In cooperation with the Psychedelia-Stiftung
Recreational Retreat in the Netherlands
Ritual-based consciousness work within a professionally guided framework.
From 26 to 29 November 2026, the Psychedelia-Stiftung is holding its first private retreat format in the Netherlands. The offering is aimed at people who wish to engage with personal development, life questions, and spiritual deepening through structured ritual work.
- Date
- 26–29 November 2026
- Duration
- 3.5 days · Thu – Sun
- Location
- New Eden Center, Hemrik (NL)
- Participants
- max. 16 people
- Facilitation
- Claudia Müller-Ebeling & Markus Berger
- Language
- German
What to expect
Ritual culture in a modern context
The retreat is explicitly non-therapeutic in orientation and understands itself as a cultivated experiential space for self-exploration and consciousness work. At its centre is a structured process of preparation, ritual experience, and integration.
Psilocybe sclerotia ("truffles") are used, whose use within the intended setting is legally permitted on site. The format is clearly distinguished from medical or therapeutic offerings. This is about responsibly designed ritual spaces, not the creation of an event. The experience alone is not what matters—what matters is its embedding in preparation and aftercare.
Process & framework
Structured process with a focus on integration
With a maximum of 16 participants, the retreat is deliberately kept exclusive, to ensure individual guidance and a protected group process.
The 3.5-day format includes:
- Introduction to ritual practice and cultural background
- Meditation, breathwork, and bodywork
- Nature meditation and intention-setting
- Guided ritual within a protected setting
- Extensive integration and reflection rounds
Day 1 · Thu
Arrival & settling in
Arrival by 7pm, an introductions round, and an incense journey in the circle.
Day 2 · Fri
Preparation
Meditation, intention and inquiry, nature meditation, and breathwork and bodywork.
Day 3 · Sat
Ritual day
Interpretation, individual preparation, and the guided mushroom ritual within a protected setting.
Day 4 · Sun
Integration & departure
An extensive reflection round for debriefing, a closing round, and departure.
View the full daily schedule
Day 1 (Thu) – arrival by 7pm
- Circle: Introductions
- Dinner
- Circle: Incense journey
- Free time
Day 2 (Fri)
- Breakfast
- Circle: Getting to know each other
- Circle: Guided meditation
- Circle: Music for the inner journey
- Lunch
- Circle: Intention and inquiry
- Circle: Guided meditation
- Break
- Circle: Individual round (Q&A)
- Nature meditation (outdoors)
- Dinner
- Circle: Breathwork and bodywork
- Free time
Day 3 (Sat) – ritual day
- Breakfast
- Circle: Psychedelic rituals as a guide
- Circle: Guided meditation
- Circle: Ritual process (incl. Q&A)
- Lunch
- Circle: Meaning and interpretation
- Circle: Guided meditation
- Break
- Circle: Individual round (Q&A)
- Free time: individual preparation, alone
- Circle: Guided meditation (no dinner, perhaps something light)
- Short break
- Circle: Inspiration and food for thought
- Mushroom ritual
- Nourishing meal and closing
Day 4 (Sun) – integration & departure
- Breakfast
- Circle: Reflection round (debrief)
- Break
- Closing round
- End, departure
Safety & guidance
Personal development instead of therapy
The Psychedelia-Stiftung positions the format within the field of personal development and spiritual practice. It is aimed at reflective adults who wish to engage with existential questions, biographical transitions, or personal reorientation within a clearly structured setting.
An application and preliminary interview process ensures that participants have the necessary maturity and sense of personal responsibility.
Facilitation
The retreat is led by the renowned psychonauts, researchers, and authors Claudia Müller-Ebeling and Markus Berger. Both have been recognised for decades as leading experts in ritual cultures and ethnopharmacological traditions.
Participation
Price & inclusions
The fee covers the entire guidance across the 3.5 days — from preparation through the ritual to integration — as well as accommodation and vegan meals at the New Eden Center.
Fee · provisional
3025 €
incl. accommodation and vegan meals
Pricing has not yet been finalised; the amount stated is provisional. The maximum of 16 places will be allocated through an application and preliminary interview.
To the applicationApplication
Apply for a place
Participation requires a brief application and preliminary conversation. Tell us about your concern — we will get back to you personally and discuss the next steps.
This retreat takes place in German. Preparation, ritual, and integration are conducted in German.
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The Psychedelia-Stiftung is committed to, among other things, education, research, and the cultural contextualisation of psychedelic ritual traditions. The goal is to convey historical, ethnological, and societal perspectives factually, and to foster responsible spaces for discourse.