RonnySimulacrum
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It's getting cold in Melbourne now, Sub are poping; maybe we need an indoor meet around a fire this winter; anyone got a cool property
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Here a much better story - Changing Minds
The remarkable story of a woman taking part in Australia's first psychedelic-assisted therapy trial. For Lindy Bok, it's a profound and deeply emotional experience as the treatment helps her confront anxiety around death.
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Yes, this is a hard one, Psychedelics are no longer fringe topics, and our community is being showcased for good or for bad. We need to be ready for more of this as the TGA decision has the media working on Psychedelics stories left, right and centre.
Liam has done a lot of good work for the community, and a couple of us gave an interview for the book (that this chapter was lifted from); sadly, the use of our words fell beyond our control as the media often does. We thought is was a book for plant nerds not the major media spaces, but that life, sadly.
Attention is a good and bad thing; even on a bad day I think Liam has a better voice generally for the community than many out there. Liam has volunteered much of the last 10 years of his life trying to help this space, however, he is very much still learning like we all are. This situation could have been better on many front and i not just talking about Liam here, even myself, i made mistakes around this, and need to live with that.
It's a balance between trying to show we are good people and we have good gardens and good wellness stories and the media diving in like vultures on our community and gardens.
The chapter in question here was Liam chapter was his own story, associated with his work with us, but not a direct part of his role with EGA. At EGA we generally do not do media. We rather focus on making our own content, and self-publishing. This has again made us think hard about the next time we do or will.
I support Liam and his work more generally, I feel he is an asset to the community and I know he released a statement on that matter, so I recommend reading that as part of this discussion.-
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EGA has a special playlist for this Sub mushroom season - Psilocybin mushrooms in Australia: From ID to Therapy
Emerging research around psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy, drug law reform, ecological sustainability, harm reduction and mycological research all intersect with the needs and values of our ethnobotanical community.
Enjoy this playlist at the myceliating edge of psychedelic fungi. Featuring Dr Vince Polito, Dr Shevaugn Johnson, Dr Symon Beck, journalist Rich Haridy (TBC), mycologist Caine Barlow, Horticultural Science Alistair Mctaggart.
Click the below link for all the videos
Psilocybin Mushrooms in Australia: From ID to Therapy
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About EGA.
Entheogenesis Australis is a charitable educational organisation established in 2004. We provide opportunities for critical thinking and knowledge sharing on ethnobotanical plants, fungi, nature, and sustainability. Through our conferences and workshops, we aim to celebrate the culture, art, politics and community around medicine plants in the hope to better wellbeing for humankind and the planet.
To find out more about what we do, head over to our organisational website - www.entheogenesis.orgAlso, head to the conference website for more info - www.gardenstates.org
Be sure to stay up to date by joining ethnobotanical our mailing list HERE
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I know that people do not read this much copy anymore, but I translate...
Free and half-price EGA streaming tickets (why they last) if you actually read the above post......
WE LOVE SAB
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I so taking out ambulance gold for the afterparty
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----- Garden States Hardship Offer ------
Our community entirely funds EGA, and we've got to cover costs, but we also want the community to be with us for our upcoming conference. Through the generous support of the Nimbin Mardi Grass Protestival and Psychedelic Research in Science and Medicine, we're excited to announce a limited release of free and discounted conference tickets to tell your friends if you like them to attend.
If you cannot afford a ticket at full price, we can help at a 50% discount ($75)? If you can’t afford a ticket at 50% off, then the free ticket offer is for you. We trust you will do what is right and posible for your situation.To redeem this offer, please make sure to select an 'Online Saver' ticket. This ticket includes all three days of Livestream content, a digital 2022 EGA Journal and four months' ongoing access to the Livestream content.After selecting an 'Online Saver' ticket, click book now and enter your ticket details on the following screen and your payment details on the screen. On the right of the payment details screen, you will see a field labelled "GIFT CERTIFICATE / PROMOTION CODE."
Remember, these discounts are primarily for people experiencing hardship.
