The coolest musrhoom syumposium or conferences are the annual ones held at Breittenbush, Oregon near Lake Detroit. The conference is in a beautiful fireplaced lodge in eastern Oregon 80 miles east of Salem.
The cabins there are all geotherman leated and the conference, usually around October 31 is four days with meals included and lodgings for approximatel $150.00-$250.oo dollars.
Four days of lectures and forays and a cool edible shroom cookout. I have lectured there five times in the past.
A great place to visit for healing also. There are numerous outdoor and indoor hotsprings at the lodge and a cool outdoor steam room.
It is a healing center and conferences and work shops are conducted there all year round.
. I brought Tjakko Stijve from Switzerland and Karl L. R. Jansen form New Zealand to lecture with me at Breitenbush.
Check it out on the net. If it is entheogenic shrooms one is interested in , then this is the place. and to add tot he love of it, they alsohave several talks on edibles and id and forays for the lover of shrooms and a culinary shroom feast as well as a band for the final night. Usually raggae and light rock.
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Some cool conferences I have attended over the past thirty years. All except the first and 2nd one listed. From The Port Townsend 2nd Int. Conf. on hallucinogenic Mushrooms held at Port Townsend until this year I have been to many. Also, many which are not in the list below which I also attended or spoke at.
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1. "An Ethnopharmacological Search for Psychoactive Drugs" (see Efron, Holmstedt & Kline, 1967). This was the first conference on entheogenic healing plants and was held in San Francisco. Among the presenters at that conference were Daniel Efron, R. Gordon Wasson, Richard Evans Schultes, Andrew Weil, Carlos Castaneda and Alexander Shulgin among others.
2. The next conference was held ten years later in Washington State at Millersylvania State Park in October of 1976. It was the First International Conference on Hallucinogenic Mushrooms and included the following speakers: Jeremy Bigwood, Lynn R, Brady, W. Scott Chilton, Gastón Guzmán, Dale T. Leslie, Steven H. Pollock, David B. Repke, Paul Stamets and R. Gordon Wasson. Cost was $125.00 per person and included outdoor camping and meals.
3. The 2nd International Conference on Hallucinogenic Mushrooms took p[lace at Ft. Wordon in Port Townsend Washington from October 27-30, 1977. Extracts of the proceedings were Published in "Teonanacatl: Hallucinogenic Mushrooms of North America and was edited by Jonathan Ott and Jeremy Bigwood (see Ott & Bigwood, 1978). Presenters included the following scholars: Jeremy Bigwood, Scott Chilton, Gastón Guzmán, David Harnden, Albert Hofmann, Dale T. Leslie, Jonathan Ott, David B. Repke, Richard Rose, Carl A. P. Ruck, Richard Evans Schultes, R. Gordon Wasson, Andrew T. Weil and Norman Zinsburg. Room and board at the military post were included.
4. A Mushroom Identification Workshop was held between October 14-15, 1978 at Shinn Lodge of the YMCA's Camp Dudley, near Clear Lake, Washington. Cost was $25.00 per person and included bunk beds and a pot luck meal. This workshop was especially designed for amateur mycologists interested in further perfecting mushroom identification skills. Limited to 50 people.
5. A Conference on Hallucinogens and Shamanism in Native American Life was held in October-November of 1978 at the Japan Trade Center In beautiful San Francisco. Tickets for this happening were $125.00. Speakers included: Jeremy Bigwood, Scott Chilton, José Luis Díaz, Stanislav Grof, David Harnden, Albert Hofmann, Bo Homstedt, Reid Kaplan, Keewaydinoquay (K. M. Paschel), Weston LaBarre, Timothy Plowman, Carl A. P. Ruck, Richard Evans Schultes, Alexander Shulgin, R. Gordon Wasson, Andrew T. Weil and Norman Zinsburg. And much of these proceedings were later published in the Journal of Psychedelic Drugs vol. 11(1-2), 1979. Meals were included but hotel accommodations were separate. Psilocybe, although the book did not appear in print until 1983. Speakers included: Gastón Guzmán, Daniel Stuntz, Andrew Weil, Michael Beug, Steven H. Pollock, Catherine Scates, Jeremy Bigwood, Scott Jeffreys, James Q. Jacobs, Dale T. Leslie, Gary P. Menser, Freeman Rowe, and Paul Stamets.
