Editorial Policy
Ceremonia publishes content about psychedelics, mental health, and sacramental practice, topics that intersect the edges of science, law, and lived experience. These standards define how we handle that responsibility.
Accuracy
We do not publish health or research claims without a supporting source. Where primary evidence is weak or absent, we say so. We link to peer-reviewed studies, government documents, and clinical guidance wherever possible, not to paraphrase summaries or opinion pieces.
Citations
Any clinical or research claim includes a direct citation: author, year, and journal or source. We prefer inline links over footnote aggregation so readers can verify claims in context. We do not cite secondary sources when primary sources are available.
Reviewed by
Health-related content is reviewed by a licensed clinician before publication. Content touching religious practice, sacrament, or lineage is reviewed by our Spiritual Director. Reviewer credentials are disclosed on the article. We do not publish health content that has not passed clinical review.
Currency
Every article carries a publication date and a last-reviewed date. When underlying research changes materially, new trials, updated clinical guidance, regulatory shifts, we update the article and note the revision. Articles more than two years old are reviewed on a rolling schedule.
Disclosure
Ceremonia's publishing work is funded by retreat revenue. We disclose this financial relationship prominently. We do not allow commercial interests to determine which claims we make or which evidence we cite. When a topic directly intersects our retreat offerings, we note that relationship.
Limits
Psychedelic research is early-stage. Many questions about mechanisms, long-term effects, and optimal protocols remain unresolved. We represent the state of evidence accurately, including its gaps. We do not fill uncertainty with reassurance.
We correct errors promptly. If you believe a factual error appears in our content, email corrections@ceremoniacircle.org with the URL, the claim in question, and your proposed correction with supporting evidence. We respond within five business days.
Minor corrections, typos, broken links, formatting errors, are fixed silently. Substantive corrections that affect meaning or clinical accuracy are noted at the top of the article: the nature of the correction, the original text, and the date the correction was made.
We do not alter published content to remove unfavorable information or inconvenient history. If we get something wrong, the correction record stays visible.
Articles older than two years are reviewed for currency on a rolling schedule. If underlying research, legal frameworks, or clinical guidance has changed materially, the article is updated and the last-reviewed date is updated. If the article cannot be brought current, it is marked archived and is no longer served in search results.
We distinguish between updates (substantive revision to reflect new evidence) and corrections (fixing an error). Both are disclosed. Neither is treated as an opportunity to rewrite history.
Every article identifies the author by name. For health and clinical content, the article also names the reviewing clinician and their credentials. We do not publish health content anonymously or under a house byline.
Guest contributors are identified by name and affiliation. Contributed content is subject to the same accuracy, citation, and review standards as staff-written content. We do not accept contributed content from companies with a commercial interest in the topic without explicit disclosure.
We use AI-assisted drafting for some content, including structural outlines, first drafts of explanatory passages, and editing support. All AI-assisted drafts are reviewed and substantially edited by a human editor before publication.
AI does not write health recommendations, clinical summaries, or research analyses without direct human supervision and expert review. Where AI contributed meaningfully to a final draft, we say so in the article byline.