BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//CalDiscovery//caldiscovery//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH DESCRIPTION:Discovered and maintained by CalDiscovery (https://caldiscover y.com). Event details belong to their publishers. Contains information fro m CalDiscovery\, which is made available under the ODbL 1.0. SOURCE:https://caldiscovery.com/berkeley-ca/literary.ics X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H X-WR-CALDESC:Discovered and maintained by CalDiscovery (https://caldiscove ry.com). Event details belong to their publishers. Contains information fr om CalDiscovery\, which is made available under the ODbL 1.0. X-WR-CALNAME:CalDiscovery - berkeley-ca (literary) BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Hospicing and Outgrowing Modernity Book Discussions DTSTART:20260927T163000Z DTEND:20261025T173000Z DTSTAMP:20260827T060938Z UID:23183@uucb.org CATEGORIES:community,literary DESCRIPTION:Join Rev. Marcus\, writer Courtney Martin\, and friends for an exploration of the theme of "hospicing modernity\," drawn from a book of the same name by Vanessa Machado de Oliveira.\n\nSo much is breaking down right now in our personal and political lives\, but there is also potenti al for real breakthrough. Our consciousness\, our communities\, and our cl imate need us to grow up! LAST-MODIFIED:20260827T060938Z URL:https://uucb.org/events/hospicing-and-outgrowing-modernity-book-discus sions/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Home X-SOURCE-URL:https://uucb.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Chalice: Psychedelic Salon DTSTART:20261008T030000Z DTEND:20261008T050000Z DTSTAMP:20260724T150129Z UID:65286idkbp1mo1vts92cff8l9p_R20251204T030000@google.com CATEGORIES:community,literary DESCRIPTION:Details and Registration: https://momence.com/l/Xehmq18PThe C halice is a recurring psychedelic salon held at the Berkeley Alembic the f irst Wednesday of every month. Instead of the mainstream focus on clinical trials\, legal frameworks\, and psychotherapy\, the Chalice will draw fro m the deeper humanistic wells of history\, poetry\, the gods\, ethnobotany \, humor\, and mystery. We are less interested in fetishizing psychedelic substances or psychedelic experiences than in cultivating psychedelic cult ure and exploring what it means to be psychedelic people.This first half o f this event will be streamed online.The co-hosts for Chalice are Erik Dav is\, author and Alembic co-founder\; Maria Mangini\, co-founder of the Wom en’s Visionary Council and old-school head\; and Christian Greer\, curre ntly a lecturer on counterculture at Stanford University. The first half o f each gathering will feature a talk or special guest interview\; the seco nd half of the evening is designed to develop the community\, sometimes wi th breakout groups\, story hours\, and peer-to-peer discussion\, and alway s with more questions than answers.J. Christian Greer\, PhD\, is a schola r of Religious Studies with a special focus on global psychedelic culture. He has held teaching positions at Harvard University\, Yale University\, and is currently a lecturer at Stanford's Medical School. He is the co-fou nder\, and the co-chair of the Drugs and Religion program unit at the Amer ican Academy of Religion\, and each June\, he leads “The Psychedelic Uni verse: Global Perspectives on Higher Consciousness\,” an intensive\, 2-w eek seminar on the history of psychedelics\, hosted on-location at the Uni versity of Amsterdam\, Netherlands. Alongside his research\, he is an orga nizer for the Order of St. George's Horse\, a pilgrimage confraternity & b ook publisher. His latest books include\, Void Machines: the Paper Shrines of J. Christian Greer is a collection of his artwork\, and Kumano Kodo: P ilgrimage to Powerspots (co-authored with Dr. Michelle Oing) which analyze s the pilgrimage folklore associated with the rainforests of Japan's Kii P eninsula. Learn more about his work here: orderofstgeorgeshorse.comErik D avis\, PhD\, is an author\, award-winning journalist\, and teacher based i n San Francisco. His wide-ranging work focuses on