The First Psychedelic Wives Club

September 19 is Magic Mushroom Day: Women Have Been at the Root of It

Did you know that September 19, this week, is Psychedelic Mushroom Education Day? You would think we’d get the day off!

I played a gill-size part of the movement that made ‘shroom education something we talk about in public.

The turning point for me was in 2006. I attended a conference — the first ever, on the topic of women and psychedelic drugs.

It was called “SheShamans” and it was under 100 people — featuring pioneers like Adele Getty, Cynthia Palmer, Karen Vogel, Valerie Corral, Anne Zapf, Sandra Karpetas, Kat Harrison, and Jane Straight.

I encourage you to look up every name: talk about heavy hitters. I couldn’t believe I was in their midst.

I led a workshop about drugs and sex, although I don't know if "led" is quite the right word. I consider myself a cosmic neophyte!

The idea for an all-women’s conference on psychedelics was born about a year earlier, in a women’s bathroom, at a virtually all-male conference on the same subject!

It was a wonderful conference, to be sure. We lis…