The hardship code for 50% off this ticket is: 50ONEGA (if you can afford $75)
The hardship code for 100% off this ticket is: FREEGA100 (Free Tickets Limited to 50)
Kind regards
Entheogenesis Australis (EGA) Team - Planting seeds for the earth, body and mind
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----- Garden States Hardship Offer ------
Our community entirely funds EGA, and we've got to cover costs, but we also want the community to be with us for our upcoming conference. Through the generous support of the Nimbin Mardi Grass Protestival and Psychedelic Research in Science and Medicine, we're excited to announce a limited release of free and discounted conference tickets to tell your friends if you like them to attend.
If you cannot afford a ticket at full price, we can help at a 50% discount ($75)? If you can’t afford a ticket at 50% off, then the free ticket offer is for you. We trust you will do what is right and posible for your situation.To redeem this offer, please make sure to select an 'Online Saver' ticket. This ticket includes all three days of Livestream content, a digital 2022 EGA Journal and four months' ongoing access to the Livestream content.After selecting an 'Online Saver' ticket, click book now and enter your ticket details on the following screen and your payment details on the screen. On the right of the payment details screen, you will see a field labelled "GIFT CERTIFICATE / PROMOTION CODE."
Remember, these discounts are primarily for people experiencing hardship.
The hardship code for 50% off this ticket is: 50ONEGA (if you can afford $75)
The hardship code for 100% off this ticket is: FREEGA100 (Free Tickets Limited to 50)
Kind regards
Entheogenesis Australis (EGA) Team - Planting seeds for the earth, body and mind
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Well here we are less than 10 days out and is almost completely sold out in person, I hope I will be seeing you and many other SAB folks there
It's going to be a fantastic plant geek of a weekend
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On 15/11/2022 at 1:58 PM, budgie said:Sadly my partner can no longer make it, so I've got a full-price, general admission ticket for Garden States which I'll sell at a discount. Cost me $279. Sell for $229, which is even less than concession price. They're also showing as "sold-out", on & off. Please message me your mobile no. if you're interested. Looking forward to this event, and to meeting some of you all!
If you can not find a seller, they let do a partial refund for an online ticket. If you like to stay home and tune in, or If you are busy that weekend you can watch it all later.
But yes if someone looking to pick up your ticket you can change the name over easy, just ask [email protected]
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On 1/11/2022 at 7:18 AM, simhanada said:Hey Ronny, I filled out a volunteers form last week but didn’t get any kind of confirmation email so not sure it went through. Are you still looking for people to help out?
Hey Budgie, did they get back to you? I think they're looking for around 2 more volunteers - Try emailing [email protected]
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Yes this is really important to support folks; we would love your help
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Coming up fast, I know there are a lot of SAB crew in town for this, but will you put your hand up?
Who is in town from SAB for EGA?
Now with an afterparty on the Sunday night - https://www.trybooking.com/CDBUC
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Drugs are always being used in new ways. We need new harm reduction strategies to respond. In this episode of the Microdose webcast, we will consider the evolution of two important harm reduction strategies – drug analysis (AKA pill testing) and drug combination displays.Wednesday 28 September 2022 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM (UTC+10) AEST
Registrations for the Microdose Webcasts are free, but donations are encouraged to support EGA's important work.
With your host, Nick Wallis.
Episode Synopsis
CanTEST is Australia’s first Government supported fixed site for pill testing and is now operating for free use by the public in Canberra. In this episode, Associate Professor McLeod will reveal the early results of the CanTEST testing pilot, including what drugs people are testing with the service, challenges faced and plans for the future. Professor McLeod will also review the development of pill testing in Australia and around the world.
Drug combination displays helps people who use drugs, pharmacologists and healthcare practitioners collaborate and share specialist knowledge to anticipate the risk of consuming a particular drug combination. Inspired by Tripsit’s Guide to Drug Combinations chart, EGA have recently released the Entheogen Combination Matrix, which lists common, natural sources of psychoactive substances along two axes of a graph. The intersection of substances on each axis is coded to signify the risk of consuming that plant, fungi, and/or animal combination. In this episode, Dr Liam Engel will explain how the Entheogen Combination Matrix was developed and implications for the future of harm reduction.
