Psilocybin-assisted group therapy may help reduce depression and burnout among healthcare workers
Posted: 10/4/2025In a pilot study, physicians and nurses who took part in mindfulness training combined with psilocybin therapy experienced greater reductions in depression symptoms than those who practiced mindfulness alone, offering preliminary evidence for a new approach to burnout treatment.
Psychedelic Humanities and Knowledge Making
Posted: 10/3/2025Chacruna is glad to invite you for a conversation exploring the intersections of humanities education and psychedelic therapy. Just as psychedelic-assisted treatments seek to transform consciousness and support healing, the study of literature, art, and culture has long worked to expand imagination, build empathy, and help us grapple with social and political realities.
Psilocybin Rewire Brain Circuits Tied to Pain and Mood
Posted: 10/2/2025New research shows that psilocybin, the active compound in psychedelic mushrooms, can reduce both chronic pain and pain-related depression by modulating brain circuits rather than acting at the site of injury. In mouse studies, a single dose provided pain relief and mood benefits lasting nearly two weeks by targeting the anterior cingulate cortex.
Where Harm is Structural, Care is Revolutionary
Posted: 10/2/2025Metzineres, based in El Raval, Barcelona, is a feminist, harm reduction–focused cooperative supporting women and gender-expansive people who use drugs. It challenges punitive, stigmatizing policies by fostering community, autonomy, and mutual care while addressing structural violence rooted in patriarchy, capitalism, and prohibition. Its model merges advocacy, empowerment, and collective care to transform exclusion.
Psychedelic Culture 2026
Posted: 9/26/2025The Psychedelic Culture Conference brings together leading voices from around the world to explore the intersections of psychedelics with culture, community, and social change.
Press Release – Enrolling Now: Foundations of Plant Medicine Facilitation, Integration, and Ethics
Posted: 9/26/2025The Chacruna Institute’s Foundations of Plant Medicine Facilitation, Integration, and Ethics course (October 20–December 22, 2025) offers 10 weeks of live, online training. Designed for facilitators, guides, chaplains, and clinicians, it emphasizes ethics, intercultural respect, trauma-informed care, Indigenous traditions, and integration practices. Faculty include anthropologists, psychologists, somatic educators, and harm reduction specialists.
Press Release – Ecology, Spirituality, and Psychedelics Workshop from Chacruna
Posted: 9/24/2025Chacruna Institute’s Ecology, Spirituality, and Psychedelics workshop (October 6, 2025) explores justice-based, ecologically conscious healing models. Led by Jamie Beachy, Stephanie Michael Stewart, and Bia Labate, it integrates reciprocity, Indigenous wisdom, and eco-chaplaincy with psychedelic therapy. Participants examine planetary health, ecological grief, nature-immersive practices, and human–Earth interconnectedness in psychedelic care.
Course: Psychedelics 101 for Community Religious Leaders
Posted: 9/23/2025A collaboration between the Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines & Ligare, A Christian Psychedelic Society January 15–April 9, 2026 REGISTER HERE Do you wish you got into this event for […]
Press Release – Embrace Pleasure: How Psychedelics Can Heal Our Sexuality
Posted: 9/23/2025Based on Embrace Pleasure: How Psychedelics Can Heal Our Sexuality, Dee Dee Goldpaugh leads a 3-hour workshop exploring psychedelics, sexuality, trauma, desire, and empowerment. Participants will examine sexual healing, pleasure in discourse, policy impacts, integration tools, ethics, and community roles. The event targets therapists, educators, facilitators, and seekers of erotic liberation.
Press Release – Psychedelic Churches: From Legal Protections, to Ethics and Reciprocity
Posted: 9/22/2025The Chacruna Institute is hosting a virtual workshop, Psychedelic Churches: From Legal Protections to Ethics and Reciprocity, on October 1, 2025. Experts will discuss U.S. legal protections, key court cases, sincere religious belief, and ethical frameworks emphasizing reciprocity, cultural respect, and Indigenous perspectives. The event targets leaders, facilitators, advocates, and policy professionals.
Psychedelics Show Promise for Healing Concussions and Brain Injuries
Posted: 9/17/2025Traumatic brain injuries, including concussions, affect nearly 69 million people worldwide each year, yet treatments remain scarce. A new review highlights the potential of psychedelics such as psilocybin and 5-MeO-DMT to reduce harmful inflammation and enhance neuroplasticity after brain injury.
9/20 Magic Mushroom Day: The Movement That Won’t Stay Small
Posted: 9/16/2025Sociedelic Sociedelic - Psychedelic Society Community and News Cannabis has 4/20. LSD has Bicycle Day. Psilocybin mushrooms now have their own mark on the calendar: Magic Mushroom Day. What started quietly in small circles has become a cultural event that grows each year. From grassroots rallies and integration circles to memes, art, and academic conferences, this date now serves as a gathering point […] The post 9/20 Magic Mushroom Day: The Movement That Won’t Stay Small appeared first on Sociedelic.
