Alex K. Gearin

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Alex K. Gearin (PhD) is a cultural anthropologist specializing in the intersections of mental health, neo-shamanism, and psychedelics. Much of his research has focused on ayahuasca, including for his recent book Global Ayahuasca: Wondrous Visions and Modern Worlds (Stanford University Press, 2024). The book explores how the emotional and sensory dimensions of ayahuasca practices intersect with modernity and globalization, based on ethnographic research on the ground in Australia, Peru, and China.

He serves as Assistant Professor and Deputy Director of the Medical Ethics and Humanities Unit at The University of Hong Kong where he teaches medical students narrative medicine, cultural psychiatry, and social justice. Alex first attended Entheogenis Australis’s (EGA) events in 2007. In 2015, he co-founded the popular ayahuasca information website Kahpi.net, which is now handled by EGA.

Connect: https://alexgearin.com  

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Entheogenesis Australis (EGA) is a charity using education to help grow the Australian ethnobotanical community and their gardens. We encourage knowledge-sharing on botanical research, conservation, medicinal plants, arts, and culture.

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