alternative religion\, m edia culture\, the popular imagination\, and the psychedelic underground. He is the author of High Weirdness: Drugs\, Esoterica\, and Visionary Expe rience in the Seventies (2019)\; Nomad Codes: Adventures in Modern Esoteri ca (2010)\; The Visionary State: A Journey through California’s Spiritua l Landscape (2006)\, a critical volume on Led Zeppelin (2005)\, and the ce lebrated cult classic TechGnosis: Myth\, Magic\, and Mysticism in the Age of Information (1998)\, which remains in print. Davis’s scholarly and po pular essays on music\, technoculture\, drugs\, and spirituality have appe ared in scores of books\, magazines\, and journals\, and his writing has b een translated into a dozen languages. Davis has spoken widely at universi ties\, conferences\, retreat centers\, and festivals\, and has been interv iewed by CNN\, the BBC\, NPR\, and the New York Times. He graduated from Y ale University in 1988\, and earned his PhD in religious studies at Rice U niversity in 2015. He writes the online publication the Burning Shore (www .burningshore.com)\, and his next book is Blotter: the Untold Story of an Acid Medium (2024).www.techgnosis.comMariavittoria Mangini\, PhD\, FNP h as written extensively on the impact of psychedelic experiences in shaping the lives of her contemporaries\, and has worked closely with many of the most distinguished investigators in this field. She is one of the founder s of the Women’s Visionary Council\, a nonprofit organization that suppo rts investigations into non-ordinary forms of consciousness and organizes gatherings of researchers\, healers\, artists\, and activists whose work e xplores these states. She is a visiting scholar at the Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics\, and Professor Emerita in the School of Scie nce\, Allied Health\, and Nursing at Holy Names University. For the last 5 0 years\, she has been a part of the Hog Farm\, a well-known communal fami ly based in Berkeley and in Laytonville\, California. LAST-MODIFIED:20260724T150129Z LOCATION:The Berkeley Alembic\, 2820 Seventh St\, Berkeley\, CA 94710\, US A X-SOURCE-NAME:The Berkeley Alembic Public Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.berkeleyalembic.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:3RD EAR PRESENTS: Mystic Songs of India - Exploring the Wisdom & P oetry of Kabir Through Folk Songs with Priyal Maheshwari DTSTART:20261012T020000Z DTEND:20261012T033000Z DTSTAMP:20260902T183108Z UID:5o4nvaj4bdbicsi1ivmrafbs59@google.com CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:More information here: https://momence.com/l/wyhZAq9BIn this immersive workshop\, we explore the deeper esoteric meanings within the po etry of Indian mystic saints such as Kabir and Guru Nanak through the indi genous folk songs of the Malwa region of Central India. These songs belong to a living oral tradition that has been carried forward for over 600 yea rs.Priyal will guide us through this journey by singing and interpreting t hese songs while accompanying himself on traditional instruments like the Tambura and Kartaal. Printed translations will be provided\, allowing part icipants to follow along and join in the singing if they wish. After each song\, we will pause for reflection\, creating space for participants to s hare whatever arises within them. We will also spend time in shared silenc e\, gently turning inward to experience the stillness pointed to in the so ngs.Priyal will also share stories from the life of Kabir\, insights into India’s oral traditions\, and reflections on his own journey — how he encountered his Guru and how these teachings have shaped his life. Through song\, storytelling\, collective reflection\, and silence\, this workshop invites us to touch something deeper within ourselves — a space where b oundaries soften\, and a sense of oneness with each other and the world be gins to emerge.About Priyal Maheshwari:Priyal Maheshwari is a musician and yoga teacher whose journey bridges the worlds of science\, spirituality\, and the arts. After graduating from Indian Institute of Technology\, Khar agpur and spending