Patrick McConnell

Patrick McConnell

Patrick McConnell is a freelance writer, circling facilitator, psychedelic integrator and life coach. 

His work is inspired by nature, meditation, yoga, breathwork, psychedelics, and community. But no matter where life takes him, he always comes back to the study of plants — how to grow, consume, and learn from them.

Patrick spent his 20s working as a professional treeplanter reforesting Canada’s remotest regions. He eventually left forestry to study permaculture and regenerative agriculture, going on to work in orchards, organic farms, edible landscapes, and the cannabis industry. 

From esoteric biodynamic to automated hydroponics and shamanic legends to modern neuroscience, Patrick is constantly refining a holistic view of how we can interact with the natural world.

Patrick now lives in the Sacred Valley of Peru, where he studies and writes about psychedelics and plant medicine while facilitating group work and coaching individuals.

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The Amazon rainforest is being destroyed and risks losing not only plants and animals but an ancient culture that Mckenna Academy is working to save.

El Puente is a non-profit receiving funding from Woven Science, encouraging corporate social responsibility and indigenous reciprocity.

Kené RAO seeks to give the Shipibo-Conibo tribe intellectual property rights over their traditions through legal frameworks, Web3, & agroforestry.

Alpha,N-DMT or α,N-DMT is a DMT analog created by Alexander Shuglin with few psychedelic effects and a possible MAOI.

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Sassafras is often sold as MDA, but the sassafras tree has generations of use like making rootbeer and medicine — along with potential psychoactive effects.

Since ancient times, shamans in Mexico have used the LSA containing seeds of the morning glory vine for healing and divination — psychedelic pharmacopeia.

Learn the steps for how to dry and store shrooms. Magic mushrooms can last for months to a year when dried under the right conditions.

In South America, consuming the coca leaf is common — usually via chewing or brewing it into tea. Sacred to many, this is also where we get cocaine.

The five mushroom trip levels are one of the most popular methods of describing psychedelics online — find out why.