Church of Our Earth

Church of Our Earth Church of Our Earth is a women founded and led Maine non-profit focused on psychedelics for spiritual, emotional, & physical health and end of life care

Preparing for Summer SolsticeThe days leading up to Summer Solstice are a time of gathering energy. Nature is at its ful...
06/12/2026

Preparing for Summer Solstice

The days leading up to Summer Solstice are a time of gathering energy. Nature is at its fullest. This is a beautiful week to slow down long enough to notice what is thriving in your own life.

If you microdose, consider using this week to focus on growth, abundance, creativity, and purpose. Spend time outdoors. Watch the sunrise or sunset. Gather herbs, flowers, or natural objects that feel meaningful. Create simple altars that reflect what you are cultivating and what hope to harvest in the months ahead.

Journal Prompts:

As the sun reaches its highest point in the sky, where in my life am I being called to stand fully in my own light?

What has come into bloom since spring that deserves celebration rather than further striving?

If I were to build a solstice bonfire, what belief, fear, habit, or burden would I place into the flames?

What seeds planted during the darker months have begun to show signs of life?

Midsummer is less about setting intentions and more about recognizing what is already growing, already flowering, and already becoming.

🌸🍄‍🟫🌹🍄‍🟫💐🍄‍🟫🌺🍄‍🟫🌷🍄‍🟫🌻🍄‍🟫🌸

For as long as human beings have told stories about mushrooms, we have also told stories about the little beings who liv...
06/11/2026

For as long as human beings have told stories about mushrooms, we have also told stories about the little beings who live among them.

In European folklore, gnomes were guardians of the earth. They lived beneath roots and stones, protected hidden treasures, and understood the secret workings of the natural world. They belonged to the soil itself just as the mushroom does.

It is perhaps no accident that gnomes and mushrooms appear together so often in art, folklore, and fairy tales. Long before scientists discovered vast underground fungal networks connecting entire forests, our ancestors imagined tiny earth spirits tending hidden worlds beneath the ground.

Today we know that fungi form immense underground webs that move nutrients, support plants, recycle death into life, and connect living systems in ways once thought impossible. What folklore described as magic, ecology now describes as mycelium.

The gnome can be seen as a symbol of the ancient wisdom hidden beneath the surface of things. Psilocybin mushrooms often invite people into that same realm, not a realm of fantasy, but a realm of mystery. A place where the ordinary world suddenly reveals unexpected depth, connection, and wonder.

Whether gnomes are viewed as literal beings, archetypes of the unconscious, nature spirits, or simply beloved characters from folklore, they remind us that the earth contains more than we can easily see. ❤️🍄‍🟫❤️🍄‍🟫❤️🍄‍🟫❤️🍄‍🟫❤️🍄‍🟫

JUNE MICRODOSING TIPSAs we move toward the Summer Solstice and the longest day of the year, the relationship with microd...
06/10/2026

JUNE MICRODOSING TIPS

As we move toward the Summer Solstice and the longest day of the year, the relationship with microdosing begins to shift because the longer days, increased sunlight, more time outdoors, and greater activity levels influence mood, energy, sleep, and overall well-being.

Many microdosers find the same dose that felt quite noticeable in February feels more subtle in June. This can be a time to experiment. Some people find that a slight increase, between 20-50%, better matches the outward, expansive energy of the season.

Keep notes on energy levels, physical, and mental feelings when increasing or altering a microdosing regime – comparing notes about how you are feeling throughout the year will help you get a sense of how the seasons are impacting your microdosing practice.

June is also a wonderful time to bring microdosing into relationship with the natural world. Take your microdose before a morning walk or gardening, eat lunch under a tree. Watch the sunrise. Let the season become part of the practice.

As the light reaches its peak, consider journaling on these questions:

What in my life is flourishing?
What have I outgrown since winter?
Where am I ready to be seen more fully?
What deserves celebration rather than improvement?
If my life were a garden, what needs watering and what needs pruning?

May your June be rooted, abundant, and full of light.

FREE LIVE Q&A about our upcoming Psychedelics & Plant Allies for Death Workers training.Learn about the course and be am...
06/08/2026

FREE LIVE Q&A about our upcoming Psychedelics & Plant Allies for Death Workers training.

Learn about the course and be among the first to hear the announcement of our speaker lineup featuring some of the leading voices helping shape the future of psychedelic-informed end-of-life care.

June 12, 2026
10:00–11:00 am EST
Live on Zoom

The six-week training begins August 10.

Link to register for Q&A in bio.

BLUEY VUITTONAnother favorite strain from our friends at Level mushrooms is Bluey Vuitton .mushrooms - it is considered ...
06/07/2026

BLUEY VUITTON

Another favorite strain from our friends at Level mushrooms is Bluey Vuitton .mushrooms - it is considered one of the most potent Psilocybe cubensis strains, with psilocybin/psilocin levels potentially reaching up to 2.5%.

