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🌙👁️✨ DREAM ✨👁️🌙 Anima Mundi Apothecary Sleep Aid · Third Eye Tonic · Lucid Dreaming Elixir Eight botanicals for deep rest and vivid dreams. 💤 🔮 The Virtues Taken at dusk, this elixir is composed to ease the passage from waking into sleep. 😴 Its calming roots and nervines, kava, ashwagandha, skullcap, and passion flower, have long been used to loosen the day's tension from the body and quiet a mind that will not stop turning. Ginger and rose warm and soften the blend, so that rest comes gently, without heaviness. 🌹 Once sleep arrives, the dreaming herbs take their turn. 🌌 Blue lotus and Calea zacatechichi are traditionally taken by those who wish to dream more vividly, remember their dreams on waking, and practice the art of lucid dreaming. Many keep a journal at the bedside and set an intention before drinking, making the cup a small evening ritual of its own. 📓🕯️ Used in this way, Dream is less a remedy than a companion to the night: an invitation to slow down, rest deeply, and pay attention to what the sleeping mind has to say. ✨ 🌿 The Botanicals 🌱 Ashwagandha: Ayurveda's restorative, to settle the nerves 🌴 Kava Kava: the Pacific's ceremonial root, for ease of body and mind 🌸 Passion Flower: to hush circling thoughts 🫚 Ginger: warming comfort for the belly 🍃 Skullcap: a classic nervine for restless nerves 🪷 Blue Lotus: the Nile's sacred flower of reverie 🌹 Rose: a softener of the heart 💭 Calea Zacatechichi: the "dream herb" of Oaxaca 🍵 To use: 1 tsp in non-caffeinated tea, in the evening.

🩸 PSYCHEDELIC FILM SERIES: HALLOWEEN EDITION 🩸 Wednesday, October 21 · 7 PM Live Worms / Church of Mother Gong 1345 Grant Ave. The veil is thinning, the popcorn is popping, and this month we're going full grindhouse. I DRINK YOUR BLOOD (1970): a small town, a wandering cult, one very bad batch of meat pies, and a whole lot of foaming at the mouth. It's a drive-in classic that's lurid, loud, and completely unhinged, which makes it perfect for spooky season. 🎃 As always, the screening is FREE. Come in costume, bring a friend who scares easily, and settle in for a night of vintage horror with your favorite weirdos. #psychedelicfilmseries #idrinkyourblood #halloweenscreening #freemovienight #cultcinema #grindhouse #70shorror #horrormovienight #spookyseason #midnightmovies #exploitationcinema #northbeachsf #sfevents #churchofmothergong

Save the date: Sunday, November 1 🌿 A Day of Remembrance In just under a month, Jennifer Langford joins us for a 2-hour ethnobotany workshop on Acacia confusa and Syrian rue. Jen will guide us through the origins of these plants, their ancestral uses, and the ceremonial practices that have grown around them across the world, including the role of acacia bark in the Paiwan Five-Year Ritual of Taiwan. This is a cultural and historical exploration: how people have lived alongside these plants, and what they have meant to the communities who know them best. We'll close with a non-psych****** tea Jen blended especially for the occasion, followed by a yoga nidra session to rest and integrate. It's also a chance to meet Jen herself: a wonderful person, a gifted facilitator, and a knowledgeable traveler with stories worth hearing. $40 ... RSVP on Eventbrite through the QR code on the flyer or the link in the comment section. #ethnobotany #plantwisdom #plantlore #plantmedicinehistory #sacredplants #ancestralwisdom #ancestralknowledge #traditionalknowledge #ceremonialpractice #culturalheritage #yoganidra #teaceremony #herbaltea #dayofremembrance #allsoulsday #workshop #communityevent #learningtogether

Drafting a promotional post for a local art crawl event. Drafting a promotional post for a local art crawl event. Here's a caption you can paste right in: FIRST FRIDAY ART CRAWL: TONIGHT 🎨 Join us this evening from 5 to 9 PM for a night of art, conversation, and community, featuring work by: ✨ Isabelle Panis ✨ Adam Teitelbaum ✨ Lucas Blair ✨ Soheyl Dahi Come meet our international artists, see new work up close, and kick off your weekend with us. Bring a friend! 📍 1351 Grant Avenue, 94133 SF 🗓 Friday, October 2 🕔 5–9 PM #FirstFriday #ArtCrawl #ArtWalk #LocalArtists #SupportLocalArt #SFNorthbeach #ArtOpening #GalleryNight

A full day at the Church of Mother Gong 🖤 This Saturday, September 26th, we’re bringing together two of our monthly gatherings: 🖤 GOTH YOGA — 4–5:30 PM Move, stretch, breathe, and make waves with your body. Mats + props on site. All levels welcome. 🌕 FULL MOON TRIP TEMPLE — 8 PM–MIDNIGHT Our monthly BYOM mass & ongoing social sculpture. Sound bath, altar, tea, art supplies, community, and space to explore together. FREE as always. 📍 Church of Mother Gong 1351 Grant Avenue, San Francisco Tickets + info on Eventbrite. Come for one, or make a day of it and join us for both. 🖤🌕

