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Hamilton Morris is a medicinal chemist who conducts research on new psychedelics at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, as well as the creator and director of the documentary series Hamilton's Pharmacopeia.
For more information check out this article on Vice TV
Hamilton Morris is a medicinal chemist who conducts research on new psychedelics at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, as well as the creator and director of the documentary series Hamilton's Pharmacopeia.
For more information check out this article on Vice TV
Alleged to have produced 90% of the world's LSD," he is a former drug policy fellow at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, research associate in neurobiology at Harvard Medical School, and deputy director of the Drug Policy Analysis Program at UCLA. With two life sentences without parole, he served 20 years in maximum security federal prisons, and was released in 2020.
His book "The Rose of Paracelsus" - written in pencil while imprisoned - is available in English now, and will be published in Italian in 2022 by Mondadori (Milan) and by Synergetic Press (US). His 1996 prediction of the fentanyl epidemic, and recommendations for prevention, was confirmed by RAND. Currently he is a senior advisor, scientific advisory boards, of JLS Fund LP and PsyGen."
Alleged to have produced 90% of the world's LSD," he is a former drug policy fellow at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, research associate in neurobiology at Harvard Medical School, and deputy director of the Drug Policy Analysis Program at UCLA. With two life sentences without parole, he served 20 years in maximum security federal prisons, and was released in 2020.
His book "The Rose of Paracelsus" - written in pencil while imprisoned - is available in English now, and will be published in Italian in 2022 by Mondadori (Milan) and by Synergetic Press (US). His 1996 prediction of the fentanyl epidemic, and recommendations for prevention, was confirmed by RAND. Currently he is a senior advisor, scientific advisory boards, of JLS Fund LP and PsyGen."
He is a self-taught artist.
He discovered psychedelics in 1962.
He discovered psychedelics again and again,
He decided there had to be such a thing as psychedelic art. 1964
He climbed a tree with Tim Leary to discuss business
He founded the first gallery of Psychedelic Art in the world in 1965.
He began working as a self-taught painter in 1965.
He had his first one man show in 1966.
He is a self-taught artist.
He discovered psychedelics in 1962.
He discovered psychedelics again and again,
He decided there had to be such a thing as psychedelic art. 1964
He climbed a tree with Tim Leary to discuss business
He founded the first gallery of Psychedelic Art in the world in 1965.
He began working as a self-taught painter in 1965.
He had his first one man show in 1966.
Rhoney Stanley lived and worked side by side with Owsley Stanley, one of the earliest chemists of psychedelics, who produced the purest LSD, as proven by spectrometry. She was one of his lab assistants. Also helping him with his pioneering work in sound for the Grateful Dead, she initiated the Tuesday Night Jam at the Carousel Ballroom, bringing together musicians from many bands to form "jam bands." Together they raised a son, Starfinder. Rhoney graduated from UC Berkeley and Columbia University with a dual degree-DDS and MPH. She practiced holistic orthodontics for 40 years and recently moved from the Woodstock, NY area, to Northern California. She is the author, with SNL Humorist Tom Davis, her best pal, of Owsley and Me: My LSD Family. Many times, she has presented at the Pop Culture Conference, as part of the Grateful Dead Scholars Caucus, focusing on the role of women in the Grateful Dead and the counterculture.
Rhoney Stanley lived and worked side by side with Owsley Stanley, one of the earliest chemists of psychedelics, who produced the purest LSD, as proven by spectrometry. She was one of his lab assistants. Also helping him with his pioneering work in sound for the Grateful Dead, she initiated the Tuesday Night Jam at the Carousel Ballroom, bringing together musicians from many bands to form "jam bands." Together they raised a son, Starfinder. Rhoney graduated from UC Berkeley and Columbia University with a dual degree-DDS and MPH. She practiced holistic orthodontics for 40 years and recently moved from the Woodstock, NY area, to Northern California. She is the author, with SNL Humorist Tom Davis, her best pal, of Owsley and Me: My LSD Family. Many times, she has presented at the Pop Culture Conference, as part of the Grateful Dead Scholars Caucus, focusing on the role of women in the Grateful Dead and the counterculture.
