ESPD55’s program*, curated by Dennis McKenna explores the wide interdisciplinary field of psycho-ethnopharmacology through the life-centric theme of SPHERES. Key triggers within these spheres are central to the debates, which include the role of emerging researchers, bridges to ancestral wisdom, the respectful use of plant medicines, and policy development.
The McKenna Academy also offers an exclusive Pre-Release Screening of their short documentary: “BioGnosis: Bridges to Ancestral Wisdom.” Visit the BioGnosis Biologue, a visual journey of the making of the short documentary.
23 May
Policy Forum
24 May
9:15 am
mycosphere
Revisiting the McKenna Stoned Ape Theory: The ever evolving case for its plausibility
10:35 am
ethnosphere
The Harpy's Gift and the Jaguar's Curse: Hunting Medicines among the Matsigenka
2:45 pm
archaeosphere
Tiwanaku and Wari: Psychoactive plants and politics in the Central Andes 300-900 AD
4:05 pm
archaeosphere
Expanding evidence of Anadenanthera in the pre-Columbian Andes: Identifying depictions of Anadenanthera in the iconographic records of Cupisnique, Paracas and Nazca cultures
25 May
10:35 am
sonosphere
Musical creativity and use of sound: Mathematical ratios capable of altering and engineering consciousness
3:20 pm
ethnosphere
Ayahuasca, Shamanism and Conservation in the Sibundoy Valley of the Colombian Amazon
26 May
Emerging Investigators
McKenna Academy: Biognosis
Coca Forum
* Program subject to change