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The Leaf & deVine Church of Denver is dedicated to serving our members with love and respect.

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Our Sacraments

The Leaf & deVine Church holds these plant and animal medicines as sacred sacraments, each used in ceremony according to its own tradition, protocols, and purpose:

• Ayahuasca: our primary sacrament, used in ceremony for deep psycho-spiritual healing, self-reflection, and connection to Spirit.

• Bufo alvarius (5-MeO-DMT): used with reverence for its capacity to facilitate profound, often mystical states of unity and ego-dissolution.

• Psilocybin mushrooms: used to support introspection, emotional processing, and connection to the natural world.

• Cacao: used as a heart-opening, grounding medicine that supports connection, community, and gentle preparation for deeper ceremonial work.

• Hapé (Rapé): used in the tradition of Indigenous Amazonian peoples for clearing, centering, and grounding before and during ceremony.

• Yopo-huasca: used with care and respect for its power, in accordance with traditional practice.

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We hold each of these medicines as living teachers, not tools, and we approach them, and the lineages they come from, with humility, gratitude, and respect.

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Core Ethical Principles

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1. Radical Acceptance
We accept all people as they are, for who they are. No one is required to perform, mask, or minimize any part of themselves to be welcome in our community.

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2. Non-Discrimination
We are no respecter of wealth, health, orientation, gender identity, race, ability, or neurotype. All are welcome. We actively work to remove barriers, financial, physical, and cultural, that might otherwise keep someone from this path.

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3. Reverence for the Medicines
We accept all our plant- and animal-based sacraments as necessary to the wellbeing of the world-body, and we hold that their power demands respect. This means:

• Facilitators are trained and experienced in the specific sacrament being administered.

• Dosing, setting, and screening protocols honor the strength of each medicine.

• No sacrament is used carelessly, recreationally, or coerced upon anyone.

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4. Love as the Way
We will endeavor to instill in ourselves, and in those around us, that Love is the only way. We hold this not as a slogan but as a working ethic: our words, our facilitation, and our conflict resolution are all measured against it.

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5. Respect for Each Person's Journey
We are dedicated to being respectful and will always act in a way that honors the journey of each individual. No two people heal the same way, and we do not impose a single narrative or timeline on anyone's process.

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6. Freedom of Choice
We understand that the call of Mother Ayahuasca, and of our other sacraments, is not for everyone. All are free to come and go at will and without consequence, judgment, or pressure to return.

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7. Informed Consent
Every member is given full, honest information about a sacrament's effects, risks, and ceremonial process before participating. Consent is ongoing; members may pause, decline, or stop participation in any part of a ceremony at any time.

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8. Trauma-Informed Practice
Our facilitators are trained to recognize and respond to trauma responses with patience and care, not judgment. We prioritize physical and emotional safety, clear communication, and the member's autonomy over their own body and healing process at every stage of ceremony.

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9. Confidentiality
What is shared in ceremony, integration circles, or one-on-one support stays within the confidence of the community, except where safety requires disclosure (such as risk of harm to self or others).

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10. Integrity of Facilitation
Facilitators hold ceremonial space without exploiting their position of trust, financially, emotionally, physically, or sexually. Any breach of this trust is taken seriously and addressed directly.

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11. Cultural Humility
We acknowledge that these medicines and practices come from Indigenous lineages that were, and often still are, persecuted for this same work. We commit to ongoing education, reciprocity, and respect toward the cultures and traditions these sacraments come from, rather than treating them as commodities.

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12. Right to Withdraw
Membership is never binding. Anyone may leave the church, decline any sacrament, or step back from ceremony at any time, without consequence, guilt, or barrier to return in the future.