On 17 de junho, participaremos no WebiNAR do Núcleo de Antropologia da Religião (NAR). Os nossos investigadores José Alberto Simões e Ana Sofia Machado Ferreira irão apresentar a comunicação: “Práticas espirituais com substâncias psicadélicas em contextos emergentes ritualizados”.

Temos o prazer de anunciar que o projeto SPIRECTS teve uma comunicação aceite para a próxima conferência internacional ReSpell (Religion, Spirituality and Wellbeing) ‘Anthropology of Religion in Transition: Transreligiosity, Global Shifts and the Future of the Field’, que terá lugar online nos dias 15 e 16 de maio de 2026. Título da comunicação: “𝗥𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝘀𝘆𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘀: 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁𝘀 — 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗦𝗣𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗦 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁”, José Alberto Simões (CICS.NOVA – NOVA FCSH, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal), Stéphane Blumer (Laboratoire d’Anthropologie Politique, EHESS, Paris, France // CICS.NOVA) & Tiago Pinto (Universidade do Porto, Portugal). Pode encontrar mais informação sobre o projeto ReSpell e a conferência aqui: https://respell.cria.org.pt/ | https://www.facebook.com/events/1484115396211985

𝗔𝗻𝗮 𝗦𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗮 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗱𝗼 𝗙𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗿𝗮, investigadora do projeto SPIRECTS, irá participar na 2ª edição do 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘂𝗺 – 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗼𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘂𝗺, na sessão “Enteógenos e Processos de Transformação”, com a apresentação: “ᴛʀᴀɴsғᴏʀᴍᴀçãᴏ ᴇɴǫᴜᴀɴᴛᴏ ᴘʀᴏᴄᴇssᴏ: ʀᴇғʟᴇxõᴇs ᴀ ᴘᴀʀᴛɪʀ ᴅᴏ ᴘʀᴏᴊᴇᴛᴏ ᴅᴇ ɪɴᴠᴇsᴛɪɢᴀçãᴏ sᴘɪʀᴇᴄᴛs”. 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹: Grande Auditório da Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã. 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮: 8 de maio 2026, 14h30.

Seminário#2 SPIRECTS – Spiritual Practices and Psychedelics in Ritualized Contexts: Theory and Findings. On 12 de dezembro realiza-se o 2º seminário do Projeto SPIRECTS. In this seminar, we will explore the theme of spiritual practices and psychedelics, presenting and debating the initial results of the project. Invited speaker: David Luke, Professor of Psychology - University of Greenwich. Local: NOVA FCSH, Av. Berna, 26 – C, Lisboa, sala B308, 3º piso (torre B). Horário: 10h às 13h (abertura às 9h45). Entrada Livre.

On November 13th is held the talk "Psilocybine - Between myth and science",  Forum Heal, Míscaros – Festival do cogumelo, às 14h00, em Alcaide (Fundão), with the participation of SPIRECTS project, com Ana Sofia Machado Ferreira, José Alberto V. Simões, Ricardo Campos and Stéphane Blumer. At 4:30 p.m., in same place, is held the workshop "Integration begins before", as well with the paticipation of SPIRECTS project.

Psychedelic Therapy: From evidence to equityOne-day symposium about Psychedelic therapy related themes, such as safety, regulation, therapeutic practices, and future directions. Date and time: 1 October 2025 from 08.30 to 18.00. Location: Champalimaud Foundation Auditorium, Lisbon, Portugal.

No dia 13 de agosto, realiza-se uma conferência sobre o uso consciente de Plantas Enteógenas. Local e horário: Rua Seara Nova, nº 5, Lisboa, das 19h30 às 21h00. Entrada livre.

Congress organized by the Portuguese Anthropological Association (APA), which will take place at the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo. The SPIRECTS project will present a paper at the event.

Congress organized by the Portuguese Sociological Association, which this year will be held in the Azores. The SPIRECTS project has two papers accepted for the event.

Participação do projeto SPIRECTS no Forum Heal – “Reality, consciousness and other ways of knowing”, integrado no Goat Festival, dia 6 de julho, 2025, em S. Pedro do Sul.

1º seminário do projeto SPIRECTS sobre questões metodológicas e teóricas com a presença de especialistas convidados e consultores do projeto: “Spiritual practices and psychedelics in ritualized emerging contexts: methodological issues and theoretical framework”. NOVA FCSH, 25 de junho, 2025, 14h.

Psychedelic Science 2025 – The fifth edition of the Psychedelic Science conference series, organized by MAPS, will take place between June 16 and 20, 2025, in Denver, Colorado (USA). The program will explore various topics related to psychedelics, including science, medicine, politics, business, spirituality and culture.

On Saturday, May 24th, it will be held in Uppsala, Sweden, the conference Psychedelic Forum where research results on the treatment of various mental illnesses will be presented.

On May 12th, 5:30pm, the Champalimaud Foundation Auditorium hosts the event to publicly announce the Multidisciplinary Recommendations on the Clinical Use of Psychedelics, bringing together the heads of the orders of pharmacists, doctors and psychologists, as well as ethical and scientific authorities in Portugal.

Breaking Convention is a biennial multidisciplinary conference on psychedelic research, happening 17–19 April 2025.

Forum dedicated to the debate on the role of entheogens in mental health, exploring their history and cultural impacts to new research perspectives and ethical challenges.