Maria Papaspyrou, MSc, is an integrative psychotherapist. She has given talks and published articles on the healing properties of entheogens, supporting their re-introduction in psychotherapy. She lives in Brighton, England. Chiara Baldini is an independent researcher who studies the evolution of the ecstatic cult in the West. She lives in Portugal. David Luke is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Greenwich and guest lecturer at the University of Northampton. He lives in East Sussex, England.

• Acknowledgments FOREWORD Psysterhood by Allyson Grey INTRODUCTION The Genesis of Feminine Consciousness PART 1 Archetypal Dimensions of the Feminine Principle 1 Femtheogenic Consciousness: Archetypal Energies of Regeneration Maria Papaspyrou 2 In Search of Goddess Consciousness: Archetypal and Embodied Paths to Interconnectivity Patricia ‘Iolana 3 The Dark Feminine: Mediators of TransformationTim Read PART 2 Ancient Roots of Female Shamanism 4 Woman Shaman: Uncovering the Female EcstaticsMax Dashu 5 Her Share of Divine Madness: The Role of Women in the Ancient Rites of Dionysus Chiara Baldini 6 The Lady Who Served the Mystery Potion: The Botanical Symbolism behind the Mysteries of Eleusis Carl A. P. Ruck 7 The Volva: Women in Norse WitchcraftMaria Christine Kvilhaug PART 3 Embodied Paths to Ecstasy8 She Dances and Trances Again: Exploring, Healing, and Developing Feminine Aspects through Trance Dance Christa Mackinnon 9 She Who Births: The Psychedelic Nature of ProcreationAlana Bliss 10 Rebirth of an Ancient Calling:The Modern Medicine Woman Shonagh Home PART 4 Psychedelic Feminine Principles 11 The Embodiment of Feminine Qualities in the Psychedelic Self: The Realm of Mystery and Potential Kathleen Harrison 12 Toward a Radical Uncertainty: Into the Darkness Anna Luke 13 The Bioethics of Psychedelic Guides: Issues of Safety and Abuses of Power in Ceremonies with Psychoactive SubstancesEleonora Molnar PART 5 De-gendering Psychedelics 14 De-essentializing Notions of the Feminine in Psychedelic Research: Western Women, Ayahuasca, and Possibilities for Transformation Lorna Olivia O’Dowd 15 The Feminine Enshadowed: The Role of Psychedelics in Deconstructing the Gender Binary Cameron Adams and Timothy Davis PART 6 In Service of Vision16 Creating Portals into Other Worlds: Sharing My Visionary Symbolism Martina Hoffmann 17 Eggstatic Creations: Remembering Our Feminine Core Amanda Sage 18 Feminine Flowers of Consciousness Bloom Alana Bliss19 Reflections on the Gift of Blood Omolewa PART 7 Feminist Psychedelic Activism 20 Creating a Community of Wisewomen: The Women’s Visionary Congress Annie Oak21 Beyond Psychological Patriarchy: Plant Medicines and the Resurgence of Medical ErosAdam Aronovich 22 Cognitive Dispossession: Ecofeminism, Entheogens, and Neuroqueering Drug Policy Nadia Erlam 23 Psychedelics, Self-Creation, and Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights: A Feminist Perspective Charlotte Walsh CONCLUSION Weaving Our Way Back Home Contributors Bibliography Index

“Words like ‘essential knowledge’ and ‘provocative’ somehow fail to do justice to the content between these covers. These are contemporary, controversial issues in psychedelics that aren’t adequately being addressed elsewhere: abuses of power and the ethical behavior of psychedelic guides and shamans and the role of psychedelics not only in women reclaiming their power but in deconstructing the gender binary. There is mystery and potential in the feminine, the yin shadow. That darkness is an important piece of the power and glory that is woman. I applaud this project and recommend it heartfully. It is crucial information that needs to be integrated into the psychedelic community and the larger tribe of humanity. Also, the artwork is gorgeous and inspiring.”

