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Fall 2025 Socratic Stage Events

Psychedelics, Healers, and CIA Mind Controllers

Tom O’Neill and Rick Doblin

November 12th, 2025 | 6:00 PM | Mildred Sainer Pavilion – New College of Florida

Join us for an eye-opening evening titled “Psychedelics, Healers, and CIA Mind Controllers” on Tuesday, November 12 at 6:00 PM in the Mildred Sainer Pavilion at New College of Florida. Speakers Rick Doblin, founder of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), and Tom O’Neill, investigative journalist and author of CHAOS: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties, will explore the hidden intersections of psychedelic research, healing, and government experimentation. This event dives into the controversial history and future of altered states, therapy, and control — and the fine line between liberation and manipulation.