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F U T U R E of PSYCHEDELICS
Evolver Spore Network Conference & Visionary Art Show & Vernal Equinox Ceremony
Vancouver, BC

Join Evolver Vancouver in welcoming in the spring and renewal of the inner being on the vernal equinox weekend of March 19 for the Future of Psychedelics Conference. Carrying the torch from Entheogenesis Conference in 2005 held in Vancouver with it's theme of "From Darkness Back to Light" we will be looking at the history of sacramental plants and modern entheogens along with the war on consciousness that has been waged against them and the people who use them.

Friday night will be an overview of history of entheogens joined by guests from Evolver Network NYC.

Saturday will begin with a Vernal Equinox Ceremony timed with the moment of the equinox inspired by the Eleusian Mysteries centered around Persephone and Demeter. Saturday will focus on cannabis, mushrooms, and party substances.

Sunday will examine cacti, iboga, and ayahausca.

Discussions will follow presentations.

Special guests joining us in person and live over the internet include:

Daniel Pinchbeck http://www.realitysandwich.com/blog/daniel_pinchbeck
Author of Breaking Open the Head: A Psychedelic Journey into the Heart of Contemporary Shamanism and 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl.

Jonathan Philiips (http://www.evolver.net)
Coordinator of the Evolver Spores Network

Moughenda Mikala (http://www.ibogahouse.org)

Tenth generation Bwiti Shaman from the Nganga of the Missoko Bwiti sect of southern Gabon. Currently facilitating iboga ceremony at the Iboga House in Costa Rica.

Dennis McKenna http://www.heffter.org/pages/djm.html
Co-founder, Director of Ethnopharmacology. Brother of Terrence McKenna.

Chris Bennet http://www.forbiddenfruitpublishing.com/chris/index.htmlWriter and video producer on the sacred uses of Cannabis. Entheogen museum curator and owner of Urban Shaman Entheobotanicals. Producer of the Entheogenesis Conference in 2005 archived at:
http://www.pot-tv.net/archive/shows/pottvshowse-3398.html

David Malmo Levine, editor of Potshot, cannabis activist http://www.potshot.ca/pm/index.php?n=Main.DavidMalmo-Levine

 Jeet Kei Leung (BC Compassion Club) http://www.thecompassionclub.org/

Paul Kroeger (Vancouver Mycology Society) http://www.vanmyco.com/

Sandra Karpetas (Director of Iboga Therapy House BC) http://ibogatherapyhouse.net

More guests TBA

Joining our special guest speakers being assembled will be a special showing of visionary art featuring art by

Luke Brown (http://www.spectraleyes.com)
and
Simon Haiduk (http://simonhaiduk.com/ )

and art auction for the Iboga Therapy House BC.

Musical guests will include didgereedo player Shine Edgar

Location: 45 West Studio http://45west.ca/

45 W. Hastings Street, between Carrall & Abbott Streets (map)

Alley Entrance Only. 18+ event

Cost: $10 Friday 8-10pm doors 7:30pm

$20 Sat/ $20 Sun. or $35 for both days
Doors 12:30pm
Saturday opening ceremony marking Vernal Equinox commencing 1pm-6pm followed by music by Shine Edgar till 7pm.
Sunday doors 12:30pm
First session 1pm-6pm

No one will be turned away for lack of funds. All money collected goes to covering the space rental, equipment rental, printing costs and future Evolver Spores. Our goal is to make this the most affordable entheogen conference ever held.

Evolver Spores are a network of optimistic solution-based co-creators spreading across the globe which hold monthly "spore" events to support the growth of new paradigms that support life on Earth. Are you an Evolver? If so you'll meet many others at these events and on our online social network.

Describing the focus of the March spores

For millennia, cultures around the world expanded minds and visions with “teacher plants” – what we commonly know today as psychedelics. The widespread popularity of LSD during the 1960s awakened the Western psyche to these powerful substances, ushering in a period of wild experimentation that revolutionized art and music, inspired social movements, and opened new vistas of possibility for psychotherapy. But a swift backlash from the establishment made psychedelics illegal, repressing and marginalizing them as “dangerous drugs.”

Today, there is new potential for psychedelics to be reintroduced into mainstream culture, not as drastic catalysts of social upheaval but as tools that can help people overcome serious problems. Psychedelic research with human subjects is underway again after a 35-year blockade, thanks to the efforts of non-profit organizations like MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) and the Beckley Foundation. Prominent newspapers and magazines are giving these substances another look, acknowledging their potential for therapeutic and spiritual breakthroughs if used with care. At the same time, the worldwide resurgence of interest in indigenous shamanism indicates a deeper maturity and respect emerging toward these ancient sacraments. In this Spore, we will explore and discuss the exciting new frontiers for psychedelics in our modern culture, as both scientifically verified medicines and intentional tools for personal development.