Timothy Tyler was imprisoned from August 3, 1992 to August 30, 2018 for LSD and cannabis, and pardoned by President Obama from a life sentence. Tim’s intention was never money but to help people expand their consciousness and become more loving. Now that he is free, he is promoting education about eating clean food and living a conscious life, through story, film, and gathering with people at music festivals. His future plans may involve becoming a “minister” of peace, communication, and love, teaching how one can reach a state of awareness and connection, without drugs.
Timothy Tyler was imprisoned from August 3, 1992 to August 30, 2018 for LSD and cannabis, and pardoned by President Obama from a life sentence. Tim’s intention was never money but to help people expand their consciousness and become more loving. Now that he is free, he is promoting education about eating clean food and living a conscious life, through story, film, and gathering with people at music festivals. His future plans may involve becoming a “minister” of peace, communication, and love, teaching how one can reach a state of awareness and connection, without drugs.
Seth Ferranti is an ex-con filmmaker who did 21 years in federal prison for a first-time, nonviolent LSD/cannabis offense. He earned three college degrees in prison, including a master’s, wrote 22 books on gangsters, drug lords, and prison gangs, founded a publishing house and website, Gorilla Convict, and started a career as a journalist writing for VICE, Penthouse, and others. After being released he started making films. He wrote and produced WHITE BOY, which is currently on NETFLIX. He currently has numerous projects in production and development.
Seth Ferranti is an ex-con filmmaker who did 21 years in federal prison for a first-time, nonviolent LSD/cannabis offense. He earned three college degrees in prison, including a master’s, wrote 22 books on gangsters, drug lords, and prison gangs, founded a publishing house and website, Gorilla Convict, and started a career as a journalist writing for VICE, Penthouse, and others. After being released he started making films. He wrote and produced WHITE BOY, which is currently on NETFLIX. He currently has numerous projects in production and development.
San Francisco Bay Area, the Mediterranean of the West, has nurtured its own world-changing cultural renaissance, always placing a premium on imagination, ideas, innovation, and risk-taking, with practicality, business development, and publicity/marketing/branding left to the likes of New York and London. So it should come as no surprise that the birthplace of the countercultural sixties, San Francisco, has for years boasted the world’s first (yet little-known) LSD museum dedicated to archiving any and all material evidence of the effects of this vision-inducing chemical on cultural production. The visionary behind this “Institute of Illegal Images” is one Mark McCloud, a photographer, sculptor, painter, art teacher, amateur comedian, and the preeminent collector of LSD blotter paper art (he owns an estimated 33,000 sheets of paper bearing miniature artworks). His archive also includes a collection of LSD license plates, rare periodicals, and books having to do with psychedelia, surgical instruments, apothecary bottles, paintings, posters, antiques—the list goes on and on. He has had several art shows of his LSD blotter art, most recently at Ever Gold Gallery in San Francisco. Sadly, Mr. McCloud has twice (1993, 2001) had to prove to a judge and jury that he collects and makes art, not LSD.
San Francisco Bay Area, the Mediterranean of the West, has nurtured its own world-changing cultural renaissance, always placing a premium on imagination, ideas, innovation, and risk-taking, with practicality, business development, and publicity/marketing/branding left to the likes of New York and London. So it should come as no surprise that the birthplace of the countercultural sixties, San Francisco, has for years boasted the world’s first (yet little-known) LSD museum dedicated to archiving any and all material evidence of the effects of this vision-inducing chemical on cultural production. The visionary behind this “Institute of Illegal Images” is one Mark McCloud, a photographer, sculptor, painter, art teacher, amateur comedian, and the preeminent collector of LSD blotter paper art (he owns an estimated 33,000 sheets of paper bearing miniature artworks). His archive also includes a collection of LSD license plates, rare periodicals, and books having to do with psychedelia, surgical instruments, apothecary bottles, paintings, posters, antiques—the list goes on and on. He has had several art shows of his LSD blotter art, most recently at Ever Gold Gallery in San Francisco. Sadly, Mr. McCloud has twice (1993, 2001) had to prove to a judge and jury that he collects and makes art, not LSD.
Carolyn Mountain Girl Garcia "lived" the Sixties. She was on the great psychedelic bus, Furthur, with the Merry Pranksters, and played a major role in the Acid Tests running the tape decs and feedback loops. She joined Ken Kesey's fugitive adventures in Mexico, and was married to Jerry Garcia. In the early seventies, she wrote a best-selling book, "Primo Plant," a guide to growing cannabis, and currently has another book in the works. Mountain Girl has served on the boards of the Rex Foundation and the Women's Visionary Congress, and has supported SEVA, MPP, and Furthur Foundation.
