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SPRING TOUR 25' • Keystone Cacti: Entheogenic Ethnobotany of the Southwest • PORTLAND, OR

$15.00 - $35.00

An evocative LIVE+ DIRECT fireside chat in Portland, OR! Graciously hosted by The Rhizome • Sunday, June 8th, 2025 • 7-9pm

Cacti are storytellers, echoing the of the migration of people and animals, geologic transformations, and consciousness alterations!

While many credit the re-emergence of entheogens in the modern west to the Harvard Psychedelic club, Albert Hoffman, and the exploitation of Maria Sabina, 1950s-60s literature on encounters with mescaline tacitly laid the groundwork for pre-“hippie” counter culture. Simultaneously, the ripples from the 1883 religious crimes code in the United States maintained a ban on Native dancing and ceremonies, including the Sun Dance, Ghost Dance, potlatches, and medicine practices- peyote as sacrament included.

Join us for a dynamic conversation on ::

🌵 Saguaro as Sonoran world tree :: from ritual beverage to call down the rain to mascot for corporate philanthropy

🦌 Peyote on the move :: sacrament of prayer, sacrament of resistance. On continuity + conservation

🌞 Syncretic "borderlands" traditions :: Mescal bean, Datura, and the Shumla caves

💚 Cactus Chemistry 101 :: Phenethylamines, desert herbalism, Shulgin, and the unexpected influence of cacti on the rave scene

A multi-disciplinary, reverent, cactus-centric conversation on the history + future of entheogens in the Americas awaits...

There may even be a little mischievous but friendly gnome with a basket of forest floor libations & unusual desert pharmakon... you will have to be there to find out!

Register at your honest ability. Funds are shared with Rhizome PDX, so your support blesses us both, thank you!

Space is limited to 20ish attendees - advanced registration is kindly requested. Reach out if you prefer offering cash at the door, or if you are in need of a scholarship and we will save a spot for ya!

Don't hesitate to contact BSB with any questions you may have. Exact location emailed soon after registration.