In a time of rising nationalism and racism, psychedelics can be an entry point to the vista of universal consciousness:
From Brexit to Trump's election, the West is in crisis. A civilization torn between democracy, capitalism and racism is ripping apart. Now more than ever, plant based medicines give us a map to psychic healing that can translate into political catharsis. The first step is accepting how we got to this point.
“We wear the mask,” poet Paul Lawrence Dunbar wrote about Black life in America. His poem described how oppressed minorities masked themselves to avoid violence. Beginning with his image, we will examine the themes of psychedelic art and literature to rediscover the ideas and rituals that lead to liberation.
Come and explore the role of psychedelics, and the art that conveys psychedelic experience, in challenging political oppression. Using story-telling and political critique, we can show how medicinal plants create consciousness that enables us to “take off the mask”.
$20 in advance / $25 at the door
Nicholas Powers is a poet, journalist, and professor. His books, The Ground Below Zero and Theater of War, are published by Upset Press. He has written
for The Indypendent, Truth-Out, The Village Voice and Alternet. He has reported from Hurricane hit New Orleans, the Darfur Genocide, Burning Man and post earthquake Haiti.
For the past 17 years William Etundi Jr. has worked to produce large scale projects that mix social commentary, art and public spectacle.
William’s events have been experienced by over one hundred thousand guests, from Brooklyn to Miami, from the Louvre to the White House. His distinct style blends a sense of intimacy within a grand spectacle with the New York Times calling him "an impresario of the underground".
