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    Entheogen Combination Matrix

    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.
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    Meet up: Melbourne

    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
  3. 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. https://iview.abc.net.au/video/NC2302Q013S00
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    Sacred gardening in the media

    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.
  5. 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 --- 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.org Also, 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
  6. Garden States - David Holmgren • Keeper Trout • Janet Lawrence • Douglas Rushkoff • Margaret Ross • Keeper Trout • Alison Pouliot • Renee Harvey • The Seed SistAs • Snu • John Seed Martin Williams & many more... View the Program and much more via the website View EGA 2022 Garden States Timetable A Three Day Forum for Cultivating Ethnobotanical Plants, Research, Knowledge and Community Book Tickets Join us for a Three Day Forum for Cultivating Ethnobotanical Plants, Research, Knowledge and Community. Australia’s renowned botanical and psychedelic conference, Garden States 2022 is taking place from December 2nd - 4th and is a hybrid event, so you can attend either in-person or via live streaming. With over 35+ hand-picked speakers, 12 workshops and 4 discussion panels, this will be a weekend to remember. Featuring Dr Margaret Ross, David Holmgren, Snu Voogelbreinder, Dr Alison Pouliot, Karen Hitchchock, Lynette Wallworth and John Seed, to name just a few of our fantastic in-person contributors. Streaming speakers include Douglas Rushkoff, Keeper Trout, Mark Pesce, The Seed SistAs and many more important plant minds. We hope you can join us to get your hands dirty and learn how to grow and share ethnobotanical plants from the experts. Participate in citizen science and meet like-minded botanical folk from across Australia. The in-person conference gathering will be composed of around thirty lectures, twelve workshops and five discussion panels that have been curated to help you along the journey to plant seeds for earth, body, and mind. Garden States 2022 will offer much more than even our most enthusiastic ethnobotanical friends could have hoped. With that in mind, we hope to see you all at this extraordinary event and wish you, your family, and your communities the best over the coming months. Book Tickets After Party Info Here
  7. ----- 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 www.entheogenesis.org www.gardenstates.org
  8. 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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    GARDEN STATES - Ethnobotanical Conference - Dec 2-4 2022

    I so taking out ambulance gold for the afterparty
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    GARDEN STATES - Ethnobotanical Conference - Dec 2-4 2022

    ----- 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 www.entheogenesis.org www.gardenstates.org
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    GARDEN STATES - Ethnobotanical Conference - Dec 2-4 2022

    View EGA 2022 Garden States Timetable
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    EGA Raffle tickets now on sale!

    This is looking amazing, everyone - The prize Pool is here - https://gardenstates.org/ega-raffle/
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    GARDEN STATES - Ethnobotanical Conference - Dec 2-4 2022

    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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    GARDEN STATES - Ethnobotanical Conference - Dec 2-4 2022

    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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    GARDEN STATES - Ethnobotanical Conference - Dec 2-4 2022

    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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    EGA Raffle needs donations!

    Yes this is really important to support folks; we would love your help
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    GARDEN STATES - Ethnobotanical Conference - Dec 2-4 2022

    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
  18. 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 www.gardenstates.org www.entheogenesis.org
  19. Episode Nineteen - Front line harm reduction: Pill testing and entheogenic combinations Book Now 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. Book Now
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    Peyote Porn in Melbourne (or greater vic)

    Sadly not responses, well can that idea then.
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    GARDEN STATES - Ethnobotanical Conference - Dec 2-4 2022

    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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    Caine Barlow - Amanita muscaria Video

    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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    GARDEN STATES - Ethnobotanical Conference - Dec 2-4 2022

    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.
  24. 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 - Click Here 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.org Also See this Active Mushroom Video Playlist - Click Here 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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    EGA VIDEO - How to Identify Fungi - A beginners Guide

    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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