7. Soon the conferences became part of Myco Media and the first one of those was Mushrooms II held on Orcas Island in the Straits of Juan de Fuca in the San Juan Islands at Camp Orkila between October 31-November 2, 1980. Here one camped out in open door cabins usually attended by Girl Scouts. This particular conference was expressly designed for those interested in developing their identification skills and furthering their understanding of the taxonomy, chemistry, cultivation and ecology of mushrooms. Emphasis is placed on the delineation of edible, poisonous and psychoactive species. By now the cost was up to $100.00 dollars with room and board. Speakers included: Alexander H. Smith, Daniel Stuntz, Gastón Guzmán, Michael Beug, William C. Denison, Claude Fordyce, James M. Trappe, Joseph Ammirati, Emanuel Salzman, Andrew T. Weil, Stephen H. Pollock, Catherine Scates, Dale T. Leslie and Paul Stamets.
8. Mushrooms III was also held on Orcas Island at the same Girl Scout Camp from October 30-November 2, 1980. Again a $100.00 fee with room and board included. The theme of this conference was the same as the ytear before and included the following speakers, many who came back from the previous year to add new info to their research: Daniel Stuntz, Michael Beug, William C. Dennison, Ralph Kurtzman, Rick Kerrigan, Gary Lincoff, Andrew T. Weil, Catherine Scates, Michael Foley, Dale T. Leslie, Paul E. Stamets, James Q. Jacobs and Jeffrey S. Chilton.
9. Wild Mushrooms Telluride. This is an annual mushroom show and workshop in Colorado. This one was held on August 27-30, 1981. Included were several mushroom workshops and seminars and camping with meals. This is an all outdoorsy atmosphere in Telluride, an historic Colorado ghost town on the western slopes of the Rocky Mountain Continental Divide. The cost here for camping out in the cold was $125.00 per person, meals included. This is generally a very straight atmosphere with many straight shroomers. But during the last five years has lightened up on the topics. Speakers included in this 1981 gathering included: Rolf Singer, Bob and Jennifer Harris, Gary Lincoff, Paul Stamets, Andrew Weil and Emanuel Salzman.
10. Mushrooms IV, described as an 'Educational Conference' was held October 27-30, 1983 in the foothills in Oregon At Breitenbush Hot Springs in Lake Detroit. Fee was $135.00 with room and accomadations included a geothermal heated cabin. Very friendly atmosphere and really cool people. Meals included. Speakers at this event included: Michael Beug, Andrew T. Weil, Gary Lincoff, Catherine Scates, James Q. Jacobs, Terence McKenna, Paul Stamets, Jeffrey Chilton, Rick Kerrigan, Michael Foley, Dale Leslie and Steve Morgan.
11. Andrew Weil gave a lecture and workshop Tuesday May 3, 1988 at the CC Ballroom at Campus Center at the University of Hawaii at Manoa campus.
12. Wild Mushrooms 1989 was the Seventh Annual Breitenbush Mycological Conference held from October 26-29, 1989. Room and board included. This one was now $150.00 per person. Speakers included David Arora, Walt Sturgeon, Paul Przybylowics, Annette Simonson, James Q. Jacobs, Kent Powloski, John W. Allen, Nancy Weber, Karl L. R. Jansen, Tjakko Stijve, Paul Stamets, Miriam C. Rice and Brendan McFarlan.
13. Wild Mushrooms 1990. Again held at Breitenbush between November 1-4, 1990 and the cost for room and board was again $150.00 per person. Speakers included: Jim Trappe, Bryce Kendrick, James Q. Jacobs, John W. Allen, Maggie Rogers, Walt Sturgeon, Michael Beug, Thom O'Dell balafon (Raggae Music band).
14. Wild Mushrooms 1991. Also at Breitenbush. This was $175.00 and room and board. Speakers included, John W. Allen, Jochen Gartz, David Arora, Lorelei Norvell, Bryce Kendrick, Thom O'Dell and Efran Cazares.
15. Plants, Shamanism, and States of Consciousness (Plantas, Chamanismo y Estados de Consciencia) held in San Luis Potosi, México on the 16-22 of November 1992. Jonathan Ott and many speakers on various aspects of Entheogenic plants. Cost for this was phenomenal at about $1200 dollars or more per person but it was a large conference with many speakers.
