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Hello all, I am new here but very grateful to be apart of this wonderful and awakened community and hope to contribute and continue to grow with it as it has helped me to learn and grow prior to becoming a member :D just to introduce myself and a little bit about me; I am 25 years of age, a multi instrumentalist, I am a keen Trich enthusiast, Lophs, Fungi, Natural medicines and medicinal herbs, I support the EGA, I am fascinated with spiritual and metaphysical exploration, A student and acolyte to the sacred plants, fungi and spirits, I am deeply enveloped within my sacred garden and my sacred works, which include deeper and more extensive works with trichs, Acacia, Fungi, Herbal medicinal teas and tinctures and much more... Id love to hear from anyone that's interested in similar fields and exchange knowledge and possibly resource's I will be making the road trip over to the EGA next December and have an interest/intention of meeting any fellow members from SA that are willing as I know of very few and would love to see the community over here progress and share on a face to face level as we have greater strength in numbers and by coming together im gathering a handful of friends I have that are on the same page to journey with me but it would be great to meet some new people that are making the effort to travel from SA and possibly meet up there or here before hand as we will hopefully be camping there for the event, Im keen to strengthen the community here in SA and would love to hear from any like minded members thankyou and peace to you all.

Hey SAB alumni There been a lot of rumors about the future and the next not-for-profit Entheogenesis Australis (EGA) psychedelic symposium (conference/gathering) and I was hoping to answer some of those questions with this post, and additionally ask a question of all of you at the same time. The purpose of this post was to confirm that the next EGA conference will take place on the 8-11 of December 2017. It will be announced officially in the coming weeks and we would love your support getting the word out there amongst the community. It will be on an altogether new site with a slightly different set up and idea than any that has taken place before. The main conference space will be outdoors and there will be camping on site. The event will cover a diverse range of fields from the botanical, academic, and philosophical, to arts and drug law reform. The event is going to be a hybrid between the classic outdoor and the more academic indoor events with the site having one indoor lecture space so we can display PowerPoint presentations throughout the day during lectures. The new location is stunning and situated 2 hours drive from Melbourne CBD and airport. So place a hold in your diary’s now and please start spreading the word around the plant head community. Now to my main question. We are working over the initial headliner invitations and I was hoping to get input from SAB crew for a choice of headliner nominees. If you have a suggestion for an international headliner speaker you would like us to consider please let us know now so I can shortlist them at our programming meetings in the coming weeks. We will be opening up applications for speaker submission at the start of next year where anyone can apply for a place on the program; we get hundreds of applications for this but feel free to also throw down some local names down but identify them as local please. So for the most part here I am really just asking who you would love to see in oz for the coming EGA from overseas as this take a lot of early orginizing. Its best to not nominate anyone over 65 as they simply do not like traveling. If people could also add a web page or link to people work, that would be helpful for us. Hey we can only ask and try right ;-) If your reading this post and think what the hell is EGA? Well EGA is a not-for-profit association that exists to create a supportive environment to foster mature, open discussion about psychoactive plants and chemical. Cheek out our web page and YouTube channel or FB page to answer that question further: http://www.entheogenesis.org https://www.youtube.com/entheotv http://facebook.com/EGA.plant.org The SAB community was the birthplace of EGA and we are proud of that and just how strong the entheogethic and psychedelic community has become in Australia. Please feel free to suggest who you would most like to see down under and on the program and we will try and approach the lead contender/s and see if we can make it happen. Fill free to add a line here also about why you like or support EGA as it might help newbies better understand the event/gathering. As always thanks for your support over the last 12+ years everyone. Kind regards RonnySimulacrum http://www.entheogenesis.org

The Entheogenesis Australis Symposium will present over 20 lectures and discussion panels featuring an array of renowned international and Australian speakers. The symposium's aim is to bring together diverse and engaging scientific and cultural perspectives on exploring consciousness through psychoactive substances. The program draws on botany, pharmacology, therapy, psychology, anthropology, politics, law, art and more, to provide a realistic context of the role drugs and altered states play in today's world. For a decade, EGA has provided a major meeting place for ethnobotanical enthusiasts and specialists in Australia to share information and celebrate community. International Guests Dr Bia Labate - Ayahuasca Shamanism Beyond the Amazon Dr Geoff Noller - Ibogaine Treatment for Opioid Dependence in New Zealand Dr Vendula Belackova - New Psychoactive Substances Tanea Paterson - Psychedelic' Substance Journeys From ‘Underground’ Into Mainstream Therapy Grant Hall - (Panel) Drug Law Reform: What Does Regulation Look Like? Australian Presenters Dr Alex Wodak AM - The current status of medicinal cannabis in Australia Dr David Caldicott – On the topic of Drug Treaties Fiona Patten - The New Social Tonics, the Bastard Children of Prohibition PRISM Inc. - The Road to Psychedelic Research in Australia Alex Gearin – Organic and the Inorganic in Ayahuasca Visions Andrew McMillen - Can you be too Honest about your own Drug Use? Rak Razam - Full Spectrum Consciousness DanceWize - Sex, Drugs, and Harm Reduction Torsten Wiedemann - Analysis of ethnobotanical constituents Des Tramacchi - Religious Dimensions of Entheogen Use Nen - Acacia - Spiritual And Cultural Significance Michael Bock - Kava, The Herb of Tranquility Genevieve Sinclair - Paint, Glue and Deodorant: Drugs of choice? Ray Thorpe - 'Knee-jerk' anti-psychoactive laws Richard Haridy - Psychedelics On Film: An Illustrated Journey Carl Turney - America's Drug Culture in the 60s and 70s Tim Payne - Life after Entheogens Discussion panels, Facilitator and topics Steve McDonald - The Rise Of La Madre: Ayahuasca Beyond The Amazon Nick Wallis - Drug Law Reform: What Does Regulation Look Like? To see the full program info click here: http://www.entheogenesis.org/speakers Altered states of consciousness have long been a fundamental part of human culture, and as our world becomes increasingly fast-paced, alternative modalities are becoming ever more significant and consciously explored. If you’ve ever asked yourself: “has the ‘war on drugs’ created more problems than it has tried to solve?” or “is MDMA really a more dangerous drug than alcohol?” – then EGA is the place for you. Get tickets now: http://www.entheogenesis.org/tickets View the EGA web page http://www.entheogenesis.org View the EGA Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/EGA.plant.org View the Facebook event page: