday.

Friday Only (Blue badge) Open access to presentations on Sunday. Must purchase ticket to reception separately.

Saturday Only (Green badge) Open access to all presentations on Saturday. Must purchase ticket to reception separately.

Sunday Only (Grey badge) Open access to presentations on Sunday. Must purchase ticket to reception separately.

***In the event that you lose your conference badge, please visit the infor mation table located in front of the main conference hall (Hall of Flags or Bodek Lounge).

5 Transportation from and to airport/train:

Taxi: Taxis into Philadelphia can be found at the ―Ground Transportation‖ site at Philadelphia In- ternational Airport, and will take you to University City or Center City for a flat rate of $25.00.

All taxi services can be called for pick-up, and will charge you a flat rate of $25.00 to take you to the airport.

PHL Taxi: (215) 232-2000/(215)222-5000 Victory Dispatch: (215)225-5000

Shuttle: The Lady Liberty Shuttle is a shared ride service that will pick you up from the airport at the ―Ground Transportation‖ site, and drop you off at your hotel or residence in University City or Center City for $10.00. It is recommended that you call ahead to schedule your airport pick- up.

Lady Liberty will also pick you up from your hotel or other residence in University City or Center City, and drop you off at the airport for $10.00. The shuttle may make a number of stops to pick up other passengers before taking you to the airport, so plan accordingly. First pick-up is at 6:00am.

Call (215) 724-8888 to schedule a pick-up.

Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (Trolley/Train):

The SEPTA R1 will pick you up from the airport at :11 and :41 on the hour, and take you to 30th Street Station on 30th and Market Streets for $7.00. Cabs can be easily found there, and all hotels are very close.

The SEPTA R1 to Airport makes stops at the University City stop at 31st and Spruce streets, just two blocks from the conference center. The R1 also stops at 30th Street Station, which can be easily accessed by all trolleys. The train goes to all terminals at Philadelphia Interna- tional Airport for $7.00 and takes approximately 20 minutes. Visit SEPTA.org to find a schedule for the R1.

From Train Station:

If you are traveling by train to Philadelphia, you will be taken to 30th Street Station. You can get to your accommodations by taking the trolley at 30th Street and Market, or, easier, get a cab outside of the train station.

6 Getting to the Conference:

Psychedemia is held on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania, at Houston Hall (A), which is located on the North side of Spruce street between 34th and 36th streets. All SEPTA green-line trolleys, EXCEPT the #10, will take you to the 36th Station (B), which is a short walk from Houston Hall.

Conference Center, Houston Hall: 3417 Spruce Street, (215)898-5552

36th Street SEPTA Trolley Stop: 36th Street and Sansom Street.

The Inn at Penn: 3600 Sansom Street, (215)222-0200

Sheraton University City Hotel: 3549 Chestnut St, (215)387-8000

If you are coming from the Club Quarters (A) in Center City, you can get to the conference by taking any westbound green-line trolley (EXCEPT the #10) from the 19th Street Station (B). Fares for the trolley are $2.00, and can be paid with cash-only. Inquire at the conference about how to purchase a weekly transpass or tokens.

Club Quarters: 1628 Chestnut Street, (215) 282-5000

19th Street SEPTA Trolley Stop: 19th Street and Market Street.

7 Getting Around the Conference:

Bodek Hall Lounge of Flags

Golkin Ben Franklin Room Room Art Root Cellar

8 Conference Spaces Descriptions:

►Root Cellar Located on the second floor of Houston Hall, in the Ben Franklin Room, the Root Cellar is an interactive and multimedia exhibit dedicated to celebrating America‘s cultural exploration of psychedelics. The Root Cellar will feature exhibits and lectures from historians, archivists, journalists, and philosophers whose work focuses on psychedelics and American culture.

►Poster Session Taking place on Saturday, in the Reading Room, outside of Bodek Lounge, the poster session will give young researchers in psychedelic studies the opportunity to share their work in an open and interactive environment. Featuring work from across disciplines, the poster session will combine approaches to psychedelic studies, with the hope of promoting further discussions and collaborations. In addition, unique approaches to art and education will also be presented. Posters will also be on display on Friday, on the balcony of the Hall of Flags, all of Saturday in the Reading Room.

►GAIA (Gallery of Ancient Infinite Art) Located on the second floor, in the Golkin Room, the visionary art represented in this gallery displays a new medium of art that seeks to explore and visually communicate psychedelic experiences. While aligning with the realities of contemporary social conditions, visionary art simultaneously interfaces with non-physical dimensions of reality, revealing aspects of the world beyond that which can be measured by conventional means. Inherently optimistic regarding human potential and the power of intention to shape reality, it is art aims to introduce new symbolic frames and create ritualistic spaces wherein personal and collective identities can be consciously shaped and refashioned.

Also, for you early risers, join us here at 8:00am on Friday, Saturday, and Sun- day for yoga and meditation. Limited space.

►Culture Garden Visit vendors, sponsors, authors, and other folks selling their wares at the conference. Authors and artists will be here throughout the weekend to sign their work. A schedule will be posted at the Psychedemia table.

9 Program of Events: 6:00pm – 7:00pm: Welcome to the Conference T Location: Hall of Flags (Free and open to the public)

H Join us as we kick off the Psychedemia conference with an informational session. Dur- ing this welcome talk, the organizers of Psychedemia will talk about how the conference U originated, what the mission of the conference is, and talk about the work required to make the conference a reality. Additionally, organizers will present a preview of what the R following three days will hold, and will answer any questions about the conference. Reg- istrants can pick up their badges at this time, and, if tickets are still available, non- S registrants will have the opportunity to purchase a badge. Come on down and hear about an historic event. Admission to off-site welcome reception is free with any conference badge. D Also featuring: A The Journal of Interdimensional Poetry release party. Y

10 Program of Events:

9:00am – 12:00pm Interdisciplinary Symposium on Psychedelics and Health Location: Hall of Flags F (Admission allowed only with Friday access – Pink or Blue badge)

With the help of researchers and clinicians, this symposium will explore current trends in psychedelic R healing, and also how discoveries old and new might change the way that we think about health and healing. Join us at the end of this symposium for a panel discussion with the speakers and an audi- I ence Q & A.

“Healing from the Gods: Ayahuasca and the Curing of Disease States.” D Maggi Quinlan, Ph.D. This work explores concepts of healing: what healing means and how it is achieved. It explores and expands the concept of the role of disease. Rather than viewing illness and disease as abnormal and A only a condition to be fixed, it shows the potential for transformation. It is a record of the inner and outer journey through illness that each person experienced using the entheogen ayahuasca as the catalyzing agent for the curing that was reported. It investigates the potential for healing that does not Y currently exist in an allopathic system of medicine which ―presupposes the direct organic combat of disease and of its symptoms through a neutralizing, opposing agent‖ (Groisman & Sell 1995: 241). Ayahuasca offers a potential to change that paradigm, and to expand current medical options in treat- ing terminal and chronic illness. By providing access to a larger image of the psyche ayahuasca shows us the transpersonal and perinatal roots of symptoms and the energetic concept of healing that offers a new model of medicine.

“Psychedelic Love: Sex to Transcendence” Neal M. Goldsmith, Ph.D. What is Love? We make love, love that sweater, love God. We sometimes think of love in the form of sex as lower than love in the form of romantic relationships, and romantic love as lower than love in the form of spirituality. Is this an accurate representation of reality? From Jesus to The Beatles, in psychedelics, through all seven chakras, and including sex, romance, and spirituality: Love is the very essence of the Universe. This talk will present ideas for a book I‘ve been working on, Love: Sex to Transcendence , and as in Psychedelic Healing , this book (and this talk) will be part overview of the latest research, part clinical guide, and part personal report from the field. Please join me as we explore the truth about ―Psychedelic Love.‖

“The Effects of Psilocybin and Meditation on Personality Change and Well-being” Katherine MacLean, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University Can people change for the better? An increasingly large body of evidence indicates that it is possible to achieve gradual improvements in psychological health and well-being through training. Relatively little research, however, has examined whether significant life events can catalyze psychological and behavioral change. In this talk, I will present findings from two lines of longitudinal research in healthy adults: 1) improvements in cognition and emotion-regulation following intensive meditation training, and 2) increases in Openness (one of the Big Five personality domains) and well-being following mystical experiences induced by psilocybin, a classic hallucinogen historically used as a spiritual sac- rament. I will also present qualitative findings from an ongoing research study at Johns Hopkins examining the combined effects of daily meditation and psilocybin. Finally, I will discuss potential therapeutic applications and neurobiological mechanisms, and directions for future research into optimiz- ing health and well-being.