six years in the IT industry\, he felt an inner calling to step away from the corporate path and dedicate his life to the transfo rmative power of music and wellness practices. Through his work\, Priyal i ntegrates music\, yoga\, and meditation as tools for healing and self-disc overy. His approach helps people reconnect with the deeper aspects of thei r being and cultivate a more balanced\, integrated way of living.Alongside extensive training in classical music\, Priyal has immersed himself in th e oral traditions of saint poets such as Kabir\, Nanak\, and Meera. He con tinues to learn directly from PadmaShri Prahlad Singh Tipanya ji\, one of the foremost carriers of Kabir’s singing tradition from the Malwa region of Central India. These teachings have deeply shaped Priyal’s own music al journey\, grounding it in devotion\, simplicity\, and the timeless wisd om of the saints.Priyal regularly shares his music in concerts\, satsangs\ , and community gatherings. He also organizes retreats and collaborative e vents with Prahlad ji and his ensemble\, creating spaces where participant s can experience the confluence of music\, spirituality\, and collective h armony. LAST-MODIFIED:20260902T183108Z X-SOURCE-NAME:The Berkeley Alembic Public Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.berkeleyalembic.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Chalice: Psychedelic Salon DTSTART:20261105T030000Z DTEND:20261105T050000Z DTSTAMP:20260724T150129Z UID:65286idkbp1mo1vts92cff8l9p_R20251204T030000@google.com CATEGORIES:community,literary DESCRIPTION:Details and Registration: https://momence.com/l/Xehmq18PThe C halice is a recurring psychedelic salon held at the Berkeley Alembic the f irst Wednesday of every month. Instead of the mainstream focus on clinical trials\, legal frameworks\, and psychotherapy\, the Chalice will draw fro m the deeper humanistic wells of history\, poetry\, the gods\, ethnobotany \, humor\, and mystery. We are less interested in fetishizing psychedelic substances or psychedelic experiences than in cultivating psychedelic cult ure and exploring what it means to be psychedelic people.This first half o f this event will be streamed online.The co-hosts for Chalice are Erik Dav is\, author and Alembic co-founder\; Maria Mangini\, co-founder of the Wom en’s Visionary Council and old-school head\; and Christian Greer\, curre ntly a lecturer on counterculture at Stanford University. The first half o f each gathering will feature a talk or special guest interview\; the seco nd half of the evening is designed to develop the community\, sometimes wi th breakout groups\, story hours\, and peer-to-peer discussion\, and alway s with more questions than answers.J. Christian Greer\, PhD\, is a schola r of Religious Studies with a special focus on global psychedelic culture. He has held teaching positions at Harvard University\, Yale University\, and is currently a lecturer at Stanford's Medical School. He is the co-fou nder\, and the co-chair of the Drugs and Religion program unit at the Amer ican Academy of Religion\, and each June\, he leads “The Psychedelic Uni verse: Global Perspectives on Higher Consciousness\,” an intensive\, 2-w eek seminar on the history of psychedelics\, hosted on-location at the Uni versity of Amsterdam\, Netherlands. Alongside his research\, he is an orga nizer for the Order of St. George's Horse\, a pilgrimage confraternity & b ook publisher. His latest books include\, Void Machines: the Paper Shrines of J. Christian Greer is a collection of his artwork\, and Kumano Kodo: P ilgrimage to Powerspots (co-authored with Dr. Michelle Oing) which analyze s the pilgrimage folklore associated with the rainforests of Japan's Kii P eninsula. Learn more about his work here: orderofstgeorgeshorse.comErik D avis\, PhD\, is an author\, award-winning journalist\, and teacher based i n San Francisco. His wide-ranging work focuses on alternative religion\, m edia culture\, the popular imagination\, and the psychedelic underground. He is the author of High Weirdness: Drugs\, Esoterica\, and Visionary Expe rience in the Seventies (2019)\; Nomad Codes: