Perhaps something has been pulling at you.

Maybe you left a religious tradition—not because you stopped believing in something sacred, but because what you found there stopped feeling like enough. The rituals felt empty. The answers felt borrowed. You left looking for the water, not the pitcher.

Or maybe you never had a tradition to leave. You grew up outside organized religion, sensing that something real and available exists, but never finding a doorway that felt honest.

Or perhaps you’re still within a tradition, yet longing to feel what it points toward, rather than simply believe in it.

If any of this resonates, this talk on the transformational potential of psychedelic ceremony may be for you. (Admission: $15 via Eventbrite)

Matt Zemon brings a unique perspective shaped by both personal transformation and rigorous academic study. After nearly three decades in business—focused on metrics, deals, and a packed calendar—he had little interest in spiritual matters. That changed when he participated in a psychedelic ceremony that profoundly reshaped his understanding of himself and the world.

The experience led him to pursue advanced study in psychology, neuroscience, and theology—and to continue exploring ceremony in depth. It also led him into the deeply humbling work of helping to build a faith community grounded in direct spiritual experience.

Matt is the author of five Amazon bestselling books on psychedelics, including “Psychedelics for Everyone.” His forthcoming book, “Ordinary Mystics,” explores the intersection of faith, psychedelics, and the recovery of direct spiritual experience.

Book Raffle!

SFF is delighted that Matt Zemon’s has generously donated two of his books for SFF to raffle. The books are:

1. “Beyond Words: 52 Weeks of Gospel Reflections and Integration Practices from Spiritual Leaders Bridging Psychedelic Experience and Christian Faith” ($17.99)
2. “The Beginner’s Guide To Psychedelics: How to Reduce Risk, Deepen Connection, and Maximize Insights” ($24.99)

Please click here to enter the raffle!  Raffle tickets: $5 each, per book (Enter one or both!)

In this engaging presentation, Matt will explore what research, history, and lived experience all suggest—that ceremony has always been one of humanity’s most reliable doors into the sacred. Long before clinical trials, Indigenous traditions, Christian mystics, Sufi poets, and Jewish contemplatives were describing encounters in ceremony that sound remarkably like what modern researchers now measure in the lab. The vocabulary is different. The experience is the same.

Attendees will gain:

• A clearer understanding of what actually occurs in the brain, body, and room during psychedelic ceremonies;
• Insight into why modern science is confirming what spiritual traditions have known for centuries; and
• A practical overview of responsible preparation and integration actually look like in practice.

Matt will walk through what ceremony holds, the lineages it honors, the intention it requires, and the care that makes the difference between an experience that opens something and one that was simply interesting.

Through real-life stories, he will share examples of profound change: veterans who found their way out of darkness, people in midlife who discovered their longing wasn’t a defect but a calling, ordinary people who came home to themselves in ways they hadn’t expected. He will draw on the work of researchers at Johns Hopkins and NYU.

At the heart of this conversation is a simple but powerful idea: these experiences do not give people something new—they help people remember something they already carry within them.

The evening will include an extended Q&A in the second half. Matt’s approach is open, warm, and genuinely curious. He doesn’t arrive with answers for everyone. He arrives as a fellow traveler, honest about what he’s found on the path and what questions are still very much alive.

About Matt Zemon

Matt Zemon helps ordinary people reclaim their birthright to direct spiritual experience through psychedelics. With a Master’s in Psychology and Neuroscience from King’s College London and a Doctor of Ministry from Pacific School of Religion, he serves an entheogenic community focused on safe and intentional experiences while documenting best practices for risk-reduced spiritual development.

As the author of five bestselling books, Matt’s work demonstrates that personal healing creates collective healing. When individuals remember who they really are through direct spiritual experience, they carry that remembrance into their families, communities, and world.

Rather than promoting psychedelics as shortcuts or cures, he reminds us: “I am not telling anyone to believe in light. I am helping them remember they are a candle.”

Connect with Matt

Website: http://www.mattzemon.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/matt.zemon
LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/mattzemon
LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/mattzemon

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