City Lights Booksellers & Publishers join Synergetic Press and Transform Press for a free two day virtual symposium on June 26 and 27 celebrating the pioneering legacy of Sasha and Ann Shulgin for the first Shulgin book since 2011, The Nature Of Drugs: History, Pharmacology, and Social Impact.
Bold explorers of the frontiers of neurochemistry, Alexander "Sasha" Shulgin, master psychopharmacologist, along with his wife Ann, during their lifetimes, helped usher into being a major paradigm shift in the way we view the exploration of human consciousness. Through a series of sessions comprising lectures and panel discussions, we will explore the many aspects of the legacy of Sasha and Ann Shulgin and pay tribute to a man known to many as one of the great pioneers of the exploration of human consciousness.
Each session requires registration.
Saturday, June 26, 2021
12noon - 2pm / Session 1: The Shulgin's Pioneering Psychedelic Research
Host: Peter Maravelis, introduction to event and reflections on City Lights relationship to consciousness studies
Moderator: Bob Jesse - researcher, engineer, convener of the Council on Spiritual Practices (CSP.org)
Dr. Brigitte and Stanislav Grof - Stan Grof is the world's leading researcher in psychedelic therapy, breathwork, and the exploration of non-ordinary states of consciousness, with wife and psychotherapist, Brigitte
Dr. David Nichols - co-founder Heffter Institute, Chair in Pharmacology at the Purdue University College of Pharmacy
Dr. Paul Daley - Chief Science Officer and Chemist, Alexander Shulgin Research Institute
Ann Shulgin
Wendy Tucker - Publisher, Transform Press, daughter of Ann Shulgin
Connie Littlefield - filmmaker, producer "Better Living Through Chemistry," documentary
Earth and Fire Erowid - cofounders of the non-profit Erowid Center, largest and most visited collection of information about psychoactives on the web
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3pm - 5pm Pacific / Session 2: Stories from the Edge: Trailblazers in Psychopharmacology
Moderator: Dr. Mariavittoria Mangini - family nurse midwife for 25 years, author of numerous papers on historiography and social impacts of psychedelics
Dr. George Greer - psychiatrist, cofounder Heffter Research Institute
Allan Badiner - editor of Zig Zag Zen: Buddhism and Psychedelics
Dr. Erika Dyck - Professor and a Canada Research Chair in the History of Health & Social Justice
Dr. Dennis McKenna - ethnobotanist, author, founder of the McKenna Academy of Natural Philosophy
Keeper Trout - ethnobotanist, conservationsist, curator the Shulgin Archive Project
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Sunday, June 27, 2021
12noon - 2pm / Session 3: Currents in Psychedelic Research & Regulation
Moderator: Hamilton Morris - chemist, filmmaker, and science journalist
Dr. Rick Doblin - cofounder, CEO, MAPS and John Gilmore, Chairman, MAPS, cofounder Electronic Frontier Foundation
Amanda and Cosmo Feilding - Founder and Executive Director of the Beckley Foundation and Cosmo Feilding, CEO, Beckley Psytech, Limited
Leonard Pickard - chemist, author, former research associate in neurobiology at Harvard Medical School, and Deputy Director of the Drug Policy Analysis Program at UCLA
Dr. Paul Daley - CEO, Chemist, Alexander Shulgin Research Institute and Dr. Nick Cozzi - professor of pharmacology, research scientist
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3pm - 5pm / Session 4: Psychedelic Psychotherapy & Social Impact
Moderator: Dr. Janis Phelps - Dean of Faculty at CIIS for the graduate departments in the School of Humanities and Social Science; founder and director of the CIIS Center for Psychedelic Therapies and Research
Dr. David Presti - neurobiologist, psychologist, and cognitive scientist at the University of California, Berkeley
Dr. Kile Ortigo - clinical psychologist and founder of the Center for Existential Exploration, author of Beyond the Narrow Life: A Guide For Psychedelic Integration and Existential Exploration