Adventures in Modern Esoteri ca (2010)\; The Visionary State: A Journey through California’s Spiritua l Landscape (2006)\, a critical volume on Led Zeppelin (2005)\, and the ce lebrated cult classic TechGnosis: Myth\, Magic\, and Mysticism in the Age of Information (1998)\, which remains in print. Davis’s scholarly and po pular essays on music\, technoculture\, drugs\, and spirituality have appe ared in scores of books\, magazines\, and journals\, and his writing has b een translated into a dozen languages. Davis has spoken widely at universi ties\, conferences\, retreat centers\, and festivals\, and has been interv iewed by CNN\, the BBC\, NPR\, and the New York Times. He graduated from Y ale University in 1988\, and earned his PhD in religious studies at Rice U niversity in 2015. He writes the online publication the Burning Shore (www .burningshore.com)\, and his next book is Blotter: the Untold Story of an Acid Medium (2024).www.techgnosis.comMariavittoria Mangini\, PhD\, FNP h as written extensively on the impact of psychedelic experiences in shaping the lives of her contemporaries\, and has worked closely with many of the most distinguished investigators in this field. She is one of the founder s of the Women’s Visionary Council\, a nonprofit organization that suppo rts investigations into non-ordinary forms of consciousness and organizes gatherings of researchers\, healers\, artists\, and activists whose work e xplores these states. She is a visiting scholar at the Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics\, and Professor Emerita in the School of Scie nce\, Allied Health\, and Nursing at Holy Names University. For the last 5 0 years\, she has been a part of the Hog Farm\, a well-known communal fami ly based in Berkeley and in Laytonville\, California. LAST-MODIFIED:20260724T150129Z LOCATION:The Berkeley Alembic\, 2820 Seventh St\, Berkeley\, CA 94710\, US A X-SOURCE-NAME:The Berkeley Alembic Public Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.berkeleyalembic.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Chalice: Psychedelic Salon DTSTART:20261203T030000Z DTEND:20261203T050000Z DTSTAMP:20260724T150129Z UID:65286idkbp1mo1vts92cff8l9p_R20251204T030000@google.com CATEGORIES:community,literary DESCRIPTION:Details and Registration: https://momence.com/l/Xehmq18PThe C halice is a recurring psychedelic salon held at the Berkeley Alembic the f irst Wednesday of every month. Instead of the mainstream focus on clinical trials\, legal frameworks\, and psychotherapy\, the Chalice will draw fro m the deeper humanistic wells of history\, poetry\, the gods\, ethnobotany \, humor\, and mystery. We are less interested in fetishizing psychedelic substances or psychedelic experiences than in cultivating psychedelic cult ure and exploring what it means to be psychedelic people.This first half o f this event will be streamed online.The co-hosts for Chalice are Erik Dav is\, author and Alembic co-founder\; Maria Mangini\, co-founder of the Wom en’s Visionary Council and old-school head\; and Christian Greer\, curre ntly a lecturer on counterculture at Stanford University. The first half o f each gathering will feature a talk or special guest interview\; the seco nd half of the evening is designed to develop the community\, sometimes wi th breakout groups\, story hours\, and peer-to-peer discussion\, and alway s with more questions than answers.J. Christian Greer\, PhD\, is a schola r of Religious Studies with a special focus on global psychedelic culture. He has held teaching positions at Harvard University\, Yale University\, and is currently a lecturer at Stanford's Medical School. He is the co-fou nder\, and the co-chair of the Drugs and Religion program unit at the Amer ican Academy of Religion\, and each June\, he leads “The Psychedelic Uni verse: Global Perspectives on Higher Consciousness\,” an intensive\, 2-w eek seminar on the history of psychedelics\, hosted on-location at the Uni versity of Amsterdam\, Netherlands. Alongside his research\, he is an orga nizer for the Order of St. George's Horse\, a pilgrimage confraternity & b ook publisher. His latest