Interfaith Integration Circle

We are a non-dogmatic listening circle centered around the mystical/religious aspects of people’s psychedelic experiences. Our intention is to provide a group process for witnessing anyone who wishes to share an experience for which they’d like support, recognition, understanding, and/or empathy.

We welcome people of all faith traditions, and those with none at all, who are looking to make meaning out of their psychedelic experiences. Given the strife and discord in our world, we believe building community across difference is a path to peace. Our practice is to create safe space to tap into the spiritual wisdom and resources that each person already contains.

The core values of this Circle include:

• Trust and learning from silence
• Sacred hospitality: we practice deep listening with openness to the presence of the Mystery within ourselves and each other
• Respect: we affirm the inherent worth and dignity of all people including differing faiths, ages, genders, cultures, races, and sexual orientations
• No proselytizing
• No fixing, correcting or advising
• Confidentiality and trust-building since sensitive issues might be explored

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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