“Shamanism, Right Relationship, and the Sacred Plants.” Stephen Beyer, Ph.D., J.D. We will be hearing a lot of talk about what the sacred plants can do for us — heal our wounds, cure our addictions, expand our minds. We have been taught to think of the sacred plants as useful pre- packaged collocations of active molecules. But in indigenous cultures, shamans heal because they are in a personal and mutual relationship with the healing spirits. When we use the sacred plants, our encounters with the world of the spirits are not visits to the therapist; they create a relationship that entails obligations as well. In this view, the sacred plants are autonomous others who are not means to our ends but rather ends in themselves. Like vision fasts or dreams or talking circles, using these plants is a sacred shamanic ceremony, which has its own often unforeseen purposes, and lessons to teach us. 11 Program of Events:

1:30pm - 3:30pm Symposium on Art Theory F Location: Hall of Flags (Admission allowed only with Friday access – Pink or Blue badge)

R This symposium will explore the role of psychedelics in art and creativity, and how that role translates to the potential for psychedelics to transform culture. Join us at the end of this symposium for a panel dis- I cussion with the speakers and an audience Q & A.

“The Path and Lineage of Visionary Art: How We Opened Ourselves Up” D Michael Divine, Ten Thousand Visions With the invention of the camera in the mid-1800′s, artists were freed from painting reproductions of reality and were able to turn their gaze inwards. Various artistic movements focused on how we see the A world around us and how we perceive the inner landscape. Early methods and results of the inner explorations were, at times, simpler in scope than what we have found ourselves able to elucidate upon today but, by now, we‘ve had a lot more practice with the imagination. The turning the eye inwards and the Y development of this ‗Modern Art‘ happened in tandem with new explorations and developments in the field of psychology, the introduction of Eastern spiritual texts into the Western lexicon, advances in various fields of science, and the introduction, synthesization, and exploration of various psychoactive substances including opium, hashish, mescaline, and LSD. These new modes and areas of inspiration led to a deeper exploration of the inner imagination and helped propel the arts towards a deeper and more meaningful dialogue with the human condition.

“Principles of Artistic Vision” George Quasha Visionary art—of which psychedelic art is a species—can be as various as any other category of art, which is to say, without limit. The visionary art most currently associated with psychedelic experience seems to be mainly representational, albeit representing non-ordinary reality. However, visionary art has other manifestations in other cultures, as well as in Western culture itself. Of the latter, the French poet/ artist Henri Michaux (1899–1984) is an example, drawing on mescaline what he thought of as an alternative (non-verbal) language, in rather calligraphic abstraction. Before him William Blake (1757-1827) painted what he saw in non-drug-induced vision, then visioned further in engraving his Illuminated Prophecies, where text and image continuously modify each other in complex vision-inducing experience. Among our contemporaries, Gary Hill (b. 1951) sees his video and installation art as originating in LSD experience, and rather than represent that experience, he allows insight into re-visioned reality to create new modalities of art experience, including what he now calls Glossodelia. My own work in axial art has connections with all of these (Michaux, Blake, Hill) and aims to embody states of visionary awareness within specific mediums (drawing, language, music, video, performance) as the basis of sin- gular experience beyond paradigm—performative initiations into the self-transforming structure of reality.

“Vision Mapping for the Golden Age” Amanda Sage Down through the ages humans have asked themselves what the meaning of life is, and they have created religions and universities to further explore this phenomenal existence. The future is in our hands, and we must use every tool possible to guide the barreling momentum of modern civilization. Through making Art we are exploring and mapping a path for our consciousness and experience. We realize our unity as we share our visions, and, through the recognition of symbols paired with intention, hopes and dreams are affirmed.

“It Takes a Village to Raise a Strong Art Movement” Jennifer Ingram, Tribe13 Jen Ingram presents a seasoned perspective on the growing visionary art movement and the global festival culture as a whole. Blending experience as a mother of two and US west coast facilitator for a worldwide phenomenon; the importance of the role that family plays in a community environment; and the growing need for collaboration across boundaries on the path to sustainability: ―it takes a village to raise an art movement.‖

12 Program of Events:

3:50pm - 5:25pm Individual Presentations Location: Hall of Flags F (Admission allowed only with Friday access – Pink or Blue badge)

Around the world, people are performing their own psychedelic studies on the backdrop of school, jour- R nalism, clinical practice, and personal inquiry. Join us to hear about some of the work being done to understand how psychedelics affect the human animal both in the past and the present, both inside and I out.

“Communicating the Unspeakable: Linguistic Phenomena in the Psychedelic Sphere” D Diana Reed Slattery, Ph.D., University of Plymouth, UK In the world of science fiction, xenolinguistics refers to the study of alien languages. Slattery adopts the term for the exploration of psychedelics and language to give a feel for the high strangeness of these A sorts of language, from spontaneous glossolalia — the outpouring of language-like sounds — to Allyson Grey‘s ―secret writing‖ and Terence McKenna‘s self-transforming linguistic machine elves. Her practice- based presentation combines psychonautics and software development as methods for knowledge ac- Y quisition in altered states of consciousness. She views her findings from a neurophenomenological perspective.

“Emerging Psychedelics Around the World” Hamilton Morris, Vice Magazine, The New School This talk will summarize projects for Vice Magazine and Harper‘s focusing on research into gray market psychedelic distribution and how media coverage of these substances influences drug law. This will include a discussion of the Dutch mushroom ban and the subsequent rise in psilocybin-containing scle- rotium popularity, the Chinese cannabinoid industry, and the emerging world of research chemical aryl- cyclohexylamines.

“Psychoactive Drugs in Western Esotericism” Dan Merkur, Ph.D. Wildly excessive claims by amateur enthusiasts notwithstanding, what do academics really know about psychoactive drugs in Western esotericism? Plotinus‘ motif that ―nectar‖ induces mystical experiences was revived in the fifteenth and sixteen centuries by several of the architects of Western esotericism: Ficino, Pico della Mirandola, Agrippa, and Bruno. Macchiavelli‘s play Mandragola, ―Mandrake,‖ also merits attention. Starting in the late seventeenth century, occult ideas were presented in literary fictions that spoke of alchemical elixirs, or other potable substances, that produced visions, facilitated journeys to the astral world, conferred magical powers, and so forth. De Villars‘ Comte de Gabalis and E. T. A. Hoffmann‘s The Devil’s Elixirs pioneered the genre. Following the late Victorian beginnings of the rein- vention of witchcraft, Arthur Machen and Gustav Meyrink, occultists who were also fiction writers, wrote stories concerning the atropine-bearing plants of the witches‘ ointments--henbane, mandrake, thorn ap- ple, belladonna. Immediately afterward, occultists such as Aleister Crowley deliberately experimented with every variety of psychoactive they could obtain. They also exposed their uses of drugs to public knowledge.

"A Systems Approach to Describing Psychedelic States” James L. Kent This talk will be a brief discussion of the features of human perception which allow psychedelics and hallucinogens to open infinite spaces of endless creativity. Topics will include the anatomy of perceptual organs, the mechanics of sense processing, the pharmacology of dreaming and creativity, psychedelic receptor interaction, and the various ways that psychedelics alter and enhance the normal functions of perception.