Bio: Associate Professor Mal McLeod
Associate Professor Mal McLeod works at the Australian National University. His research interests include medicinal chemistry and the development of new chemical and analytical technologies to study drug metabolism. He is the chemistry lead for Pill Testing Australia and CanTEST. Professor McLeod was awarded a Churchill Fellowship in 2020 to study drug checking services in Europe and has just returned from a six week tour of these services throughout Netherlands, Portugal and Austria. Mal uses caffeine and alcohol (but not combined!) as his drugs of choice.
Bio: Liam Engel
Dr Liam Engel is a drug science researcher and communicator. He is a research fellow at Edith Cowan University's School of Medical and Health Sciences. Liam's passion is illicit drugs, particularly the areas of harm reduction, psychedelics, ecology, internet and reform. His unique perspective draws on skills in health and medicine, communications and social sciences, as well as botany and horticulture.
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Sadly not responses, well can that idea then.
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Hi folks
As many of you know, at EGA we been making some nice Ethnobotanical videos. This content is for our community via our webcast and YouTube channel - EntheoTV
Examples
Well for a project I am working on with EGA we need access to a good cactus collection with lots of good specimens. Old, new and intreating.
if you can help it would probably mean Myself, Maybe Liam and a Camera person coming to your collection. We will keep your garden a secret and not film anything you do not wish us to, close ups are what we are looking capture for the most part.
If you can help me PM please, as we are keen to get the footage and any support from the community to do this would be fantastic.
Kind regards
Ronny EGA
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Yes, so looking forward to in person catch ups, make sure if your travelling interstate you make a good 3-4 day weekend of it
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We all know think we know the fly agaric mushroom, but do we really? This mushroom is still shrouded in mystery and feared by many.
Amanita muscaria is the archetypal magic mushroom, appearing everywhere from illustrated children's books, Christmas cards, and garden ornaments to felt representations in community markets. It also carries many myths, representing dark, potent journeys to light, humorous episodes of transformation - from Christian fertility rituals, the Soma of the Rig Veda, the Viking beserkers, Santa Claus and Alice in Wonderland.
Bio: Caine Barlow Caine Barlow is a Mycologist and Fungi Educator based in Melbourne, Australia. He gives regular talks on mycology, fungi conservation, and teaches gourmet mushroom cultivation. He is a member of the Australian organisations Entheogenesis Australis, MYCOmmunity Applied Mycology, The Australian Psychedelic Society, and the Entheome Foundation.
Caine started foraging for mushrooms in the early 1990's, and started cultivating gournet fungi in the mid 2000's. He did his Bachelor of Science at the University of Tasmania, and a Master of Science at the University of Melbourne where his research project was based around Conservation Mycology.
In addition to fungi, Caine has had a long term interest in ethnobotany, ethnobotanical literature, and growing medicinal plants - in particular Cacti and Acacias. He writes for DoubleBlind and ThirdWave, is a “Trusted Identifier” on The Shroomery, and a moderator on many Facebook fungi groups. Caine posts regularly on his Instagram, @guerrillamycology, sharing adventures from cultivation, foraging, and ethnomycology, to interesting observations from his home lab.
Contact: caine(AT)entheogenesis.org
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We have some great news! If you’re thinking of coming to EGA Garden States 2022 and want somewhere to land your UFO, you’re in luck. There are now options to camp out under the trees and stars alongside other plant-loving friends whilst attending the conference. We’ve arranged a campground in the Dandenong Ranges for the exclusive use of conference attendees. Read below for more about this special offer and book your campsite.
Enhance your Garden States 2022 experience by immersing yourself in nature for the duration of the conference amongst the good company of your entheogenic tribe at Condor’s Nest. The campground is independently run by the Condor’s Nest team, giving our crew and community a chance to connect and reflect.
Condor’s Nest is situated on a 7-acre property in the Dandenong Ranges with campsites, a creek, hot showers, a kitchenette and a large, undercover, multi-level space where the online components of Garden States 2022 will be streamed.
Learn more about Condor’s Nest camping.
