Thank you everyone for helping create a wonderful event!
Please check back in the coming weeks for a recap of Visionary Convergence.
Thank you everyone for helping create a wonderful event!
Please check back in the coming weeks for a recap of Visionary Convergence.
Friday, September 25, 2015 | Doors open at 5 pm |
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Reception & light refreshments | 6 – 7 pm |
Opening Music & Visionary Convergence Invocation |
7 – 7:20 pm |
Welcome to Visionary Convergence & Opening Talk | 7:20 – 7:50 pm |
Keynote Address by Kathleen Harrison | 8 – 9 pm |
Conversation & Connection in Lounge | 9 – 9:30 pm |
Music | 9 - 9:30 pm |
Saturday, September 26, 2015 | Doors open at 8 am |
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Reception & Continental Breakfast | 8 – 8:50 am |
Presentations and Forums in Three Rooms: Auditorium, Hospitality & Studio |
9 am – 12:40 pm |
Lunch: Meal Tickets for catered organic lunch will be available for advance purchase or lunch on your own | 12:40 – 2:00 pm |
Lunchtime Film Screenings | 12:40 – 2:00 pm |
Presentations & Forums in Three Rooms: Auditorium, Hospitality & Studio |
2 – 6 pm |
Hosted Dinner with Presenters: Tickets for Hosted Dinner will be available for advance purchase or dinner on your own | 6:30 - 8:15 pm |
Evening Performances | 8:15 - 10 pm |
Sunday, September 27, 2015 | Doors open at 8 am |
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Reception & Continental Breakfast | 8 – 8:50 am |
Presentations and Forums in Three Rooms: Auditorium, Hospitality & Studio |
9 am – 12:40 pm |
Lunch: Meal Tickets for catered organic lunch will be available for advance purchase or lunch on your own | 12:40 – 2:00 pm |
Lunchtime Film Screenings | 12:40 – 2:00 pm |
Presentations & Forums in Three Rooms: Auditorium, Hospitality & Studio |
2 – 6 pm |
Closing Music & Visionary Concluding Talk | 6 - 6:30 pm |
Monday, September 28, 2015 | Special Workshops |
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Sweeping the Mountain of Nerves: Finding & Keeping Balance with Traditional Techniques & Ritual with Kathleen Harrison, MA |
Time to be announced Registration opens April 7th |
Icaros: Singing the Powers of Nature with Susana Bustos, PhD |
Time to be announced Registration opens April 7th |
Erotic Vines: Embodied Integration For Authentic Intimacy in Your Relationships with Dr. Yalila Espinoza |
Time to be announced Registration opens April 7th |
Keynote: Evolving Traditions: Ancient Psychedelic Species Meet Modern Cultures — Plus the Changing Global Landscape for Psilocybin Mushrooms
by
Kathleen Harrison, MA
Psychedelics in the Anthropocene: The Sixties was just a Dress Rehearsal
by
Allan Badiner
The Potential of Sacred Plants for Psychotherapy and Personal Development
by
Anja Loizaga-Velder, PhD
Eleusis Reimagined: Embracing European Shamanic Traditions in Modern Community Rituals
by
Annie Oak, MS
Film Screening: Ayahuasca: Operación Ignorancia (Operation Ignorance)
Q & A with filmmaker
Benjamin De Loenen
Iboga: Bwiti vs. the West
by
Benjamin De Loenen
Life After AYA2014: Challenges of the Globalization of Ayahuasca
by
Benjamin De Loenen
Clinical Development of Plant Medicines and Plant-Derived Semi-Synthetic Compounds as Regulated by FDA
by
Berra Yazar-Klosinski, PhD
Reflections on the Entrance of Indigenous Peoples into the Urban Circuit of Ayahuasca Consumption in Brazil
by
Bia Labate, PhD
Ayahuasca, Psychiatric Distress and the Meaning of Life: Results from a Pilot Study in Peru
by
Brad Adams, PhD
A Higher Power: What can ayahuasca communities learn from 12-step fellowships?
by
Brian Anderson, MD, MSC
Panel: Ayahuasca and Women’s Health
Moderated by
Celina M. De Leon, MPH (cand.)
Yagé as Traditional Medicine among the Kamentsa of Alto Putumayo, Colombia
by
Celina M. De Leon, MPH (cand.)
Ayahuasca in the Media
by
Chris Kilham
Hacking The Cosmic Motherboard
by
Chris Kilham
Finding Our Way In: Healing with plant wisdom
by
Cvita Mamic
Psychiatric Renaissance – Psychedelics and
the Emergence of Soul Centered Medicine
by
Dan Engle, MD
Kitchen Chemists & Capitalism: Questioning Psychedelic Dogmas and the Exceptionalism of Ayahuasca
by
David Nickles
Consumption or Contribution?
The commodification of psychedelics as colonialization of plant medicines
by
Dimitri Mugianis
Ancient Wisdom for the Modern World: Finding and Using Local Medicinal Plants
by
Erica Wohldmann, PhD
A Dialogue About Ayahuasca
with
Jeremy Narby, PhD, via Skype
Epigenetics and the House of Spirits
by
Joe Tafur, MD
The Role of Spiritual Healing in Modern Healthcare
by
Joe Tafur, MD
Realizing Transformation: Intention and Integration--The Alchemical Gold of Plant Medicine Wisdom
by
John Harrison, MA, PsyD(c)
Entheogenic First Aid: How we minimize risk and optimize outcomes
by
Julie Megler, MSN, NP-BC
Who is Cannabis? Her Persona & Role in Personal & Cultural Experience
by
Kathleen Harrison, MA
The Science of Ayahuasca: Philosophical &
Political Challenges
by
Kenneth Tupper, PhD and Bia Labate, PhD
Open Source Reality: Emergence of a Meta-Myth
by
Mitch Schultz
Ayahuasca clinical research in the U.S.:
Can we meet FDA and DEA regulations?
by
Leanna J. Standish, ND, PhD
Ayahuasca and Consciousness Science
by
Leanna J. Standish, ND, PhD
Legal Cannabis Saving Lives
by
Norton Arbeláez, JD
New Regulatory Approaches to Plant Medicine
by
Norton Arbeláez, JD
Cannabis is a Superfood: Opportunities and Challenges As Cannabis Becomes Today’s Hottest Medicinal and Culinary Herb
by
Robyn Griggs Lawrence
The Sacred Mushroom:
The Making of a Medicine Woman
by
Shonagh Home
Integration: Rooting the plant teachings in daily life
by
Susana Bustos, PhD
Considering Integration In Advance of the Psychedelic Experience
by
Terra Celeste
The Evolution of Addiction Recovery:
Ayahuasca as Catalyst for the 12 Steps
by
Todd Youngs
Magic, Mystery and Our Daily Lives
by
Vicki Kraft, MA, MFT
Erotic Vines: Plant teachers + Tantric Initiations = Authentic Relationships
by
Yalila Espinoza, PhD, RSW
Panel: Plant Teachers and Entheogenic Learning
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