books include\, Void Machines: the Paper Shrines of J. Christian Greer is a collection of his artwork\, and Kumano Kodo: P ilgrimage to Powerspots (co-authored with Dr. Michelle Oing) which analyze s the pilgrimage folklore associated with the rainforests of Japan's Kii P eninsula. Learn more about his work here: orderofstgeorgeshorse.comErik D avis\, PhD\, is an author\, award-winning journalist\, and teacher based i n San Francisco. His wide-ranging work focuses on alternative religion\, m edia culture\, the popular imagination\, and the psychedelic underground. He is the author of High Weirdness: Drugs\, Esoterica\, and Visionary Expe rience in the Seventies (2019)\; Nomad Codes: Adventures in Modern Esoteri ca (2010)\; The Visionary State: A Journey through California’s Spiritua l Landscape (2006)\, a critical volume on Led Zeppelin (2005)\, and the ce lebrated cult classic TechGnosis: Myth\, Magic\, and Mysticism in the Age of Information (1998)\, which remains in print. Davis’s scholarly and po pular essays on music\, technoculture\, drugs\, and spirituality have appe ared in scores of books\, magazines\, and journals\, and his writing has b een translated into a dozen languages. Davis has spoken widely at universi ties\, conferences\, retreat centers\, and festivals\, and has been interv iewed by CNN\, the BBC\, NPR\, and the New York Times. He graduated from Y ale University in 1988\, and earned his PhD in religious studies at Rice U niversity in 2015. He writes the online publication the Burning Shore (www .burningshore.com)\, and his next book is Blotter: the Untold Story of an Acid Medium (2024).www.techgnosis.comMariavittoria Mangini\, PhD\, FNP h as written extensively on the impact of psychedelic experiences in shaping the lives of her contemporaries\, and has worked closely with many of the most distinguished investigators in this field. She is one of the founder s of the Women’s Visionary Council\, a nonprofit organization that suppo rts investigations into non-ordinary forms of consciousness and organizes gatherings of researchers\, healers\, artists\, and activists whose work e xplores these states. She is a visiting scholar at the Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics\, and Professor Emerita in the School of Scie nce\, Allied Health\, and Nursing at Holy Names University. For the last 5 0 years\, she has been a part of the Hog Farm\, a well-known communal fami ly based in Berkeley and in Laytonville\, California. LAST-MODIFIED:20260724T150129Z LOCATION:The Berkeley Alembic\, 2820 Seventh St\, Berkeley\, CA 94710\, US A X-SOURCE-NAME:The Berkeley Alembic Public Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.berkeleyalembic.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Chalice: Psychedelic Salon DTSTART:20270107T030000Z DTEND:20270107T050000Z DTSTAMP:20260724T150129Z UID:65286idkbp1mo1vts92cff8l9p_R20251204T030000@google.com CATEGORIES:community,literary DESCRIPTION:Details and Registration: https://momence.com/l/Xehmq18PThe C halice is a recurring psychedelic salon held at the Berkeley Alembic the f irst Wednesday of every month. Instead of the mainstream focus on clinical trials\, legal frameworks\, and psychotherapy\, the Chalice will draw fro m the deeper humanistic wells of history\, poetry\, the gods\, ethnobotany \, humor\, and mystery. We are less interested in fetishizing psychedelic substances or psychedelic experiences than in cultivating psychedelic cult ure and exploring what it means to be psychedelic people.This first half o f this event will be streamed online.The co-hosts for Chalice are Erik Dav is\, author and Alembic co-founder\; Maria Mangini\, co-founder of the Wom en’s Visionary Council and old-school head\; and Christian Greer\, curre ntly a lecturer on counterculture at Stanford University. The first half o f each gathering will feature a talk or special guest interview\; the seco nd half of the evening is designed to develop the community\, sometimes wi th breakout groups\, story hours\, and peer-to-peer discussion\, and alway s with more questions than answers.J. Christian Greer\, PhD\, is a schola r of