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10,000 Years of Psychedelic Use

Skippy Mesirow

When 2 dates — see below
Time 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Where Multiple venues — see dates below
Cost Free

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Wednesday, June 24, 2026 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM · True Nature | Carbondale, Colorado
Sunday, June 28, 2026 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM · SANCTUM | Aspen, Colorado

About this event

Join us for an engaging four-part series exploring the history, healing, and potential impact of psychedelic medicines on our collective and planetary future.

Psychedelics are rapidly moving from the fringe of society into the center of modern conversations around healing, leadership, consciousness, performance, spirituality, and human transformation. This four-part series explores where these medicines come from, what science is teaching us, how the legal landscape is evolving, and why many believe psychedelics may play an important role in the future of human flourishing.

Designed to be evidence based, experiential, and accessible to both the naïve and experienced, this series helps participants build a clear, nuanced understanding of one of the most important cultural shifts of our time. Join us for one session or the entire series.

Long before psychedelics entered modern medicine, they were used for thousands of years across every continent by civilizations as tools for healing, divination, community, and leadership.

This session explores the deep historical roots of psychedelic use, from Indigenous ceremonial traditions, helping participants understand how humanity's relationship with altered states has shaped religion, culture, meaning-making, and human development across time.

Your speaker

Skippy Mesirow

Skippy Mesirow

Speaker

Skippy Mesirow is the founder of SANCTUM, creator of THE COURAGE METHOD™, and a former member of Colorado's Natural Medicine Advisory Board, where he helped shape the state's regulated psychedelic framework.

For more than 15 years, he has facilitated leadership development and transformational work with executives, elected officials, nonprofit leaders, founders, and high-impact organizations. His work integrates psychedelic education, executive coaching, somatic practice, trauma-informed care, mindfulness, and group facilitation into highly experiential learning environments designed to help people think more clearly, relate more honestly, and lead more consciously.

He is also the host of the Civic Courage Lab Podcast, featuring conversations with leaders including Byron Katie, David Allen, and Rick Doblin.

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What you'll leave with

  • A deeper understanding of the history of psychedelic use across cultures and civilizations.
  • Greater context for the modern psychedelic renaissance.
  • Insight into how altered states have shaped religion, leadership, healing, and human development.
  • A more grounded and nuanced understanding of psychedelic medicines.
  • Clearer perspective on the future role psychedelics may play in society.

Join us — it's free

Wednesday, June 24, 2026 · Sunday, June 28, 2026
Multiple venues — see dates below

  • Free admission — open to the public
  • RSVP encouraged as space is limited
  • Participants may attend one session or the full four-part series
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Randal Mays Chairman of Live Nation Entertainment
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