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In the old days, Caine hang out here on SAB with us
Now, every-time I try to call him, I just get his fucking agent or PA
Caine, You have changed man, CAINE, CALL ME BACK
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EGA Webcast - Ketamine-assisted Psychotherapy + The Fly agaric
The 16th Microdose Webcast will explore the therapeutic benefits of ketamine-assisted psychotherapy and psychedelic integration. There will also be a second segment the Fly agaric magic mushroom (Amanita muscaria).
Registrations for the Microdose Webcasts are free, but donations are encouraged to support EGA's important work.Episode Synopsis
The literature on ketamine-assisted psychotherapy has found the psychedelic effects of ketamine to be of therapeutic benefit when adequate psychotherapeutic support and integration are provided following ketamine treatment. Integration is a key component of the psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy model. Come along to our webcast presented by Dr. Shevaugn Johnson and Meg Wilson to learn about the evidence-based applications of ketamine and meta-analyses which compare a single infusion of ketamine to placebo/active placebo for the treatment of major depressive disorder and bipolar depression.
The field of psychedelic assisted therapy which also includes ketamine assisted therapy has existed only for a short time in the field of western medicine. Learn about different therapeutic approaches, psychedelic integration and what a clinical ketamine experience may feel like. There will also be a short Q&A on the night.
In Addition there will also be a second segment on the flyer agaric Mushroom with mycologist Caine Barlow. Amanita muscaria is the archetypal magic mushroom, appearing everywhere from illustrated children's books, Christmas cards, and garden ornaments to felt representations in community markets. It also carries many myths, representing dark, potent journeys to light, humorous episodes of transformation - from Christian fertility rituals, the Soma of the Rig Veda, the Viking berzerkers, Santa Claus, and Alice in Wonderland.
Bio: Eternity Hausen (CEO and Founder)
Eternity Hausen founded Enlighten Mental Health in 2020. Passionate about making a meaningful contribution to the mental health landscape in Australia, Eternity left the Army to create Australia’s first online practice offering Psychedelic Integration services. Eternity served 15 years in the Australian Defence Force working in national security and is now a reservist.
Eternity also consults to Reset Mind Sciences, with Dr. Stephen Bright, and Dr. Renee Harvey. Reset Mind Sciences is the first Australian company to be granted a licence to grow psilocybin containing mushrooms in Australia.
With experience in both public and private sectors, Eternity has worked on military acquisition projects and was a part of the Australia’s first air to air refuelling capability project.
Bio: Dr Shevaugn Johnson (Clinical Psychologist)
Dr Shevaugn Johnson is originally from Canada, where she trained as a surgical and mental health nurse and obtained a bachelor’s degree in psychology with honours. In 2016 Dr Johnson was awarded the Flinders International Postgraduate Research Scholarship to study a Doctorate Degree in Clinical Psychology. She specialised in the research of body dysmorphic disorder, winning two higher degree research publication awards. Throughout the completion of her Doctorate, Dr Johnson developed a special interest in the use of psychedelics to alleviate mental health problems. Drawing upon a Canadian database, she is currently collaborating with North American researchers to replicate a 2015 population-based study, which found that lifetime use of classic psychedelics predicted lower suicidality and psychological distress.
Dr Johnson has also published case reports of individuals who reported to have benefited from their use of psychedelics and is currently working on a protocol for a psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy trial in South Australia. Dr Johnson has extensive experience working with diverse mental health populations, including post-traumatic stress disorder, personality disorders, and substance use disorders. She is a strong advocate for the dissemination of education surrounding the safe use of psychedelics and hopes to continue working with like-minded individuals who recognise the transdiagnostic potential of these medicines.
Bio: Meg Wilson
Meg was originally born in the United States and migrated to Australia in 2008 to begin studying at Monash University where she completed a bachelor's degree of visual and contemporary art with a special interest in art for social change.
In 2016 Meg graduated from Latrobe University with a Master’s of Art Psychotherapy and began a 4-year stint as a group therapist for adults in a psychiatric day-program. There she trained as part of a team facilitating dialectical behavioural therapy programs. It was there that she developed an interest in psychedelic-assisted therapy for treatment resistant mental health conditions.