Religious Studies with a special focus on global psychedelic culture. He has held teaching positions at Harvard University\, Yale University\, and is currently a lecturer at Stanford's Medical School. He is the co-fou nder\, and the co-chair of the Drugs and Religion program unit at the Amer ican Academy of Religion\, and each June\, he leads “The Psychedelic Uni verse: Global Perspectives on Higher Consciousness\,” an intensive\, 2-w eek seminar on the history of psychedelics\, hosted on-location at the Uni versity of Amsterdam\, Netherlands. Alongside his research\, he is an orga nizer for the Order of St. George's Horse\, a pilgrimage confraternity & b ook publisher. His latest books include\, Void Machines: the Paper Shrines of J. Christian Greer is a collection of his artwork\, and Kumano Kodo: P ilgrimage to Powerspots (co-authored with Dr. Michelle Oing) which analyze s the pilgrimage folklore associated with the rainforests of Japan's Kii P eninsula. Learn more about his work here: orderofstgeorgeshorse.comErik D avis\, PhD\, is an author\, award-winning journalist\, and teacher based i n San Francisco. His wide-ranging work focuses on alternative religion\, m edia culture\, the popular imagination\, and the psychedelic underground. He is the author of High Weirdness: Drugs\, Esoterica\, and Visionary Expe rience in the Seventies (2019)\; Nomad Codes: Adventures in Modern Esoteri ca (2010)\; The Visionary State: A Journey through California’s Spiritua l Landscape (2006)\, a critical volume on Led Zeppelin (2005)\, and the ce lebrated cult classic TechGnosis: Myth\, Magic\, and Mysticism in the Age of Information (1998)\, which remains in print. Davis’s scholarly and po pular essays on music\, technoculture\, drugs\, and spirituality have appe ared in scores of books\, magazines\, and journals\, and his writing has b een translated into a dozen languages. Davis has spoken widely at universi ties\, conferences\, retreat centers\, and festivals\, and has been interv iewed by CNN\, the BBC\, NPR\, and the New York Times. He graduated from Y ale University in 1988\, and earned his PhD in religious studies at Rice U niversity in 2015. He writes the online publication the Burning Shore (www .burningshore.com)\, and his next book is Blotter: the Untold Story of an Acid Medium (2024).www.techgnosis.comMariavittoria Mangini\, PhD\, FNP h as written extensively on the impact of psychedelic experiences in shaping the lives of her contemporaries\, and has worked closely with many of the most distinguished investigators in this field. She is one of the founder s of the Women’s Visionary Council\, a nonprofit organization that suppo rts investigations into non-ordinary forms of consciousness and organizes gatherings of researchers\, healers\, artists\, and activists whose work e xplores these states. She is a visiting scholar at the Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics\, and Professor Emerita in the School of Scie nce\, Allied Health\, and Nursing at Holy Names University. For the last 5 0 years\, she has been a part of the Hog Farm\, a well-known communal fami ly based in Berkeley and in Laytonville\, California. LAST-MODIFIED:20260724T150129Z LOCATION:The Berkeley Alembic\, 2820 Seventh St\, Berkeley\, CA 94710\, US A X-SOURCE-NAME:The Berkeley Alembic Public Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.berkeleyalembic.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Chalice: Psychedelic Salon DTSTART:20270204T030000Z DTEND:20270204T050000Z DTSTAMP:20260808T061314Z UID:65286idkbp1mo1vts92cff8l9p_R20251204T030000@google.com CATEGORIES:community,literary DESCRIPTION:Details and Registration: https://momence.com/l/Xehmq18PThe C halice is a recurring psychedelic salon held at the Berkeley Alembic the f irst Wednesday of every month. Instead of the mainstream focus on clinical trials\, legal frameworks\, and psychotherapy\, the Chalice will draw fro m the deeper humanistic wells of history\, poetry\, the gods\, ethnobotany \, humor\, and mystery. We are less interested in fetishizing psychedelic substances or psychedelic experiences than in cultivating