Plant Teachers: A Psychedelic Seder for Shvat (Digital Download)

As a farewell to the month of Shvat, join us for a "psychedelic seder" with Jewish space holders, practitioners, wisdom-keepers, activists and artists who know something about a particular plant teacher and can share what it means to them and what it has taught them personally, what it has taught others, and how best to keep it sacred and safe. As an organization dedicated to supporting Jewish psychedelic experiences, we're inspired by the ritual of the Tu Bishvat seder, and our deep gratitude for the plants and fungi we consider to be teachers of experiencing layers of our own soul – and by extension, the living soul of the universe.

Speakers include Alan Levin, Maxi Cohen, Jay Waxenberg, and Miriam Volat. Learn more about each speaker below. This is event is sponsored by Plant Medicine Law Group.

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Miriam Volat is the Co-Director of the Riverstyx Foundation and Director of Indigenous Medicine Conservation Fund.

She works personally and professionally to promote health in all systems. Miriam works as a facilitator, educator, and community organizer to increase broad-based community and ecological resilience and decolonize philanthropy. Her work focuses on the intersection of biological and socio-cultural diversity. She has never stopped exploring nutrient cycles and soil ecology, the emphasis of her M.S. work in the U.C. Davis Vegetable Crops Dept. She also has degrees in political science and environmental studies.

Her life’s work at Riverstyx includes supporting efforts that allow issues stigmatized by society to be worked with in a way that brings healing. This includes supporting composting toilets and human bodies and Indigenous medicine, land, and cultural conservation. Riverstyx is committed to supporting a healthful integration of powerful medicines into society in a way that does no harm. As a mom, she is fortunate her daughter, Cora, also supports her work and participates passionately on her many adventures.

Alan Levin has done extensive work over four decades with Ralph Metzner and other elder guides. His focus is on integrating spiritual practices in ceremonial spaces with a focus on the light-fire meditation practices of Agni Yoga and the Tree of Life from the mystical tradition of Kabbalah. The ceremonies he leads aim to bridge personal and planetary healing for all the realms of life on Mother Earth. In addition to his ceremonial work, he is a psychotherapist in the Lower Hudson Valley of New York. More about him can be found at crossingtheboundary.org.

Jay Waxenberg (MA) is a professional psychedelic guide holding a Master in Philosophy with a focus on mysticism and the psychedelic experience from the University of Miami. He’s an ordained Interfaith Minister and spiritual counselor working as a professional psychedelic guide at the Center for Medicinal Mindfulness in Boulder, Colorado. 

Jay facilities individual psychedelic experience using psychedelic cannabis blends, ketamine, transformational breathwork techniques and psilocybin under proposition 122. Jay is the Psychedelic Training Program Director for Psychedelic Sitters School and the Medicinal Mindfulness Extended-State DMT Program. 

Maxi Cohen is a filmmaker whose movies have played in theaters, festivals, and on television around the world and have influenced two generations of filmmakers. As a media activist, her film and television work has had significant influence in creating visible social change.  She has often investigated issues around cultural, racial, and gender identity with a transcendent poignancy and beauty. As well, she has created several decades-long series of photography and multimedia works. A recipient of awards and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, Annenberg and Rockefeller Foundations, and Buckminster Fuller Institute, Cohen's work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa and other museums. Currently she is producing/directing Ayahuasca Diaries.  Other films about ayahuasca include From Shock to Awe which she executive produced and The Holy Give Me about the Santo Daime which she directed, From Shock to Awe is available on Amazon, iTunes, and Google Play.  "If you have an interest in psychedelics, ayahuasca, veteran affairs, or healing, take a look at this documentary. I’ve watched it 3x already and highly recommend it."  -  Tim Ferriss