Portland Psychedelic Society

Every Third Friday of the month at 5:15 pm
Taborspace Library Room

This community gathering invites people in recovery who are interested in, or currently integrating psychedelics into their healing practice.

We will discuss how psychedelics impact addictive behaviors and risks of relapse. We will explore relationships with altered states of consciousness, sobriety vs moderation, various recovery models, and systemic pressures leading to overconsumption and addictive tendencies. The purpose of the gathering is to be in dialogue about these topics and how they impact our relationship to self, others, substances and altered states.

While we’re not requiring everyone be sober or abstinent from all substances, we do ask that everyone attending the meeting not be engaging with whatever substance that triggers the addictive behavior. Our intention for this monthly gathering is for everyone to have a confidential and safe space where people are able to self manage and discuss openly. This group offers support for people who already have an active healing process around their addiction and are looking for a community to share it with and get support from.

About the Moderators:

Julio Iñiguez is a person in long term recovery from addiction. He works as a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in private practice supporting individuals and people in relationships as they navigate life beyond addiction. He practices ketamine assisted psychotherapy at Sequoia Center in Portland where he focuses on sitting with folks in addiction recovery as they embark on the process of psychedelic assisted therapy.

https://www.julioiniguez.com/

Elizabeth Hoke is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in California and Oregon who has over a decade of personal and professional experience with addiction recovery. She is dedicated to helping people in need receive mental health services through Liberation Institute where therapy is provided for all on a sliding scale. Elizabeth also works with Dr. Rosonke at Rainfall Medicine, sitting with patients as they explore their relationship with addiction through the use of ketamine and psychotherapy.

https://www.liberationinstitute.org/our-clinic/team/

This event is offered by donation; no one turned away for lack of funds.

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Portland Psychedelic Society (PPS) is a donation-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

We ask for a sliding scale donation of $0-$10 to attend this event. You are not required to pay and no one will be turned away. Cash, Card, PayPal and Venmo are accepted.

PPS Members: your seat is always free!

Visit our website for info about PPS memberships, volunteer opportunities, and much more.

Thanks for your participation and support!

This group is a general discussion, an enjoyable chat with our elders. It's widely attended by ages 50 - 80+. All biological ages are welcome.
We encourage inclusion, diversity, and equity-based participation.

Please post ideas for topics (in the comments, below) that may be of interest to elders who have used entheogens or who are interested in learning about the most current research, practices and protocols: the best suggestions may become topics for group discussion.

Join the live Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86202198737

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Portland Psychedelic Society (PPS) is a donation-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

We ask for a sliding scale donation of $0-$10 to attend this event. You are not required to pay and no one will be turned away. Cash, Card, PayPal and Venmo are accepted.

PPS Members: your seat is always free!

Visit our website for info about PPS memberships, volunteer opportunities, and much more.

Thanks for your participation and support!

About the Hosts:

Anthony Pleetanino is an Interfaith-Quaker chaplain and clinical supervisor at Fireside Project; the nation's first free psychedelic support hotline. His vocational work centers around the use of deep listening, narrative therapy, and creative ritual in order to help individuals and communities make meaning in the midst of life's transitions. He received his Master of Divinity from Starr King School for the Ministry, holds a certificate in spiritual direction from the Interfaith Chaplaincy Institute, as well as a certificate in psychedelic therapy and research from the California Institute for Integral Studies. He has served as a night attendant for a phase-3 MDMA trial conducted by MAPS, trained in the clinical facilitation of ketamine, and has written about the application of spiritual care assessment models within the context of psilocybin therapy.

Contact Anthony: apleetanino@gmail.com
Website: www.anthonypleetanino.com

Wendy Cliff is an Interfaith Chaplain who’s served in hospitals, retirement communities, a state prison, hospice, and trained & supported mentors in the foster care system. She’s a graduate of Seminary of the Wild where she immersed herself in environmentally based spirituality and practices, and she holds a Certificate in Trauma and Spiritual Care that guides her work serving people who live with the impacts of various personal, collective, and environmental traumas. Her Master of Divinity and identity as an Episcopal priest are related to her love of how story, ritual, and tangible things can bring us closer to mystery and meaning. Serving on the board of an interfaith council in the Bay Area was one of the favorite roles she’s ever had. A graduate of U. C. Berkeley’s Center for the Science of Psychedelics facilitator training program, she’s currently doing group and individual spiritual direction sessions with people wanting to incorporate practices with the natural world in their spiritual journey.

Contact Wendy: wendydcliff@gmail.com

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Portland Psychedelic Society (PPS) is a donation-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

We ask for a sliding scale donation of $0-$10 to attend this event. You are not required to pay and no one will be turned away. Cash, Card, PayPal and Venmo are accepted.

PPS Members: your seat is always free!

Visit our website for info about PPS memberships, volunteer opportunities, and much more.

Thanks for your participation and support!

Welcome to the Portland Psychedelic Society Men's Group

As students of the psychedelic domain, we understand that the situation of being in the world requires us to participate in culture in ways that promote interconnectedness and love. This is the consistent understanding these medicines carry with them. In contrast, the cultural message we often experience as men is one promoting insulation and emotional suppression. One of these messages is an invitation toward curiosity and furthering understanding; the other is a coaxing toward severance and self abandonment.

We know from being in touch with our basic humanness that a state of interconnectedness and love is a state of naturally thriving. We know from psychology that repressing that which desires to blossom from within degrades both psyche and physiology. We understand from being networked in relationships that when we’re living in a state of discontent, we radiate negativity to those in our circles of influence, which radiates outward from there.

From this understanding we can see how being told by culture to repress and isolate makes us sick, which leads to the perpetuation of sickness in the culture. We recognize that we must stop being agents of sickness in the cultural system. We must become agents of healing and regeneration. In order for us to become agents of healing for others, we must first heal ourselves, so we embody a position of healing in the world.

It is for this reason that this Men’s Support Group was formed. Those who have experienced psychedelic states know that, as agents of healing themselves, the psychedelic medicines allow us to face with openness the parts of ourselves that we typically close ourselves off to. In a container of safety, this attentive openness facilitates integration and healing. In the same way, by creating a safe container for men to explore the parts of ourselves that we don’t give enough attention to, we can facilitate healing in ourselves, and feed that healing forward throughout our families, communities, and the greater global consciousness. When we take the message of the psychedelic domain seriously and put it into practice, we each become what I call “the psychedelic man”.

The psychedelic man understands that the process of integration is a lifelong undertaking that imbues life with meaning. He speaks courageously, listens deeply, embraces humility, and approaches all issues with curiosity. He leads other men toward integration through wisdom, action, and firm but compassionate guidance. The psychedelic man looks at all beings as his brothers and sisters, and thereby takes responsibility for engendering the thriving of all beings. He looks to the entire ancestry of humanity as teachers. He looks to archetypal stories and myths rather than cultural trends for guidance. He understands that a system of support is a prerequisite for flourishing. He lives his purpose and undertakes only what is meaningful. The psychedelic man is the man the world is waiting for us to become.

If this writing speaks to you, or resonates with something deep within, join us at the next PPS Men’s Support Group meeting. We await your contribution.

–Keith
https://www.keithgilmore.com

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Portland Psychedelic Society (PPS) is a donation-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

We ask for a sliding scale donation of $0-$10 to attend this event. You are not required to pay and no one will be turned away. Cash, Card, PayPal and Venmo are accepted.

PPS Members: your seat is always free!

Visit our website for info about PPS memberships, volunteer opportunities, and much more.

Thanks for your participation and support!