16. Psychedelic Summit, April 16th, 1993. This one is a celebration of the 50th anniversary of Albert Hofmann's discovery of LSD, held in San Francisco and was hosted by Bruce Eisner, author of Ecstacy and founder of the Island Group. It cost $100.00 dollars per person and included meals. Speakers included Rick Doblin, Oscar Janiger, taped messages from both Albert Hofmann and Humphrey Osmond, Tim Leary, Ralph Abraham, Alura Huxley, Robert Anton Wilson, Stephen Gaskin, Paul Krassner, Willis Harman, Donna Dryer and Richard Yensin, Lester Grinspoon, John Robbins, and Claudio Naranjo.
17. "Psychedelics and Cannabis: Spirituality, Medicine and Policy held on April 18th, 1993 was an all day conference for $45 dollars which included the following speakers: Rick Doblin, Dale Gieringer, Stephen Gaskin, Timothy Leary, Ken Goffman, Terence McKenna, Caroline Garcia, Alan Cohen, Ed Rosenthal, Donald Abrams, Lester Grinspoon, Ralph Metzner, Kat harrison, Dennis McKenna, Richard Yensin and Donna Dryer, Bob Sisko, Igor Koungourtsev, Claudio Naranjo, Jerry Beck, Bruce Eisner, Nina Graboi, Laura Huxley and others.
18. The Maui Botanical Preservation Corp Conference was held on Maui Island in Hawaii at camp Keanae, A boy scout camp on August 13-17th in the late summer of 1993. Cost was $175.00 with room and board. Speakers included Jonathan Ott, David Orr, Jonathan "Sparrow" Miller, John W. Allen ,Brett Blausser and Jonathan Ott's wife Djahel who danced for the attendees. There were other speakers at this conference.
19. The Gathering of the Minds was the brain child of Ron Piper and James Kent, publisher and editors of the now defunct magazine Psychedelic Illuminations, The conference was phenomenal with more than 50 guest lecturers and presenters and was held at Chapman University in Orange County Los Angeles on April 28, 1994. Meals were only for the speakers. And the cost was $35.00 per person for all day, $25.00 prepaid. Speakers include: John W. Allen, Michael Benner, Cliff Benton, Peter Bralver, Gary Bravo, Chris Conrad, Valeri Corral, Jim DeKorne, Rick Doblin, Troy Donahue (not the movie actor but president of the Mt. Shasta Mycological Society), Donna Dryer, Bruce Eisner, Genie Erstad, Robert Forte, Diana Gail, Jochen Gartz, Steven Gaskin, Michael Gilbert, Charles Grob, Peter Gorman, Nina Graboi, Roberta Hamilton, Jack Herer, Oscar Janiger, James Kent, Leeona Klippstein, Ellen Komb, Paul Krassner, Lorin Lindner, Timothy Leary, Bernard McCrane, Dennis McKenna, Ralph Metzner, David E. Nichols, Judy Osburn, Lynn Osburn, Jonathan Ott, Ron Piper, Caroljo Papac, Thomas Pinkson, Ram Das (Richard Alpert), Retinalogic, mark Riva, Ya'Anna Vera Rocha, Peter Stafford, Cliff Shaffer, Lynnette Shaw, Steven Starsparks, Starroot, Daniel Tvedt, and Richard Yensen.
20. The Ethnobotany and Chemistry of Psychoactive Plants Conference. This one was presented by Jonathan Ott and Rob Montgomery's Botanical Preservation Corps. Two 7 day intensive field courses held in the Mayan temples of Palenque in the remote tropical rainforests of southern México between 15-21 January and from 25-31 January, 1995. Cost per person was $1200.00 including room and board. Speakers included Terence McKenna, Jonathan Ott, Ralph Metzner, Christian Rätsch, Stacy Schaeffer, Constantino Manuel Torres and Rob Montgomery.
21. Ethnobotany: Shamanic Plant Science held October 18-20, 1996 at the Palace of Fine Arts Theater in San Francisco, California.. This conference cost $225.00 per person without any room or board. Speakers included: Albert Hofmann, Peter T. Furst, Bo Holmstedt, James C. Callaway, Antonio Escohotado, Josep María Firicgla, Jochen Gartz, Luis Eduardo Luna, Dennis J. McKenna, Deborah C. Mash, Richard Evans Schultes, Alexander T. Shulgin, Johannes Wilbert, Kary B. Mullis, Robert Montgomery, Jonathan Ott, Christian Rätsch, Giorgio Samorini, Stacy B. Schaefer, C. Manuel Torres.
