RonnySimulacrum

We will get a more formal post up soon, however, If you have an interest in having a market stall at the event email [email protected]

If it's ok, I be paying for mine with Blood ;-) So yes I have one also, see you there Darklight

The trial is a result of much long and hard work from people in this very community, PRISM was at the forefront of making this trial happen but it's getting little coverage as not to fracture the debate in the public eye too much. Prism was founded directly from the 2010 EGA conference/workshop and has been working to make tr. So yes, amazing news and achievement.

Good, you can come down Infinity, Yes, it's not located in the city this time for a couple of reasons, largely as we wished to make the tickets more affordable. I could suggest for those looking for accommodation the venues around the same distance from the CBD and the Dandenong ranges and some of the coastal towns, so maybe think about treating yourself and stay somewhere nice why you're down, like the hills or the coast ;-) But Yes, if you stay local to the event you can sleep in and walk, so that would be cool also ;-)

I place an event thread up but EGA Garden States Early bird tickets on sale now - click here for more info

Haha, yes, they sure are, I will place a post in events on SAB now. Might be wise to get in before we post it on the social network tomorrow ;-) See you plants heads there ;-) We have tried hard to make the tickets as affordable as possible, but PM me if you have real hardship and I do what I can if your from this forum.

Haha, Nice one Yeti101 The event should be announced next week so stay tune for more info. ;-)

Afternoon, thanks everyone for the feedback on this important subject, I received a couple of PM on the matter also, so we have a short list going now ;-) Feel free to keep the dialogue open on this, as each suggestion has been good so far. It probably going to be hard to work out the next move, as there a lot of rich knowledge with the fantastic recommendations so far. I am excited

Hey Humbolt, yes good news indeed about the upcoming Garden States event. EGA hope to be able to share more about this event soon. One thing I can say is EGA very keen to support plant and seed sellers with market stalls. So if your run and Ethnobotanical plant or related stall we love to make contact, maybe PM me but I try to get a call out post together in the next couple of weeks. But yes be sure to mark the date in your calendar if you are able to get to Melbourne that weekend.

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Squidgygoanna Q - When is the next Conference A - As volunteers, a conference like this takes around 2 years to set up, so probably the next big EGA will be late 2020. Crop Thanks for your kind words brother, make sure you join the EGA mailing list and subscribe to the YouTube channel to stay up to date on EGA content and events. Try click this link if you wont to know more about EGA and please consider supporting the homegrown Australian project.

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Mark Pesce - Last Days of Reality

Today we're releasing a lecture by David Nickles from the DMT-Nexus at the Entheogenesis Australis Psychedelic Symposium, titled ‘The Future of Unsanctioned Psychedelic Research’. David has been a vocal presence in the psychedelic community of late and this lecture will give you a deeper understanding of his views. The lecture also has important comments from prominent research advocates Rick Doblin and Ben Sessa in the Q&A. The talk focuses on some of the research the underground community has been engaging in and why, as well as explores some of the more controversial topics and possible 'shadow' sides to sanctioned research. For example, David asserts that while sanctioned research is incredibly important to the current psychedelic paradigm, it is equally important to consider the social, economic, political, and legal factors that influence the content and viability of these efforts. David raises some critical questions for consideration around the mainstreaming of psychedelic research, and outlines some of the challenges ahead.

