Christic Psychedelic Retreats

Retreats

We are offering a retreat at Wierschuur near Amsterdam.

The dates are Thursday 6th–Monday 10th May 2027.

Please contact us to be kept up to date with our plans.

What are “Christic” retreats?

We use the word Christic to describe a way of life shaped by Jesus while remaining open to the wisdom of the wider spiritual world. Inspired in part by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, it points beyond Christ as an historical figure to the living presence of divine love within an evolving universe. In this vision, all creation is moving towards deeper unity, consciousness, and love—and matter, bodies, and the Earth are sacred participants in that unfolding.

Our approach is rooted in the Christian mystical tradition and in the wisdom and example of Jesus: compassion, healing, solidarity with those at the margins, liberation for the oppressed, and self-giving love. Attempts to define or contain the mystery we call God are held lightly. We also honour Sophia—the feminine presence of divine Wisdom, the living breath of Spirit, and the source from which life is brought forth—and remain open to the many faces and forms through which Christ is encountered across traditions, including the sacred feminine. Like the earliest “followers of the Way”, we are more interested in a lived path of transformation than in enforcing dogma or institutional boundaries.

Christic also names our interspiritual approach. Alongside Christian contemplative practice, we learn from nature spirituality, Christian animism, and the ceremonial wisdom associated with plant-medicine traditions. We bring these streams together with openness, discernment and mutual respect—not because we consider them interchangeable, but because their encounter can deepen our relationship with Christ, one another, and the more-than-human world. Our dependence upon the living Earth is not an abstract belief: the Earth is our shared body and must be honoured and cared for.

For us, retreat is therefore more than an isolated ceremony. Preparation, shared practice, and integration are essential parts of the journey. We ask participants to engage fully in the community we build, which includes online meetings and group communication. Music, ritual, and ceremonial elements are used intentionally to support reflection and shifts in awareness, as they have been in many religious traditions. We explain these practices beforehand, welcome questions, and take concerns seriously. A safe and trustworthy community is not merely the setting for the work: in an important sense, the community is the medicine.