22. Ethnobotany and Chemistry of Psychoactive plants. Again, the annual 1996 Botanical Preservation Corp conference was presented from 13-19 January and 22-28 January 1996. The BPC Conference was held near the Mayan Temples of Palenque in the remote tropical rainforests of México. $1200 per person with room and board. Speakers included; Sasha and And Shulgin, Terence McKenna, Jonathan Ott, Luis Eduardo Luna, Paul Stamets, Christian Rätsch, Stacy Schaefer, Ken Symington and Rob Montgomery (Founder of BPC).
23. Ethnobotany and Chemistry of Psychoactive Plants. This was also a Botanical Preservation Corps field course in psychoactive plants from held in Palenque in the tropical rainforests of southern México. Cost again was still $1200.00 per person with room and board. Speakers included: Albert Hofmann, Sasha and And Shulgin, Terence McKenna, Dennis McKenna, Jonathan Ott, Constantino Manuel Torres, Christian Rätsch, Deborah Mash, Ken Symington and Rob Montgomery.
24. Wild Entheogenic Mushrooms 1997. Cost for a four hour mushroom Identification Workshop by John W. Allen was $35.00 dollars per person. Held in the University -Used Bookstore in Seattle, Washington. Speaker: John W. Allen.
25. Psychoactivity. A large conference held at the Tropen Museum in Beautiful Amsterdam, Netherlands 1-4 October, 1998. Cost 474 florins ($235.00 U.S.) . No Room or Board. Speakers included: Simon Vinkenoog, Antonio Escohatabo, Peter Cohen, Pat O'Hare, Patricia Ochsner, Hans van den Hurk, Dick Bierman, Christian Rätsch, Stacy Schaefer, Claus Deimel, Bruno Illius, Jonathan Ott, Ralph Metzner, Ann Shulgin, Sasha Shulgin, Richard Yensen, Donna Dryer, Michael Szukaj, Thomas Heinz, Michael Schilichting, Manuel Torres, Peter de Smet, Claudia Mueller-Ebeling, Alex Grey, Hans Plomp and Arno Adelaars.
26.All Chemical Arts Presents "Psychoactivity Creativity held on the big Island of Hawaii between 12-17 September 1999. Cost per person was $1500.00 plus Room and Board. Organizers for this art conference regarding the influence enthegenic plant use has in art included Terence Mckenna, Manuel Torres and Ken Symington. Speakers also included Lewis John Carlino, Bruce Damer, Alex Grey, Ben Hightower Neil, Mark Pauline, Mark Pesce, Tom Robbins, Robert Nevosa and Alice Walker.
27. Ethnobotany Shamanic Plant Seminars In Palenque was held on 16-22 January and 25-31 January 1999 in the beautiful tropical rainforest of southern México. Again the cost plus room and board is $1200.00 per person. Speakers included: Giorgio Samorini, Paul Stamets, C. Manuel Torres, Terence McKenna, Rob Montgomery, Ken Symington, Sasha and Ann Shulgin, Christian Rätsch, Michael Bock, Jonathan Ott and Wade Davis.
28. Ethnobotany Plant Seminars two 7-day intensive field seminars at the portal to the Palenque Mayan ruins and México's mysterious tropical forests. Cost was $1300.00 dollars per person with room and board. This time the conference covers Archaic Art and Archeology of Ambrosia; Identification and Cultivation of Mushroomic Entheogens; South American Visionary Snuffs and Ayahuasca; Tryptamines, Phenethylamines, Allied Amritous Alkaloids; Soma, Kykeon, Iboga and Kindred Pschotica; and Collection, Cultivation, and Preparation of Psychoactive Plants.
29. Wild Mushrooms 2000. The 17th Annual Wild Mushroom Conference was held October 26-19,2000 at Breitenbush Hot Springs in Lake Detroit, Oregon. Cost per person was $295 Dollars with room and board. Speakers include John W. Allen, Patrice Benson, Jim Berlstein, Ed Foy, Bryce Kendrick, Paul Kroger, Taylor Lockwood, James Arthur and Jim Trappe.
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Remember that many Universities have psychoactive drug plant courses such as Freeman Rhoades Lane County Oregon Mushroom ID Workshop or Mark Merlin''s Psychoactive drug Plant COurse at the University of Hawaii And the monthly Pugot SOund Mycological Societies M Meetings. san Francisco also has a monthly show as do many West coast Cities. In Portland and Eugene oOregon their are monthly and annual mushrooms shows as well as the Seattle Show in OCtober.
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