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3:50pm - 5:25pm Psychedelic Root Cellar F Location: Ben Franklin Room (Admission allowed only with Friday access – Pink or Blue badge) R “Distilled Spirits” Don Lattin, Author, Distilled Spirits, Harvard Psychedelic Club I Don Lattin explores the extraordinary early psychedelic partnership of writer Aldous Huxley, philosopher Gerald Heard, and Bill Wilson, the cofounder of Alcoholics Anonymous. Huxley, the famed author of The Doors of Perception, introduced Heard to psychedelics, and Heard proceeded to turn on a who‘s who of D American cultural figures in the mid-1950s, including Henry and Clare Booth Luce of the Time Magazine empire, film director John Huston, television star Steve Allen and Bill Wilson, who soon started his own psychedelic salon in New York to see if LSD could be used to help diehard drunks sober up by discover- A ing "a power greater than themselves." Lattin will also show rare footage he uncovered from a previously forgotten 1950s television show, ―Focus on Sanity,‖ in which LSD researcher Sidney Cohen, who super- vised Bill Wilson‘s first trip, interviews research subjects while they are under the influence. Y “The Psychoactive Substances Research Collection at Purdue” Stephanie Schmitz, MLIS, Purdue University In this presentation, Stephanie will explain what types of materials are in Purdue University‘s Psychoac- tive Substances Research Collection, as well as how these materials are collected, preserved, described, and made accessible to others. Materials to be showcased in the presentation will include se- lections from the personal papers of Stanislav Grof, William Richards, Walter Pahnke, Helen Bonny, Gary Fisher and Howard Lotsof, as well as documents pertaining to the research undertaken at the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center in Baltimore and the Hollywood Hospital in Vancouver from the 1950s until the 1970s.

“Living in the Exile Nation: the War on Consciousness & the Psychedelic Community” Charles Shaw, Author, Exile Nation Charles takes you on a journey through the history of the War on Consciousness and Cognitive Liberty, more commonly known as the ―War on Drugs.‖ Through an examination of the political agenda behind drug prohibition, we will explore the various mechanisms of social control inherent in the prohibition model. Also discussed will be the +40-year war on psychedelic medicine, the recent sea change in opin- ion regarding decriminalization, the history of drug trafficking, and the experiences of Portugal as a 10- year world leader in decriminalization. Through Shaw‘s own story, chronicled in his memoir, Exile Na- tion: Drugs, Prisons, Politics & Spirituality, we examine the archetypal healing journey and the role of psychedelic and shamanic medicines, and the potentials for organization within the Psychedelic and Neotribal communities

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8:00pm - 9:00pm Clinical Perspectives in Preparing and Managing High Dose Psilocybin Sessions: Insights from the John‟s Hopkins Spiritual F Practice and Cancer Study Location: Hall of Flags R (Admission allowed only with Friday access – Pink or Blue badge)

Much of the work reported in lay publications about current medical research with psilocybin has I come from the John‘s Hopkins Psilocybin Research Group. In addition to several publications in peer-reviewed journals, the group‘s research has been profiled by popular media outlets such as D the New York Times, Scientific American, and the Atlantic. This special presentation will offer the opportunity to hear about some of that research from the researchers themselves. A This 1-hour panel will review screening, preparation, and clinical support of volunteers in the Johns Hopkins Studies, including establishing rapport and trust with the study team and familiarity with the research setting and research procedures. Brian Richards will focus on his experience as a primary Y "guide" in the Johns Hopkins Spiritual Practices Study and Mary Cosimano will provide her perspective as primary "guide" and study coordinator in the Johns Hopkins Cancer Study.

9:15pm - 11:00pm Film Screening of “DMT: the Spirit Molecule” (2010) Location: Hall of Flags (Admission allowed only with Friday access – Pink or Blue badge)

Based on the book about Dr. Rick Strassman‘s medical research at the University of New Mexico Medical School, this film is an investigation into the long-obscured mystery of N,N- dimethyltryptamine (DMT), a molecule found in nearly every living organism and considered the most potent psychedelic on Earth.

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9:00am – 12:00pm: Interdisciplinary Symposium on Psychedelics and University Academics and Research Location: Bodek Lounge (Admission allowed only with Saturday access – Pink, Yellow, or Green badge)

A field of inquiry gains its merits by its inclusion and recognition by universities. There, through schol- arly research and discourse, a question can flourish, a field of study can grow, and reliable peer- reviewed information can shape a culture. In 2007, the inauguration of the first university school dedicated to the study of environmental sustainability made a powerful statement about the cultural rele- vance of that field of inquiry. In this symposium, perspectives from university scholars already dedicated to the field of psychedelic studies will discuss current momentum toward such program of psychedelic studies and grant-funded research, and consider how such a program might be feasibly developed. S “How Does the Legal Status of Psychedelics Affect Research Opportunities and Outcomes?” Jag Davies, The Drug Policy Alliance A We are now in the midst of a psychedelic renaissance, with clinical research studies under way at top medical schools and research institutes worldwide. Yet the legal status of psychedelic drugs contin- T ues to restrict scientists‘ ability to assess their safety and efficacy. What are the intended and unintended effects of current drug policies on clinical research? What are the challenges in changing the legal status of psychedelic drugs? And what are the drawbacks and benefits of various options for U changing their legal status – such as gaining FDA approval for medical use, legislative reform, or legal exceptions for religious use?

R “The NYU Psychedelic Research Group” Stephen Ross, M.D., New York University School of Medicine This talk will review the history of the NYU Psychedelic Research Group and will focus on the experi- D ence of conducting research with psychedelic medicines in the context of an academic medical center.

A “Training to Become a Psychedelic Psychotherapist” Jeffery Guss, M.D., New York University School of Medicine Y This talk will review the history of this unique Training Program and the academic, ethical and research issues that have emerged over the first five years of its existence. Dr. Guss will describe the curriculum of the program and its similarities to psychoanalytic training. He will share observations on the skills and abilities that are emerging as vital for working with research subjects, and the preparation to work as a therapy dyad. He will also address the uneasy bridges that span from positivist, academic narratives, which underlie the pharmacology research-model, to the more subjective/ experiential based forms of knowing and healing that tend to be more sensitive to social and imma- nent forces.

“Psychedelic Studies in the Humanities: Risks, Precursors, and Potentials” Neşe L.Ş. Devenot, MA, University of Pennsylvania This talk will provide an overview of efforts towards integrating psychedelic experience into a humanities curriculum and to establish Psychedelic Studies as a recognized academic field. In particular, Neşe talk will discuss how she began studying psychedelics as a graduate student in a Comparative Literature program at the University of Pennsylvania. She will explore several recognized precursors to aspects of Psychedelic Studies in the humanities, including Queer Studies and ‗paraphysics. Lastly, she examine the motivations behind–and the challenges of–teaching the course ―Poetic Vision and the Psychedelic Experience‖ to groups of mostly freshmen students in the 2011-2012 academic school year.

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10:00am - 12:00pm Psychedelic Root Cellar Location: Ben Franklin Room (Admission allowed only with Saturday access – Pink, Yellow, or Green badge)

Today‘s root cellar will explore how the ancient roots of psychedelics are still manifesting themselves today. Author Charles Shaw will explore the modern Western culture‘s long-standing resistance to the healing properties of psychedelic medicine, and Jonathan Talat Phillips will share his own modern -day journey to legally employ those healing practices on himself.

“The Making of a Black Light Archetypal Dance/Drama Company” Alan Bell Alan Bell grew up in a police state, Apartheid South Africa. Racism was legislated and enforced with brutal consequences. He became a refugee in 1075 to evade conscritopn, and devoted himself to finding an art from made out of African ritual and European Allegories/Morality literature. The values S upheld by African tribes were fortified through ritual Mythology, as were the whites with their Biblical panorama of personae and, of course, the tradition of theater. Ritual and theater proved to be the A balancing moment in the creating of an Archetypal Dream Theater: a psychedelic event par excel- lence. As dreams are the ecstasy of fear...welcome to the Dream. T "Warrior Healing: New Perspectives on Health Through the Santo Daime" Jonathan Talat Phillips, Co-founder of Evolver Social Network U For 37 years, Phillips suffered from depression and anxiety. As prescription benzodiazepines and antidepressants proved ineffective, he turned to the Santo Daime church, a Brazilian based ―ayahuasca mystery school‖ that specialized in healing illnesses like his. In this unique discussion, R Phillips will share healing methods of the Santo Daime that helped him ―illuminate‖ his inner demons and reclaim his life. D “Speed of Thought” Charles Stein, Ph.D. A Psychedelia typically engages its ―guests‖ with deeply penetrating, if often transitory, incursions whose ontological provenance and import are refractory to assessment both from within and from Y without the psychedelic experience itself. Yet, matters demanding such assessment typically impose themselves upon any entheogen explorer open to them. Furthermore, the question of Being itself is, perhaps for the first time since homo-sapiens began to reflect, radically open. I will briefly discourse upon this subject and propose some principles for research and investigation.

