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About Us

Our 
Vision

To live in a world with supportive and joyful communities, empowered to discover our own divinity with sacred mushrooms and each other.

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Our 
Mission

To bring people together for healing and connection to divine revelation through communion with sacred mushrooms.

Our 
Values

We are grounded in community and faith, guided by sincerity and compassion, inspired by curiosity, and committed to individual liberty.

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Our 
Ministry

Our team extends far beyond staff and organizers—it includes every one of our ordained ministers.

With over 150 ministers and growing, our collective efforts form the heart of Psanctuary: to empower spiritual sovereignty, build community, and honor the sacrament with reverence, integrity, and love.

Our 
Framework

From our bylaws to our beliefs, this is where spiritual sovereignty meets shared responsibility. Here you’ll find the guiding principles, legal info, and ethical codes that support our community.

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Our 
History

Psanctuary began with three friends growing mushrooms, hosting sacred retreats in Jamaica, and witnessing the healing power of the sacrament firsthand. But after two of our founders were arrested in the U.S. for sharing mushrooms in a private spiritual setting, everything changed. 

Today, Psanctuary exists not in defiance, but in devotion—to the sacrament, to spiritual freedom, and to the long lineage of people who’ve honored mushrooms as a divine teacher.

 

The full origin story—from dreadlocks to courtrooms to communion—is coming soon.

Our Core Team

Like water, they move where needed—quietly supporting, creating, and responding to what wants to emerge. Before roles were defined or resources secured, they offered their presence, skills, and faith to help Psanctuary grow.

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Eric Osborne

Co-Founder, Board President and Community Minister, Kentucky

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Amy Sameulson

Board Treasurer, Friends and Family Minister, Ohio

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Athena Short

Co-Founder, Membership Lead, Friends & Family Minister, Kentucky

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Courtney Rose

Co-Founder, Board Vice President, Friends & Family Minister, Kentucky

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Alana Thornton

Program Development Manager, Friends and Family Minister, Maine

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Deborah Pierce

Psacred Passage Minister, Indiana

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Thirty spokes converge on a single hub,
but it is the empty space in the center that allows the wheel to function.
We shape clay into a pot,
but it is the empty space inside that holds whatever we want.
We hammer wood for a house,
but it is the inner space that makes it livable.
We work with being,
but non-being is what we use.

TAO TE CHING- Chapter 11

Psanctuary Church

Please contact us for more information. 

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DISCLAIMER:

The information, services, and content provided by Psanctuary on this website and through our programs, events, or materials are for spiritual and educational purposes only. Nothing on this website or within our offerings constitutes medical, psychological, or therapeutic advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

Your donation safeguards the right to spiritual exploration through entheogens and preserves an ancient healing tradition. 

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