Julian Vayne and Andy Letcher – In Conversation

For our next 'In Conversation' event, Andy Letcher and Julian Vayne meet for a mind-expanding exchange.

Delving into ecology, psychedelic history, modern pagan practice and contemporary entheogenic culture, they will cover everything from druids to magic mushrooms, the indigenous music of the British Isles to the contemporary use of Fly Agaric. There will also be a Q&A afterwards. Be prepared for far-out theories, kaleidoscopic concepts and otherworldly anecdotes.

Dr Andy Letcher is a Senior Lecturer at both Schumacher College, Devon UK – where he is the Programme Lead for the MA Engaged Ecology – and at the University of Exeter, where he teaches on the PGCert Psychedelics: Mind, Medicine and Culture. He is the author of Shroom: A Cultural History of the Magic Mushroom, and numerous papers on psychedelics, ecology, animism and paganism. He is currently researching ritual and animistic usage of psychedelics by contemporary British Druids, and the contemporary use of the…