Chacruna Institute
@chacruna.bsky.social
Producing high-quality research on plant medicines & psychedelics, propagating academic knowledge in more accessible formats 🌱
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✨ Psychedelics 101 for Religious Leaders — a 13-week online training by Chacruna & Ligare exploring psychedelics through a spiritual + ethical lens.
🗓️ Jan 15 – Apr 9, 2026 | 💻 Online | 💰 $500 (scholarships available)
🌈 Free/discounted for Chacruna Members.
🔗 Register: chacruna.net/psychedelics...
🗓️ Jan 15 – Apr 9, 2026 | 💻 Online | 💰 $500 (scholarships available)
🌈 Free/discounted for Chacruna Members.
🔗 Register: chacruna.net/psychedelics...
🌟 Countdown to #PCU26 on!
Join us to connect around Indigenous Reciprocity, Decolonial Dialogues, Psychedelic Justice, Protection of Sacred Plants, and voices from the Global South. 🌍
Expect panels, art, workshops & circles.
🎟️ Early Bird tickets are live: www.psychedelic-culture.net/tickets-pcu2...
Join us to connect around Indigenous Reciprocity, Decolonial Dialogues, Psychedelic Justice, Protection of Sacred Plants, and voices from the Global South. 🌍
Expect panels, art, workshops & circles.
🎟️ Early Bird tickets are live: www.psychedelic-culture.net/tickets-pcu2...
November 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
🌟 Countdown to #PCU26 on!
Join us to connect around Indigenous Reciprocity, Decolonial Dialogues, Psychedelic Justice, Protection of Sacred Plants, and voices from the Global South. 🌍
Expect panels, art, workshops & circles.
🎟️ Early Bird tickets are live: www.psychedelic-culture.net/tickets-pcu2...
Join us to connect around Indigenous Reciprocity, Decolonial Dialogues, Psychedelic Justice, Protection of Sacred Plants, and voices from the Global South. 🌍
Expect panels, art, workshops & circles.
🎟️ Early Bird tickets are live: www.psychedelic-culture.net/tickets-pcu2...
🌿 Chacruna T-shirt and Stickers Giveaway Contest! 🌿
We believe in the wisdom that comes from our community.
Do you have a quote, sentence, or idea that reflects our shared values?
💭 Share it with us for a chance to win amazing prizes.
Read the rules and submit here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
We believe in the wisdom that comes from our community.
Do you have a quote, sentence, or idea that reflects our shared values?
💭 Share it with us for a chance to win amazing prizes.
Read the rules and submit here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
November 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM
🌿 Chacruna T-shirt and Stickers Giveaway Contest! 🌿
We believe in the wisdom that comes from our community.
Do you have a quote, sentence, or idea that reflects our shared values?
💭 Share it with us for a chance to win amazing prizes.
Read the rules and submit here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
We believe in the wisdom that comes from our community.
Do you have a quote, sentence, or idea that reflects our shared values?
💭 Share it with us for a chance to win amazing prizes.
Read the rules and submit here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
🌿 We are proud to share a landmark new paper.
Developed by the Ecological Medicine Working Group, the statement calls for a new paradigm in healthcare, bridging planetary health, traditional wisdom, and medical practice, towards connection-based medicine.
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Developed by the Ecological Medicine Working Group, the statement calls for a new paradigm in healthcare, bridging planetary health, traditional wisdom, and medical practice, towards connection-based medicine.
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
November 5, 2025 at 6:31 PM
🌿 We are proud to share a landmark new paper.
Developed by the Ecological Medicine Working Group, the statement calls for a new paradigm in healthcare, bridging planetary health, traditional wisdom, and medical practice, towards connection-based medicine.
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Developed by the Ecological Medicine Working Group, the statement calls for a new paradigm in healthcare, bridging planetary health, traditional wisdom, and medical practice, towards connection-based medicine.
