Entheos 5 is intended to be a totally next-level gathering bringing together the best minds in western canada and northern US in the field of entheogenic use and research. Consisiting of half conference and half music festival, Entheos will be a bridge, reaching out to the underground dance community as well as the spiritual community, bringing the two together in order to learn and evolve with one another enabling catalyzation and harmonization through our transition. In addition to an entheogenic conference, Entheos will be host to a multi-day festival utilizing two stages and featuring artists, dj's and producers in the entheogenic and psychedelic genre from around BC, Alberta and Washington State. The stages will operate around the traditional psy-party paradigm of having a mainstage and a chill stage. Deliria will be the host for the mainstage and Seed of Life Creations will operate the chill stage. Deliria brings a massive amount of experience holding international-level psy parties and creating decor for events around the world, including Boom festival. Seed of Life creations has worked with the Shambhala Music Festival for the past several years, and has created a nexus point for the sacred and intentional dance community in western Canada. Summer solstice conference and festival :4 days, 3 nights / outdoor,2 stages, art gallery, fresh water, camping, river, market. Conference: sijay james (elphinstone) onbeyondmetamedia.com the design paradigm: crafting the collective myth, david aaron (nelson) david@legalmind.ca freedom of thought: ushering plant intelligence into western society, luna ravenchilde (vancouver) ekstasisdance.com frequency shift: trance dance in:formation, sobey (elphinstone) sobey.nexialist.org entheos council: collective mindmapping of potential future community, akhentek & byron dreamweaver (elphinstone) entheogenetic.com, intelligent healing soundscapes: precision audio evolving the genome. Visionary Art: st. even (vancouver) divinereflections.ca, simon haiduk (vancouver) thinningtheveil.ca, doktorj (vancouver) doktorj.ca, starfield (vancouver) godizus.com and more... Tickets: $100 advance, $150 gate, online: www.entheosgathering.com or: vancouver: a small world 604.215.0279, vancouver: boomtown 604.893.8696, calgary: phonics 403.229.2836, nelson: love of shiva 250.352.6627, roberts creek: elfinstones 604.885.1118, nelson: still eagle 250.352.3844, vancouver: highlife 604.251.6964, nanaimo: thirsty camel, 250.753.9313, kelowna: mountain surf shop 250.763.1504, vernon: bean scene 250.558.1817, victoria: shift 250.385.7443