Fantastic Fungi - Byron Bay

Don’t miss out - Get your tickets early! Previous session have sold out weeks in advance!

Mind Medicine Australia is thrilled to invite you to our screening of Fantastic Fungi on Thursday the 25th of March 2021 at 6:30pm.

Don't miss this film! Book your tickets today.

View the trailer here:

Mycelium is a life preserver, not only for our species, but for so many of the species that inhabit our Earth.

We're asking you to start this revolution in the ecology of consciousness. Please help us. We can save this planet with your help and the help of Mycelium.

There are currently no medications that have proven effective in dealing with the massive increase in addiction, depression, trauma and suicide. 

Psychedelic medicines are showing extraordinary results in clinical trials, and are on the fast track to becoming one of the most transformative tools of our time.

In a world where people feel so deeply disconnected, the use of medications to further detach them may work to dampen the emotions that are experienced, but often provide little relief and no profound insights into the internal experience of life. What science has shown is that psilocybin works to calm the region of the brain called the Default Mode Network and stimulates connections between new or under-utilised regions of the brain.

This stunning film by award-winning director Louie Schwartzberg touches on the ground-breaking work being done at Johns Hopkins, UCLA, New York University and other places. It will open a door to a meaningful and important conversation and exploration into the potential mushrooms offer.

The film also covers topics including innovation, health, wellness and medicine, the environment and biodiversity, foraging, food and cooking, consciousness and spirituality, culture, history and the arts.

How can you help? Watch the film! Bring along friends to watch the film together. Discuss the subject matter with others in your communities, and ask them to do the same. 

"Schwartzberg’s film quickly proves to be one of the year’s most mind-blowing, soul-cleansing and yes, immensely entertaining triumphs.” 

-Matt Fagerholm, RogerEbert.com

Director: Louis Schwartzberg
Producers: Elease Lui & Lyn Lear 
Writer: Mark Monroe

Date: Thursday 25th of March 2020
Time: 6:00pm for 6:30pm start – 8:45pm (incl Q&A Panel) 
Location: Byron Community Centre and Byron Theatre, 69 Jonson St, Byron Bay NSW 2481, Australia
Ticket Price: $30 Early Bird (ends March 5) / $35 General Admission / $25 Concession

Post Viewing Discussion Panel: 

Following the screening there will be a Q & A panel with Peter Hunt AM, Tania de Jong AM, Dr. Alana Roy and Dr. Jamie Rickcord. This will be an opportunity to engage in a discussion about psychedelic-assisted psychotherapies for mental illness broadly, and what Mind Medicine Australia and other local organisations are doing here in Australia.

More about Mind Medicine Australia medicinal psychedelic-assisted therapy:

Mind Medicine Australia is Australia’s leading not-for-profit organisation working on the use of medicinal psilocybin and MDMA-assisted therapies to treat a range of mental illnesses. Mind Medicine Australia exists to help alleviate the suffering caused by our accelerating mental illness epidemic in Australia, through expanding the treatment options available to medical practitioners and their patients.

Unlike current treatments such as anti-depressants, which only manage the illness and can have nasty side effects, psilocybin and MDMA assisted therapies have been scientifically proven to be a safe and effective cure for anxiety, depression, end-of-life stress, addictions and PTSD after just a short treatment program. These medicines are also currently being researched for dementia, eating disorders, OCD and a number of other conditions. Both medicines have been granted Breakthrough Therapy Status by the FDA in the USA to fast-track their approval. This designation is only given to medicines which may prove to be vastly superior to existing treatments.

At Mind Medicine Australia we are dedicated to helping the now global movement to spread this awareness and ensure these medicines are available via the medical system. Please watch and share our 2 minute animation to find out why psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy needs to be available to those who are suffering.

Can't attend? You can still support MMA and ensure these treatments are available and accessible to those who are suffering!

By donating to Mind Medicine Australia, you will be helping accelerate the availability and best practice of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy in Australia. Mind Medicine Australia is a small organisation doing big things – we need your support.

