An Evening with Paul Stamets: Reimagining the Future with Psilocybin Mushrooms
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CIIS Public Programs presents renowned mycologist and medical researcher Paul Stamets for an illuminating talk on the history of psilocybin mushrooms exploring their past, present, and future uses. In this presentation, Paul takes you on a journey into the psilocybin mycosphere as he chronicles milestones that further substantiate that psilocybin, and more so psilocybin mushrooms, can help us evolve into the best of what we can be.
The collection and cultivation of psilocybin mushrooms, Paul argues, is central to our practices for freedom of consciousness. Paul shares how psilocybin mushrooms might fundamentally change the many challenges we face as a society. He believes we are at an evolutionary crossroads. Could psilocybin mushrooms help propel us as we emerge into a new version of ourselves, Homo sapiens 3.0?
The collection and cultivation of psilocybin mushrooms, Paul argues, is central to our practices for freedom of consciousness. Paul shares how psilocybin mushrooms might fundamentally change the many challenges we face as a society. He believes we are at an evolutionary crossroads. Could psilocybin mushrooms help propel us as we emerge into a new version of ourselves, Homo sapiens 3.0?
Paul Stamets, D.Sc. (Honaris causa) is a speaker, author, mycologist, medical researcher, and entrepreneur, who is considered an intellectual and industry leader in fungi. He is the founder and owner of Fungi Perfecti, LLC (www.fungi.com), and Host Defense Mushrooms (www.hostdefense.com) supplement line. Paul Stamets is the author of eight books. His latest book, published in June 2025, is Psilocybin Mushrooms in Their Natural Habitats. He named numerous new species of psilocybin mushrooms. In 2023, a new psilocybin mushroom species was named after him to honor his lifelong work: Psilocybe stametsii. He is an invention ambassador for the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and was inducted into The Explorer’s Club in 2020. He has received numerous awards, including the National Mycologist Award (2013) from the North American Mycological Association (NAMA), the Gordon & Tina Wasson Award (2015) from the Mycological Society of America (MSA), The Disruptor Award from NextMed (2023), and the SynBioBeta Lifetime Achievement Award (2024). He was acknowledged at the United Nations as 1 of the 100 Disruptors for positive change. In the latest Star Trek: Discovery series on CBS, the science officer is portrayed by an astromycologist, Lt. Commander Paul Stamets, whose concepts became a central theme of this science fiction. He served as the primary guide to the mushroom documentary Fantastic Fungi, released in fall 2019 on Netflix achieving a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
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