She is also an author and advocate for inclusion of diverse cultures, race, genders, sexuality and relationship-styles. Meg is passionate about providing a space for clients to make informed choices about the use of psychedelics and to feel empowered to author their own life story.
Bio: Caine Barlow
Caine Barlow is a Mycologist and Fungi Educator based in Melbourne, Australia. He gives regular talks on mycology, fungi conservation, and teaches gourmet mushroom cultivation. He is a member of the Australian organisations Entheogenesis Australis, MYCOmmunity Applied Mycology, The Australian Psychedelic Society, and the Entheome Foundation.
Caine started foraging for mushrooms in the early 1990's, and started cultivating gournet fungi in the mid 2000's. He did his Bachelor of Science at the University of Tasmania, and a Master of Science at the University of Melbourne where his research project was based around Conservation Mycology.
In addition to fungi, Caine has had a long term interest in ethnobotany, ethnobotanical literature, and growing medicinal plants - in particular Cacti and Acacias. He writes for DoubleBlind and ThirdWave, is a “Trusted Identifier” on The Shroomery, and a moderator on many Facebook fungi groups. Caine posts regularly on his Instagram, @guerrillamycology, sharing adventures from cultivation, foraging, and ethnomycology, to interesting observations from his home lab.
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From SAB and EGA Member Caine Barlow :-)
If you enjoy EGA's content, we invite you to join us in-person or online for our upcoming Garden States Conference www.gardenstates.org
Also See this Active Mushroom Video Playlist -
If you are foraging for culinary or medicinal species being able to identify the fungi you find is essential - if you are foraging for fun, the journey becomes more meaningful knowing what you are looking at. This video is an introduction to various aspects of identification to help you identify the species of mushrooms that take your interest. From climate and habitat, to features of the mushroom, the cap, the gill attachment, and how to use a key. We also cover some Ethnomycological research literature and the best books for beginners in the field.
Some species also have poisonous lookalikes that are important to be able to identify, knowing how to study and identify the distinguishing characteristics can help determine whether a fungus is suitable for your basket and your risotto or can be left alone growing in its habitat.
-- Bio Caine Barlow -- Caine Barlow is a Mycologist and Fungi Educator based in Melbourne, Australia. He gives regular talks on mycology, fungi conservation, and teaches gourmet mushroom cultivation. He is a member of the Australian organisations Entheogenesis Australis, MYCOmmunity Applied Mycology, The Australian Psychedelic Society, and the Entheome Foundation.
Caine started foraging for mushrooms in the early 1990's, and started cultivating gournet fungi in the mid 2000's. He did his Bachelor of Science at the University of Tasmania, and a Master of Science at the University of Melbourne where his research project was based around Conservation Mycology.
In addition to fungi, Caine has had a long term interest in ethnobotany, ethnobotanical literature, and growing medicinal plants - in particular Cacti and Acacias. He writes for DoubleBlind and ThirdWave, is a “Trusted Identifier” on The Shroomery, and a moderator on many Facebook fungi groups. Caine posts regularly on his Instagram, @guerrillamycology, sharing adventures from cultivation, foraging, and ethnomycology, to interesting observations from his home lab. Contact: caine(AT)entheogenesis.orgAlso See this Active Mushroom Video Playlist -
If you enjoy EGA's content, we invite you to join us in-person or online for our upcoming Garden States Conference www.gardenstates.org-
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Entheogen Combination Matrix
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While we know of people who have consumed coca leaf and kratom without experiencing harm, a core design principle for the matrix is being risk averse. As Needfulalterego has mentioned, a core risk for opioid and cocaine combinations is of effects masking one another, which can lead to increased dosage and unintended overdose.
While it is unlikely for people to lethally overdose with plant material, some people may use the entheogen combination matrix to understand the risk of concentrated plant products. Extracted coca leaf and extracted kratom carry a greater chance of overdose. This is our reasoning for categorising the risk of kratom and coca combinations in this way.
If you have any studies or other good sources of info we should use to review this assessment, pass it on.