Dr. Bill Richards - psychologist in the Psychiatry Department of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, consultant/trainer at sites of psychedelic research internationally
Annie Oak - Managing Editor, Lucid News, journalist, long-time public health activist, developed risk reduction strategies for event organizers; cofounder of Woman's Visionary Council
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6pm - 8pm / Session 5: Towards a Sane and Healthy Future
Moderator: Mike Margolies - psychedelic community catalyst and conversation creator; Founder of Psychedelic Seminars (psychsems.com)
Bob Jesse - researcher, engineer, convener of the Council on Spiritual Practices (CSP.org)
Michael Pollan - NYTimes bestselling author of How to Change Your Mind, cofounder UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics
Ann Shulgin author, collaborator with Sasha Shulgin, with her daughter, Wendy Tucker - Publisher, Transform Press
Dr. Julie Holland - psychiatrist specializing in psychopharmacology, author of numerous books, most recent Good Chemistry: The Science of Connection, From Soul to Psychedelics
Closing statements with Dr. Paul Daley, Ann & Wendy & Trout - and the work of the Shulgin Foundation and forthcoming publications
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Bold explorers of the frontiers of neurochemistry, Alexander "Sasha" Shulgin, master psychopharmacologist, along with his wife Ann, during their lifetimes, helped usher into being a major paradigm shift in the way we view the exploration of human consciousness. Through a series of sessions comprising lectures and panel discussions, we will explore the many aspects of the legacy of Sasha and Ann Shulgin and pay tribute to a man known to many as one of the great pioneers of the exploration of human consciousness.
Each session requires registration.
Saturday, June 26, 2021
12noon - 2pm / Session 1: The Shulgin's Pioneering Psychedelic Research
Host: Peter Maravelis, introduction to event and reflections on City Lights relationship to consciousness studies
Moderator: Bob Jesse - researcher, engineer, convener of the Council on Spiritual Practices (CSP.org)
Dr. Brigitte and Stanislav Grof - Stan Grof is the world's leading researcher in psychedelic therapy, breathwork, and the exploration of non-ordinary states of consciousness, with wife and psychotherapist, Brigitte
Dr. David Nichols - co-founder Heffter Institute, Chair in Pharmacology at the Purdue University College of Pharmacy
Dr. Paul Daley - Chief Science Officer and Chemist, Alexander Shulgin Research Institute
Ann Shulgin
Wendy Tucker - Publisher, Transform Press, daughter of Ann Shulgin
Connie Littlefield - filmmaker, producer "Better Living Through Chemistry," documentary
Earth and Fire Erowid - cofounders of the non-profit Erowid Center, largest and most visited collection of information about psychoactives on the web
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3pm - 5pm Pacific / Session 2: Stories from the Edge: Trailblazers in Psychopharmacology
Moderator: Dr. Mariavittoria Mangini - family nurse midwife for 25 years, author of numerous papers on historiography and social impacts of psychedelics
Dr. George Greer - psychiatrist, cofounder Heffter Research Institute
Allan Badiner - editor of Zig Zag Zen: Buddhism and Psychedelics
Dr. Erika Dyck - Professor and a Canada Research Chair in the History of Health & Social Justice
Dr. Dennis McKenna - ethnobotanist, author, founder of the McKenna Academy of Natural Philosophy
Keeper Trout - ethnobotanist, conservationsist, curator the Shulgin Archive Project
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Sunday, June 27, 2021
12noon - 2pm / Session 3: Currents in Psychedelic Research & Regulation
Moderator: Hamilton Morris - chemist, filmmaker, and science journalist
Dr. Rick Doblin - cofounder, CEO, MAPS and John Gilmore, Chairman, MAPS, cofounder Electronic Frontier Foundation
Amanda and Cosmo Feilding - Founder and Executive Director of the Beckley Foundation and Cosmo Feilding, CEO, Beckley Psytech, Limited