Carolyn Mountain Girl Garcia "lived" the Sixties. She was on the great psychedelic bus, Furthur, with the Merry Pranksters, and played a major role in the Acid Tests running the tape decs and feedback loops. She joined Ken Kesey's fugitive adventures in Mexico, and was married to Jerry Garcia. In the early seventies, she wrote a best-selling book, "Primo Plant," a guide to growing cannabis, and currently has another book in the works. Mountain Girl has served on the boards of the Rex Foundation and the Women's Visionary Congress, and has supported SEVA, MPP, and Furthur Foundation.
Project Manager, MAPS Zendo Project
Ryan received his B.A. in Psychology from Claremont McKenna College and spent 10 years mentoring at-risk teens and families through wilderness survival skills and nature connection. His passion for community connection, the environment, and intrapersonal healing continued with his involvement in permaculture, natural building, and ancestral grief rituals. As a volunteer with the Zendo Project since 2013, Ryan has had the opportunity to connect and expand the scope of psychedelic harm reduction in communities and festivals all over the globe. As the Zendo Project Manager, he integrates his skills in psychology, design, and community engagement. When he isn’t on the road with the Zendo Project, Ryan can be found at his home in Boulder, CO enjoying the great outdoors, experimenting with sustainable technology, and designing websites, logos, and sacred geometry art.
Project Manager, MAPS Zendo Project
Ryan received his B.A. in Psychology from Claremont McKenna College and spent 10 years mentoring at-risk teens and families through wilderness survival skills and nature connection. His passion for community connection, the environment, and intrapersonal healing continued with his involvement in permaculture, natural building, and ancestral grief rituals. As a volunteer with the Zendo Project since 2013, Ryan has had the opportunity to connect and expand the scope of psychedelic harm reduction in communities and festivals all over the globe. As the Zendo Project Manager, he integrates his skills in psychology, design, and community engagement. When he isn’t on the road with the Zendo Project, Ryan can be found at his home in Boulder, CO enjoying the great outdoors, experimenting with sustainable technology, and designing websites, logos, and sacred geometry art.
Madison Margolin is the co-founder and editorial director of DoubleBlind, a media company and education platform at the forefront of the rapidly growing psychedelic movement. As a working journalist based between New York and Los Angeles, Margolin has covered psychedelics, cannabis, drug policy, Jewish culture, and spirituality for a variety of publications including Playboy Magazine, Rolling Stone, Nylon, VICE, LA Weekly, High Times, Tablet, and others. A graduate of Columbia Journalism School and UC Berkeley, Margolin has traveled everywhere from pot farms in the Emerald Triangle to the shores of the Ganges River, and all over Israel-Palestine, exploring the role of plant medicine in religion, mental health, and conflict resolution. She got her start in journalism with a column on cannabis at the Village Voice, after having lived in south Tel Aviv working with Eritrean refugees. With more than 8 years of experience covering cannabis and psychedelics, Madison has spoken on topics like social equity, cannabis feminism, drug journalism, and so forth at conferences like SXSW, Horizons: Perspectives in Psychedelics, Digital Hollywood, the Association of Alternative New Media, the American Society of Journalists and Authors, Pepperdine's Cannabis Law Symposium, and more.
Madison Margolin is the co-founder and editorial director of DoubleBlind, a media company and education platform at the forefront of the rapidly growing psychedelic movement. As a working journalist based between New York and Los Angeles, Margolin has covered psychedelics, cannabis, drug policy, Jewish culture, and spirituality for a variety of publications including Playboy Magazine, Rolling Stone, Nylon, VICE, LA Weekly, High Times, Tablet, and others. A graduate of Columbia Journalism School and UC Berkeley, Margolin has traveled everywhere from pot farms in the Emerald Triangle to the shores of the Ganges River, and all over Israel-Palestine, exploring the role of plant medicine in religion, mental health, and conflict resolution. She got her start in journalism with a column on cannabis at the Village Voice, after having lived in south Tel Aviv working with Eritrean refugees. With more than 8 years of experience covering cannabis and psychedelics, Madison has spoken on topics like social equity, cannabis feminism, drug journalism, and so forth at conferences like SXSW, Horizons: Perspectives in Psychedelics, Digital Hollywood, the Association of Alternative New Media, the American Society of Journalists and Authors, Pepperdine's Cannabis Law Symposium, and more.
