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1112, 2025

Donate Toys for Shrooms: Zide Door Joins Oakland’s Mistah F.A.B.’s Toys for Joy

Oakland’s psychedelic Church of Ambrosia is trading sacraments for toys this holiday season. The Church is partnering with Oakland rapper Mistah F.A.B.’s 21st annual Toys for Joy giveaway and food distribution on Dec. 23. The psychedelic Church’s “Shrooms for Toys” campaign offers an equal-value trade for those who donate new unwrapped toys at Zide Door. A donation of $30 worth of toys will be gifted with $30 worth of psychedelic

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1510, 2025

Per Ankh House of Life Church in Detroit invites members and friends Halloween night to celebrate first year of operation

Per Ankh, the groundbreaking House of Life entheogenic church, is pleased to invite members and friends to a special Halloween night celebration, Oct. 31, honoring the church’s first year of operation. Baba Moudou Baqui, leader of the Detroit Psychedelic Society and founder of the nondenominational church in the heart of the city, said the celebration seeks also to salute the Detroit community, which has supported church formation and the spirituality

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1410, 2025

Halloween’s Real Significance: Per Ankh Celebrates Ancestors Day

By Dave Hodges,Pastor of Church of Ambrosia This Halloween night in Detroit, something ancient is reappearing. Per Ankh House of Life Church is celebrating “Ancestors Day.” And on that day, the first 100 members showing up in costume will receive a free eighth of psychedelic mushrooms. Adults who join within 30 days receive free memberships. But the day isn’t just about free mushrooms. The event is deeply rooted in history.

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1404, 2025

SF Bay Area to celebrate ‘420’ cannabis culture and psychedelic spirituality during Easter weekend fest

World-renowned pioneers in psychedelics and neuroscience — including researchers, mycologists, educators, and doctors — are among the range of experts who will speak at this year’s Spirituality & Beyond 5 + Oakland Psychedelic Conference this Easter weekend in Oakland. More than two dozen speakers will appear Saturday and Sunday at the Henry J. Kaiser Center for the Arts, representing the most comprehensive gathering of psychedelic expertise on record. Among them:

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2603, 2025

Experts in psychedelics and spirituality will gather in Oakland for a historic two-day Easter conference featuring arts and crafts … and an ‘adult’ 420 Easter egg hunt.

An extraordinary gathering of renowned experts in psychedelics, entheogenic plants, and spirituality will speak on Easter weekend at the Spirituality & Beyond 5 + Oakland Psychedelic Conference at the Henry J. Kaiser Center for the Arts. The event on April 19 and 20 is expected to draw a record number of visitors and feature an ‘adults-only’ 420 Easter egg hunt bearing over $10,000 worth of vouchers issued by the church.

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0503, 2025

World’s Largest Psychedelics Church Launches ‘Church of Ambrosia Podcast’ to Explore Psychedelics, Spiritual Growth, and Self-Discovery

The Church of Ambrosia, the world’s largest psychedelic church with over 120,000 members, proudly announces the launch of the Church of Ambrosia Podcast—a transformative new series exploring psychedelics, spirituality, and the nature of the soul. This revolutionary podcast, hosted by Pastor Dave Hodges, delves deeply into the science, history, and sacred traditions of entheogenic plants, featuring renowned spiritual leaders, researchers, and advocates at the forefront of the psychedelic movement. Unveiling

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0702, 2025

Church of Ambrosia Joins Forces with the Oakland Hyphae for the 5th Annual Spirituality and Beyond – April 19th and 20th, 2025

A groundbreaking spiritual and psychedelic gathering is coming to the San Francisco Bay Area on Bicycle Day (4/19) and 4/20. This year, Easter Sunday coincides with 4/20, adding an extra layer of significance to this once-in-a-lifetime experience. The Church of Ambrosia, the world’s largest psychedelic church with over 120,000 members, is merging its annual Easter celebration, Spirituality and Beyond, with the Oakland Psychedelic Conference for an unprecedented two-day event. A

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2101, 2025

Church of Ambrosia Year 6 Milestone Celebration Preparations for annual Spirituality Easter

This year, the Church of Ambrosia, Zide door church joyfully celebrates its 6th Anniversary, filled with gratitude for the incredible journey we’ve shared with our many parishioners and other supporters who embrace psychedelics for spiritual growth. We remain in awe at what we have achieved together. During these early years, church membership has blossomed to 120,000. Word of  our existence has spread internationally. And the church has guided thousands of

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1112, 2024

SF Location is now closed!

Map Zide Door Oakland is still open!1216 10th Ave,Oakland, CA 94606Everyday 9am-10pm World’s largest Psychedelic church to close SF site in December 29th, 2024 Pastor cites harassment from city Planning Department Zide Door, the psychedelic church garnering national recognition for its devotion to the spiritual power of psilocybin mushrooms, will close its San Francisco location by the end of this year — the victim of a city planning department bent

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3004, 2024

The psychedelic Church of Ambrosia extends heartfelt thanks to merchants and nonprofit volunteers who helped ensure a safe Hippie Hill 420

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. April 25, 2024 – Hippie Hill 420, the cannabis celebration canceled this year over funding issues, nonetheless drew some 3,000 to 5,000 cannabis lovers who were able to remain safe with the help of area nonprofit groups and Haight Ashbury merchants, Pastor Dave Hodges said Thursday.. Hodges, who founded the psychedelic Church of Ambrosia, organized and coordinated a proactive “safety net” seeking to avoid chaos in Golden

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