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Paulina Valamiel explores how menstruation shapes women’s experiences with medicine, within the Santo Daime religion. Drawing from Indigenous Amazonian and global feminist perspectives, it shows menstruation as transformation, power, and knowledge rather than impurity🌿
chacruna.net/ayahuasca-an...
chacruna.net/ayahuasca-an...
November 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Paulina Valamiel explores how menstruation shapes women’s experiences with medicine, within the Santo Daime religion. Drawing from Indigenous Amazonian and global feminist perspectives, it shows menstruation as transformation, power, and knowledge rather than impurity🌿
chacruna.net/ayahuasca-an...
chacruna.net/ayahuasca-an...
💥 Big News! Our press release for the new course is out!
We are thrilled about Chacruna and Ligare - A Christian Psychedelic Society’s 13-week online training for clergy and lay leaders exploring psychedelics through a spiritual lens.
🔗 Read the full press release:
chacruna.net/press-releas...
We are thrilled about Chacruna and Ligare - A Christian Psychedelic Society’s 13-week online training for clergy and lay leaders exploring psychedelics through a spiritual lens.
🔗 Read the full press release:
chacruna.net/press-releas...
November 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
💥 Big News! Our press release for the new course is out!
We are thrilled about Chacruna and Ligare - A Christian Psychedelic Society’s 13-week online training for clergy and lay leaders exploring psychedelics through a spiritual lens.
🔗 Read the full press release:
chacruna.net/press-releas...
We are thrilled about Chacruna and Ligare - A Christian Psychedelic Society’s 13-week online training for clergy and lay leaders exploring psychedelics through a spiritual lens.
🔗 Read the full press release:
chacruna.net/press-releas...
✨ Psychedelics 101 for Religious Leaders — a 13-week online training by Chacruna & Ligare exploring psychedelics through a spiritual + ethical lens.
🗓️ Jan 15 – Apr 9, 2026 | 💻 Online | 💰 $500 (scholarships available)
🌈 Free/discounted for Chacruna Members.
🔗 Register: chacruna.net/psychedelics...
🗓️ Jan 15 – Apr 9, 2026 | 💻 Online | 💰 $500 (scholarships available)
🌈 Free/discounted for Chacruna Members.
🔗 Register: chacruna.net/psychedelics...
October 27, 2025 at 4:25 PM
✨ Psychedelics 101 for Religious Leaders — a 13-week online training by Chacruna & Ligare exploring psychedelics through a spiritual + ethical lens.
🗓️ Jan 15 – Apr 9, 2026 | 💻 Online | 💰 $500 (scholarships available)
🌈 Free/discounted for Chacruna Members.
🔗 Register: chacruna.net/psychedelics...
🗓️ Jan 15 – Apr 9, 2026 | 💻 Online | 💰 $500 (scholarships available)
🌈 Free/discounted for Chacruna Members.
🔗 Register: chacruna.net/psychedelics...
☕ For the price of a coffee, you can support psychedelic justice and Indigenous reciprocity - while gaining access to 160+ forums, monthly member circles, meet-ups, and discounts on all our offerings. Join our global community and become part of the Chacruna Alliance today
💚 chacruna.net/membership/
💚 chacruna.net/membership/
October 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
☕ For the price of a coffee, you can support psychedelic justice and Indigenous reciprocity - while gaining access to 160+ forums, monthly member circles, meet-ups, and discounts on all our offerings. Join our global community and become part of the Chacruna Alliance today
💚 chacruna.net/membership/
💚 chacruna.net/membership/
🌿 New on Frontiers
We are proud to platform this important work, which highlights the urgent conservation needs of naturally occurring psychedelic plants and animals.
🔗 Read the full article: www.frontiersin.org/journals/con...
We are proud to platform this important work, which highlights the urgent conservation needs of naturally occurring psychedelic plants and animals.
🔗 Read the full article: www.frontiersin.org/journals/con...
October 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
🌿 New on Frontiers
We are proud to platform this important work, which highlights the urgent conservation needs of naturally occurring psychedelic plants and animals.
🔗 Read the full article: www.frontiersin.org/journals/con...