William Semins, known as Hawk, met Owsley Stanley dancing at a Grateful Dead show and his life was never the same. A student at Princeton in literature and writing and a member of the Wrestling Team, he became an international lawyer, specializing in anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, global ethical supply chain risk, and corporate sustainability. Owsley introduced Hawk to his son, Starfinder, and together they established the Owsley Stanley Foundation, an all- volunteer non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and releasing “Bear’s Sonic Journals.” Hawk serves as OSF’s Executive Producer of music releases, which have included a diverse array of artists from Johnny Cash to Ali Akbar Khan.
William Semins, known as Hawk, met Owsley Stanley dancing at a Grateful Dead show and his life was never the same. A student at Princeton in literature and writing and a member of the Wrestling Team, he became an international lawyer, specializing in anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, global ethical supply chain risk, and corporate sustainability. Owsley introduced Hawk to his son, Starfinder, and together they established the Owsley Stanley Foundation, an all- volunteer non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and releasing “Bear’s Sonic Journals.” Hawk serves as OSF’s Executive Producer of music releases, which have included a diverse array of artists from Johnny Cash to Ali Akbar Khan.
James McConchie is a Mycology educator, psychedelic decriminalization advocate, and the owner of the Haight St. Shroom Shop in San Francisco CA. James has been working locally and internationally since 2018 on psychedelic decriminalization, Mushroom cultivation systems, and small business development. Known as “Myco-MacGyver” on instagram or "Myco-James" on the Clubhouse app. He is a Partner and father, High School wrestling coach, and former Sr. QA Engineer and Program Manager in Silicon Valley.
James McConchie is a Mycology educator, psychedelic decriminalization advocate, and the owner of the Haight St. Shroom Shop in San Francisco CA. James has been working locally and internationally since 2018 on psychedelic decriminalization, Mushroom cultivation systems, and small business development. Known as “Myco-MacGyver” on instagram or "Myco-James" on the Clubhouse app. He is a Partner and father, High School wrestling coach, and former Sr. QA Engineer and Program Manager in Silicon Valley.
Mitchell Gomez is a graduate of New College of Florida (whose Alumni included the founders of Erowid, MAPS and the Zendo Project), and has his Masters from CU Denver. Mitchell joined Dancesafe as their National Outreach Director in 2014, and he was promoted to Executive Director in March of 2017. He is on the advisory council of PsychSems, is a Harm Reduction Consultant at the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, has volunteered with the Burning Man organization, SSDP and other small harm reduction projects for many years, and is a passionate advocate for reality-based drug policy and harm reduction.
Mitchell Gomez is a graduate of New College of Florida (whose Alumni included the founders of Erowid, MAPS and the Zendo Project), and has his Masters from CU Denver. Mitchell joined Dancesafe as their National Outreach Director in 2014, and he was promoted to Executive Director in March of 2017. He is on the advisory council of PsychSems, is a Harm Reduction Consultant at the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, has volunteered with the Burning Man organization, SSDP and other small harm reduction projects for many years, and is a passionate advocate for reality-based drug policy and harm reduction.
Simone “Star” Weit is a visual artist and licensed therapist based in Nevada City, California and Portland, Oregon specializing in both somatic and psychedelic assisted therapy. Simone has completed the MDMA Assisted Therapy training through MAPS and has also received training in Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy through the Polaris Insight Center. Simone has also had experience providing somatic therapies to clients at the Iboga Therapy House in British Columbia, and experience working as a supervisor for the Zendo project. She is currently employed with Synthesis Institute as content advisor and learning mentor for their psilocybin practitioner training program. Simone also has over 20 years working with and learning from Maestros in Peruvian plant medicine traditions, developing and teaching a trauma informed yoga program for incarcerated girls and women, and multiple years of combined experience in service to children and elders throughout the world.
