Legal Foundation

How Ceremonia Operates Legally

Ceremonia is a 508(c)(1)(a) nonprofit faith-based organization, pre-approved as a healing center under the Colorado Natural Medicine Health Act. Our work sits at the intersection of state regulation and federal religious-freedom law.

Legal frameworks

• Colorado Law

  Natural Medicine Health Act

  Colorado's framework for licensed psilocybin facilitation. Ceremonia is pre-approved as a healing center under Proposition 122.

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• Federal Law

  Religious Freedom Restoration Act

  Federal protections for sincere religious exercise. Ceremonia operates as a 508(c)(1)(a) faith-based organization.

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• Public Voice

  Where Austin Speaks

  MAPS Psychedelic Science, Aspen Psychedelic Symposium, Mystic Summit on Necker Island, TEDxBoulder. Bringing legal psychedelic facilitation into mainstream conversation.

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On transparency

Legal psychedelic work is new. The frameworks are evolving. Where there is genuine legal protection, we operate openly. Where the law is unsettled, we say so. Participants always know what framework a given retreat operates under, what it covers, and what it does not.