AWE

At AWE we believe that the mystical experience can support us transcend our collective and individual challenges such as war, the ecological crisis, and our mental health challenges; and help us move towards peace, sustainability, and the development of consciousness.

In our work with indigenous communities, we have observed that the education processes of their traditions become more complicated every day, because these communities and their members need economic resources to carry out ceremonies and inter-tribal meetings that are essential for the conservation of their knowledge. It is here where the elderly, young people and children come together to give continuity to their knowledge and secrets, and even solve issues plaguing the community. The scarcity of resources sometimes prevents them from carrying out initiatory ceremonies that in turn are part of an educational process in the indigenous tradition, and their absence makes it impossible to pass on their knowledge and preserve it to the next generation.

We have found that usually the mystical elements and the psychedelic education and initiations of these communities are the pillars where their traditions, cosmologies and world views rest. We believe that strengthening and supporting this part of their lives will reinforce their system in general and help conserve and defend their identities and diversity. We believe that conserving the spiritual traditions and mystical connection of indigenous communities, and of all of us, will aid the ecological balance of the planet and support the mental health of our species.

AWE operates a charitable project fiscally sponsored by the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, Inc. (MAPS), a Section 501(c)(3) public charity (federal tax ID: 59-2751953). In accordance with federal tax requirements, MAPS exercises discretion and control over all project funds. Please make your donations for the purposes of this project directly to MAPS.