When she is not directly supporting others in their processes of healing, Simone is also a visual artist seeking to communicate diverse human experience, themes of social justice, and traces of the ineffable through the language of visual art. Because her art often depicts members of indigenous and marginalized communities, Simone donates a portion of her proceeds to raise funds to directly support these communities. Simone is a member of the Tribe 13 artist's collective and has displayed her art in numerous galleries and festivals throughout California as well as the Yerba Buena Center for The Arts in San Francisco. She has also published a children’s book titled "The Magic Key," of which she is both the author and illustrator. Simone views her primary work in this world to be a path of service and self-growth, and her art is a symbolic representation of this healing journey.
http://www.simoneweit.com Therapy
Simone “Star” Weit is a visual artist and licensed therapist based in Nevada City, California and Portland, Oregon specializing in both somatic and psychedelic assisted therapy. Simone has completed the MDMA Assisted Therapy training through MAPS and has also received training in Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy through the Polaris Insight Center. Simone has also had experience providing somatic therapies to clients at the Iboga Therapy House in British Columbia, and experience working as a supervisor for the Zendo project. She is currently employed with Synthesis Institute as content advisor and learning mentor for their psilocybin practitioner training program. Simone also has over 20 years working with and learning from Maestros in Peruvian plant medicine traditions, developing and teaching a trauma informed yoga program for incarcerated girls and women, and multiple years of combined experience in service to children and elders throughout the world.
When she is not directly supporting others in their processes of healing, Simone is also a visual artist seeking to communicate diverse human experience, themes of social justice, and traces of the ineffable through the language of visual art. Because her art often depicts members of indigenous and marginalized communities, Simone donates a portion of her proceeds to raise funds to directly support these communities. Simone is a member of the Tribe 13 artist's collective and has displayed her art in numerous galleries and festivals throughout California as well as the Yerba Buena Center for The Arts in San Francisco. She has also published a children’s book titled "The Magic Key," of which she is both the author and illustrator. Simone views her primary work in this world to be a path of service and self-growth, and her art is a symbolic representation of this healing journey.
http://www.simoneweit.com Therapy
Mariavittoria Mangini PhD FNP, known to beloved campers and counselors at Camp Winnarainbow, as Nurse Hidden Mountain, has been a maverick in the responsible use of entheogens for healing from the start of the Psychedelic Revolution, transforming from a barefoot patient at the Haight Ashbury Free Clinic to chair of its Board of Directors. Maria was the nurse practitioner in the office of Frank Lucido MD, a pioneer in the medical use of cannabis movement who was one of the first to implement the California Compassionate Use Act of 1996. Thousands of patients with serious and painful illnesses were evaluated for legal cannabis recommendations during the twenty years that Dr. Frank and Maria supported patients in their use of medical cannabis, years prior to the open policy that now exists. Presently, Maria is an adjunct Professor at CIIS. Her new project is developing a Thanatology program for the study of death and dying.
Mariavittoria Mangini PhD FNP, known to beloved campers and counselors at Camp Winnarainbow, as Nurse Hidden Mountain, has been a maverick in the responsible use of entheogens for healing from the start of the Psychedelic Revolution, transforming from a barefoot patient at the Haight Ashbury Free Clinic to chair of its Board of Directors. Maria was the nurse practitioner in the office of Frank Lucido MD, a pioneer in the medical use of cannabis movement who was one of the first to implement the California Compassionate Use Act of 1996. Thousands of patients with serious and painful illnesses were evaluated for legal cannabis recommendations during the twenty years that Dr. Frank and Maria supported patients in their use of medical cannabis, years prior to the open policy that now exists. Presently, Maria is an adjunct Professor at CIIS. Her new project is developing a Thanatology program for the study of death and dying.
Andrew Penn is a psychiatric nurse practitioner who came of age between the hippies and the ravers, was told by Nancy Reagan to say no to drugs, while at the same time was reading Aldous Huxley’s The Doors of Perception. A first trip to Burningman in 1998 was a pivotal moment for him and a few years later, he trained as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner at UCSF, where he now serves as an Associate Clinical Professor. He is part of the TrPR (Translational Psychedelics Research Program) Lab which worked on the MAPS/MDMA Study of PTSD, the Usona/psilocybin facilitated therapy for depression, and studies the benefit of psychedelic treatment for people with Parkinson’s disease. He co-founded the Organization of Psychedelic and Entheogenic Nurses OPENurses.org. For fun, he recently spoke at SXSW, and is attending his 19th burn this summer.