This strain is a cross between Panama and Melmac (a P***s Envy isolation). Bluey Vuitton has earned a reputation for being one of the more potent psilocybin varieties, known for its rich visual qualities and deeply immersive experience. For those who prefer a gentler approach, many microdosers use Bluey Vuitton in very small amounts, seeking subtle shifts in mood, creativity, focus, and overall well-being without the full psychedelic experience.

Like all psilocybin mushrooms, individual experiences vary, but Bluey Vuitton has become a favorite among many for its balance of beauty, introspection, and depth.

Alzheimer’s and Mushrooms. A newly published case report in Frontiers in Neuroscience describes an elderly woman with ad...
06/07/2026

Alzheimer’s and Mushrooms.

A newly published case report in Frontiers in Neuroscience describes an elderly woman with advanced Alzheimer’s disease who experienced temporary improvements after receiving psilocybin-containing mushrooms.

According to the report, improvements included increased speech, return of autobiographical memories, better mobility, greater social engagement, improved emotional expression, and even restoration of urinary continence after more than five years. Some of these changes persisted for weeks.

This was a single case report, not a clinical trial, and the authors are clear that it does not demonstrate a cure or reversal of Alzheimer’s disease. What it does suggest however is something fascinating: even in advanced neurodegenerative disease, capacities that appear lost may still remain present beneath the surface and, under certain conditions, may become temporarily accessible.

The study raises important questions about consciousness, memory, neuroplasticity, and what may still be possible in the later stages of dementia.

Altars are one of humanity’s oldest spiritual technologies. Long before churches and temples, people created sacred spac...
06/05/2026

Altars are one of humanity’s oldest spiritual technologies.

Long before churches and temples, people created sacred spaces with stones, flowers, bones, photographs, food, wine, candles, and treasured objects.

An altar doesn’t have to be elaborate. It can be a shelf, a windowsill, a garden, a favorite tree, a photograph, or a single candle.

We create altars because humans need visible reminders of invisible truths. An altar can honor ancestors, hold grief. support healing, love, creativity, forgiveness, protection, gratitude, manifestation, or the changing seasons.

The power is in the attention. Anything can become an altar when it becomes a place of devotion, remembrance, and intention.

Mushrooms are best used during every stage of life. 🍄‍🟫Life is a series of transitions. A cycle of birth, adolescence, l...
06/04/2026

Mushrooms are best used during every stage of life. 🍄‍🟫

Life is a series of transitions. A cycle of birth, adolescence, love, parenthood, midlife, elderhood, grief, death. Repeat.

People have turned to sacred mushrooms and other plant allies to help navigate these thresholds throughout time. In some traditions, they were woven into fertility and birth rituals. In others, they marked initiations into adulthood, supported spiritual growth, deepened community bonds, and helped individuals prepare for death.

Today, modern research confirms what ancient cultures long understood - that psychedelics reduce anxiety, depression, existential distress, and fear of death. Psilocybin literally increased connection and wonder to and about each other and nature.

Mushrooms help us meet change with greater awareness. Every stage of life asks us to become someone new. For thousands of years, sacramental mushrooms have been among our most stalwart of allies. Join us and learn about how to use this trusted teacher in every stage of your life.

Psilocybin & Plant Ally-InformedEnd-of-Life Care:A Training for Death WorkersFree informational session about our six we...
06/03/2026

Psilocybin & Plant Ally-Informed
End-of-Life Care:
A Training for Death Workers

Free informational session about our six week training beginning August 10, 2026. We will bring together some of the most respected, experienced, and emerging voices in psychedelic-informed death care, spiritual care, grief work, ritual practice, and plant ally care. Through weekly lectures and live question-and-answer sessions, participants will explore the re-emergence of altered states and sacred plant relationships within end-of-life care, dying, grief, reconciliation, and transformation.

Topics include psychedelic-informed end-of-life support, family-centered psychedelic experiences, medicinal cannabis, sacred mushrooms, herbal allies, flower essences, tinctures, teas, aromatherapy, ritual practice, grief integration, harm reduction, and the role of nonordinary states in death and dying across cultures and throughout history.

Registration for free informational Q&A on June 12 at 10 am EST is by bio.

Psychedelic & Plant Ally-InformedEnd-of-Life Care:A Training for Death WorkersCome to our free Q & A about our six-week...
06/03/2026

Psychedelic & Plant Ally-Informed
End-of-Life Care:
A Training for Death Workers

Come to our free Q & A about our six-week training beginning August 10, 2026. We bring together some of the most respected, experienced, and emerging voices in psychedelic-informed death care, spiritual care, grief work, ritual practice, and plant ally medicine. Through weekly lectures and live question-and-answer sessions, participants will explore the re-emergence of altered states and sacred plant relationships within end-of-life care, dying, grief, reconciliation, and transformation.

Topics include psychedelic-informed end-of-life support, family-centered psychedelic experiences, medicinal cannabis, sacred mushrooms, herbal allies, flower essences, tinctures, teas, aromatherapy, ritual practice, conscious dying, grief integration, harm reduction, and the role of nonordinary states in death and dying across cultures and throughout history.

The link just signed up for this free question and answer session is by our Bio.

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