Maria Papaspyrou, MSc, is an integrative psychotherapist. She has given talks and published articles on the healing properties of entheogens, supporting their re-introduction in psychotherapy. She lives in Brighton, England. Chiara Baldini is an independent researcher who studies the evolution of the ecstatic cult in the West. She lives in Portugal. David Luke is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Greenwich and guest lecturer at the University of Northampton. He lives in East Sussex, England.

• Acknowledgments FOREWORD Psysterhood by Allyson Grey INTRODUCTION The Genesis of Feminine Consciousness PART 1 Archetypal Dimensions of the Feminine Principle 1 Femtheogenic Consciousness: Archetypal Energies of Regeneration Maria Papaspyrou 2 In Search of Goddess Consciousness: Archetypal and Embodied Paths to Interconnectivity Patricia ‘Iolana 3 The Dark Feminine: Mediators of TransformationTim Read PART 2 Ancient Roots of Female Shamanism 4 Woman Shaman: Uncovering the Female EcstaticsMax Dashu 5 Her Share of Divine Madness: The Role of Women in the Ancient Rites of Dionysus Chiara Baldini 6 The Lady Who Served the Mystery Potion: The Botanical Symbolism behind the Mysteries of Eleusis Carl A. P. Ruck 7 The Volva: Women in Norse WitchcraftMaria Christine Kvilhaug PART 3 Embodied Paths to Ecstasy8 She Dances and Trances Again: Exploring, Healing, and Developing Feminine Aspects through Trance Dance Christa Mackinnon 9 She Who Births: The Psychedelic Nature of ProcreationAlana Bliss 10 Rebirth of an Ancient Calling:The Modern Medicine Woman Shonagh Home PART 4 Psychedelic Feminine Principles 11 The Embodiment of Feminine Qualities in the Psychedelic Self: The Realm of Mystery and Potential Kathleen Harrison 12 Toward a Radical Uncertainty: Into the Darkness Anna Luke 13 The Bioethics of Psychedelic Guides: Issues of Safety and Abuses of Power in Ceremonies with Psychoactive SubstancesEleonora Molnar PART 5 De-gendering Psychedelics 14 De-essentializing Notions of the Feminine in Psychedelic Research: Western Women, Ayahuasca, and Possibilities for Transformation Lorna Olivia O’Dowd 15 The Feminine Enshadowed: The Role of Psychedelics in Deconstructing the Gender Binary Cameron Adams and Timothy Davis PART 6 In Service of Vision16 Creating Portals into Other Worlds: Sharing My Visionary Symbolism Martina Hoffmann 17 Eggstatic Creations: Remembering Our Feminine Core Amanda Sage 18 Feminine Flowers of Consciousness Bloom Alana Bliss19 Reflections on the Gift of Blood Omolewa PART 7 Feminist Psychedelic Activism 20 Creating a Community of Wisewomen: The Women’s Visionary Congress Annie Oak21 Beyond Psychological Patriarchy: Plant Medicines and the Resurgence of Medical ErosAdam Aronovich 22 Cognitive Dispossession: Ecofeminism, Entheogens, and Neuroqueering Drug Policy Nadia Erlam 23 Psychedelics, Self-Creation, and Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights: A Feminist Perspective Charlotte Walsh CONCLUSION Weaving Our Way Back Home Contributors Bibliography Index

“Words like ‘essential knowledge’ and ‘provocative’ somehow fail to do justice to the content between these covers. These are contemporary, controversial issues in psychedelics that aren’t adequately being addressed elsewhere: abuses of power and the ethical behavior of psychedelic guides and shamans and the role of psychedelics not only in women reclaiming their power but in deconstructing the gender binary. There is mystery and potential in the feminine, the yin shadow. That darkness is an important piece of the power and glory that is woman. I applaud this project and recommend it heartfully. It is crucial information that needs to be integrated into the psychedelic community and the larger tribe of humanity. Also, the artwork is gorgeous and inspiring.”

