Introduction to Psychedelic Autism

“Introduction to Psychedelic Autism” provides foundational insights for understanding potential applications for psychedelics within autistic populations.

  • 100 Enrolled
  • All levels
  • Last updated Feb '23
  • English
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Course Description

The Introduction to Psychedelic Autism is an online course for facilitators, therapists, guides, sitters, and coaches interested in exploring the past, present, and future of psychedelic-assisted care options for autistic adults. The course includes lectures, a curated bundle of peer-reviewed publications, and the opportunity to connect with other like-minded professionals through online Zoom discussions and a private message group. By the end of the four-week course, students will have a wide-reaching perspective on established research and an enhanced ability to understand, accommodate, serve, and support autistic individuals in a variety of ceremonial, session-based, and coaching-related psychedelic contexts.

The course lectures and associated reference materials provide a foundational understanding of autism, psychedelics, and the relevant intersections of the two. The course material includes essential terms, statistics, and definitions, as well as a deep dive into a wide variety of relevant clinical investigations completed during both the pre-prohibition and modern "psychedelic renaissance" eras of research.

Each enrollment includes access to four weekly, 2-hour-long group learning Zoom sessions, video replays of all four live Zoom learning sessions, digital copies of all live lecture slide decks from each of the four sessions, 25+ PDFs of relevant, peer-reviewed papers organized in a curated research archive, streamable audiobook editions of "Autism On Acid" and "Autistic Psychedelic" and a private online networking group to connect with other Psychedelic Autism Professionals.

The course is primarily designed for academics and professionals who want to learn about and eventually work in the emerging field of psychedelic care for autistic individuals (Psy-Aut Care).

You will learn:

  • What is Bwiti?
  • Roles in Bwiti initiation/treatment
  • Instruments in Bwiti: ngombe, mogongo
  • What is an Nganga
    • Maboundi/Yombo
    • Maboundi/Yombo
  • Sustainability/reciprocity

You will learn:

  • History of the Fang tradition
  • Dissumba vs. Dissumba Fang
  • Ombwiri/Mbumbayano Fang
  • The kambo
  • State of Fang Bwiti in Gabon
  • Impact of Westerners coming to work with the sacred wood

You will learn:

  • History of the Missoko tradition
  • Various branches of Missoko initiation:
    • Miobe/Mioba
    • Ngonde Na Dipuma
    • Sengedia
  • The impact of logging on the tradition
  • What the future of Bwiti could look like in Gabon

You will learn:

  • History of Dissumba
  • Various branches of Dissumba initiation:
    • Abanji/Mabanji
    • Ilombo
    • Ombwiri
    • Ombudi
    • Loro
  • The ngombe (sacred harp)
  • Healing rituals involved in her tradition
  • Training to serve the wood
    • What does it involve?
    • How long does it take?

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Tatayo

Instructor

About Instructor

Tatayo (“Fruit of the Wind”) first arrived in Gabon in 1971 at the age of 21 and became a Gabonese citizen. In 1979, he became the first white person to be initiated into the Bwiti Fang tradition in Gabon. In 1994, he was initiated into the Misokko tradition. As a guide for numerous expeditions and missions, including those of National Geographic, the BBC, and others, Tatayo is considered to have “opened the door” to westerners in Gabon.

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$199

This course includes

  • Lectures 4
  • Duration 8 Hours
  • Skills All levels
  • Language English
  • Availability Cohort
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