Leonard Pickard - chemist, author, former research associate in neurobiology at Harvard Medical School, and Deputy Director of the Drug Policy Analysis Program at UCLA
Dr. Paul Daley - CEO, Chemist, Alexander Shulgin Research Institute and Dr. Nick Cozzi - professor of pharmacology, research scientist
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3pm - 5pm / Session 4: Psychedelic Psychotherapy & Social Impact
Moderator: Dr. Janis Phelps - Dean of Faculty at CIIS for the graduate departments in the School of Humanities and Social Science; founder and director of the CIIS Center for Psychedelic Therapies and Research
Dr. David Presti - neurobiologist, psychologist, and cognitive scientist at the University of California, Berkeley
Dr. Kile Ortigo - clinical psychologist and founder of the Center for Existential Exploration, author of Beyond the Narrow Life: A Guide For Psychedelic Integration and Existential Exploration
Dr. Bill Richards - psychologist in the Psychiatry Department of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, consultant/trainer at sites of psychedelic research internationally
Annie Oak - Managing Editor, Lucid News, journalist, long-time public health activist, developed risk reduction strategies for event organizers; cofounder of Woman's Visionary Council
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6pm - 8pm / Session 5: Towards a Sane and Healthy Future
Moderator: Mike Margolies - psychedelic community catalyst and conversation creator; Founder of Psychedelic Seminars (psychsems.com)
Bob Jesse - researcher, engineer, convener of the Council on Spiritual Practices (CSP.org)
Michael Pollan - NYTimes bestselling author of How to Change Your Mind, cofounder UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics
Ann Shulgin author, collaborator with Sasha Shulgin, with her daughter, Wendy Tucker - Publisher, Transform Press
Dr. Julie Holland - psychiatrist specializing in psychopharmacology, author of numerous books, most recent Good Chemistry: The Science of Connection, From Soul to Psychedelics
Closing statements with Dr. Paul Daley, Ann & Wendy & Trout - and the work of the Shulgin Foundation and forthcoming publications
City Lights Booksellers & Publishers join Synergetic Press and Transform Press for a free two day virtual symposium on June 26 and 27 celebrating the pioneering legacy of Sasha and Ann Shulgin for the first Shulgin book since 2011, The Nature Of Drugs: History, Pharmacology, and Social Impact.
Bold explorers of the frontiers of neurochemistry, Alexander "Sasha" Shulgin, master psychopharmacologist, along with his wife Ann, during their lifetimes, helped usher into being a major paradigm shift in the way we view the exploration of human consciousness. Through a series of sessions comprising lectures and panel discussions, we will explore the many aspects of the legacy of Sasha and Ann Shulgin and pay tribute to a man known to many as one of the great pioneers of the exploration of human consciousness.
Each session requires registration.
Saturday, June 26, 2021
12noon - 2pm / Session 1: The Shulgin's Pioneering Psychedelic Research
Host: Peter Maravelis, introduction to event and reflections on City Lights relationship to consciousness studies
Moderator: Bob Jesse - researcher, engineer, convener of the Council on Spiritual Practices (CSP.org)
Dr. Brigitte and Stanislav Grof - Stan Grof is the world's leading researcher in psychedelic therapy, breathwork, and the exploration of non-ordinary states of consciousness, with wife and psychotherapist, Brigitte
Dr. David Nichols - co-founder Heffter Institute, Chair in Pharmacology at the Purdue University College of Pharmacy
Dr. Paul Daley - Chief Science Officer and Chemist, Alexander Shulgin Research Institute
Ann Shulgin
Wendy Tucker - Publisher, Transform Press, daughter of Ann Shulgin
Connie Littlefield - filmmaker, producer "Better Living Through Chemistry," documentary
