Kokyo Henkel was ordained as a priest in 1994 by Tenshin Anderson Roshi and received Dharma Transmission from him in 2010. Kokyo is interested in exploring how the original teachings of Buddha-Dharma from ancient India, China, and Japan are still very much alive and useful in present-day America to bring peace and harmony to this troubled world. He is also interested in the interface of Buddhist practice and plant medicine work.

We've also included the article; Dissolving the Roots of Suffering: Zen meditation, Psychotherapy and Entheogens by Dokushô Villalba Sensei.  Villalba is a Soto Zen Master living  in Spain who provides us with a spiritual framework that values the powerful experiences occasioned by both meditation and entheogens. This article provides you with another thoughtful practitioner who has a life long contemplative practice that also values the psychedelic experience.