psychedelic cult ure and exploring what it means to be psychedelic people.This first half o f this event will be streamed online.The co-hosts for Chalice are Erik Dav is\, author and Alembic co-founder\; Maria Mangini\, co-founder of the Wom en’s Visionary Council and old-school head\; and Christian Greer\, curre ntly a lecturer on counterculture at Stanford University. The first half o f each gathering will feature a talk or special guest interview\; the seco nd half of the evening is designed to develop the community\, sometimes wi th breakout groups\, story hours\, and peer-to-peer discussion\, and alway s with more questions than answers.J. Christian Greer\, PhD\, is a schola r of Religious Studies with a special focus on global psychedelic culture. He has held teaching positions at Harvard University\, Yale University\, and is currently a lecturer at Stanford's Medical School. He is the co-fou nder\, and the co-chair of the Drugs and Religion program unit at the Amer ican Academy of Religion\, and each June\, he leads “The Psychedelic Uni verse: Global Perspectives on Higher Consciousness\,” an intensive\, 2-w eek seminar on the history of psychedelics\, hosted on-location at the Uni versity of Amsterdam\, Netherlands. Alongside his research\, he is an orga nizer for the Order of St. George's Horse\, a pilgrimage confraternity & b ook publisher. His latest books include\, Void Machines: the Paper Shrines of J. Christian Greer is a collection of his artwork\, and Kumano Kodo: P ilgrimage to Powerspots (co-authored with Dr. Michelle Oing) which analyze s the pilgrimage folklore associated with the rainforests of Japan's Kii P eninsula. Learn more about his work here: orderofstgeorgeshorse.comErik D avis\, PhD\, is an author\, award-winning journalist\, and teacher based i n San Francisco. His wide-ranging work focuses on alternative religion\, m edia culture\, the popular imagination\, and the psychedelic underground. He is the author of High Weirdness: Drugs\, Esoterica\, and Visionary Expe rience in the Seventies (2019)\; Nomad Codes: Adventures in Modern Esoteri ca (2010)\; The Visionary State: A Journey through California’s Spiritua l Landscape (2006)\, a critical volume on Led Zeppelin (2005)\, and the ce lebrated cult classic TechGnosis: Myth\, Magic\, and Mysticism in the Age of Information (1998)\, which remains in print. Davis’s scholarly and po pular essays on music\, technoculture\, drugs\, and spirituality have appe ared in scores of books\, magazines\, and journals\, and his writing has b een translated into a dozen languages. Davis has spoken widely at universi ties\, conferences\, retreat centers\, and festivals\, and has been interv iewed by CNN\, the BBC\, NPR\, and the New York Times. He graduated from Y ale University in 1988\, and earned his PhD in religious studies at Rice U niversity in 2015. He writes the online publication the Burning Shore (www .burningshore.com)\, and his next book is Blotter: the Untold Story of an Acid Medium (2024).www.techgnosis.comMariavittoria Mangini\, PhD\, FNP h as written extensively on the impact of psychedelic experiences in shaping the lives of her contemporaries\, and has worked closely with many of the most distinguished investigators in this field. She is one of the founder s of the Women’s Visionary Council\, a nonprofit organization that suppo rts investigations into non-ordinary forms of consciousness and organizes gatherings of researchers\, healers\, artists\, and activists whose work e xplores these states. She is a visiting scholar at the Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics\, and Professor Emerita in the School of Scie nce\, Allied Health\, and Nursing at Holy Names University. For the last 5 0 years\, she has been a part of the Hog Farm\, a well-known communal fami ly based in Berkeley and in Laytonville\, California. LAST-MODIFIED:20260808T061314Z LOCATION:The Berkeley Alembic\, 2820 Seventh St\, Berkeley\, CA 94710\, US A X-SOURCE-NAME:The Berkeley Alembic Public Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.berkeleyalembic.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR