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Posts: 3830 Joined: 12-Feb-2009 Last visit: 08-Feb-2024
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While visiting a presentation at BM last year I encountered this little gem. I quietly entered the space and found some amazing people providing an amazing service all of us here would appreciate. Thankfully, I didn't need any help but I had goosebumps seeing a service like this exist free from law enforcement harassment. The Zendo Project aims to set up a quiet and safe place for people experiencing a negative psychedelic trip. Instead of risking possible arrest or further worsening the trip by vising medical professionals in the urgent care tent, people have the option to visit the Zendo where experienced psychedelic users will assist in easing the trip. Incense, water, spray bottles, pillows, etc. They have it all but need support. Consider making real world harm reduction a lasting service. The Zendo Project: Psychedelic Harm Reduction for Festivals"Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored." -A.Huxley
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Dreamoar
Posts: 4711 Joined: 10-Sep-2009 Last visit: 21-Nov-2024 Location: Rocky mountain high
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I also stumbled into the Zendo at last year's BM and was thoroughly impressed. We discussed a lot of what the project is doing and where it is heading in the Harm Reduction workshop at Psychedelic Science this spring as well. I am absolutely in love with the project and applied to volunteer, I have yet to hear anything back, but I'm very much determined to get involved so I can get a good foundation for starting similar projects in my own area. Neat Fact: There is also the Full Circle Tea house that provides similar services (and tea!) and Doc Bronners <3 <3 <3 has donated an art car to shuttle people back and forth between the Zendo and the teahouse which will be on opposite sides of the Playa this year. Much respect to Doc Bronners, buy moar of their soap! *End shameless plug* Good stuff  Edit: I see all that is mentioned in the video, I really should watch these things before I post 
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DMT-Nexus member
Posts: 628 Joined: 12-Jan-2010 Last visit: 28-Feb-2019
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Very interesting. "It permits you to see, more clearly than our perishing mortal eye can see, vistas beyond the horizons of this life, to travel backwards and forwards in time, to enter other planes of existence, even (as the Indians say) to know God." R. Gordon Wasson
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fool adept
Posts: 349 Joined: 12-Jan-2012 Last visit: 22-Apr-2024
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amazing idea, all festivals should have this! Saw a few people FREAKING out being trucked to medical tent at a festival last weekend. Can't imagine EMT's being very calming to an overwhelmed mind. But a wise experienced psychonaut would be awesome. In the province of the mind what one believes to be true, either is true or becomes true within certain limits. These limits are to be found experimentally and experientially. When so found these limits turn out to be further beliefs to be transcended. In the province of the mind there are no limits. However, in the province of the body there are definite limits not to be transcended.-J.C. Lilly
The Spice must flow
Zat was Zen and dis is Dao.
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DMT-Nexus member
Posts: 583 Joined: 30-Oct-2012 Last visit: 09-Oct-2019
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Having been to many raves and festivals in the Detroit metro area I can say this is sorely missing from the scene. I see ALOT of people having negative trips being shuttled to the hospital which I can't imagine being anything less then traumatizing. Anyways I had this idea myself, this is something I would like to implement around here, I think it would be cool if at major festivals you could also have a medical professional volunteer just to be extra safe/ provide extra reassurance to the more freaked out.
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Posts: 80 Joined: 08-Jul-2013 Last visit: 16-Jul-2013 Location: Misty Mountains
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 Wow this is amazing. Fairly close to where I live a folk and bluegrass festival is held a few times a year. Great place to expand your mind, and all the people working there are old hippies, perfect for counseling a bad trip. I'd like to get a service like this started, defiantly looking into it!! Peace if you wanna try suicide, first try something completely different
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