Explore 8 entheogenic churches and communities in California.
California has not legalized psilocybin at the state level, but several cities including Oakland, Santa Cruz, and San Francisco have decriminalized entheogenic plants and fungi. This has created a more permissive environment for psychedelic churches to operate, though they still exist in a legal gray area. Churches typically operate under religious freedom protections, but members should understand that state and federal law still prohibit psilocybin possession and distribution.
View Full Legal StatusOakland, California
Church of Ambrosia is an Oakland-based nondenominational psychedelic church with 137,000+ members worldwide. Zide Door is its Oakland access point for members who regard psilocybin mushrooms and cannabis as sacred sacraments. The church teaches a Doctrine of Religious Evolution and operates daily in Oakland under religious-freedom claims and local decriminalization context.
Santa Cruz, California
Syncretic church blending Catholic, Buddhist, and New Thought traditions, open on River Street since 2023. Membership grants access to a wide variety of psilocybin products (raw mushrooms, gummies, chocolates, capsules) as sacrament via donation. Operated by minister Bart Clanton. One of Santa Cruz's first openly operating psilocybin churches.
San Francisco + Santa Cruz, CA
Multi-location Entheoism temple founded in San Francisco in 2024 with locations in Lower Haight, Russian Hill, and Santa Cruz. Free membership is available to sincere believers 21+, and the temple emphasizes QR-accessible independent lab results for tested psilocybin sacrament products.
Oakland, California
Sacred Garden Community is an Oakland-rooted interfaith entheogenic church that grew out of the Decriminalize Nature Oakland movement. The community uses a least-dogma religious frame, emphasizing care, respect, trust, preparation, safety, and integration around multi-sacrament practice.
San Francisco, California
Bay Area entheogenic congregation framing psilocybin as sacrament within spiritual practice. Schedules and venues may rotate; membership models differ by circle.
Oakland, California
Peer-led fellowship blending integration circles with occasional sacrament gatherings. Emphasis on preparation, consent, and harm reduction.
San Francisco, California
The Mycelian Church of San Francisco is an interfaith mushroom church that treats psilocybin as an indispensable sacrament for worship. The church currently operates without a storefront and provides psilocybin by delivery only to members in the San Francisco area.
Los Angeles, California
Temple of Eden is a Los Angeles-based 508(c)(1)(a) entheogenic church founded by Suzi Kalypso. Unlike most mushroom churches, its public materials focus on 5-MeO-DMT / Bufo as a sacred sacrament, with group and private ceremonies plus integration support.