We are proud to platform this important work, which highlights the urgent conservation needs of naturally occurring psychedelic plants and animals.
🔗 Read the full article: www.frontiersin.org/journals/con...
Gather with us this Thursday for our monthly Membership Mindfulness Circle, a space to ground, connect, and reflect together. 🌀
Guided by Seph Mo.
🤍This circle is exclusively for our Patreon members, we’d love for you to join us!
us02web.zoom.us/j/89507464863
Guided by Seph Mo.
🤍This circle is exclusively for our Patreon members, we’d love for you to join us!
us02web.zoom.us/j/89507464863
October 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Gather with us this Thursday for our monthly Membership Mindfulness Circle, a space to ground, connect, and reflect together. 🌀
Guided by Seph Mo.
🤍This circle is exclusively for our Patreon members, we’d love for you to join us!
us02web.zoom.us/j/89507464863
Guided by Seph Mo.
🤍This circle is exclusively for our Patreon members, we’d love for you to join us!
us02web.zoom.us/j/89507464863
🌈NEW Chacruna’s Queer Psychedelic Integration Circle
Join us for a confidential, heart-centered space to reflect on experiences with psychedelics.
✨ Come as you are. Bring your truth. Be witnessed.
To join, please email justin@chacruna.net for the link. We hope to see you there!
Join us for a confidential, heart-centered space to reflect on experiences with psychedelics.
✨ Come as you are. Bring your truth. Be witnessed.
To join, please email justin@chacruna.net for the link. We hope to see you there!
October 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
🌈NEW Chacruna’s Queer Psychedelic Integration Circle
Join us for a confidential, heart-centered space to reflect on experiences with psychedelics.
✨ Come as you are. Bring your truth. Be witnessed.
To join, please email justin@chacruna.net for the link. We hope to see you there!
Join us for a confidential, heart-centered space to reflect on experiences with psychedelics.
✨ Come as you are. Bring your truth. Be witnessed.
To join, please email justin@chacruna.net for the link. We hope to see you there!
In our latest Chronicle, Aura Roig and Silvie Ojeda share the work of Metzineres, a feminist cooperative in Barcelona, that centers harm reduction and mutual care for women and gender-expansive people who use substances.
🌿 Read the piece: chacruna.net/where-harm-i...
🌿 Read the piece: chacruna.net/where-harm-i...
October 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
In our latest Chronicle, Aura Roig and Silvie Ojeda share the work of Metzineres, a feminist cooperative in Barcelona, that centers harm reduction and mutual care for women and gender-expansive people who use substances.
🌿 Read the piece: chacruna.net/where-harm-i...
🌿 Read the piece: chacruna.net/where-harm-i...
Chacruna is a proud sponsor of Collaborence 2025!🌿
Join the Psilocybin Assisted Therapy Association (PATA) from Oct 4–5 for two days of psilocybin training & community in Portland, Boulder & online.
🎟️ Use code CHACRUNA30 for 30% off → thecollaborence.org
#Psychedelics #Chacruna #Collaborence2025
Join the Psilocybin Assisted Therapy Association (PATA) from Oct 4–5 for two days of psilocybin training & community in Portland, Boulder & online.
🎟️ Use code CHACRUNA30 for 30% off → thecollaborence.org
#Psychedelics #Chacruna #Collaborence2025
September 24, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Chacruna is a proud sponsor of Collaborence 2025!🌿
Join the Psilocybin Assisted Therapy Association (PATA) from Oct 4–5 for two days of psilocybin training & community in Portland, Boulder & online.
🎟️ Use code CHACRUNA30 for 30% off → thecollaborence.org
#Psychedelics #Chacruna #Collaborence2025
Join the Psilocybin Assisted Therapy Association (PATA) from Oct 4–5 for two days of psilocybin training & community in Portland, Boulder & online.