Psychedelic Salvation: Inside the NFL's Radical Reckoning with Brain Trauma
Posted: 9/14/2025Forget the roar of the crowd. Forget the seismic crack of a perfect tackle. For a growing number of NFL veterans, the most haunting sound isn’t on the field it’s the silent, internal scream of a traumatized brain.
Psilocybin therapy linked to lasting depression remission five years later
Posted: 9/11/2025A treatment for depression involving just two doses of psilocybin may have effects that last for years. A new follow-up study found that two-thirds of participants were still in remission five years after their therapy, pointing to its potential durability.
Glow – The Magic Shroom Pill
Posted: 9/11/2025Sociedelic Sociedelic - Psychedelic Society Community and News There are times when mushrooms call us into the depths — heavy journeys filled with visions, questions, and echoes from the soul. And then there are nights when all we want is color, laughter, and that electric feeling of being alive. Glow, known as the Magic Shroom Pill, seems to lean toward the second path. […] The post Glow – The Magic Shroom Pill appeared first on Sociedelic.
Between East and West: Rediscovering Egypt’s Forgotten Psychedelic Psychiatry (1950s-1970s)
Posted: 9/8/2025A forgotten cache of LSD-25 in Cairo reveals Egypt’s overlooked role in early psychedelic psychiatry. Dr. Athanassios Kafkalides pioneered LSD-assisted therapy at the Greek Hospital (1960s–70s), integrating local culture and developing “autopsychognosia.” This discovery challenges Eurocentric histories, highlighting Egypt’s innovative contributions and offering lessons for culturally responsive psychedelic medicine today.
Single dose of psilocybin linked to lasting symptom relief in treatment-resistant depression
Posted: 9/8/2025A small pilot study found that a single 25 mg dose of psilocybin led to lasting reductions in depression symptoms among U.S. military veterans with treatment-resistant depression. Half were in remission after six months; 30% remained in remission at one year.
Last of the Peyoteros – Mauro Morales: In Memoriam
Posted: 9/4/2025Mauro Morales, a lifelong peyote picker and distributor in South Texas, supported Native ceremonies, shared folklore, and sustained his community. Mauro began picking peyote when he was a child and became a major licensed distributor in 1992, hosting ceremonies and fostering connections nationwide. Despite illness later in life, he continued his work until his 2022 passing.
Neuroscientists just rewrote our understanding of psychedelics with a groundbreaking receptor-mapping study
Posted: 9/1/2025A groundbreaking study has revealed that classical psychedelics affect far more than just serotonin. By mapping how 41 compounds interact with brain receptors, researchers challenge long-held assumptions and open new directions for psychedelic science and therapeutic development.
Alaska’s Natural Medicine Act Could Make It a North Star for Psychedelic Reform
Posted: 8/30/2025Alaska may vote in 2026 on the Alaska Natural Medicine Act to decriminalize certain psychedelics, regulate therapeutic use, and create a Traditional Use Council recognizing Indigenous practices. Advocates, inspired by Colorado’s model, aim to address addiction, mental health, and veterans’ needs while preserving Indigenous knowledge. The reform movement enjoys significant grassroots support.
Caring and Consciousness: The Role of Nurses in Psychedelic Assisted Therapy
Posted: 8/27/2025Join us for a conversation on the role of nurses in psychedelic-assisted therapy. As psychedelics find their place in healthcare, nurses bring a unique perspective, combining clinical knowledge, ethics, and compassionate care.
Single dose of psilocybin provides lasting relief from depression and anxiety in cancer patients
Posted: 8/27/2025Cancer patients with major depression experienced significant and long-lasting improvements after just one psilocybin session, according to new research. Two years later, many showed continued reductions in depression and anxiety, with some requiring no further treatment or medication.
Psilocybin and MDMA may reset fear-related brain-immune signaling, scientists find
Posted: 8/25/2025Psilocybin and MDMA may do more than alter perception. A study in Nature suggests they also reduce fear by targeting a newly identified immune-brain signaling loop, which becomes hyperactive under chronic stress and contributes to heightened fear responses.
Video and Media Support Internship (OPEN)
Posted: 8/19/2025We are seeking a creative, curious, and socially conscious storyteller to join our team as a Video and Media Support Intern.
Course: Foundations of Plant Medicine Facilitation, Integration and Ethics 2025
Posted: 8/18/2025October 20th – December 22nd, 2025, 10:30am-12pm PDT / 1pm-3pm EST REGISTER HERE Do you wish you got into this event for free? Become a Chacruna member and receive free or discounted access […]
Know Your Fungi: The Cosmic Family Tree Of Trippy Shrooms
Posted: 8/16/2025Let skip the long. We breakdown the different types of magic mushrooms that you would encounter. You'll get this even if your high.
Religious leaders become more effective after two supported psilocybin sessions
Posted: 8/7/2025A groundbreaking study has found that psilocybin can profoundly affect religious leaders, enhancing their spiritual lives and emotional well-being. Six months after two guided sessions, clergy from major world religions reported lasting positive changes in faith, mood, and leadership effectiveness.