A Psychedelic Symposium
Beyond the Veil
Saturday 24 – Monday 26 October 2026 Labour Weekend
Integration: Creating Lasting Change
A full immersion weekend symposium exploring consciousness, connection, and what happens after the breakthrough.
The Barn, Cracroft Guiding Centre
151 Cashmere Road, Ōtautahi Christchurch
REFLECTIONS FROM BEYOND THE VEIL 2025
We heard you. You needed more time.
After last year's gathering, one message came through loud and clear from our community: the conversations were just getting started when it was time to go home.
More time to connect.
More time to integrate.
More time to sit in circle, share stories, and let the experience truly land.
So this year, Beyond The Veil expands into a full immersive long weekend - from 1pm Saturday until 1pm Monday. Two nights. Three days. Shared meals, shared space, and the kind of connection that only happens when nobody has to rush off.
The magic happens when we stay.
Integration: Creating Lasting Change
Transformation doesn't happen only in the peak moments.
It happens when we return home.
When insights become action.
When awareness becomes choice.
When experiences become wisdom.
The real journey is not just opening the door - it is learning how to walk through it.
This year's symposium is dedicated to the "after." The beautiful, messy, courageous process of taking what we discover in expanded states and weaving it into ordinary life - our relationships, our habits, our choices, our communities.
Because lasting change doesn't come from collecting more experiences. It comes from integrating the wisdom we already carry.
“Our normal waking consciousness… is but one special type of consciousness, whilst all about it, parted from it by the flimsiest of veils, there lie potential forms of consciousness entirely different. We may go through life without suspecting their existence; but apply the requisite stimulus, and at a touch they are there in all their completeness, definite types of mentality which probably somewhere have their field of application and adaptation.”
— William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902)
Beyond the Veil 2026 Imagery Artist Statement
"I created this piece of art to support Jill & Andrew in their event Beyond the Veil, which is in its second year, with the theme of Integration. My process of creation involved thinking about what integration means to me.
What does it feel like? I sat in reflection of my own experiences of altered states and integration.
Jill shared with me the desire to include clouds and sunset colors in the image – a connection to the view from their whare. Andrew suggested puzzle pieces as a symbol of 'putting the pieces together.' In altered states, we don't often get the full picture right away. We use integrative tools to 'puzzle' new ideas, perspectives and downloads together to get a clearer image. These symbols resonated well with me, and gave me some structure with which to start my design process.
After a time of sketching, writing and planning - I decided on my direction."
- Maeflower, Local Artist
The final image:
"In the background is a surreal landscape.
We see the sky with clouds in it, land, and the ocean.
This is bordered by stars and darkness.
In the foreground, we see two hands in the process of putting two puzzle pieces together that show the night sky with stars scattered throughout.
There is a sense of bringing part of the universe, the great unknown, into the world as we know it (though maybe a bit different than when we left it!)
The hands represent humanness, and 'doing the work.' And through 'the work' the pieces begin to fit together. Spirals are a symbol I use often in my creations.
To me, they add a mystique, magic, and fantastical feeling to a piece. They can be portals and energy centers and represent life beginning, happening, growing, and evolving. It felt important to show a landscape, as the idea of bringing ideas from the ethereal and unknown (the stars, the sky) into a place of groundedness (the earth) makes sense to me in terms of integration. The elements of air, water, and earth shown in the image can also represent the balance of intellect, emotion, and structure."
- Maeflower
Beyond the Veil - Integration
I go somewhere and bring something back.
An altered state takes me beyond my human experience.
To something greater than I.
I go somewhere and bring something back.
From the vast expanse of collective consciousness,
Knowledge of time long past, and that yet to come.
I go somewhere and bring something back.
Time eventually notices I'm gone, and beckons.
I return, gratefully, to the familiar vessel of my body.
Tenderly, I hold the gifts bestowed in that place.
Fragments of the great, cosmic infinity-pieced
puzzle.
FULL IMMERSION WEEKEND PASS - $480
The complete Beyond The Veil experience. The magic happens when we stay.
- Two nights accommodation (Saturday and Sunday)
- Vegetarian meals throughout the weekend
- All workshops, presentations, and panels
- Yoga and movement sessions
- Cacao experiences
- Community quiz night and Sunday dance party
- Marketplace access
- Special experiences and offerings
- Closing ceremony
Day Passes - $280 (SATURDAY OR SUNDAY)
For those wanting one full day of workshops and keynotes.
- All workshops and presentations for your chosen day
- Lunch, morning and afternoon tea, herbal tea
- Saturday: arrive 1pm, depart 5:45pm
- Sunday: arrive 10am, depart 5pm
Evening Pass - $50
Join us for selected evening experiences.
- Arrive 7pm, depart 11pm
- Herbal tea and light snacks included
Payment plans available
Available on Full Immersion and Day passes.
We also hold a limited number of community access passes for those in financial hardship - reach out if you'd like to apply or nominate someone.
Get in touch : i[email protected]