Earth and Fire Erowid - cofounders of the non-profit Erowid Center, largest and most visited collection of information about psychoactives on the web
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3pm - 5pm Pacific / Session 2: Stories from the Edge: Trailblazers in Psychopharmacology
Moderator: Dr. Mariavittoria Mangini - family nurse midwife for 25 years, author of numerous papers on historiography and social impacts of psychedelics
Dr. George Greer - psychiatrist, cofounder Heffter Research Institute
Allan Badiner - editor of Zig Zag Zen: Buddhism and Psychedelics
Dr. Erika Dyck - Professor and a Canada Research Chair in the History of Health & Social Justice
Dr. Dennis McKenna - ethnobotanist, author, founder of the McKenna Academy of Natural Philosophy
Keeper Trout - ethnobotanist, conservationsist, curator the Shulgin Archive Project
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Sunday, June 27, 2021
12noon - 2pm / Session 3: Currents in Psychedelic Research & Regulation
Moderator: Hamilton Morris - chemist, filmmaker, and science journalist
Dr. Rick Doblin - cofounder, CEO, MAPS and John Gilmore, Chairman, MAPS, cofounder Electronic Frontier Foundation
Amanda and Cosmo Feilding - Founder and Executive Director of the Beckley Foundation and Cosmo Feilding, CEO, Beckley Psytech, Limited
Leonard Pickard - chemist, author, former research associate in neurobiology at Harvard Medical School, and Deputy Director of the Drug Policy Analysis Program at UCLA
Dr. Paul Daley - CEO, Chemist, Alexander Shulgin Research Institute and Dr. Nick Cozzi - professor of pharmacology, research scientist
----------
3pm - 5pm / Session 4: Psychedelic Psychotherapy & Social Impact
Moderator: Dr. Janis Phelps - Dean of Faculty at CIIS for the graduate departments in the School of Humanities and Social Science; founder and director of the CIIS Center for Psychedelic Therapies and Research
Dr. David Presti - neurobiologist, psychologist, and cognitive scientist at the University of California, Berkeley
Dr. Kile Ortigo - clinical psychologist and founder of the Center for Existential Exploration, author of Beyond the Narrow Life: A Guide For Psychedelic Integration and Existential Exploration
Dr. Bill Richards - psychologist in the Psychiatry Department of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, consultant/trainer at sites of psychedelic research internationally
Annie Oak - Managing Editor, Lucid News, journalist, long-time public health activist, developed risk reduction strategies for event organizers; cofounder of Woman's Visionary Council
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6pm - 8pm / Session 5: Towards a Sane and Healthy Future
Moderator: Mike Margolies - psychedelic community catalyst and conversation creator; Founder of Psychedelic Seminars (psychsems.com)
Bob Jesse - researcher, engineer, convener of the Council on Spiritual Practices (CSP.org)
Michael Pollan - NYTimes bestselling author of How to Change Your Mind, cofounder UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics
Ann Shulgin author, collaborator with Sasha Shulgin, with her daughter, Wendy Tucker - Publisher, Transform Press
Dr. Julie Holland - psychiatrist specializing in psychopharmacology, author of numerous books, most recent Good Chemistry: The Science of Connection, From Soul to Psychedelics
Closing statements with Dr. Paul Daley, Ann & Wendy & Trout - and the work of the Shulgin Foundation and forthcoming publications
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Bold explorers of the frontiers of neurochemistry, Alexander "Sasha" Shulgin, master psychopharmacologist, along with his wife Ann, during their lifetimes, helped usher into being a major paradigm shift in the way we view the exploration of human consciousness. Through a series of sessions comprising lectures and panel discussions, we will explore the many aspects of the legacy of Sasha and Ann Shulgin and pay tribute to a man known to many as one of the great pioneers of the exploration of human consciousness.
Each session requires registration.
