Psychedelics, Extinction and Social Change

Panel discussion on Connective Intelligence at the Psychedelic Society's 5th birthday festival, featuring: Stephen Reid: Transdisciplinary thinker, cultural changemaker and metamodern mystic http://stephenreid.net/ Phoebe Tickell: Renegade scientist, complex systems designer and social entrepreneur http://phoebetickell.com/ David Satori: Founder of Myceliate - mushroom cultivation, wild food walks and medicine workshops in London https://www.myceliate.org/ Chaired by Tom Mansfield https://paleblue.uk/

Dr Andy Letcher is a writer, performer and scholar of religion who began life as an ecologist, completing his D.Phil in Ecology at Oxford University. After a spell as an environmental activist during the 90s, especially during the anti-roads protests, he moved across to the humanities, completing a PhD at King Alfred’s College Winchester. He is an expert on contemporary alternative spiritualities, especially modern Paganism, neo-shamanism and psychedelic spiritualities. A writer known for his critical approach, he is the author of Shroom: A Cultural History of the Magic Mushroom and a range of academic papers on subjects as diverse as fairies, animism, folklore, bardism and Druidry. He wrote the companion volume to The English Magic Tarot. A folk musician, he plays English bagpipes and Dark Age lyre, and for ten years fronted psych-folk band, Telling the Bees. Mentions: Schumacher College: https://www.schumachercollege.org.uk Extinction Rebellion: http://rebellion.earth Earth Wisdom Tenders: https://www.facebook.com/groups/725194284575006/ The Psychedelic Society: http://psychedelicsociety.org.uk Apocalyptic Witchcraft: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18680114-apocalyptic-witchcraft Shroom: A Cultural History of the Magic Mushroom: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/877432.Shroom Sign up to my newsletter: http://stephenreid.net

Talk given at Fungi Fest on 6th October 2019 in London. Pretty much ad lib, no slides. Sign up to my newsletter at http://stephenreid.net

New Mystical Anarchists Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/mystical.anarchists/ Alnoor on Twitter: https://twitter.com/alnoorladha The Rules: https://therules.org/ Brave Earth/Tierra Valiente: https://www.braveearth.com/ Psychedelic Communities, Social Justice, and Kinship in the Capitalocene https://kahpi.net/psychedelic-communities-social-justice/ Mystical Anarchism: A Journey to the Borderlands of Freedom https://www.kosmosjournal.org/article/mystical-anarchism-a-journey-to-the-borderlands-of-freedom/ Seeing Wetiko: On Capitalism, Mind Viruses, and Antidotes for a World in Transition https://www.kosmosjournal.org/article/seeing-wetiko-on-capitalism-mind-viruses-and-antidotes-for-a-world-in-transition/ --- My personal site: http://stephenreid.net Sign up to my newsletter: https://stephenreid.substack.com Follow me on Facebook: http://facebook.com/stephenreid321

An interview with Halea Isabelle Kala, director of Transmodernity (https://www.transmodernity.org/), recorded November 2018. Mentions The Psychedelic Society, Satish Kumar, Schumacher College, Alexa Clay, Metamoderna, Emerge and Rebel Wisdom. My personal site: http://stephenreid.net Sign up to my newsletter: https://stephenreid.substack.com Follow me on Facebook: http://facebook.com/stephenreid321

Audio from the event Psychedelics, Extinction and Social Change with Stephen Reid and Gail Bradbrook (co-founder of Extinction Rebellion) at Conway Hall on Tuesday 15th January 2019. Video with slides at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7jttWq4WjY Mentions The Psychedelic Society, Extinction Rebellion, Charles Eisenstein, Alan Watts, Rupert Sheldrake, Metamoderna/Hanzi Freinacht, Frederic Laloux / Reinventing Organizations, Noyanete/Jakon Rate, UK Uncut, New Economics Foundation, Green Party of England and Wales, The Labour Party, 350.org, 38 Degrees, Greenpeace UK, Shambala Festival and Nowhere. Recent inspiration from Daniel Schmachtenberger, Jordan Hall, Bonnitta Roy, Nora Bateson, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Jamie Wheal, Max Borders, Daniel Thorson, Richard Dennis Bartlett, Phoebe Tickell, David Luke, Robin Carhart-Harris, Enspiral, DAOstack, Emerge, Rebel Wisdom, Future Thinkers, Inner Truth, Alter Ego, The Future Is Beautiful, The On Being Project and For the Wild. OLD STORY → NEW STORY Geomechanical → Gaian Sustainable → Regenerative Linear → Nonlinear Complicated → Complex Rivalrous → Antirivalrous Fragile → Antifragile Materialist → Idealist/Animist Postmodern → Metamodern SLIDES https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1t07v3vftAElIcXXqBpiKeqQhwBr8-pqyf_EI5dA7CIk/edit?usp=sharing RECOMMENDED LISTENING/READING http://stephenreid.net/recommended GET CONNECTED The Psychedelic Society Website: http://psychedelicsociety.org.uk/ Email signup: http://psychedelicsociety.org.uk/sign_up Become a Member: http://psychedelicsociety.org.uk/become-a-member Facebook page: https://facebook.com/psychedelicsuk Facebook groups: Extinction Rebellion @ The Psychedelic Society https://www.facebook.com/groups/347835902441253/ The Psychedelic Society's Homerton space https://www.facebook.com/groups/487893758345691/ The Psychedelic Society discussion group https://www.facebook.com/groups/psychedelicsuk/ Extinction Rebellion (XR) Website/email signup: https://rebellion.earth/ Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ExtinctionRebellion/ XR Volunteers Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/228044261159153/ Stephen Reid Website/email signup: http://stephenreid.net Facebook: https://facebook.com/stephenreid321

An interview with Alexander Beiner of Rebel Wisdom. Mentions David Fuller, Stefana Bosse, Rafia Morgan, Indra Adnan, The Alternative, Jordan Greenhall, John Vervaeke, Jordan Peterson, Hanzi Freinacht, Daniel Gortz, Emil Ejner Fris, Metamoderna, Alter Ego Hanzi's Facebook post: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=559489611232678&id=100015149321507 Ali's Downfall response: https://www.captiongenerator.com/1283742/Hanzi-Freinacht-Loses-It Rebel Wisdom: https://www.rebelwisdom.co.uk/ (YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFQ6Gptuq-sLflbJ4YY3Umw) The Psychedelic Society: http://psychedelicsociety.org.uk My personal site: http://stephenreid.net Follow me on Facebook: http://facebook.com/stephenreid321

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