Andrew Penn is a psychiatric nurse practitioner who came of age between the hippies and the ravers, was told by Nancy Reagan to say no to drugs, while at the same time was reading Aldous Huxley’s The Doors of Perception. A first trip to Burningman in 1998 was a pivotal moment for him and a few years later, he trained as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner at UCSF, where he now serves as an Associate Clinical Professor. He is part of the TrPR (Translational Psychedelics Research Program) Lab which worked on the MAPS/MDMA Study of PTSD, the Usona/psilocybin facilitated therapy for depression, and studies the benefit of psychedelic treatment for people with Parkinson’s disease. He co-founded the Organization of Psychedelic and Entheogenic Nurses OPENurses.org. For fun, he recently spoke at SXSW, and is attending his 19th burn this summer.
Niko Summers is a fifth-generation herbalist and comes from a long line of root workers and midwives. He became fascinated by fungi while studying their medicinal properties. In 2020, Niko founded Native Mushrooms, a mycolNikosummersogy company that cultivates rare and medicinal species. When not studying herbs or fungi, Niko likes to go foraging in the woods or spend time in his garden. He is a Native San Franciscan, where he still lives with his dog. Find him on Instagram @nativemushrooms.
Niko Summers is a fifth-generation herbalist and comes from a long line of root workers and midwives. He became fascinated by fungi while studying their medicinal properties. In 2020, Niko founded Native Mushrooms, a mycolNikosummersogy company that cultivates rare and medicinal species. When not studying herbs or fungi, Niko likes to go foraging in the woods or spend time in his garden. He is a Native San Franciscan, where he still lives with his dog. Find him on Instagram @nativemushrooms.
Ellen Bradley, MD (she/her) is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at UCSF, staff physician at the San Francisco VA Medical Center (SFVAMC), and associate director of the UCSF Translational Psychedelic Research (TrPR) Program. Ellen conducts clinical research to understand the effects of psychoactive drugs and how they might be developed as treatments for people living with schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, chronic pain, and other neuropsychiatric disorders. She also serves as a physician in the movement disorders clinic and the ketamine clinic at SFVAMC. In her spare time, Ellen runs trails around the Bay and misses New York pizza.
Ellen Bradley, MD (she/her) is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at UCSF, staff physician at the San Francisco VA Medical Center (SFVAMC), and associate director of the UCSF Translational Psychedelic Research (TrPR) Program. Ellen conducts clinical research to understand the effects of psychoactive drugs and how they might be developed as treatments for people living with schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, chronic pain, and other neuropsychiatric disorders. She also serves as a physician in the movement disorders clinic and the ketamine clinic at SFVAMC. In her spare time, Ellen runs trails around the Bay and misses New York pizza.
During her undergraduate years, Jen Christian studied East-West psychology and learned how Buddhist practices such as mindfulness meditation facilitated healing and personal growth. Since then, she has been a mindfulness practitioner for a decade with a background in Vipassana meditation and non-dual contemplative practices. Mindfulness meditation transformed her life, relationships, and work in so many ways. It continues to inspire her and inform the healing work she does with others.
During her undergraduate years, Jen Christian studied East-West psychology and learned how Buddhist practices such as mindfulness meditation facilitated healing and personal growth. Since then, she has been a mindfulness practitioner for a decade with a background in Vipassana meditation and non-dual contemplative practices. Mindfulness meditation transformed her life, relationships, and work in so many ways. It continues to inspire her and inform the healing work she does with others.
Brian Chambers is a collector, curator, and owner of The Chambers Project based in Grass Valley, CA. In 1995 Chambers started his art collection with the purchase of the Albert Hofmann signed copy of the 50th Anniversary of the MAPS produced conference celebrating Bicycle Day in 1993 and ever since he has continued to collect as much psychedelic art and memorabilia as possible. Brian has built long standing relationships with Godfathers of the scene such as Ralph Steadman, Roger Dean and the Estate of Rick Griffin while also working with contemporary titans of the ever expanding psychedelic scene. Chambers is widely known for his patronizing work with the Furtherrr Collective crew of collaborators Mars-1, Oliver Vernon, Damon Soule, David Choong Lee and Nome Edonna and in 2012 he commissioned Mars-1 and Alex Grey to collaborate and paint live at Bicycle Day in San Francisco. The iconic work that was created is now celebrating its 10 year anniversary and will be displayed in the art gallery onsite at the event.
