Spirituality & Beyond: A Three-Day Communion of Culture & Consciousness
As many around the world gather for Easter, a time marked by resurrection, renewal, and the ritual of communion, where bread and wine are shared as symbols of sacred remembrance, we invite you into another kind of communion.
There’s a long-standing psychedelic theory that early Christian rites may have once held entheogenic symbolism. That the language of “eat of this” pointed not only to ritual, but to altered states through sacred plants and fungi as an opportunity to commune with all that’s sacred. Acacia, woven through biblical ritual spaces and long associated with mystical experience, reminds us that encounters with the divine have often unfolded with the aid of plant allies. Many have noted that altered states echo through scripture itself: visions, burning bushes, prophetic trances, mountaintop revelations. The sacred has always moved through embodied experience.
This weekend, we invite you to commune with the sacred in all its forms: within, between, and beyond us.
Spirituality & Beyond is a three-day unconference shaped by our collective participation. This is a gathering where ceremony, conversation, art, humor, and culture move together and community is the anchor of our time together.
We are only releasing 300 tickets to keep this gathering intentionally small— so conversations can breathe, ideas from our curated talks have room to integrate, and the experience stays relational.
🌿 Friday — Opening Ceremony (April 3)
In collaboration with Solestial Church, we begin by setting intention together. This pre-ceremony also honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other revolutionary leaders on the anniversary of his transcendence, grounding the weekend in shared reflection on community, collective vision, and how we build a more conscious future together.
🌞 The Gathering
Saturday, April 4 (10am–6pm) & Sunday, April 5 (11am–6pm)
Across two full days, we’ll move through conversations that expand how we relate to altered states, care, and culture.
Expect grounded discussions on harm reduction and responsible exploration, from what dosage culture gets wrong, to how we measure transformation beyond grams.
We’ll explore lessons from community-based care models, including insights shaped by large-scale gatherings like Burning Man, and what it means to show up for one another when things get tender, intense, or unexpected.
There will be space to examine plant allies beyond the usual narratives : conversations on cacao, emerging consciousness tools, and the intersection of chemistry, ritual, and intention.
And we’ll explore frameworks like the Hero’s Journey, not as a finish line, but as a living tool for integration, shadow work, and what comes after the peak.
These talks are intentionally woven into the rhythm of the weekend, with space between them for dialogue, integration, and cross-pollination.
🌿 Throughout the weekend, explore the Indigenous-centered market and creative makerspace curated by Xochitl Bernadette Moreno. Each table becomes an invitation into exploration and living exchange of culture and creativity.
🍄Saturday Night 4/4: 8pm — Shane Mauss (Comedy Add-On)
Integration work doesn’t always have to be heavy. Join us Saturday night for a special comedy show featuring Shane Mauss. Seen on Conan, Comedy Central, and Netflix, and host of the podcast Here We Are, Shane is known for exploring psychedelics, science, and the strange human experience of being alive through sharp, curious stand-up.
Separate ticket link for purchase coming soon.
🍄Sunday Night Official Afterparty
Low lights. Deep ceremonial grooves. Sacred music for moving bodies. Non-alcoholic tonics and elixirs at the bar. Space to move, connect, and close out the weekend together.
Separate ticket link for purchase coming soon.
Featured Speakers
Reggie Watts
Internationally renowned musician, comedian, and improvisational creative force, Reggie Watts is best known as the bandleader on The Late Late Show with James Corden. Using only his voice, looping pedals, and boundless imagination, he creates entirely improvised performances that dissolve the boundaries between music and comedy.
The New York Times called him “the most influential absurdist in comedy today.” His Netflix special Spatial received critical acclaim, and his memoir Great Falls, MT was published by Penguin. He has headlined sold-out tours across the U.S. and Europe.
On Easter Sunday, Reggie joins Monica Cadena for a wide-ranging conversation exploring creativity, culture, and consciousness.
Shane Mauss
Award-winning comedian and science communicator, Shane Mauss has spent the last decade exploring where comedy, neuroscience, and psychedelics intersect. He hosts the Here We Are podcast, featuring over 400 conversations with scientists on life’s biggest questions. His psychedelic journeys inspired Comedy Central’s Tales From The Trip and the Amazon documentary Psychonautics: A Comic’s Exploration of Psychedelics. His MAPS-sponsored solo tour A Good Trip brought cutting-edge psychedelic research into mainstream comedy venues.
His upcoming two-part special Trips releases in spring 2026. On Saturday, he joins Pastor Dave for a candid and fearless dialogue on high-dose exploration — and returns that evening for a special live comedy performance (separate ticket).
Pastor Dave Hodges
Founder of the Church of Ambrosia and Zide Door in Oakland, Pastor Dave leads what has become the world’s largest psychedelic church — now over 135,000 members strong. A visionary spiritual leader and advocate for religious liberty, he has been featured in Forbes, the SF Chronicle, and Newsweek for his pioneering work at the intersection of faith and entheogenic sacraments.
Pastor Dave speaks both Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday, he joins Shane Mauss in a candid conversation about high-dose work — its risks, revelations, and responsibilities. On Sunday, he delivers the Easter sermon, guiding seekers toward healing, expanded consciousness, and connection to the divine.
Monica Cadena
Known to her community as @sacred.alchemist, Monica Cadena is an Afro-Indigenous psychedelic writer and plant medicine advocate rooted in Oakland. As Creatrix of Psychedelics and Sensuality and co-founder of Wear Your Voice Magazine, she centers voices at the intersection of healing, social justice, and ancestral wisdom.
A contributor to Lucid News and DoubleBlind Magazine, Monica brings a grounded, decolonial lens to the psychedelic movement — expanding who feels welcome in these conversations and who gets to belong.