Speeches #1: Integral European Conference Keynote Speech ~ June 2025

In his keynote speech given at the Integral European Conference in June 2025, Brian Robertson explores his unexpected journey from developing Holacracy in the business world to founding and leading Lejwe Sangha, a unique psychedelic church. Robertson details how Holacracy served as a profound spiritual mirror for personal sovereignty and loving acceptance, which eventually led him to establish a community grounded entirely in love rather than rigid mental constructs or doctrines. By utilizing subtle psychedelics within an open, supportive social container, the church focuses on deep community integration and organic transformation without the pressure of goal-driven outcomes. Looking toward the future, Robertson shares the community's ambitious plans to scale its mission and legally protect its spiritual practices. These initiatives include building a dedicated physical village to bring open-hearted, loving connections into everyday daily life, and launching a legal campaign to sue the DEA under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act to secure legal recognition for their psychedelic spiritual work. Ultimately, the church’s organizational structure and legal purpose are beautifully unified through Holacracy governance and Robertson's own poem, "Knowing Love," which serves as both a spiritual transmission and a formal legal definition of their mission to deepen humanity's direct experience of the divine.Speech HighlightsFrom Business to Belief: How Brian Robertson transitioned from developing Holacracy to leading a non-doctrinal psychedelic church.Holacracy as a Spiritual Practice: Using organizational governance as a mirror to foster personal power, sovereignty, and self-reflection.Love Over Mental Constructs: Building an inclusive community that rejects dogma to avoid creating rigid "in-groups" and "out-groups".The Power of Subtle Medicines: Why the church utilizes gentle, cognitive-retaining psychedelics like 2C-B and 6-APB instead of intense blowout experiences.Community-Led Integration: Eliminating the classic post-psychedelic integration challenge by weaving journeys into a continuous, supportive social fabric.Taking on the DEA: The church’s upcoming legal battle to secure religious freedom protections for spiritual psychedelic use under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.Building a Physical Village: Future plans to scale the community by constructing a residential village centered on daily, open-hearted connection."Knowing Love" in the Bylaws: Bridging legal requirements with spiritual essence by embedding a moving poem directly into the church's legal framework.Interested in attending a Ledgeway Sangha drop-in or retreat? Sign up for our mailing list or request an invitation at ⁠⁠www.ledgeway.org⁠⁠