Brian Chambers is a collector, curator, and owner of The Chambers Project based in Grass Valley, CA. In 1995 Chambers started his art collection with the purchase of the Albert Hofmann signed copy of the 50th Anniversary of the MAPS produced conference celebrating Bicycle Day in 1993 and ever since he has continued to collect as much psychedelic art and memorabilia as possible. Brian has built long standing relationships with Godfathers of the scene such as Ralph Steadman, Roger Dean and the Estate of Rick Griffin while also working with contemporary titans of the ever expanding psychedelic scene. Chambers is widely known for his patronizing work with the Furtherrr Collective crew of collaborators Mars-1, Oliver Vernon, Damon Soule, David Choong Lee and Nome Edonna and in 2012 he commissioned Mars-1 and Alex Grey to collaborate and paint live at Bicycle Day in San Francisco. The iconic work that was created is now celebrating its 10 year anniversary and will be displayed in the art gallery onsite at the event.
Harry Tsvi Strauch, aka Tsvi Deer, and his wife, Hyla, opened the third shop of psychedelic paraphernalia, In Gear, in the Haight Ashbury July, 1966, and then bought the house on the same street as the Grateful Dead’s 710. He and Hyla were considered the Mayors of the Haight. True hippie businessmen, with Ron Thelin, who ran The Psychedelic Shop, they formed a business association called HIP (Haight Independent Proprietors). Tsvi was also co-founder of the Council for the Summer of Love. Tsvi attended UC Berkeley undergraduate and got a graduate degree in Philosophy from Harvard for graduate study in Philosophy at the same time that Timothy Leary was at Harvard running the Psilocybin Project. Tsvi is the executive producer of the film, Luminous Procuress, a psychedelic erotic art movie, featuring the Cockettes. He was also part of the Psychedelic Rangers who produced the Human Be-In January 14, 1967, in Golden Gate Park. Now, Tsvi plays psychedelic music in Future Flash and Star Wind, sells art, and thinks for a living.
Harry Tsvi Strauch, aka Tsvi Deer, and his wife, Hyla, opened the third shop of psychedelic paraphernalia, In Gear, in the Haight Ashbury July, 1966, and then bought the house on the same street as the Grateful Dead’s 710. He and Hyla were considered the Mayors of the Haight. True hippie businessmen, with Ron Thelin, who ran The Psychedelic Shop, they formed a business association called HIP (Haight Independent Proprietors). Tsvi was also co-founder of the Council for the Summer of Love. Tsvi attended UC Berkeley undergraduate and got a graduate degree in Philosophy from Harvard for graduate study in Philosophy at the same time that Timothy Leary was at Harvard running the Psilocybin Project. Tsvi is the executive producer of the film, Luminous Procuress, a psychedelic erotic art movie, featuring the Cockettes. He was also part of the Psychedelic Rangers who produced the Human Be-In January 14, 1967, in Golden Gate Park. Now, Tsvi plays psychedelic music in Future Flash and Star Wind, sells art, and thinks for a living.
Carlos is the child of an indigenous farmer from rural Jalisco and a powerful and loving Mexican woman who raised three children as a single parent. He grew up surrounded by struggle, but also by a loving Chicano/Mexican community that taught him how to stand upright in the face of adversity.
At seven, the death of a family member introduced him to the paradox of zero and the infinite. He spent the next 40 years trying to reconcile this contradiction where the universe is infinite, but death looms
large over our personal narratives. Several mushroom and ayahuasca journeys in 2018 and 2019 enabled him to reconcile this seeming contradiction, overcome childhood trauma, and discover his
healing path.
From 1989 to 1993, Carlos studied biology and anthropology at UCLA to understand the mechanisms of
life. In 1993, He lived with the Achuar of Ecuador to connect with the sacred. From 1993 to 1995, he studied Environmental Science at Yale to understand the human impact on Earth’s ecosystems.
