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.

Confirmed speakers include Ann Shulgin, Brigitte and Dr. Stanislav Grof, Michael Pollan, Dr. Mariavittoria Mangini, Dr. Dennis McKenna, Dr. David E. Nichols, Dr. Rick Doblin, Dr. Erika Dyck, Dr. David Presti, Robert Jesse, Hamilton Morris, Dr. Janis Phelps, Dr. Bill Richards, Dr. Kile Ortigo, Mike Margolies, Leonard Pickard, and Dr. Paul Daley among many others. All talks are free but require registration. Click the provided links to reserve a place.

Special thanks goes out to Beckley Foundation, California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines, Erowid Center, Firside Project, Lucid News, McKenna Academy, Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), Psychedelic Sangha, Psychedelic Society San Francisco, Psychedelic Society UK, Psychedelic Seminars, Psychedelics Today, and the Usona Institute for their support of this event.

Events are free but require registration. Click the provided links to reserve a placement.

Saturday, June 26, 2021

12pm – 2pm Pacific / Session 1: The Shulgin’s Pioneering Psychedelic Research

Host: Peter Maravelis, introduction to event and reflections on City Lights relationship to consciousness studies
Moderator: Robert 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

We have reached capacity for this event. We are unable to take further reservations. This session will be recorded and streamed on YouTube at a later date. We will be posting links. Stay tuned here for more information.

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3pm – 5pm Pacific / Session 2: Stories from the Edge: Trailblazers in Psychopharmacology

We have reached capacity for this event. We are unable to take further reservations. This session will be recorded and streamed on YouTube at a later date. We will be posting links. Stay tuned here for more information.

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Sunday, June 27, 2021

12:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific / 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
We have reached capacity for this event. We are unable to take further reservations. This session will be recorded and streamed on YouTube at a later date. We will be posting links. Stay tuned here for more information.

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3:00pm – 5:00pm Pacific / Session 4:    Psychedelic Psychotherapy & Social Impact

Moderator: Dr. Janis Phelps – Former 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, currently Full Professor at CIIS.
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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6:00pm – 8:00pm Pacific / Session 5: Towards a Sane and Healthy Future

Moderator: Mike Margolies – psychedelic community catalyst and conversation creator; Founder of Psychedelic Seminars (psychsems.com)
Robert 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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