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1:30pm - 2:45pm Poster Session Location: Golkin Room (Free and Open to the Public)

1 . Scientific Exploration of Subjective Experience: Salvia Divinorum Peter H Addy, Ph.D., Matthew Metzger, Ph.D., Albert P. Garcia-Romeu, Ph.D. Yale University, New Haven, CT There are different kinds of science charged with exploring different domains of existence. Reduc- tionistic quantitative measurement and holistic qualitative description are but two ways to empirically study the content of psychedelic experiences. The scientific method is applicable to subjective and qualitative experiences, as demonstrated in our research on Salvinorin A (SA).SA, a potent and selective nonnitrogenous kappa opioid receptor (KOR) agonist, is an increasingly popular recreational S hallucinogen. There is increasing interest in the effects of KORs and SA in particular from both legislative/public health interests and clinical research interests. There is a gap in the literature regarding the subjective experiences facilitated by S. divinorum and the similarities and differences with other A nonordinary states of consciousness.A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, crossover study was conducted comparing an active dose of 1017 mcg SA to a nonactive dose of 100 mcg SA T in healthy adults in a controlled setting. Sessions and interviews were recorded of participants describing their experiences. Recordings were transcribed and analyzed using thematic analysis to elicit commonly-reported themes. After the interview was complete participants filled out the Hallu- U cinogen Rating Scale (HRS) to quantitatively assess their subjective experiences. HRS cluster scores and individual items were compared and contrasted with our developed themes.This study is R a necessary step toward understanding SA and the KOR system as well as shedding light on what motivates people to use S. divinorum. This allows us to describe S. divinorum inebriation in a more precise way than that allowed by purely quantitative assessment. Additionally, we will be able to pro- D vide preliminary data on the validity of a quantitative assessment through a qualitative method. The growing popularity of S. divinorum needs to be met with a growing understanding in order to reduce potential harm caused by using this substance as well as recognize potential benefits. A 2. Ayahuasca Music: An Ethnomusicological approach Y Andrés Jacobo García, M.Sc., University of California-Berkeley There is little research pertaining ayahuasca music and performance from the disciplines of ethno- musicology and anthropology of music. This work examines the literature and bibliography that relates to these disciplines and outlines ideas for future work that places music as the center of inquiry and investigation, rather than as a concern secondary to the traditional themes driving ayahuasca scholarship.

3. Psilocybin: A New Paradigm for Human Enhancement Michael Tennison, M.A., University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law Advances in biotechnology and health care offer an offer an ever-increasing array of therapeutic drugs and devices. Although they are designed to heal, many of these interventions hold the potential to go ―beyond therapy‖ and comprise human enhancement. Enhancement, as differentiated from therapy, consists in the use of medical interventions to transcend normal human biological limitations rather than to return the ill to normal states of health. The field of bioethics has homed in on the ethical, legal, and social implications of utilizing medicine to make individuals ―better than well.‖ Whether in the use of steroids to enhance athletic achievement, brain-machine interfaces to enhance warfighting, or stimulants to enhance academic test performance, human enhancement has been conceived largely as a positional good primarily intended to grant the user power and a com- petitive edge over others. I propose that recent studies of psilocybin give rise to a new paradigm for conceiving and implementing human enhancement, one based on the enhancement of creativity, insight, and even moral behavior.

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1:45pm - 2:45pm Poster Session Location: Golkin Room (Free and Open to the Public)

4. The role of Set and Setting and cultural values in the scientific and cultural controversy regarding psychedelics in the 1960s. Ido Hartogsohn, Bar Ilan University, Israel Psychedelic research in the 1950s and 1960s was dominated by a number of fundamentally different approaches: the psychotomimetic approach introduced the idea that hallucinogens are drugs which mimic the effects of psychosis and insanity, whereas psychotherapeutic, mysticomimetic and creativity-oriented approaches regarded the same substances as introducing ―a new sanity‖ and en- hanced spiritual and cognitive skills. While the one group presented findings which supported the idea that hallucinogens disturb and distort the mind, the other group suggested that the same com- S pounds integrate and expand it. My research explains the fundamental discrepancy between these lines of research by examining the role of cultural values and the unique psychedelic principle of Set and Setting in the social construction of the scientific and cultural debate regarding psychedelics in A 1960s America. T 5. Acute Effects of THC on Time Perception in Frequent and Infrequent Cannabis Users R. Andrew Sewell, M.D., Yale University Cannabinoids have been shown to alter time perception in both preclinical and clinical studies, but U existing literature has several limitations. Few studies have included both time estimation and pro- duction tasks, few controlled for subvocal counting, most had small sample sizes, some confounded R results by including subjects who smoked cannabis while others did not record subjects‘ cannabis use, many tested only one dose, and used either oral or inhaled administration of THC, which leads to wide inter- and intra-individual variability in pharmacokinetics, and some used whole-plant canna- D bis, which contains cannabinoids other than THC. Our study attempted to address most of these limitations. In this study, all doses of THC induced time overestimation and underproduction compared with placebo. There were no detectable effects of chronic cannabis use on baseline time per- A ception. While infrequent/non-smokers showed temporal overestimation compared with placebo at medium and high doses and temporal underproduction at all doses, frequent cannabis users Y showed no significant differences. The THC effects on time perception were not dose-related. These data suggest that THC, at a psychoactive dose, causes increased internal clock speed as indicated by time overestimation and underproduction. This effect is not dose-related, and is blunted in chronic cannabis smokers, who did not otherwise have altered baseline seconds-range time perception. The functional significance of these effects warrants further study.

6. Integrative Framework for Measuring Psychedelic Experiences Michael Montagne, Ph.D., Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Boston Contrary to some commentaries, most dimensions of subjective drug experiences, including those produced by psychedelic drugs, are measurable in a variety of ways. These experiences begin with pharmacological activity and proceed to the recognition and interpretation of effects by the user or observer which can be assessed with objective and subjective measures. With psychedelics however there is a tacit dimension which is ineffable. Four levels of drug experience can be classified and assessed: molecular-cellular; physiological; personal-behavioral; and social-cultural. The first two levels focus on drug action, and measurement consists of objective chemical and biological indicators. Measurement at the second two levels focuses on drug effects and consists of some objective, but mostly subjective, indicators. Examples of both objective and subjective measurement at each of the four levels used to study and describe drug experiences are presented. Many strategies exist, and may yet be developed, to assist in describing and understanding psychedelic experiences. An integrative framework for measuring drug experiences across the four dimensions is presented

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1:45pm - 2:45pm Poster Session Location: Golkin Room (Free and Open to the Public)

7. Christian Theology and Shamanism from a Perennialist Perspective Alex Shepard, LeMoyne University Using the classification and categorization of ―The Shaman‖ provided by Mircea Eliade and Michael Winkelman, Miester Eckhart qualifies as a Shaman. The essential classifications for a Shaman, the travels through the spiritual world, the unification of consciousness, are clearly experienced by Meister Eckhart. Eckhart‘s definition of the ―Son of the God‖ as a station that can be achieved through obliteration of the created nature is parallel to the Shaman‘s final state of annihilation by the Highest power in their pantheon. The insights of a Christian Theologian demonstrate and defend the S thesis of the Shaman as a Perennial phenomena

8. The "Naturalistic" Study of Psychedelic Substances: Benefits and Limitations. A Kaleb Smith, M.A., Institute of Transpersonal Psychology The study of psychedelic compounds, while therapeutically and spiritually promising, has remained T consistently and strictly bound by legislative constraints. Yet, while the authorization required to ad- minister a Schedule I psychedelic for research purposes remains extremely difficult for a researcher working in the US to obtain, the "naturalistic" study of these drugs' effects offers several key advan- U tages (and disadvantages) over the traditional experimental design. Specifically, the naturalistic design is merely observational -- without any research substance actually being administered by the R researcher; a fact which, while perhaps ethically ambiguous, frees the psychedelic researcher from the years of paperwork, legal obligations, and red tape pending formal DEA authorization of his/her research. Throughout this poster presentation, I will give a brief overview of naturalistic psychology D and the limitations and benefits of a strictly observational design, as well as discuss several studies which have successfully employed such an approach.