🎶 FREE CONCERT IN NORTH BEACH! 🎶 Join us for a special evening celebrating Jerry Ferraz and the release of his book The Grace of Crows — with a FREE LIVE CONCERT at Live Worms Gallery. Jerry Ferraz is a longtime North Beach musician, poet, and beloved neighborhood figure. Come celebrate his new book, hear him perform live, and spend an evening together in the heart of North Beach. 🎶 The concert is completely FREE — just come by! 📖 The Grace of Crows — Book Release & Concert 📅 Thursday, October 8th ⏰ 6–8 PM 📍 Live Worms Gallery / Church of Mother Gong, Come for the music, stay for the stories, poetry, and celebration. 🖤 #FreeConcertSF #NorthBeachSF #LiveMusicSF #SanFranciscoEvents

What is a social sculpture? Joseph Beuys proposed the idea that “everyone is an artist”—not because everyone paints or makes objects, but because we all participate in shaping the society we live in. The material of a social sculpture is human action, thought, imagination, and collaboration. When we speak, share, organize, ritualize, build, nurture, create, or dream together, we are shaping the world around us. This is art. This is community. This is transformation. We are all part of the sculpture. This Saturday, the idea becomes something you can step into at our Full Moon Trip Temple 🌕 This monthly gathering: sound bath, altar, tea, art supplies, ritual, conversation, and a community of kindred spirits. Saturday night — FREE, as always. Come as you are. Bring yourself. Become part of the sculpture.

🌕✨ FULL MOON TRIP TEMPLE IS BACK! ✨🌕 After taking a one-month break, our monthly Full Moon Trip Temple returns to the Church of Mother Gong for another night of music, sound, art, tea, connection, and collective exploration. 💫 Saturday, September 26th · 8 PM–Midnight This month’s journey: 🌙 8–8:30 PM — Mix & Mingle Arrive, settle in, have some tea, make some art, and meet your fellow travelers. 🌀 8:30–9:30 PM — Love From the Planet Gong A special screening to start our trip together. 🔔 9:30–11 PM — Nekia Wright Sound Healing A live sound-healing journey under the Full Moon. 🌿 11–11:45 PM — Mix & Mingle Come back together for tea, art-making, conversation, and integration. As always, the altar is open, art supplies are out, tea is flowing, and the space is yours to explore. BYOM — Bring Your Own Medicine. 📍 Church of Mother Gong 1345 Grant Ave, San Francisco We missed our Full Moon nights. Come welcome them back with us. 🌕🌀 #FullMoonTripTemple #ChurchOfMotherGong #NorthBeachSF #SoundHealing #SanFranciscoEvents

🖤 GOTH YOGA IS BACK — FOR THE 3RD MONTH! 🖤 Dark wave, new wave… and making waves with your body. Join us for another session of Goth Yoga at the Church of Mother Gong. All levels welcome — come stretch, breathe, move, and embrace your inner darkness. 🦇 Saturday, September 26th 4–5:30 PM 📍 Church of Mother Gong — 1345 Grant Avenue 🎟️ Get your ticket on Eventbrite — link in the comments! #GothYoga #ChurchOfMotherGong #NorthBeachSF #SanFranciscoEvents #DarkWave

Friendly reminder: come hang out with us this Saturday at Live Worms! 🔊🪱 BRUTAL SOUND EFFECTS FESTIVAL #102 A night of noise, weird sounds, experimental music & beautiful chaos. 📍 Live Worms — 1345 Grant Ave 🗓 Saturday, Sept 19 ⏰ 8 PM SHARP! Come early, bring your friends, and get ready to get loud. ⚡️

✨ ONLY 2 DAYS TO GO! ✨ Our monthly Peer Support & Integration Group is back this Thursday at the Church of Mother Gong. A free, welcoming space to come together, talk, listen, share experiences, ask questions, or simply be present. 🌿 Facilitated by Gwen Pelphrey alongside Rooted Ethos, the group is built around a horizontal approach to peer support — no judgment, no pressure, just community, connection, and honest conversation. 🗓 Thursday, September 17 ⏰ 7 PM 📍 Church of Mother Gong at Live Worms Gallery 💚 FREE Come as you are. See you in 2 days! RSVP on Eventbrite or just show up! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/every-third-thursday-north-beach-psychedelic-integration-circle-tickets-1998160105665 #PeerSupport #Integration #CommunityCare #SanFrancisco #ChurchOfMotherGong

🚀 D-1 BEFORE KIN-DZA-DZA! 🚀 Tomorrow night, our Psychedelic Film Series is back with Kin-dza-dza! — a wonderfully weird Soviet sci-fi cult classic and a perfect addition to one of our favorite subjects to explore: psychedel****, counterculture, and all the strange places in between. Expect an absurd journey through another world, strange social codes, dark humor, surrealism, and plenty of KU! 🛸 🎬 KIN-DZA-DZA! 📅 Wednesday, September 16 ⏰ 7 PM 📍 Live Worms Gallery / Church of Mother Gong 1345 Grant Ave, San Francisco 🎟️ FREE SCREENING RSVP through our Eventbrite in bio to save your spot — or just show up. Walk-ins are welcome! See you tomorrow! КУ! 🌀🛸 #KinDzaDza #PsychedelicFilm #CounterCulture #NorthBeachSF #ChurchOfMotherGong