CONSCIOUSNESS CIRCLE
Consciousness Circle is a monthly gathering hosted by the Central Florida Psychedelic Society in collaboration with Center Street Retreat.
These education-centered nights are devoted to a specific state of consciousness towards healing, compassion, and self-discovery. Each consciousness circle gathering will feature an educational component such as a talk, film screening, or hands-on experiential practice.
Each event is focused on a unique expanded state of consciousness and integration. Some topics include psychedelic medicine, dreamwork, deathwork, liminal states, meditation, dieta, sensory deprivation, chanting, movement, drumming, and more.
Come connect and learn with your local consciousness community.
All are welcome!
Theme: Beyond the Blue Bruising
From Psychedelic Curiosity to Scientific Discovery with Scott Ostuni
Scott Ostuni
Scott Ostuni, an amateur mycologist from Florida, will discuss how his early psychedelic experiences took him down a path towards studying fungal taxonomy in the Southeastern United States.
Scott has co-published several papers on novel species he and other amateur mycologists have found while roaming around their local habitats. He is on the NAMA DNA Sequencing Committee and a member of Entheogen Genome Project. Scott discovered a new Florida mushroom species called Psilocybe niveotropicalis, as well as increasing understanding of the distribution of various species of fungi in the state of Florida. Scott is deeply enthusiastic about enlisting budding mycologists to contribute to mapping the biodiversity of fungi in Florida through INaturalist. Scott Ostuni is the President of Florida Mycological Society and is a Sequence Validator for the Fungal Diversity Survey (FUNDIS).
Check out Florida Mycological Society here
Central Florida Psychedelic society is dedicated to cultivating a compassionate world with a focus on safety, curiosity, and belonging. For more information, visit the Central Florida Psychedelic Society