A 9. Transformations of Bereavement in a Psychomanteum Process: Qualities of Meaning and Paths of Change Y Rebecca Merz, Ph.D., MindSpa Mental Fitness Center, Sarasota, FL The psychomanteum process is an intervention for grief in which bereaved individuals attempt to contact the deceased by means of a facilitated mirror-gazing procedure that induces a mild altered state of consciousness. This doctoral dissertation research reports qualities of participant experiences in a psychomanteum process used to ease grief components. The selection criterion was based upon pre to post Likert-scale measurements with 100 participants, demonstrating statistically significant reductions in bereavement components, such as anger and guilt, as well as significant increases in positive feelings, such as love. This qualitative study provides descriptions of the subjective experiences of participants (n=12) who experienced the most change. The purpose of the study was to explore the qualities of meaning and transformation in the participant experience, as based on thematic content analysis of the transcripts of post-session interviews. The results of the research demonstrated meaningful shifts in affect, cognition, sensory perception, and shifts of a transpersonal nature, regardless of a perceived contact with the deceased. The psychomanteum process was commonly described as helpful, healing, comforting, peaceful, and as imbuing the participant with a sense of well-being and a feeling of serenity and acceptance. Almost all of the participants reported subtle, embodied phenomena that engaged multiple dimensions of conscious awareness. Some participants found a sense of closure regarding previously unresolved issues with the deceased or the situation surrounding the death. Others found value in the psychomanteum process because it provided insights into personal challenges. Discussion of the role of the set and setting, and descriptions of the altered state of consciousness illustrate how other aspects of the psychomanteum process may provide therapeutic and beneficial experiences that ease suffering associated with grief, as well as facilitate transformations in the continuing relationship with the deceased.

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1:45pm - 2:45pm Poster Session Location: Golkin Room (Free and Open to the Public)

10. N-benzyl-phenethylamines: Pharmacophore approach to receptor binding selectivity. Jason Wallach and Hamilton Morris, University of the Sciences, Philadelphia Classical hallucinogens or psychedelics, including psilocybin and LSD are powerful tools offering unique insight into the molecular basis of consciousness. Unlike other techniques for altering consciousness such as electromagnetic stimulation and lesion studies classical hallucinogens reversibly alter consciousness with molecular specificity. In recent years, the psychedelic pharmacopeia has undergone a great expansion and now encompasses several hundred agents. Despite much research, mapping the molecular basis of subjective effects induced by classical hallucinogens remains a slowly progressing pursuit. One reason is while many hallucinogens have long been be- S lieved to act, at least in part, through the 5-HT2a receptor, recent binding studies show these agents are not as selective as previously believed. More selective agents are needed that could shed light into relationships between receptors and subjective effects. One recently discovered and promising A class of classical hallucinogen is the N-benzyl-phenethylamine class, represented by 2-(4-bromo-2,5 -dimethoxyphenyl)-N-(2-methoxybenzyl)ethanamine or 25B-NBOMe. In order, to explore the selec- T tivity of the N-benzyl-phenethylamine class for CNS receptors, a series of diverse N-benzyl- phenethylamines was designed using a pharmacophore approach. Many of the target compounds and their phenethylamine counterparts have been synthesized and have undergone structural char- U acterization. Finally, binding studies at CNS sites are ongoing for many of the compounds and display promising results. R

11. Prickles and goo: Playing with scientific and psychedelic metaphors Sarah McManus, B.A. University of Georgia D This interactive poster space will present a variety of hands-on methods for exploring concepts in science, math, and perception. Often marketed as educational toys, these simple but fascinating A objects are readily accessible and can provide highly versatile models for cellular tensegrity, toka- mak magnetic fields, cytoplasmic streaming, and more. They may also have great potential for use in conjunction with psychedelic experiences, as tools for creative problem-solving. Science provides Y incredibly deep and powerfully interconnected metaphors, and this exhibit will strive to help create a shared space to explore their broader applications. Discovering common ground between reason and insight can allow technical-minded people to access and integrate the benefits of psychedelics, without being deterred by concepts that may not resonate with an evidence-based understanding of the world. Those coming from more intuitive mindsets can also appreciate the beauty and utility of models and metaphors that are grounded in our best scientific understanding of observable reality..The philosopher Alan Watts described two broad categories of technical and intuitive traditions, calling them ―prickles‖ and ―goo‖ respectively. He concluded: ―But we know very well that this natural universe is neither prickles nor goo exclusively: it‘s gooey prickles and prickly goo…and we‘re always playing with the two.‖

12. The Dimensions of PRISM Sean Leneghan, Deakin University, Geelong Victoria Australia This talk will discuss the generation and background of Australia's first non-profit research organisation into psychedelics PRISM. I will discuss the setting up of this non-profit organisation and our aims - including the ongoing efforts to set up clinical research into MDMA.

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1:45pm - 2:45pm Poster Session Location: Golkin Room (Free and Open to the Public)

13. Evolving Hyperspace - News from Underground Psychedelic Research at the DMT-Nexus David Nickles, B.A. Anecdotal reports regarding psychedelics present many interesting ideas that appear worthy of investigation, however published research takes time and invariably runs into the barriers of funding and authorization. Nevertheless, in the background of mainstream research, new kinds of investiga- tive efforts that unite modern technology and scientifically oriented methods with the relative freedom of underground research are taking place. At the DMT-Nexus, we feel strongly that there is great merit and potential in organized underground research and as a result, have recently begun to S focus explicitly on furthering that research. This involves everything from bioassays of different plant materials (both novel as well as traditional) for entheogenic purposes to evolving extraction method- ologies, as well as unique chromatography and mass spectrometry analysis of both known and pre- A viously untested materials. We have also begun to elucidate questions regarding plants that are sold in the new globalized market of entheogenic shops, as well as the phytochemistry of local plants that T different ethnobotanical researchers may find in their areas. Information to be presented includes: (1) Information on phytochemistry and bioassays of entheogenic plants, detailing the method(s) of analysis used and a summary of each plant studied; (2) Extraction methods and their evolution, be- U ginning with standard methods (such as petrochemical solvent, acid/base extractions) and including new discoveries (fumaric acid precipitation methods, acetate to freebase heat conversion, alterna- R tive solvents, etc.); and (3) A look at education and sustainability as we move into the future.

14. Hakim Bay's Philosophy as Embedded in the Burning Man Culture and Principles D Douglas Stafford, Drexel University In the United States, the rave culture and what we might call the trance/psychedelic culture have for the last two and a half decades slowly come together in the event that we call Burning Man. The A best way to describe Burning Man is not through a description of the event, but rather the principles of the event. When we start talking about principles such as radical inclusion it becomes harder to Y describe an event because the event itself will let in anyone or anything, so long as it does not vio- late basic rights of people. If we examine these principles, we find that many of them if we were to ask, what they (and Burning Man) create is similar to the work of American Philosopher Hakim Bey. Bey, an anarchist/situationalist philosopher, wrote two works of philosophy that directly correspond to one of the basic principles of Burning Man and to what multiple of those same principles allows for. In Temporary Autonomous Zone (TAZ), we find that creation of a "Burning Man" style community in the sense that anyone of any nature can find respite and welcome there. They can also find self-expression as well. In Immediatism, we find that very presence of the principle of Immediatism in which the viewer is as much involved in the work of art and creation as is the artist. In the highest mode of this there is no separation between the two. By analyzing the principles and the these two works, we can draw them together to show they are related to each other in principle.