Maria Papaspyrou, MSc, is an integrative psychotherapist. She has given talks and published articles on the healing properties of entheogens, supporting their re-introduction in psychotherapy. She lives in Brighton, England. Chiara Baldini is an independent researcher who studies the evolution of the ecstatic cult in the West. She lives in Portugal. David Luke is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Greenwich and guest lecturer at the University of Northampton. He lives in East Sussex, England.

• Acknowledgments FOREWORD Psysterhood by Allyson Grey INTRODUCTION The Genesis of Feminine Consciousness PART 1 Archetypal Dimensions of the Feminine Principle 1 Femtheogenic Consciousness: Archetypal Energies of Regeneration Maria Papaspyrou 2 In Search of Goddess Consciousness: Archetypal and Embodied Paths to Interconnectivity Patricia ‘Iolana 3 The Dark Feminine: Mediators of TransformationTim Read PART 2 Ancient Roots of Female Shamanism 4 Woman Shaman: Uncovering the Female EcstaticsMax Dashu 5 Her Share of Divine Madness: The Role of Women in the Ancient Rites of Dionysus Chiara Baldini 6 The Lady Who Served the Mystery Potion: The Botanical Symbolism behind the Mysteries of Eleusis Carl A. P. Ruck 7 The Volva: Women in Norse WitchcraftMaria Christine Kvilhaug PART 3 Embodied Paths to Ecstasy8 She Dances and Trances Again: Exploring, Healing, and Developing Feminine Aspects through Trance Dance Christa Mackinnon 9 She Who Births: The Psychedelic Nature of ProcreationAlana Bliss 10 Rebirth of an Ancient Calling:The Modern Medicine Woman Shonagh Home PART 4 Psychedelic Feminine Principles 11 The Embodiment of Feminine Qualities in the Psychedelic Self: The Realm of Mystery and Potential Kathleen Harrison 12 Toward a Radical Uncertainty: Into the Darkness Anna Luke 13 The Bioethics of Psychedelic Guides: Issues of Safety and Abuses of Power in Ceremonies with Psychoactive SubstancesEleonora Molnar PART 5 De-gendering Psychedelics 14 De-essentializing Notions of the Feminine in Psychedelic Research: Western Women, Ayahuasca, and Possibilities for Transformation Lorna Olivia O’Dowd 15 The Feminine Enshadowed: The Role of Psychedelics in Deconstructing the Gender Binary Cameron Adams and Timothy Davis PART 6 In Service of Vision16 Creating Portals into Other Worlds: Sharing My Visionary Symbolism Martina Hoffmann 17 Eggstatic Creations: Remembering Our Feminine Core Amanda Sage 18 Feminine Flowers of Consciousness Bloom Alana Bliss19 Reflections on the Gift of Blood Omolewa PART 7 Feminist Psychedelic Activism 20 Creating a Community of Wisewomen: The Women’s Visionary Congress Annie Oak21 Beyond Psychological Patriarchy: Plant Medicines and the Resurgence of Medical ErosAdam Aronovich 22 Cognitive Dispossession: Ecofeminism, Entheogens, and Neuroqueering Drug Policy Nadia Erlam 23 Psychedelics, Self-Creation, and Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights: A Feminist Perspective Charlotte Walsh CONCLUSION Weaving Our Way Back Home Contributors Bibliography Index

“Words like ‘essential knowledge’ and ‘provocative’ somehow fail to do justice to the content between these covers. These are contemporary, controversial issues in psychedelics that aren’t adequately being addressed elsewhere: abuses of power and the ethical behavior of psychedelic guides and shamans and the role of psychedelics not only in women reclaiming their power but in deconstructing the gender binary. There is mystery and potential in the feminine, the yin shadow. That darkness is an important piece of the power and glory that is woman. I applaud this project and recommend it heartfully. It is crucial information that needs to be integrated into the psychedelic community and the larger tribe of humanity. Also, the artwork is gorgeous and inspiring.”