‘Seeding Ground’ - A community gathering to share entheogenic seeds, plants and botanical knowledge. This is a small survey to gauge interest for an Entheo camp-out or weekend away over the regular Entheogenesis Australis (EGA) event weekend in December later this year. EGA generally takes place in the first full weekend in December. However, it’s not on every year and certainly not on this year or next year. We're proposing a botanical community camp out on the same weekend on the years the large-scale EGA is not on and also building on the old SAB plant meets, camp outs (and recent tribute weekend for Andy) The ‘Seeding Ground’ gathering would be focused on fostering local psychedelic talent and bringing the community together, and return the attention to botanical based discussion and knowledge sharing. It would be a DIY BYO style event where you can camp out, bring food and snacks for mind and body to share with others, and enjoy the weekend with friends and like-minded people without too much formal activities. We know affordability is an issue, So our hope is to still gather in a much more affordable and low-key manner geared towards community and plant sharing in a space where participants can all camp, share plants, food, and bring any strange and wonderful art structures themselves and participate how they wish and help activate the space. The gathering would not be trying to be a serious conference style event (Like EGA) or a Party but focus more around connection and sharing. Current thoughts for the cost of the event would consist of camping and site fees estimated to be around $55, and a per-person registration donation of approximately $30 towards common area shared setup and equipment and running costs an a small amount of food for the light banquet. People could also use the onsite cabin facilities if they want something a little more comfortable at an extra cost. The camping fee gives you access to all the onsite facilities (eg. water, hot showers, some cooking facilities, a pool and waste management) and keep the setup and work needed down to a minimum. If by chance there were any remaining funds, they would simply roll on to the next year's camping event. Then on an EGA year, it will be the Psychedelic Symposium. We hope people will continue to show their support for our special home-grown conference and come along to the much bigger production and large-scale conference event. Please use the survey to let us know your thoughts, as we will need to get the ball rolling now if we wish to make this happen this year or next. If you like what’s proposed here and wish to help out not just attend, please PM and Me. As the EGA team could do with a little rest and I love the help of SAB head to make this one come to life. Love and Light RonnySimulacrum

Hey everyone, thanks to the couple of kind people that messaged me about this one and showed their support. Sorry for the late update but I have been doing some work in the background. Sadly we have had some setbacks as the camping ground I selected and that we used last EGA just had a change in management and I am not feeling good about us all going there now. So we have lost that site for now. I scouted out another potential option at a friends property but sadly the land is not flat, has neighbours too close by and doesn't have enough usable space for us to all go. So we are back to square one. I am unsure if anyone in this community has a good property for such a gathering or knows of something we might utilize around Vic/SA/NSW. On the home front, my father is about to lose his battle with cancer and leave my mum alone on a small hobby farm 2 hours from the city. Realistically my focus for the year has been and is about to completely shift to the key issues at hand for my family. I will email everyone that has shown some interest in this project and see what people want to do, maybe we just have to put it off until next year and then try again. But if someone had a good property or access to an appropriate site that is really is the main thing so please speak up if you do. After that, we can all set up camp and have a good old community catch up. My original idea is too big for me to push at this time and I'm happy to just go camping in a nice place in the trees. Sadly I am no longer in a position to take the lead on all this as I had hoped but is would sure be nice to see the camp out weekend come together. Respectfully RS

Hey SAB friends, this is the first content from the last EGA to hit the stands, thanks to all the EGA supporters that made this all possible. Very special plant head panel and presentation right here.

Ok, I have been MIA, but hell I needed it. This year has been very challenging for me personally to date due to unforeseen circumstance and sadly is likely to be very challenging for me yet. So I am putting it out there I would love to see this camping trip happen but I have limited energy and time for projects at the moment. I love some help from other members of the community on this one if they would like to see it happen. So thanks for those that have PM me already offering to get involved. I am starting a small email list (maybe a slack.com account) to get this thing happening to spread the workload and allow people to interact and contribute. If you wont to help on the project please PM me your name and email address and I will work out the best way to get things going from here. I called the Caravan park again today and are trying to confirm the date proposed (Nov 20 - Monday 3rd of Dec). It fair to say that most of the EGA crew worked there bottoms of last year (some like myself 2 years straight to get the event together) so I keen to get new people involved to help pull this one together and give the crew a respectful rest. I feel the best approach is to start off the first year small and see how it all goes from there, maybe my original idea was a little bold and we need to build up to that ;-) Respectfully RS ;-)

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