15. On the Street Marc Franklin, Psychedelic Pioneers Project Almost every psychedelic drug one desires is available. Alas, the same cannot be said for scientifically accurate, easy-to-digest information. (Certainly not before the widespread access one has today via the Internet). Enter XochiSpeaks! Created on a borrowed Mac CX with a 13 inch monitor-- eventually completed on a Mac Quadra armed with Photoshop version 1.6, this year-long educational project was necessitated by the rampant misinformation, poisonous propaganda, and the dearth of easily accessible information among the psychonautic community (and others) in 1991. My teammates included a dedicated anti drug-war scientist; a computer graphics genius; a desktop pub- lishing pioneer; a networking guru with his own Silicon Graphics Personal Iris workstation and access to scarce software; and Drs David Nichols, Robert Pfaff, and Alexander Shulgin. This poster presentation aims to shed light on a personally funded, harm-reduction, benefit-enhancement effort 22 Program of Events:

1:45pm - 2:45pm Poster Session Location: Golkin Room (Free and Open to the Public)

16. Rose Window Kaleidoscope I & Rose Window Kaleidoscope II Justin Tyner There are a lot of things that go unnoticed in a persons life. The ability to pick up on hidden threads is important to me. A synchronicity that I followed led to the creation of this work. For over a decade I have worked as a stained glass artist, absorbing it's history, technique and beauty. I've learned to take advantage of light shining through colored glass. It has profound effects. You can FEEL the light. It can warm your body. It can be enlightening, as originally intended in churches. I wanted to explore that experience further outside of a religious setting. I started to incorporate kaleidoscopes into this and began a new path to achieve psychedelic effects. Exploring psychedelic visual effects S in glass became my new goal. This research led me to attend a reading group : Theorizing Psyche- delics. The first meeting I went to was the hidden thread. We discussed a lecture with Ralph Abra- ham, Terence McKenna and Rupert Sheldrake. It was called " Contemplating a Visual Psychedelic A Language". What struck me was, they talked of kaleidoscopes in describing certain experiences. Any person can look into a child's toy kaleidoscope and be dazzled by the patterns of color and ex- T perience a psychedelic space. But the question became, how to connect emotionally with a sense of meaning. The difference between a representation of the space and being in the space itself is the sense of meaning and engagement. That connection fueled my ambition. As for the work I used U color circles and broken glass bottle bottoms recycled from the streets of Philadelphia. Traditional tools and materials were used. Scraps of historical stained glass were also used to enhance the R sense of meaning.

17. Seraph D Steve Shorts, Chapel of Sacred Mirrors, Wappingers Falls NY This piece is a depiction of the cosmic feathered serpent, a form almost ubiquitous to human culture A across the globe, appearing in European, Asian, Native-American, Meso-American, Australian, and African mythologies. The cosmic serpent is typically emblematic of divine power, retribution, and inspiration. It is symbolic of primordial chaos, the unconscious reaches of the mind, and massive Y cosmic transformations beyond the control of man. The title "Seraph" is a Hebrew term translated as "burning one." Seraphim are the highest choir of angels in the Christian tradition, protecting the throne of God. Recent research suggests that the basis of the plumed serpent concept in mythology is derived from ancient observation of electrified plasma discharge in the sky- literally cosmic light- ning. This happens when a planet's protective plasma sheath, or magnetosphere, butts up against that of another planet or heavenly body such as an asteroid. This kind of activity is what affects pole- shifts and changes in a planet's orbit, obviously having enormous impact on life on Earth, decimating entire cultures and altering human consciousness for all time. Carl Jung said the appearance of the serpent in a dream represented the unconscious forcing its way into conscious life- sudden and un- expected manifestations inciting painful and even dangerous intervention in human affairs, indeed frightening but instrumental in the development of the psyche. The intention of this painting is for the mythological form to act as a kind of spiritual device, or vision portal, which enables the viewer to tap into such cosmic and unconscious forces.

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1:45pm - 2:45pm Poster Session Location: Golkin Room (Free and Open to the Public)

18. Psychedaniellia's Metaconscious Creations Danielle Bohmer, City University of New York In my Poster Presentation titled, "Psychedaniellia's Metaconscious Creations", I will exhibit my psychedelic artwork, photography, poetry and musings. They will be placed and matched with one another in order to create synchronistic displays focusing on common psychological themes related to the psychedelic state and the process of spiritual maturation and personal development associated with it. Some themes to be explored include the difficulty of seeing through a multifaceted perspective, the coming to terms with the fact that we truly 'know' nothing, the idea that "perception is real- S ity", the facilitation of the development of conscience, and the strengthened ability to view one's own actions for the resonance, the ripple effect, that they create for the entire collective- not just one's own ego-driven self. My artwork has been known to subtly encourage the viewer to find multiple A meanings throughout and within- these multiple meanings and images being what I tend to call hidden treasures of the universe (they appear in literally everything). Perhaps unintended images or T meanings may have manifested that way because the artist was merely a medium to the flow of art rather than a conscious creator.

U 19. AHATI Kilindi Iyi, The Tamerrian Institute R Kilindi Iyi is the head instructor and technical advisor of TaMerrian Martial ArtInstitute. A world trav- eler and mycologist, Kilindi has presented on the subject of psilocybin as far north as Norway and as far south as Australia. His exploration and research talks about and centers on the high dose of psi- D locybin magic mushrooms. Kilindi shares information gleaned from many excursions into the hyper- dimensional and inter-dimensional realms through his direct experience with dosages in the 20 thru A 30 dried gram range of mushroom ingestion. Kilindi brings decades worth of traveling in novel states of consciousness to share, coupled with the skills of master cultivator of exotic mushrooms lends a power and authenticity to his presentations. Kilindi remains a student teacher and advocate for the Y hallucinogenic experience.

20. Timemapping Epiphany: Shamanic Astrology, Psychedelic Culture, and the 60's Upgraded VerDarLuz CelestiOwl At the dawn of this emerging era of enlightened consciousness, we are returning to our primal languages of the soul, with the resurgence of shamanism and an increased application of astrology to all fields of life. How do the celestial transits of the 2010‗s invite each of us to update and evolve the seeds planted in the era of the 60‗s? How is an understanding of our archetypal natures and a sacred relationship to Time essential to this process? In this workshop, we will learn about the nature of the revolutionary cosmic transits of the 2010's and how psychedelic exploration, brain research, and the shamanic archetype are all guiding us into new frontiers of our personal and collective self- awareness. This presentation will also teach you the nature of the planets and the signs through their correlations to drugs, medicines, foods, music, and healing practices. By applying this wisdom, we will discover when each month and each year to partake in which kinds of rituals and practices appropriate to our specific archetypal initiations.

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2:45pm - 5:35pm Current Translational Research on Psilocybin in Humans Location: Bodek Lounge (Admission allowed only with Saturday access – Pink, Yellow, or Green badge)

Much of the work reported in lay publications about current medical research with psilocybin has come from the John‘s Hopkins Psilocybin Research Group. In addition to several publications in peer-reviewed journals, the group‘s research has been profiled by popular media outlets such as the New York Times, Scientific American, and the Atlantic. This symposium will offer the opportunity to hear from the researchers themselves about their discoveries in alleviating pain in cancer patients and helping smokers quit kick the habit.

Additionally, the symposium format of these presentations will open up the floor for conference attendees to interact with and ask questions of these researchers. S “Overview of the Hopkins psilocybin research and summary of studies in healthy volunteers.” Roland Griffiths, Ph.D. A

“Psilocybin treatment of cancer patients” William Richards, Ph.D. T

“Psilocybin treatment of drug dependence: smoking cessation” U Matthew Johnson, Ph.D.

