[🎟️ Purchase Ticket Here 🎟️](https://dandelion.events/e/f9z3n) * Feeling disoriented, divided or triggered by the news? * Unsure how to stay grounded and open in a world that feels increasingly polarised? When conflict becomes deeply entrenched, it can become difficult to see and listen to people we perceive as *the other*. But what happens when the division is not only about difference, but is also shaped by entrenched dynamics of oppression, power and domination? **What might collective liberation look like when we begin to imagine beyond the structures that divide us?** Join us for a conversation exploring how psychedelic experiences might change the way we relate to conflict, difference and liberation. # About In this talk, **Leor Roseman**, Senior Lecturer and Psychedelic Researcher at the University of Exeter, will explore what happens when Palestinians and Israelis come together in shared ayahuasca ceremonies, drawing on phenomenological research with participants from both communities. The research explores moments of unity and shared humanity, but also moments when cultural difference, fear, resistance, trauma and political realities enter the experience. Rather than simply dissolving difference, these encounters can bring us into a more direct relationship with it. In the pilot project, groups of Palestinians and Israelis were invited to explore ayahuasca as a ceremonial and healing space grounded in the political reality of conflict and oppression, with intentions to address collective trauma, explore liberation from rigid narratives, foster solidarity and care, and translate insights into action. In this lecture, Leor will weave political realities with liberatory imaginaries, sharing results, stories, revelations, reflections and updates from Ripples Alliance. **By the end of the talk, we will have explored:** * Can shared psychedelic experiences create moments of connection and shared humanity across deep divides? * What happens when cultural and relig

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