Saturday, June 26, 2021
12noon - 2pm / Session 1: The Shulgin's Pioneering Psychedelic Research
Host: Peter Maravelis, introduction to event and reflections on City Lights relationship to consciousness studies
Moderator: Bob Jesse - researcher, engineer, convener of the Council on Spiritual Practices (CSP.org)
Dr. Brigitte and Stanislav Grof - Stan Grof is the world's leading researcher in psychedelic therapy, breathwork, and the exploration of non-ordinary states of consciousness, with wife and psychotherapist, Brigitte
Dr. David Nichols - co-founder Heffter Institute, Chair in Pharmacology at the Purdue University College of Pharmacy
Dr. Paul Daley - Chief Science Officer and Chemist, Alexander Shulgin Research Institute
Ann Shulgin
Wendy Tucker - Publisher, Transform Press, daughter of Ann Shulgin
Connie Littlefield - filmmaker, producer "Better Living Through Chemistry," documentary
Earth and Fire Erowid - cofounders of the non-profit Erowid Center, largest and most visited collection of information about psychoactives on the web
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3pm - 5pm Pacific / Session 2: Stories from the Edge: Trailblazers in Psychopharmacology
Moderator: Dr. Mariavittoria Mangini - family nurse midwife for 25 years, author of numerous papers on historiography and social impacts of psychedelics
Dr. George Greer - psychiatrist, cofounder Heffter Research Institute
Allan Badiner - editor of Zig Zag Zen: Buddhism and Psychedelics
Dr. Erika Dyck - Professor and a Canada Research Chair in the History of Health & Social Justice
Dr. Dennis McKenna - ethnobotanist, author, founder of the McKenna Academy of Natural Philosophy
Keeper Trout - ethnobotanist, conservationsist, curator the Shulgin Archive Project
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Sunday, June 27, 2021
12noon - 2pm / Session 3: Currents in Psychedelic Research & Regulation
Moderator: Hamilton Morris - chemist, filmmaker, and science journalist
Dr. Rick Doblin - cofounder, CEO, MAPS and John Gilmore, Chairman, MAPS, cofounder Electronic Frontier Foundation
Amanda and Cosmo Feilding - Founder and Executive Director of the Beckley Foundation and Cosmo Feilding, CEO, Beckley Psytech, Limited
Leonard Pickard - chemist, author, former research associate in neurobiology at Harvard Medical School, and Deputy Director of the Drug Policy Analysis Program at UCLA
Dr. Paul Daley - CEO, Chemist, Alexander Shulgin Research Institute and Dr. Nick Cozzi - professor of pharmacology, research scientist
----------
3pm - 5pm / Session 4: Psychedelic Psychotherapy & Social Impact
Moderator: Dr. Janis Phelps - Dean of Faculty at CIIS for the graduate departments in the School of Humanities and Social Science; founder and director of the CIIS Center for Psychedelic Therapies and Research
Dr. David Presti - neurobiologist, psychologist, and cognitive scientist at the University of California, Berkeley
Dr. Kile Ortigo - clinical psychologist and founder of the Center for Existential Exploration, author of Beyond the Narrow Life: A Guide For Psychedelic Integration and Existential Exploration
Dr. Bill Richards - psychologist in the Psychiatry Department of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, consultant/trainer at sites of psychedelic research internationally
Annie Oak - Managing Editor, Lucid News, journalist, long-time public health activist, developed risk reduction strategies for event organizers; cofounder of Woman's Visionary Council
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6pm - 8pm / Session 5: Towards a Sane and Healthy Future
Moderator: Mike Margolies - psychedelic community catalyst and conversation creator; Founder of Psychedelic Seminars (psychsems.com)
Bob Jesse - researcher, engineer, convener of the Council on Spiritual Practices (CSP.org)
Michael Pollan - NYTimes bestselling author of How to Change Your Mind, cofounder UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics
Ann Shulgin author, collaborator with Sasha Shulgin, with her daughter, Wendy Tucker - Publisher, Transform Press
Dr. Julie Holland - psychiatrist specializing in psychopharmacology, author of numerous books, most recent Good Chemistry: The Science of Connection, From Soul to Psychedelics
Closing statements with Dr. Paul Daley, Ann & Wendy & Trout - and the work of the Shulgin Foundation and forthcoming publications
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