🎟️ Use code CHACRUNA30 for 30% off → thecollaborence.org
#Psychedelics #Chacruna #Collaborence2025
✨ Meet Dr. Osiris García Cerqueda, an Indigenous Mazatec historian and sociologist from Huautla de Jiménez, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Osiris now serves as the Program Coordinator for Chacruna’s Indigenous Reciprocities Initiatives (IRI) 🌿
🤍 You can support here: chacruna.net/donate
Osiris now serves as the Program Coordinator for Chacruna’s Indigenous Reciprocities Initiatives (IRI) 🌿
🤍 You can support here: chacruna.net/donate
September 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
✨ Meet Dr. Osiris García Cerqueda, an Indigenous Mazatec historian and sociologist from Huautla de Jiménez, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Osiris now serves as the Program Coordinator for Chacruna’s Indigenous Reciprocities Initiatives (IRI) 🌿
🤍 You can support here: chacruna.net/donate
Osiris now serves as the Program Coordinator for Chacruna’s Indigenous Reciprocities Initiatives (IRI) 🌿
🤍 You can support here: chacruna.net/donate
From September 15 to October 15, the culture, history and contributions of Hispanic and Latino communities across the U.S are recognized and celebrated.
At Chacruna, we also take this time to honor our own Latin roots! 🦋
Support Chacruna Latinoamérica this month by visiting: chacruna.net/donate
At Chacruna, we also take this time to honor our own Latin roots! 🦋
Support Chacruna Latinoamérica this month by visiting: chacruna.net/donate
September 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
From September 15 to October 15, the culture, history and contributions of Hispanic and Latino communities across the U.S are recognized and celebrated.
At Chacruna, we also take this time to honor our own Latin roots! 🦋
Support Chacruna Latinoamérica this month by visiting: chacruna.net/donate
At Chacruna, we also take this time to honor our own Latin roots! 🦋
Support Chacruna Latinoamérica this month by visiting: chacruna.net/donate
🌿 New Podcast Alert: “The Trip” on BBC Radio 4 🎧
Dr. Osiris García Cerqueda is featured in episodes 9 & 10 of BBC Radio 4’s new podcast series “The Trip”, presented by @timhayward.bsky.social and produced by @haunted.audio and by @loftusmedia.bsky.social
Link: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
Dr. Osiris García Cerqueda is featured in episodes 9 & 10 of BBC Radio 4’s new podcast series “The Trip”, presented by @timhayward.bsky.social and produced by @haunted.audio and by @loftusmedia.bsky.social
Link: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
September 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
🌿 New Podcast Alert: “The Trip” on BBC Radio 4 🎧
Dr. Osiris García Cerqueda is featured in episodes 9 & 10 of BBC Radio 4’s new podcast series “The Trip”, presented by @timhayward.bsky.social and produced by @haunted.audio and by @loftusmedia.bsky.social
Link: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
Dr. Osiris García Cerqueda is featured in episodes 9 & 10 of BBC Radio 4’s new podcast series “The Trip”, presented by @timhayward.bsky.social and produced by @haunted.audio and by @loftusmedia.bsky.social
Link: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
Gather with us this Thursday for our monthly Membership Mindfulness Circle, a space to ground, connect, and reflect together. 🌀
Guided by Seph Mo, Chacruna’s Marketing Advisor.
This circle is exclusively for our Patreon members, we’d love for you to join us!
us02web.zoom.us/j/89507464863
Guided by Seph Mo, Chacruna’s Marketing Advisor.
This circle is exclusively for our Patreon members, we’d love for you to join us!
us02web.zoom.us/j/89507464863
September 15, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Gather with us this Thursday for our monthly Membership Mindfulness Circle, a space to ground, connect, and reflect together. 🌀
Guided by Seph Mo, Chacruna’s Marketing Advisor.
This circle is exclusively for our Patreon members, we’d love for you to join us!
us02web.zoom.us/j/89507464863
Guided by Seph Mo, Chacruna’s Marketing Advisor.