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3:25pm - 5:35pm Symposium on Psychedelics and Theory Location: Ben Franklin Room (Admission allowed only with Saturday access — Pink, Yellow, or Green badge)

“Know thyself!: Laying the Groundwork for a Psychedelic Theory” Paul Elias, York University G.W.F. Hegel‘s philosophy is arguably one of the most insightful philosophies of the human mind and consciousness. The distinctive characteristic of humanity, for Hegel, is our mind (―Spirit‖) and our capa- bility for cultivating the powers of Reason. Rationality is understood by Hegel in a way that is different than the pejorative commonly conceived ‗cold, calculating reason,‘; it is, rather, the transcendental and infinite essence of humanity. It is precisely the development of the human mind towards ―self-conscious Reason‖ that allows for the progressive actualization of human freedom. Hegel‘s philosophy provides a way of interpreting states of consciousness in which ―pure thinking emerges, where it is universal, is S what is essential, true, and absolute, the essence of everything.‖ I will exhibit ways in which Hegel‘s thought helps to decipher the mysteries of the psychedelic experience and explore further possibilities for a psychedelic theory. I will also draw on the philosophies of Immanuel Kant and A.N. Whitehead for A my interpretation of various aspects of the psychedelic experience.

“Measuring Immeasurable Phenomena” T Drew Knight This discussion takes place at the junction of four levels of discourse–epistemology, subjective con- U sciousness, the neural network model, and neurochemistry–by making an analogy between the psychedelic experience and Thomas Kuhn‘s ―The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.‖ In Kuhn‘s work, a self-consistent scientific worldview is challenged by the observation of anomalous phenomena (the way R light bends around celestial bodies) that are inconsistent with that worldview. Subsequently, the status quo must be overhauled to fit the anomalies into a new, self consistent framework. Similarly, anomalous subjective phenomena that occur during a psychedelic experience differentiate alternate levels of D consciousness beyond the normative, resulting in a conceptual paradigm shift. Psychoactive chemicals give us the opportunity to establish experiments with known chemical compounds, set dosages and specific trial times. With these chemicals as tools, researchers have can develop concrete answers to A age-old philosophical issues involving the epistemological validity of subjective insight.

“Mapping the Contours of Higher Consciousness: States, Stages, and a Space for Psychedelic Y Experiences” Phillip Witkin The theoretical framework I wish to pursue explores the use of psychedelics for the purpose of expand- ing and advancing consciousness and how this relates to mystical experiences. Developing a theory of psychedelics oriented around the advancement of consciousness generates a series of questions that I will address. We will develop a theoretical framework for consciousness itself, and what it might mean for it to be ―advanced,‖ ―expanded,‖ or ―evolved‖ from both an individual perspective and a social perspective. These perspectives can be aligned to yield a model of states of consciousness with stages of individual development. Distinguishing ―states‖ from ―stages‖ of consciousness is necessary because it examines the relationship between altered states and developmental levels of consciousness, how transient states can be transformed and preserved into more enduring realizations that can serve as actual stage structures, and what the manifestations of such achievements might be.

“Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: Why the Prohibition of Psychedelics is an Ethical Concern” K. Violet McKeon The prohibition of psychedelic drugs from being made available to citizens as patients is something presently left to sovereign states to decide. The rights of patients as both citizen of a sovereign state and as a human with assumedly inalienable human rights are considered. When the two concepts of a person are in opposition in regards to their rights, which is to be given priority? When access to certain prohibited substances means the difference between health and wellness, pain and productivity, does the state ultimately have the authority to deny access to the citizen qua human being? A patient‘s human rights include the right to wellness when wellness can be achieved through the use of prohibited substances. Moreover, that the individual‘s conception of wellness is the salient concept. I will also argue that it is ultimately unethical to prohibit an individual from obtaining or using any substance that they and their chosen medical advisors deem appropriate in their quest for wellness. 26

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5:30pm - 7:15pm Networking Reception Location: Bodek Lounge, Reading Room (Admission allowed only with Saturday access — Pink, Yellow, or Green badge)

Come relax with food and drink, and take the opportunity to meet and greet your fellow Psyche- demics and presenters. This is a great chance to discuss what has already happened at the conference and to discuss ideas for the future.

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9:00am – 12:00pm Interdisciplinary Symposium on Psychedelics Innovation Location: Bodek Lounge (Admission allowed only with Sunday access – Pink, Yellow, or Grey badge)

“Psilocybin and Mystical Experience: Implications for the Treatment of Existential Anxiety and Psycho-Spiritual Distress in Advanced Cancer and End-of-Life Illness.” Anthony Bossis, Ph.D., New York University School of Medicine The psycho-spiritual and existential distress that cancer patients frequently experience is a primary clinical factor in end-of-life suffering. In recent years, the disciplines of palliative care and psycho- oncology have greatly expanded efforts at better understanding end-of-life existential and psycho- spiritual suffering and have called for integrative and novel psychotherapeutic approaches to provide spiritual and existential interventions in end-of-life care. Building upon research with psilocybin and other psychedelics (entheogens) begun decades ago, current research is exploring the potential benefits that a psilocybin-facilitated mystical experience may provide in helping patients find meaning, im- prove on spiritual well-being, and experience a greater acceptance of the dying process with less anxiety. Clinical research with psilocybin has been shown to promote a mystical or primary religious experience. This presentation will focus on the potential of these mystical states of consciousness to cul- tivate personal meaning and mitigate end-of-life existential and spiritual distress.

“Entering the larger Conversation: The future of interdisciplinary psychedelic studies.” Lily Ross, Harvard School of Divinity The future of psychedelic studies is implicitly interdisciplinary, drawing from psychology, anthropology, sociology, critical theory, and feminist studies as much as from the hard sciences. Integration into mainstream academic discourse requires the integration of themes and issues elucidated by the social sciences in contemporary discourse. To be taken seriously by academics in other arenas, psychedelic discourse must engage the complexities of race, gender, class, sexuality. As a community of academics we must take seriously the lack of indigenous voices within our discourse, as well as the lack of women‘s voices, and the voices of people of color. Of all social sciences, anthropology in particular offers insights into the complexities of study with indigenous populations that are relevant to a psychedelic culture that incorporates indigenous understandings and claims, in some circles, to be built upon foundations of indigenous knowledge.

S “Some Pitfalls of Psychedelic Culture: Ut-/Dyst-opian Delusions and Spiritual Megalomanias” J.P. Harpignies An overview, from someone sympathetic to psychedelic consciousness, of a few problematic and too U rarely discussed aspects of psychedelic subcultures: their too frequent tendency to uncritically em- brace a slew of naive utopian ideas, conspiracy theories, half-baked mythological constructs, and spiritual megalomanias of various types. J.P. will explore some possible reasons for these tendencies N and how perhaps to mitigate some of the negative consequences these uncentered expressions can have.

D “Ecodelics: Information Technologies for the Mind Beyond Thought” Richard Doyle, Ph.D., Penn State University Richard Doyle‘s latest book focuses on the co-evolution of humans with plants such as psilocybin, A cannabis and ayahuasca as ―eloquence adjuncts‖ – amplifiers of human rhetorical capacities, capacities for speaking and seduction that can increase the sexually selective fitness of what evolutionary Y biologist Geoffrey Miller has called the ―mating mind.‖ This effect of psychedelics on language functions both ways: Psychedelic experiences are themselves extraordinarily sensitive to initial rhetorical conditions: set and setting includes the very names of these plants and compounds, as well as any ―scripts‖ for the experience. Doyle‘s talk will focus on the idea that plants such as cannabis, psilocybin and ayahuasca – a mixture of plants prepared in the Upper Amazon for shamanic healing - are in this context best scripted not as ―drugs‖ but as living technologies – ―ecodelics‖ – for investigating the long neglected subjective experience of human beings, a very real but seldom explored domain ―beyond thought‖ where the ―I‖ becomes humbled by its implication in a much larger domain, e.g. ―ego death‖ before our ecosystemic interconnection. Drawing on his own experience of being healed of severe life long asthma with the help of his teacher Norma Panduro and ayahuasca, Doyle experimentally labels ayahuasca a ―starship grade self aware information technology‖ for exploring the estimated fifty trillion neuronal connections of the human mind, connections best explored in the silence of a mind guided beyond thought. 28

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1:00pm - 4:00pm Interdisciplinary Symposium on Psychedelics and Ethics Location: Bodek Lounge (Admission allowed only with Sunday access – Pink, Yellow, or Grey badge)

In the wake of astonishment leading up to and following new developments/technologies, it is not un- common to forget to consider the ethical ramifications of such innovations. In the past, these oversights have yielded negative outcomes. In the field of psychedelic studies, it yielded a deathblow. In this symposium, leading scholars will explore ethical considerations in the development and use of psychedelic technologies, looking into the past for lessons, and also looking to potential pitfalls in the future.