Please click here to make a tax-deductible donation.

Join our Byron Bay chapter:

Many thanks to Mind Medicine Australia's Byron Bay Chapter for facilitating this event. Click here for more details or to join the Chapter!

More about the panel:

Peter Hunt AM  
B.Com, LL.B  
Founder & Chair of Mind Medicine Australia  

As an investment banker Peter Hunt AM advised local and multi-national companies and governments in Australia for nearly 35 years. He co-founded and was Executive Chairman of one of Australia’s leading investment banking advisory firms, Caliburn Partnership (now called Greenhill Australia) and continued as Chairman of the Firm after its sale to Greenhill Inc in 2009. Peter is an active philanthropist involved in funding, developing and scaling social sector organisations which seek to create a better and fairer world. Peter was made a member of the General Division of the Order of Australia in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List in 2010 for services to the philanthropic sector.

Tania de Jong AM  
LL.B (Hons), GradDipMus  
Founder & Deputy Chair of Mind Medicine Australia

Tania de Jong AM is a trail-blazing Australian soprano, award-winning social entrepreneur, creative innovation catalyst, spiritual journey woman, storyteller and global speaker. Tania is one of Australia’s most successful female entrepreneurs and innovators developing 5 businesses and 3 charities over the past 3 decades. She is Founder and Executive Producer of future-shaping events series, Creative Innovation Global. She was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in June 2008 and named one of the 100 Women of Influence and the 100 Australian Most Influential Entrepreneurs in 2018.

Dr Jamie Rickcord
MBBS, BSC (HONS), FRACGP
Founder Ananda Clinics

Dr Jamie has practiced medicine since graduating from Imperial College, London in 2006. For the last eight years he has worked as a GP in the Northern Rivers. His current focus is endocannabinoid medicine and developing new models to encourage healing, wellbeing and numinosity. Dr Jamie has recently joined the Mind Medicine practitioner team and is actively developing the major role cannabinoids and psychedelics have in the next paradigm of mental health treatments.

Dr Alana Roy
Ph. D Psychology, B. A Social Work (MHSW)
Practice Manager

Dr Alana Roy is the Practice Manager of Mind Medicine Australia, a Psychologist and a Social Worker. She is also a Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne and teaches and supervises students across multiple universities. 

Alana has also worked in frontline sexual assault services for 13 years providing therapy to children, women and men working with victims, police and forensic doctors. She is passionate about emotion focused therapy, EMDR and trauma informed practices. Although these therapies are effective for a range of trauma survivors many victims continue to live with unbearable pain. 

The reality is that there is an epidemic of sexual abuse in our world and we require radical treatments to tackle this global issue. Alana's own experiences of trauma and burnout lead her to seek out legal psychedelic assisted treatment overseas. It truly was 10 years of psychotherapy (insights) in one night. However, it wasn't 10 years of change in one night. Alana came back to Australia and was unable to locate a professional to help integrate these experiences. She realised that Australia needed a skilled mental health sector to help support victims who use psychedelics to overcome their trauma to process and integrate these transformative and healing experiences. Australia is falling behind in the global psychedelic renaissance. 

Since this treatment, Alana has dedicated her life to researching and developing clinical services in the field of psychedelic and plant medicines. Mind Medicine Australia is a ground-breaking NGO advocating for the responsible use of psychedelic-assisted therapies. 

Alana hopes to help make history in supporting legislative and policy change so that victims and all people with mental health issues have access to these medicines. 

Join our Byron Bay chapter

Many thanks to Mind Medicine Australia's Byron Bay Chapter for facilitating this event. Click here for more details or to join the Chapter!

Support psychedelic research and therapy development

By donating to Mind Medicine Australia, you will be helping us to accelerate the availability and best practice of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy in Australia. We are a small organisation doing big things – we need your support.   

Please click here to make a tax-deductible donation.