This circle is exclusively for our Patreon members, we’d love for you to join us!
us02web.zoom.us/j/89507464863
Join us for a conversation on the role of nurses in psychedelic-assisted therapy. 🩺🍄
As psychedelics enter mainstream healthcare, nurses bring a lens grounded in clinical expertise, ethics, and deep compassion.
🔗Register: chacruna.net/caring-and-c...
💚FREE or discounted for Chacruna members
As psychedelics enter mainstream healthcare, nurses bring a lens grounded in clinical expertise, ethics, and deep compassion.
🔗Register: chacruna.net/caring-and-c...
💚FREE or discounted for Chacruna members
September 12, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Join us for a conversation on the role of nurses in psychedelic-assisted therapy. 🩺🍄
As psychedelics enter mainstream healthcare, nurses bring a lens grounded in clinical expertise, ethics, and deep compassion.
🔗Register: chacruna.net/caring-and-c...
💚FREE or discounted for Chacruna members
As psychedelics enter mainstream healthcare, nurses bring a lens grounded in clinical expertise, ethics, and deep compassion.
🔗Register: chacruna.net/caring-and-c...
💚FREE or discounted for Chacruna members
Reposted by Chacruna Institute
Thrilled to publish this new article highlighting the global history of psychedelic medicine!
Read Nader Wahba's "Between East and West: Rediscovering Egypt’s Forgotten Psychedelic Psychiatry (1950s-1970s)" on @chacruna.bsky.social Chronicles.
chacruna.net/between-east...
#histmed #psychiatry
Read Nader Wahba's "Between East and West: Rediscovering Egypt’s Forgotten Psychedelic Psychiatry (1950s-1970s)" on @chacruna.bsky.social Chronicles.
chacruna.net/between-east...
#histmed #psychiatry
Between East and West: Rediscovering Egypt's Forgotten Psychedelic Psychiatry (1950s-1970s)
A forgotten cache of LSD-25 in Cairo reveals Egypt’s overlooked role in early psychedelic psychiatry. Dr. Athanassios Kafkalides pioneered LSD-assisted therapy at the Greek Hospital (1960s–70s), integ...
chacruna.net
September 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Thrilled to publish this new article highlighting the global history of psychedelic medicine!
Read Nader Wahba's "Between East and West: Rediscovering Egypt’s Forgotten Psychedelic Psychiatry (1950s-1970s)" on @chacruna.bsky.social Chronicles.
chacruna.net/between-east...
#histmed #psychiatry
Read Nader Wahba's "Between East and West: Rediscovering Egypt’s Forgotten Psychedelic Psychiatry (1950s-1970s)" on @chacruna.bsky.social Chronicles.
chacruna.net/between-east...
#histmed #psychiatry
🌈NEW Chacruna’s Queer Psychedelic Integration Circle
Join us for a confidential, heart-centered space to reflect on experiences with psychedelics.
✨ Come as you are. Bring your truth. Be witnessed.
To join, please email justin@chacruna.net for the link. We hope to see you there!
Join us for a confidential, heart-centered space to reflect on experiences with psychedelics.
✨ Come as you are. Bring your truth. Be witnessed.
To join, please email justin@chacruna.net for the link. We hope to see you there!
September 11, 2025 at 4:19 PM
🌈NEW Chacruna’s Queer Psychedelic Integration Circle
Join us for a confidential, heart-centered space to reflect on experiences with psychedelics.
✨ Come as you are. Bring your truth. Be witnessed.
To join, please email justin@chacruna.net for the link. We hope to see you there!
Join us for a confidential, heart-centered space to reflect on experiences with psychedelics.
✨ Come as you are. Bring your truth. Be witnessed.
To join, please email justin@chacruna.net for the link. We hope to see you there!
