💧 New psychedelic church now open

Welcome back to The Drop In! Today is the first Monday of fall. Can you believe it? 🍂🤯🍂 So much has transpired over the past few months, it’s hard not to wonder where we’ll be at the top of 2025, now just three-and-a-half months out.

Our featured story today taps into this energy by asking readers to take a beat and reflect on a few things: Where’s the psychedelic movement headed to next? Can the movement advance outside of the context of medicalization? What are the roles of collective shared uses and religious uses of psychedelics? Beatriz Labate, PhD and Henrique Fernandes Antunes, PhD ask these questions and address much more in a piece you can read below. 

We also have stories on Colorado’s new psychedelic church, questions about psychedelic culture’s lenience on “magic,” and a guide to “psychedelic New York.” We also have a workshop on working through trauma with psychedelics! You can learn more about it here. 

Happy Belated Equinox,

Mary Carreón
Senior Editor

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A new psychedelic church has just opened in one of Colorado’s most conservative towns, offering sacraments like psilocybin and DMT to its members. Led by Benji “Teopixqui Dez” Dezaval, The Community of PACK Life is redefining spiritual practice in Colorado Springs. Curious to learn more about this groundbreaking movement and how it’s pushing the boundaries of local law? Read the full article now and dive into the details of this unique church.

From holding ceremonies to setting intentions, to lighting sage and working with crystals, much of psychedelic culture is steeped in “magic.” Even psychedelic therapy has woven these elements into practice. But can magic really be made respectable? As we build a therapy industry around these mystical practices, Jules Evans explores whether the psychedelic renaissance is truly reviving mysticism—or simply tapping into magical tools of power. Click to read the full article and explore these crucial questions and how they might shape the future of the industry.

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• Toby Pikelin has planted at least 1.5 million trees all over British Columbia and this experience has informed her meticulous dioramas. This, and psychedelics.

• It’s time we reconsider racially-motivated, violent extremism as a disease that requires a holistic public health response.

• Author Liara Roux joins DB for a provocative conversation on using plant medicines to come into our sexuality, learning to listen to ourselves, and whether psychedelics really need to be regulated.

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Do you feel stuck in your healing journey? Curious how psychedelics can help you navigate trauma in a powerful, meaningful way?

Research shows that even one psychedelic experience can offer the same relief as years of talk therapy. While everyone’s experience is unique, psychedelics have been shown to help process pain, cultivate emotional resilience, and integrate healthier ways of managing trauma.

In this free workshop, Kyle Buller from Psychedelics Today and our host Monica Cadena will guide you through best practices for using psychedelics to address trauma safely and effectively.

💡 Don’t miss out! Join us on Sunday, September 29th at 12 PM PST to discover how psychedelics can assist in your healing journey or watch the recording at your leisure.

This workshop is free when you sign up for a 1-month free trial to DoubleBlind+. Click here to register now.

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🗽New York City is known as the city that never sleeps. It can be exhilarating, overwhelming, and downright magical. Here's your guide to tripping in what's arguably America's most psychedelic city.

✨ The word entheogen carries a web of associations that distinguish it from psychedelic in meaningful ways. So where did it come from and what exactly does it mean? Let us take you on a journey through its history and popularization here.

😨 Stuck in a negative thought loop? Having a challenging and traumatic trip? There are steps you can take to mitigate this negative headspace regardless of where or who you’re tripping with. Here are our tips for surviving a bad trip.

👅 Hypothetically, if you take acid multiple times a week, you could expect to develop an LSD tolerance. Here's why the potency decreases over repeated use.

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"In our language, the kenes are the designs of sacred geometry. In our tradition, the kenes come from the sacred jiboia (boa), from which we learned these sacred designs. The Huni Kuin women then transformed these geometries into the many designs that we have in our culture today. The kenes come from yuxibu, the sacred beings." — Txana Ikakuru

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At DoubleBlind, we believe in reciprocity—the idea that everything in the world is interconnected and that we have a responsibility to uplift a psychedelic ecosystem that centers equity, inclusivity, and healing for all. Through our work, we hope to help our community participate in this effort with us.

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