Our Commitment to One Another
Membership and participation are open to all adults interested in joining our community who take part in our screening process. All Members and participants must agree that they either agree with our doctrine or are interested in exploring if this spiritual practice is right for them. Membership in the Golden Grove carries a responsibility to the community. We seek to practice:

Reverence for nature and living systems.
Autonomy in matters of body, consciousness, and spiritual experience.
Consent that is informed, voluntary, and ongoing.
Integrity in our words and actions. Compassion toward ourselves and others. Accountability for the impact of our choices. Stewardship of the natural world.
Respect for personal and spiritual boundaries.
Safety in sacramental and community practice.

Sacrament is also always maintained consistent with a diversion prevention plan to ensure that no Sacrament is diverted from a religious purpose. Ceremonies occur in compliance with dietary and lifestyle restrictions, including abstaining from alcohol and the use of drugs and alcohol in the days leading up to ceremony. During any ceremony involving Sacraments, we will have on hand individuals trained in basic life support, at a minimum to ensure safety. All participants and members are properly screened to ensure they do not have medical or mental health contraindications with the Sacraments.

Service to the communities of which we are a part.
Integration of spiritual insight into everyday life.

Legality. Golden Grove operates with a good faith legal basis that its activities related to Sacraments are legally protected under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) and similar protections in each state’s Constitution or statutes protecting religious freedom. By acquiring any Sacrament, members affirm that you agree that these Sacraments are acquired and used for spiritual purposes consistent with these beliefs.

No spiritual leader, facilitator, or member stands above these principles. The health of the Grove depends upon the conduct of everyone within it.

Our Path
The Golden Grove does not promise enlightenment, perfection, or freedom from difficulty. We offer a path of inquiry.

A place to encounter ourselves. A community in which to explore our connection to something greater. A sacrament approached with reverence. 
And a responsibility to return from sacred experience, prepared to live with greater awareness of the connections that surround us.

Our faith can ultimately be expressed in four lines:

We enter as individuals.
We remember that we are connected.
We transform through what we encounter. We return to enrich the Grove.
Rooted in Nature. Connected in Consciousness. Transformed Together.

The Grove
The Grove represents our interconnected existence and our spiritual community.

Every tree within a grove is an individual. No two grow identically. Some are ancient. Some have only begun. Some grow straight toward the light, while others twist around the obstacles they encounter.

Each follows its own path. Yet beneath the surface, the forest is connected.
Within the Golden Grove, we honor both truths: we are individuals, and we belong to something larger than ourselves.

The Gold
The Gold represents illumination. It is not material wealth. It is the moment when something previously hidden becomes visible. An insight. An understanding. An awakening. A recognition of connection.

To find the gold is to see ourselves, our lives, or our place within the greater living world with new clarity.

The Unseen Network
Fungi hold a special place within the symbolism of the Golden Grove.

Beneath a forest exists an extraordinary world that is largely invisible from the surface. Fungal networks participate in relationships throughout forest ecosystems, creating a powerful spiritual metaphor for the connections that may exist beyond our immediate perception.

Within our faith, the unseen world beneath the Grove symbolizes universal consciousness—the greater connection of which we believe every individual is a part.

Our roots tell us where we have come from. They do not determine how far we may grow. The Golden Grove recognizes the changing seasons as reminders that transformation is cyclical.

There is a time to awaken.A time to grow. A time to harvest. A time to rest. And a time to begin again.

The spiritual practice of the Golden Grove rests upon three pillars:

The public site explains the theology and the path. Ceremony access, eligibility, records, and consent belong inside a private member process.

The central sacramental ceremony of the Golden Grove is known as the Communion of the Grove. Members enter the ceremony as individuals and gather as a community.

Before receiving the sacrament, participants prepare through reflection, intention, spiritual teaching, and community connection.

The sacrament is received intentionally and with reverence. The experience that follows is deeply personal. Each member is permitted to encounter the sacrament in their own way within the safe and sacred boundaries of the ceremony.

The Communion concludes with a return to community and the beginning of integration. When the sacrament is received, members may be offered this blessing:

May you find what connects you. May you see what asks to change. May you return with something to give. The cycle of the Communion can be expressed simply:


We enter as individuals. We remember that we are connected. We transform through what we encounter. We return to enrich the Grove. 

Psilocybin mushrooms are the principal sacred sacrament of the Golden Grove.

We honor the mushroom as a sacred sacrament and spiritual teacher through which members may seek introspection, transformation, awe, connection, spiritual inquiry, and communion with universal consciousness.

We believe the sacrament does not create universal consciousness. Rather, sacramental experience may allow individuals to perceive connections that are otherwise difficult to recognize.

Participation in sacramental ceremony is central to the religious tradition of the Golden Grove, although consumption of the sacrament is not required for participation in every gathering or aspect of community life.

Our relationship with the sacrament follows a sacred cycle:

Preparation → Communion → Integration

Preparation is the intentional process of approaching sacred experience with respect, reflection, and purpose.

Communion is the direct sacramental experience and the opportunity to encounter insight, connection, and transformation.

Integration is the responsibility of carrying what has been learned back into ordinary life. Each stage is sacred.

The Fellowship’s primary place of worship and community gathering will be:

The Green Room 14082 Ventura Blvd. Sherman Oaks, CA 91423

The Fellowship also recognizes the natural world as inherently sacred. Outdoor and natural settings may therefore serve as places of worship when appropriate and legally permissible.

Church Government and System of Authority

The Golden Grove is led by its two founders: Jerred Kiloh and Adrienne Airhart. Jerred provides organizational leadership and strategic support. Adrienne is the Spiritual Leader of Golden Grove and is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the Golden Grove and the development of its religious and spiritual practices. Her responsibilities include creating ceremonies, spiritual programming, community events, member education, sacramental practices, integration programming, and facilitator standards. She also serves as a primary facilitator for Golden Grove ceremonies.

Additional qualified facilitators, ministers, spiritual leaders, and board members may be appointed as the congregation develops.

Herbs & Alchemy, LLC provides spiritual coaching, harm reduction services, preparation, sitting, and integration services to support the Golden Grove in participants’ use of Sacrament. Herbs & Alchemy, LLC engages in these activities because it shares Golden Grove’s spiritual values and is motivated by its own religious beliefs to support these spiritual practices.