🌿✨ Join us for the first Medicine Walk by Vision Walkers Collective ✨🌿
📅 October 4, 10AM local time
A global call to walk in gratitude, honoring how medicine has touched our lives and exploring how we can give back 🌍💫
👉 To sign up: visionwalkerscollective.org/medicine-walk
📅 October 4, 10AM local time
A global call to walk in gratitude, honoring how medicine has touched our lives and exploring how we can give back 🌍💫
👉 To sign up: visionwalkerscollective.org/medicine-walk
September 8, 2025 at 4:24 PM
🌿✨ Join us for the first Medicine Walk by Vision Walkers Collective ✨🌿
📅 October 4, 10AM local time
A global call to walk in gratitude, honoring how medicine has touched our lives and exploring how we can give back 🌍💫
👉 To sign up: visionwalkerscollective.org/medicine-walk
📅 October 4, 10AM local time
A global call to walk in gratitude, honoring how medicine has touched our lives and exploring how we can give back 🌍💫
👉 To sign up: visionwalkerscollective.org/medicine-walk
Mauro Morales, a South Texas agricultural worker and licensed cacti distributor dedicated decades to supporting Native ceremonies, sharing folklore, and sustaining his community until his passing in 2022. His legacy lives on.
🌱Full piece: chacruna.net/last-of-the-...
🎨Artwork: Michelle Velasco
🌱Full piece: chacruna.net/last-of-the-...
🎨Artwork: Michelle Velasco
September 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Mauro Morales, a South Texas agricultural worker and licensed cacti distributor dedicated decades to supporting Native ceremonies, sharing folklore, and sustaining his community until his passing in 2022. His legacy lives on.
🌱Full piece: chacruna.net/last-of-the-...
🎨Artwork: Michelle Velasco
🌱Full piece: chacruna.net/last-of-the-...
🎨Artwork: Michelle Velasco
Join us this Friday, September 5th from 3-4 PM PT for our first Monthly Members Circle 🌷
We’re excited to introduce a new offering for our Members Community: a small, members-only circles to connect, share skills, and engage in meaningful dialogue.
www.patreon.com/posts/monthl...
We’re excited to introduce a new offering for our Members Community: a small, members-only circles to connect, share skills, and engage in meaningful dialogue.
www.patreon.com/posts/monthl...
September 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Join us this Friday, September 5th from 3-4 PM PT for our first Monthly Members Circle 🌷
We’re excited to introduce a new offering for our Members Community: a small, members-only circles to connect, share skills, and engage in meaningful dialogue.
www.patreon.com/posts/monthl...
We’re excited to introduce a new offering for our Members Community: a small, members-only circles to connect, share skills, and engage in meaningful dialogue.
www.patreon.com/posts/monthl...
Dr. Ali McGhee explores Alaska’s upcoming vote on the Alaska Natural Medicine Act, which could decriminalize certain medicines, regulate therapeutic use, and establish a Traditional Use Council recognizing Indigenous practices. 🌿
Read the full piece:
chacruna.net/alaskas-natu...
Read the full piece:
chacruna.net/alaskas-natu...
September 2, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Dr. Ali McGhee explores Alaska’s upcoming vote on the Alaska Natural Medicine Act, which could decriminalize certain medicines, regulate therapeutic use, and establish a Traditional Use Council recognizing Indigenous practices. 🌿
Read the full piece:
chacruna.net/alaskas-natu...
Read the full piece:
chacruna.net/alaskas-natu...
🌿✨ Chacruna is now accepting volunteers for PCU26!
From conference support to creative contributions, join us in building an equitable, inclusive psychedelic community.
Apply here 👉 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#PCU26 #Chacruna #Volunteer
From conference support to creative contributions, join us in building an equitable, inclusive psychedelic community.
Apply here 👉 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#PCU26 #Chacruna #Volunteer
August 29, 2025 at 3:52 PM
🌿✨ Chacruna is now accepting volunteers for PCU26!
From conference support to creative contributions, join us in building an equitable, inclusive psychedelic community.
Apply here 👉 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#PCU26 #Chacruna #Volunteer
From conference support to creative contributions, join us in building an equitable, inclusive psychedelic community.
Apply here 👉 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#PCU26 #Chacruna #Volunteer
Join us Live on IG Today to learn more about our membership program.
August 28, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Join us Live on IG Today to learn more about our membership program.