In five years… Church of Ambrosia has amassed 106,000 members across its two locations in Oakland and San Francisco. Ambrosia members pay $10 to join and $5 to enter the church… granting them access to church sacraments… magic mushrooms… It is thought there are now anywhere between 200 and 2,000 psychedelic churches in the US…
…if you’re a middle-aged-ish parent who finds themselves, consciously or subconsciously, deconstructing all the things society has taught us to value, while at the same time grappling with growing children who no longer look to us for all the answers and whom we can no longer protect from the social toxins that are seeping into…
A new study shows that the use of psilocybin, a compound found in the widely known “magic mushrooms,” initiates a pattern of hyperconnectivity in the brain linked to the ego-modifying effects and feelings of oceanic boundlessness. The findings, appearing in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging… In one of the first brain imaging studies in…
The Church of the Eagle and the Condor (CEC) is the first non-Christian church to receive protection for its spiritual practices regarding Ayahuasca. Also, this is the first time in history a church’s right to import and share its sacrament has been secured without going to trial. …has settled its lawsuit with the U.S. Department…
The Church of Ambrosia, a self-described “psychedelic church,” announced it will be providing support services on Hippie Hill Saturday, “cancellation or not.” …the church said it would be partnering with local Haight Ashbury merchants and nonprofit groups to provide a basic “safety net” of services like water, medical aid, portable toilets, and trash pickup. Original…
[USA]… an Easter sermon… panels focused on psychedelic spirituality… …the Church of Ambrosia has grown to 106,000 members who pay a monthly $5 fee to be able to buy magic mushrooms… in its churches… is a nondenominational, interfaith organization… it began providing and selling magic mushrooms as a sacrament in 2019. Original Article (San Francisco…
Treatments have confirmed the therapeutic efficacy of psychoactive substances such as LSD and THC… but the debate about their relationship with consciousness has only just begun… there is overwhelming evidence that consciousness is not a product of the human brain. Although the brain has to do with consciousness, it in no way generates it. In…
Steve Urquhart, a former Republican state representative who started The Divine Assembly church with his wife, Sara, unpack[ed] a psilocybin, or magic mushroom, grow kit in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. Urquhart’s church uses psilocybin as sacrament and is selling kits so others can grow their own sacrament. The federal Drug Enforcement…
U.S. Magistrate Judge Stanley A. Boone disagreed with Merrick Garland on all counts. “The court finds plaintiffs have sufficiently alleged a genuine threat of imminent prosecution … and this supports the conclusion that plaintiffs have demonstrated standing,” the judge states. “The court finds plaintiffs have sufficiently alleged a genuine threat of imminent prosecution … and…
Court documents defending Soul Tribes signed by Cannabis Cannabis Counsel attorney Thomas Lavigne argue “Soul Tribe’s free exercise of religion was adversely afffected by the unlawful search warrant executed by the City of Detroit Police Department and this subsequent nuisance abatement action pursued on behalf of the City.” They continue, “Michigan follows the Religious Freedom…
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