News, Interviews, and Offerings

  • Unus Anus hourglass image by Charlotte Dune

    Mid-Annus Reflect and Reset Ritual

    A short meditation and journaling activity for when you reach the mid-point of any year. By CHARLOTTE DUNE JUL 2, 2023 Hello friends, creatures of The Lagoon! As we begin the second half of the year, I invite you to join me in reflecting on and resetting annual intentions. This can be used for the…

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  • Addiction from Freedom Podcast

    Charlotte Dune on the Addiction to Freedom Podcast

    Charlotte Dune discusses addiction, her childhood, and how magic mushrooms helped her overcome PTSD. Subscribe to the Addiction to Freedom podcast via your favorite podcast platform. Listen to Charlotte Dune’s episode on the Addicted to Freedom Podcast on Spotify. Watch the episode on Youtube. From the podcast host’s show notes: Charlotte is an author and…

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  • Mushroom Honeymoon by Charlotte Dune

    Mushroom Honeymoon

    Charlotte Dune creates a tense and adventure-filled love story, teaming with visionary energy and surreal hallucinations, taking the reader deep into the Hawaiian jungle and the world of underground mushroom rituals.

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  • The cover of Cactus Friends: A Psychedelic Love Story

    Cactus Friends: A Psychedelic Love Story

    In Cactus Friends, Charlotte Dune creates a story rich with supernatural energy and imagery, taking the reader inside the world of underground shamans, psychedelic encounters, and wachuma, or huachuma, and ayahuasca ceremonies.

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    The Entheogenic Evolution Podcast

    Charlotte Dune talks about psychedelic fiction on the Entheogenic Evolution podcast.

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  • Is Sobriety a Psychedelic

    Psychedelic Sobriety?

    Is Sobriety a Psychedelic? This may seem like a strange question, but let’s consider the facts. What are the primary effects of psychedelics? The primary effect of psychedelics is to trigger non-ordinary states of consciousness. Psychedelics are known to cause mystical experiences and to help treat medication-resistant depression. Psychedelics change your mood and sensory experiences.…

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  • Recovery Writing

    Grab my 31-Day Recovery Writing Challenge. Do you want to stop drinking? Do you want to write every day? Do you want to celebrate your sobriety in writing? Do you have an addiction story you want to write? Then this 31-day online retreat is for you!  I first offered this as part of a Sober…

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  • Entheogens for Alcoholic

    Are you an addict or alcoholic? Are you interested in using entheogens? Are you interested in using entheogenic tools like ayahuasca, ibogaine, yoga, and breathwork to enhance your recovery and to stay sober? If the answer is yes, consider joining my secret Facebook group for addicts interested in entheogens. We also host some in-person and…

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  • Recovery Happy Hour Interview

    Check out my interview with Tricia Lewis on the hit podcast, The Recovery Happy Hour. In this episode, I talk about recovery from addiction, and about working in Uganda, Cameroon, and Canada. I also discuss how I moved on from low-vibe activities and alcohol to live a more fulfilled life, and to enhance my creativity.…

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  • The Self-Healer’s Podcast Interview

    Listen to me chat with Bree Bellefeuille about recovery and entheogens on the Self-Healer’s Podcast. Listen Now. In this episode, I describe events in my life that resulted in her developing coping mechanisms to numb pain. Realizing that these negative habits did not do me any favors, I started unlearning patterns that kept me stuck.…

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  • The Psychedelic Podcast with Lucy Baldwin

    This week I had the pleasure of going on the podcast Psychedelic, hosted by Lucy Baldwin. Listen on all podcast platforms. We talk about my book, Cactus Friends: A Psychedelic Love Story, and about a range of topics including alcohol addiction and psychedelics, wachuma, psilocybin mushrooms and ayahuasca, as well as psychedelic ethics, culture, synchronicity,…

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  • Entheogenic Reading Guide

    Entheogens are plants, compounds, chemicals, or practices that induce a transcendent state, or a religious or mind-expanding experience.  Get my Entheogenic Reading List now. Expand your mind with books on entheogens.  Get the Guide. Thank you! Download the guide here. This reading list offers non-fiction and fiction books exploring entheogens. There are many books on these…

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  • Help Find The Others

    In my guest appearance on the show Help Find the Others, I talk about incorporating entheogens, plant medicine, and meditation into my creative process. I also talk about an experience I had with Bufo Alvarius, or toad medicine, as well as the positive effects of sobriety from alcohol on my writing. I also share the…

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  • Online Writer’s Support Group

    Online Writer’s Support Group Charlotte Dune co-hosts an online writer’s support group every Thursday, at 8 pm EST, on zoom, with author Lainey Cameron. We also host special Q&A events with published authors where you can ask the authors questions. If you are a writer who would like to join the support group, please email…

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  • Gratitude + Breathwork Holiday Challenge

    There is no time like 2020 to work on channeling gratitude and breath into your life. I’m excited to announce that I’m teaming up with yoga and pranayama breathwork teacher Lauren Aune, the founder of the Joyful Body Yoga to offer you a Gratitude + Breathwork Holiday Challenge. This challenge will run from Nov 30,…

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