Upon graduating from Yale with a Master’s in Environmental Science, he came to a fork in the road: pursue a prestigious resume or hit the streets and become an organizer. He chose the latter. To learn the tools of creating social change, he worked as a community organizer in the 1990s. To learn the tools of legislating and political organizing, he worked as a congressional aide, chief of staff to a councilmember, and ran political campaigns throughout the 2000s.
Today Carlos builds housing in Oakland, which keeps him grounded, while volunteering as Chair of the Board of the Decriminalize Nature, an organization he co-founded. Carlos has been married for 26 years and has three loving children who are constantly teaching him.
Carlos is the child of an indigenous farmer from rural Jalisco and a powerful and loving Mexican woman who raised three children as a single parent. He grew up surrounded by struggle, but also by a loving Chicano/Mexican community that taught him how to stand upright in the face of adversity.
At seven, the death of a family member introduced him to the paradox of zero and the infinite. He spent the next 40 years trying to reconcile this contradiction where the universe is infinite, but death looms
large over our personal narratives. Several mushroom and ayahuasca journeys in 2018 and 2019 enabled him to reconcile this seeming contradiction, overcome childhood trauma, and discover his
healing path.
From 1989 to 1993, Carlos studied biology and anthropology at UCLA to understand the mechanisms of
life. In 1993, He lived with the Achuar of Ecuador to connect with the sacred. From 1993 to 1995, he studied Environmental Science at Yale to understand the human impact on Earth’s ecosystems.
Upon graduating from Yale with a Master’s in Environmental Science, he came to a fork in the road: pursue a prestigious resume or hit the streets and become an organizer. He chose the latter. To learn the tools of creating social change, he worked as a community organizer in the 1990s. To learn the tools of legislating and political organizing, he worked as a congressional aide, chief of staff to a councilmember, and ran political campaigns throughout the 2000s.
Today Carlos builds housing in Oakland, which keeps him grounded, while volunteering as Chair of the Board of the Decriminalize Nature, an organization he co-founded. Carlos has been married for 26 years and has three loving children who are constantly teaching him.
Larry Norris, PhD, studied biopsychology and cognitive science as an undergraduate at the University of Michigan, and defended his doctoral dissertation at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS). His dissertation research reviewed archived ayahuasca experience reports to identify transformational archetypes and insights that could help inform developing models of integration (meaning-making). Larry is the co-founder and executive director of Entheogenic Research, Integration, and Education (ERIE), located in Oakland, CA, which began as a student group at CIIS in 2011, and in 2015 was approved as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. ERIE is dedicated to the development of community education, research, and integration models related to entheogens and is offering workshops to cities across the US who are working to decriminalize entheogenic plants and fungi. Larry is also a co-founder and board member of Decriminalize Nature (DN), which sprouted from Oakland in 2019. He advocates for the unalienable right to develop one’s own relationship with Nature and aims to support efforts to decriminalize entheogenic plants and fungi (e.g., ayahuasca, iboga, cacti, mushrooms) at the city level. As of 2022, 14 cities and 1 county have decriminalized entheogenic plants and fungi nationwide. Larry is DN’s national outreach coordinator, and supports many cities across the USA and internationally who are seeking to propose similar legislation to their local government.
Larry Norris, PhD, studied biopsychology and cognitive science as an undergraduate at the University of Michigan, and defended his doctoral dissertation at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS). His dissertation research reviewed archived ayahuasca experience reports to identify transformational archetypes and insights that could help inform developing models of integration (meaning-making). Larry is the co-founder and executive director of Entheogenic Research, Integration, and Education (ERIE), located in Oakland, CA, which began as a student group at CIIS in 2011, and in 2015 was approved as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. ERIE is dedicated to the development of community education, research, and integration models related to entheogens and is offering workshops to cities across the US who are working to decriminalize entheogenic plants and fungi. Larry is also a co-founder and board member of Decriminalize Nature (DN), which sprouted from Oakland in 2019. He advocates for the unalienable right to develop one’s own relationship with Nature and aims to support efforts to decriminalize entheogenic plants and fungi (e.g., ayahuasca, iboga, cacti, mushrooms) at the city level. As of 2022, 14 cities and 1 county have decriminalized entheogenic plants and fungi nationwide. Larry is DN’s national outreach coordinator, and supports many cities across the USA and internationally who are seeking to propose similar legislation to their local government.