Brooklyn Psychedelic Society

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Tobacco is one of the most prevalent and respected sacred plants among Indigenous and traditional peoples of the Americas. One of the ways it is traditionally consumed is in the form of rapé snuff.

The Brooklyn Psychedelic Society is partnering with the Chacruna Institute for an evening of experiential learning about rapé. This is a chance to make direct contact with the world of visionary plants, and to sit with teachers who carry these medicines with the blessing and permission of their partners in the Amazon.

• Prepare for the upcoming Horizons conference with the Brooklyn psychedelic community
• Learn about the history, traditions, and contemporary uses of rapé
• Explore a new relationship with tobacco
• Come away with your own rapé and kuripe (pipe for self-administration)
• Support Chacruna’s mission of decolonization and cultural exchange in the psychedelic space

The evening will begin with a brief educational talk, followed by the music and fellowship of a co-created rapé circle. We hope you can join us!

Note: This will be a closed circle event. In order to respect everyone’s experience, we cannot let anyone in after 7:10pm. Please arrive 15 minutes early to settle in. We appreciate your cooperation with this!

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Curious about psychedelics but don’t know where to start? Maybe you’ve heard that psychedelics hold promise for treating anxiety, depression, OCD, or PTSD? Maybe you’re struggling to navigate fear and anxiety during a session? Or to make meaning of past experiences?

In this crash course, we’ll cut through the noise that surrounds these powerful substances and get right into it: how to use psychedelics to support an ongoing journey into greater self-awareness, balance, creativity, and health.

Through a live presentation, interactive exercises, and Q&A, this class offers a safe and supportive environment to learn about consciousness expansion. Together we will:

• Clarify your motivations, hopes and fears for starting on this path
• Explore what distinguishes intentional psychedelic journeywork from other kinds of use
• Learn how to navigate challenging experiences
• Question preconceptions about what transformational journeying looks like
• Talk frankly about sourcing, dosing, testing, finding guides, and psychological and behavior risks

Psychedelics can catalyze growth, healing, and a renewed sense of awe and wonder. They can also bring confusion, fear, and ego-inflation. While there is no “right” way of engaging with these substances, there are safer ways, as well as practices that help you get the most out of your journey.

To keep our group intimate, we are capping it at 15 people.

This class will be held at Bond Collective and hosted by our Director of Community, Patrick Doerksen. We look forward to seeing you there!

This is for you if you’re just getting started, or if you’re experienced with psychedelics but want to be more intentional with journeying.

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Patrick Doerksen is a writer, educator and community organizer. As a social worker, he has worked in intentional therapeutic communities with people who are unhoused, experiencing addiction, as well as those coming out of the prison system. As a community organizer, he has facilitated various BPS events and acted as speaker coordinator at both Horizons and MAPS’ Psychedelic Science 2023 conference in Denver. He loves working with people who are searching for lives richer in meaning and purpose. You can follow him at his substack, Re-Enchantment

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Are you interested in learning how psychedelics can be helpful with addictive behaviors and patterns? Are you actively using psychedelics with this intention? This circle invites you into a space of peer-to-peer support.

It is common to struggle with some form of addictive behavior—whether that means dependency on substances like drugs and alcohol, or technology or compulsive mental patterns. In this circle, we will embrace vulnerability, keep our minds open, learn from each other, and practice non-judgmental listening.

The use of psychedelics as an aid in treating addiction has a history extending back to the 1960s. Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), himself believed that LSD might have a role in the recovery process. However, we live in a culture that shies away from open conversations about altered states of consciousness and experiences of addiction.

Together, we will move past stigmas and create a nurturing community for sharing and processing.

Arrival*:* In order to respect the circle, which begins with a set of agreements, please arrive at or before 7:00 pm. The facilitator will be unable to let anyone in who arrives more than 15 minutes late.

Donation*:* It takes lots of behind-the-scenes coordination to organize BPS events. This event has a suggested donation of $15. If you are unable to contribute, we still welcome you to attend; if you are able to contribute more, please consider doing so.

A shoutout to Zachary for facilitating, and a big shoutout to Cardea for providing the space!

***Please note: space is limited for this event. Please purchase a ticket here to reserve a spot.***

It’s no secret that psychonauts like to speculate about the nature of the universe. And with all the activity in the fields of neuroscience, physics, and psychedelics, it’s never been a more exciting time to explore the Big Questions. But where does all that conjecture meet the actual science?

Physicist Sohang Gandhi, Ph.D. and science teacher Henry Kandel team up to address this fundamental question. Through an entertaining presentation, small group exercises and a lively Q+A, we will point our intellects right at the heart of the mystery and ask: “What is consciousness and why would physics have anything to do with it?”

The name of the game is “no bullsh*t.” Using minimal jargon and no math, Dr. Gandhi and Henry Kandel will elucidate specific theories within modern physics and the current approaches to the science of consciousness. Specifically, they will discuss a recent framework that connects quantum mechanics to consciousness and the flow of time.

Join us if you want to:

• understand various metaphysical interpretations of quantum mechanics
• upgrade your bullsh*t pseudoscience detector
• discover possibilities about the physical meanings of a range of psychedelic experiences
• connect with other curious minds!

Dr. Sohang Gandhi has a PhD in theoretical physics and a lifelong interest in Eastern Mysticism. Henry Kandel is a teacher of physics, astronomy and yoga with a flair for explaining deep and difficult concepts. Their goal is to provide key answers even as they deepen our appreciation of what is not yet known–and what may be ultimately unknowable.

We hope you’ll join us on this adventure into mystery!