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We rely on readers like you to fund our journalism. If you value our coverage and want to support more of it, consider supporting us as a member. Join Us SAN FRANCISCO — If the Bay Area’s Church of Ambrosia had a Christ-like icon, it would be a psychedelic mushroom, and if it had a promised land, it would be the “playa” at Burning Man — and you can find that story on the church’s walls in a sprawling mural by an artist who goes by “Free Rolando.
” The Zide Door Church of Entheogenic Plants identifies itself as an interfaith religious organization that celebrates psychedelic mushrooms as a sacrament to “connect people with their soul to help them understand why they’re here and what they’re supposed to do,” Pastor Dave Hodges, founder of the Church of Ambrosia religion, told Hyperallergic. Zide Door, the name of the Oakland branch, was raided by police in 2020 with a “bad warrant” for marijua.