We cultivate harmony with nature through educational programs, ethnobiological exploration and engagement with indigenous wisdom
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Living Library
For the those who know Nature is trying to say something.
A community and Living Library for serious explorers of plants, fungi, psychedelics, traditional medicines, and consciousness.
Founding membership now open
Our vision is to be a catalyst in creating an awakened world where all species thrive in symbiotic harmony.
We offer symposia, courses and retreats where people share, learn and inspire positive change on our planet and in their own lives.
programs
ESPD60
ESPD60 brings together leading voices in ethnopharmacology, consciousness research, indigenous knowledge, and publishing for an intimate dialogue and exchange.
Living Library
The Living Library — a curated collection of courses, live webinars, and community access that brings lineage‑informed plant, psychedelics, fungal, and consciousness study into one living library. Join a private learning community, attend regular live events, and access a growing archive of deep, practice‑focused content.
When the ceremony doesn’t end.
Organized with the support of the McKenna Academy, join us for a comprehensive online educational seminar that brings together a diverse panel of experts to examine the complex phenomenon of psychosis in psychedelic experiences.
Wisdom of the Leaf Coca Summit
The McKenna Academy of Natural Philosophy, in collaboration with Wade Davis, hosted the Wisdom of the Leaf Coca Summit during February 3 – 7, 2025 at the breathtaking Willka T’ika retreat center, nestled in the Sacred Valley of Peru.
Biognosis
Renovation of a precious herbarium in Iquitos, Peru which houses 150,000 specimens.
ESPD55
Ethnopharmacologic Search for Psychoactive Drugs hosted at St. Giles House 2022
ESPD50
Ethnopharmacologic Search for Psychoactive Drugs hosted at Tyringham Hall 2017.
Ripples of Change: Symbiosis Symposium
The Ripples of Change: Symbiosis Symposium brought together a group of passionate global voices actively engaged in creating awareness on the topic of symbiosis instead of competition.
“The entire biospheric community of species is conscious, and seeks to advance the evolution of consciousness through collaboration and symbiosis.”
Dennis McKenna Ph.D.
President and Principal Founder
Videos
Biognosis film trailer
The McKenna Academy embarks on a journey for the preservation, revival and empowerment of the wisdom of life that only the Amazon holds — woven into its unique biocultural diversity.
Podcast
Ibogaine, Kintsugi & the Secret to True Healing
Patricia Eastman is a medicine woman, writer and speaker, and the founder of the nonprofit Ancestral Heart. An initiate of the Bwiti tradition of Gabon for over a decade, she has facilitated psycho-spiritual programs with ibogaine and 5-MeO-DMT at the Crossroads treatment center in Mexico and has curated plant medicine retreats worldwide. Her book, Seeding Consciousness: Plant Medicine, Ancestral Wisdom, and Psychedelic Initiation, was published by Inner Traditions with a foreword by Alex and Allison Grey. She has spoken at Stanford, the World Economic Forum and on Gaia, and with her husband, Dr. Joseph Barsuglia, is building Hu Azores, a learning and wellness center with thermal springs on São Miguel Island, Portugal. Her nonprofit’s current work includes supporting a unified council of Bwiti Missoko elders in Gabon.
Blog
The Symbiotic Revolution: Dennis McKenna on Reclaiming Natural Psychedelics
Ethnopharmacology Field Guide · Psychedelics & Consciousness Psychedelics Ecology By McKenna Academy 11 min read A symbiotic revolution, in Dennis McKenna’s telling, begins with a quietly subversive idea: that the medicines we most need are not locked inside a patent or a clinical trial, but growing in the wild, waiting to renew an alliance with our […]
