Workshop Overview
What can mushrooms, psychedelics, and nature teach us about movement-building, mutual aid, and collective liberation? How can we apply the intelligence of mycelial networks—decentralized, resilient, and symbiotic—to political organizing? In this lecture, we will explore how psychedelic experiences and ecological wisdom can help us reimagine activism, care networks, and resource-sharing in ways that are regenerative, holistic, and deeply connected to ancestral ways of knowing.
Myceliated Movements is an invitation to move beyond transactional activism and toward a paradigm of interdependence, inspired by the natural world. The underground fungal networks that nourish forests offer profound lessons in how we can organize ourselves for lasting, transformative change. This session will weave together insights from cultural anthropology, indigenous traditions, political movements, and contemporary psychedelic research to propose a model of movement-building rooted in relationality, non-duality, and mutual care.
Key Themes
- Mycelial Intelligence & Networked Resistance
- How do fungi create decentralized, adaptive, and self-sustaining networks?
- What can mycelial structures teach us about mutual aid, horizontal organizing, and solidarity?
- The importance of unseen labor in movements—lessons from underground networks
- Psychedelic Ways of Knowing: Fractals, Non-Duality, and Interconnection
- How psychedelic experiences dissolve rigid boundaries and challenge dualistic or binary thinking
- Indigenous and ancestral relationships with the unseen world in political resistance and communal care
- Psychedelic-Informed Organizing: Building Movements with Care & Regeneration
- The role of healing spaces in movement-building
- Moving at the speed of trust: integrating patience and relational depth into organizing
- Ritual, land-based practices, and ancestral wisdom in activism
Why This Matters Now
In an era of ecological collapse, social upheaval, and political fragmentation, movements often replicate the same extractive, hierarchical structures they seek to dismantle. Activists and organizers face burnout, disconnection, and cycles of urgency that can be unsustainable. This lecture challenges conventional approaches to movement-building and invites us to imagine new ways of organizing—ones that are not only strategic but also nourishing, interconnected, and inspired by the intelligence of the more-than-human world.
Psychedelics have long been catalysts for shifts in perception, offering glimpses into alternate ways of being and relating. By integrating psychedelic insights into activism, we can move beyond resistance alone and towards the creation of new paradigms for care, reciprocity, and transformation.
Who Is This For?
- Organizers, activists, and community members looking for more sustainable ways to engage in movement work
- Individuals interested in the intersection of psychedelics, ecology, and political action
- Those exploring indigenous and ancestral knowledge systems in resistance movements
- Anyone seeking to deepen their understanding of mutual aid, non-hierarchical organizing, and regenerative activism
Join us as we explore how fungi, psychedelics, and nature can reshape the way we organize for justice, liberation, and collective care.
About Our Guest
Who Is Charlotte Duerr James?
Charlotte Duerr James is an educator, therapeutic coach, and initiated Medicine Woman of Afro-Caribbean and Germanic lineage. Her work is dedicated to creating a world where individuals can live boldly in pursuit of their radical transformation. Through her practice in education, ceremonial facilitation, and therapeutic coaching, Charlotte fosters communities centered on collective liberation and healing.
With over 15 years of experience working with Sacred Earth Medicines, Charlotte’s spiritual journey is deeply rooted in traditional wisdom. She has completed an apprenticeship in Kambo, is a Mbanji initiate, and has facilitated hundreds of ceremonies, supporting groups and individuals in their healing processes. Her academic background includes a summa cum laude degree in Latin American Studies and Anthropology from Johns Hopkins University. Additionally, she is a graduate of a 3-year certification program in Transpersonal Psychology, Psychedelic Medicine, and Indigenous Wisdom through the Awe Foundation, where she also serves as a mentor.
Charlotte is the founder of Liberation Training, a psychedelically-informed organization that supports practitioners and journeyers in decolonizing their approaches to personal growth and collective healing. Fluent in Spanish and Portuguese, she has lived throughout South America, where she deepened her connection with diverse healing traditions. A lifelong student of the Earth, Charlotte is committed to continuous unlearning and relearning, engaging with elders and wisdom keepers from various traditions to ensure that her facilitation is grounded in authenticity and integrity.
Believing that personal transformation is essential to fostering collective liberation, Charlotte remains dedicated to helping others navigate their own paths toward healing and empowerment.