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Huachuma Wisdom

The next season begins January 2027 and runs for six months.

Huachuma Wisdom, lettered above a terracotta pot of three young cactus columns standing on a wooden table, a chakana above the words and another below
A person crouching to press soil around a small cactus set inside a ring of stones, a hoe lying on the ground beside them

The Community

A community of people who care about this plant, gathering online once a month for six months to go properly into what Huachuma is, where it comes from, and how people work with it.

  • Deepen your understanding of Huachuma, also called San Pedro
  • Learn to grow your own
  • Keep a connection to the plant outside of ceremony
  • Meet other people who care about these cacti
  • Think about the questions this plant raises
A person leaning against a tall Huachuma column, eyes closed, more columns behind

Huachuma Wisdom exists so that people who are curious about this plant have somebody to talk to about it.

Every Month

One subject a month, with a guest teacher, and the questions the group brings, which regularly take over the call.

A Live Session

We meet online one Monday a month, for ninety minutes. Each month takes a different subject, with time for questions and discussion.

Video Replays

Every session is recorded. Miss one and you catch up.

The Group

Community calls each month, held separately from the teaching, and a member chat that runs the whole time. Connect with others who share a love for these cacti.

Suggested donation

$108

The next season begins in January 2027 and meets one Monday a month for six months, ninety minutes each time.

A suggested donation of $108 for the six months, given once. It is a donation rather than a fee, and it goes into the garden with everything else.

Everyone is welcome, whether you donate or not. To join without donating, or with a smaller gift, write to us through our contact form and we will email you a code.

The 2027 Season

Six live calls, one a month, 4:30 to 6:00pm Arizona time, and the teacher for each. Each month’s subject is announced as it is confirmed.

Call one

Darcy Kopas and Robin Flynn

Call two

Bianca Sebben

Call three

Nathan Tinder

Call four

Kat Courtney

Call five

Keeper Trout

Call six

Hamid Jabbar

Arizona does not observe daylight saving time, so this hour does not move when the clocks change elsewhere in spring.

The 2026 recordings

Joining now brings all six months of the 2026 season straight away. These are the subjects they cover.

Month one

Introduction

What Huachuma is and is not, its history in Andean and in Western hands, and where this Foundation came from.

Month two

Science and Spirit

What is in these cacti, what can and cannot be measured, and the habit of ranking a plant by its strongest compound.

Month three

Ceremony and Ritual

Traditional and modern forms, the place of ritual and intention, and why the preparation matters as much as the plant.

Month four

Emotion and Trauma

What surfaces, why it surfaces, and how to be with it. This one is practical.

Month five

Practical Matters

The legal landscape in the United States and abroad, led by Hamid Jabbar, a former attorney. Ethical cultivation, and what to think about before engaging with this plant at all.

Month six

Going Further

Minerals and the body. Ethics for people who hold space for others. Where the preservation work goes next, and what the group thinks of it.

Who It Is For

You do not need to be an expert and you do not need to have taken it.

Curious. Looking to understand Huachuma properly: the history, the botany, and the context that is hard to find online.

Practitioners. People with direct experience who want community, and who want the background behind what they are already doing.

Growers. People who care about the plant and want to grow it well. Some of those doing the most for these cacti have never taken one.

Two young Huachuma cuttings standing sharp in the red earth, a person digging out of focus behind them
Hamid Jabbar, Founder and Chairman of the Huachuma Foundation

Hamid Jabbar, who leads it

“My love for these cacti goes beyond words and I look forward to both sharing and learning with you as we deepen our connection to Huachuma.”

Hamid Jabbar

Hamid is the Founder and Chairman of the Huachuma Foundation, an Arizona nonprofit corporation, and a former attorney. He guides the six months alongside the rest of the team and a guest teacher each month.

Meet the Team

A Huachuma cutting growing in a pot among pink and white geraniums against a rendered wall

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