“Traditional Bioethics & Possible Concerns About Self-Medication” Alexander Spanos, University of Pennsylvania, Catholic University of America School of Law This discussion will be a primer into the ethical concerns associated with psychedelics. First, this talk will briefly introduce traditional bioethical approaches regarding normative decision-making. Next, assuming for the sake of argument that psychedelics are (or could) be viewed as a ―good‖ thing, how would a bio- ethicist analyze the pros and cons of self-medication and self-monitoring? Should individual autonomy always trump societal concerns?

“Why „ayahuasca‟ healing?” Bia Labate, Ph.D., Drug Policy Program of Center for Economic Research and Education Brian Anderson, Stanford University Over the past decade, the psychedelic brew ayahuasca has garnered significant attention as a healing substance–a potion that can purportedly cure mental illness, cleanse believers of spiritual afflictions, and even repair severed bonds thought once deeply to link humanity with the rest of nature. Because we find certain uses of ayahuasca for healing to be intriguing, and even compelling, we wish to fashion a richer understanding of the concept of ―ayahuasca healing‖ by dissecting out recent social and political factors that have coalesced to shape ayahuasca‘s dynamic ontology as a ―medicine,‖ or even a ―sacred medicine‖. Key examples of how understandings of ayahuasca are being re-invented in ritual settings in South America, constructed in biomedical research, and reified and challenged through government regulatory measures are used to demonstrate the complexity of social forces behind ayahuasca‘s perceived healing nature. Much of the impetus for representing ayahuasca as being inherently ―healing,‖ we argue, is the product of a particular cultural vision that divides substance use into dichotomies such as recreational versus medicinal use, or licit versus illicit drugs. Finally, given the current status quo in drug S policy, we speculate on the possibilities of having ayahuasca‘s healing potentials officially recognized, and we reflect upon the challenges of conducting biomedical research with ayahuasca. U “Ethical considerations in the medicinal use of psychedelics” Julie Holland, M.D. Ethical considerations in the medicinal use of psychedelics in Western medicine will be explored, with N particular attention to how government cooperation or obstruction affects vulnerable patient groups.

“Tim Leary and the great Harvard anesthesiologist and bioethics pioneer Henry Beecher.” D Jonathan Moreno, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania Perhaps the strangest intersection in the social history of psychedelics was that of Henry Beecher and A Timothy Leary. Beecher was a highly honored professor at Harvard and became an icon of human research ethics. Leary was a young upstart who was dismissed from Harvard in 1963 with Beecher as one of his critics. Yet, as I shall show in this talk, there is lot more to this story. In the background were not Y only Leary's occasional serious interest in clinical investigation and ethics but also Beecher's experiments with LSD, his role as a CIA consultant, his skepticism about informed consent, and one of his last publications in the journal that Leary founded.

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4:00pm - 4:30pm Closing Remarks Location: Bodek Lounge (Free and Open to the Public)

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Friday, Saturday, Sunday O 8:00am - 8:45am Yoga and Meditation R Location: Golkin Room (Admission allowed with any conference badge) K Yoga and meditation practice supports all people who are curious about knowing their true selves, and sloughing off their false identifications. It holds particular gifts for psychedelic explorers. Yoga asana and breathwork can strengthen and ground the nervous system, while S meditation offers a mapping of the mind that allows one to navigate through realities with clarity and centeredness. This class will include physical yoga movement that is open to all levels and H abilities. O Periodically The Psychedelic Experience Film P Location: Ben Franklin Room The 22-minute film, The Psychedelic Experience (1965), will be shown periodically. A film by Allen Willis & Jean Millay. Winner of the San Francisco International Film Festival, 1965, Zeller- S bach Award, 1965. Original soundtrack by Ravi Shankar & Alla Rahka. Original Timothy Leary introduction commentary. This award winning film was the first film broadcasted nationally on the taking of psychedelic drugs. & Friday 6:30pm - 8:00pm Root Cellar Workshop S Location: Golkin Room (Admission for all conference-goers; limited space, first-come first-served) “Sitting in Circle Together With Stephan Beyer” P The idea of council is very simple, and can be described in a few sentences. In council, people sit in a circle, and pass around a talking stick. Whoever holds the talking stick gets to speak, E and everybody else listens. There are no interruptions, no questions, no challenges, no com- ments. People speak one at a time, in turn, honestly from their hearts, and they listen devoutly with their hearts to each person who speaks. The effect is miraculous. C

A council circle is the most fundamental form of a shamanic healing ceremony. It reflects a ba- I sic human mode of interaction, largely lost in our culture, and doubly lost in our academic insti- tutions, where hierarchical, punitive, and oppressive modes of interaction predominate. The A practice of council, based on shamanic and indigenous views of the nature of right relationship, offers an alternative educational model — one that is egalitarian, liberating, and transformative L

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O Saturday R 3:00pm - 4:00pm Location: Ben Franklin Room K (Admission allowed only with Saturday access – Pink, Yellow, or Green badge) From Indra‟s Net to the Inner Net – Manifesting Modern Metaphors for Medicinally Medi- ated Modalities S The Teafaerie, Erowid Human beings have always experienced non-ordinary states of consciousness, and we have H naturally tended to interpret them in terms of the world that we know. This talk takes us on a tour of shamanic cosmovisions as they have evolved over time, and suggests the framework for an updated model that may prove to be uniquely appropriate for today‘s technologically so- O phisticated explorers.

P 4:00pm - 5:00pm Location: Ben Franklin Room S (Admission allowed only with Saturday access – Pink, Yellow, or Green badge) Ayahuasca & The Ancient Mysteries: Electric Jesus Talk & Chakra Activation Jonathan Talat Phillips In his book, The Electric Jesus, Talat chronicles mystical initiations involving ayahuasca cere- monies, MDMA kundalini awakenings, DMT galactic cowboys, "miraculous" energy healings, & and an international movement trailblazing visionary ways to help our planet in crisis. Along the way he uncovers the "psychonautic" alchemical rites of the Christian mystery schools and secret ―electric‖ messages for personal and global transformation. We will begin this interactive workshop with a full body chakra activation.

S Sunday 11:15am - 12:00pm P Location: Ben Franklin Room (Admission allowed only with Sunday access – Pink, Yellow, or Grey badge) E Living Psychedelic Pioneers Project Slideshow with Marc Franklin Marc Franklin, Psychedelic Pioneers Project Ever since 1984, when Marc Franklin co-published and art-directed High Frontiers, the neo- C psychedelic magazine that later morphed into Mondo 2000, he has been photographing psychedelic pioneers. ―After all, the psychonauts that I know are perhaps among the wisest and I most creative, the most sensitive and open members of our society.‖ Launched with Albert Hof- mann‘s portrait in October 1988, this historically important, unique archive has nearly two hundred portrait images of scientists, researchers, clinicians, psychiatrists, psychologists, chem- A ists, entrepreneurs, artists, writers, musicians, poets, and counter-cultural figures from around L the world. 1:00pm - 2:00pm Location: Ben Franklin Room (Admission allowed only with Sunday access – Pink, Yellow, or Grey badge) E "Painting Paradoila: a live digital portrait workshop Android Jones The human face is one of the most iconic recognizable forms in nature, capturing the complex- V ity and likeness of a human spirit and the molecular density of their form is an impossible task. However by taking advantage of the mind‘s need for meaning and our ability to recognize pat- E terns, we can leverage our own brain‘s need for deception and use shapes lines color and form to create the illusion of life. In this workshop, Android Jones will take a live model and work to N transcribe their essence into an digital image in real time. T

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