Magic Bus Evolution: better together

Magic Bus Evolution - Better Together is a nationwide education and dialogue project  run by Eleusis (www.eleusis-society.ch), the Swiss psychedelic association. Eleusis  translates as “Advent” or “place of happy arrival” and is associated with “Elysion,” the  island of the blessed. It is also the city of Elefsina, 20 km from Athens in Greece. In our  cultural history, Eleusis appears as a last sanctuary that brought the visionary experience  into an institutional form, between transparency and confidentiality, between politics and  sanctuary. The history of psychedelics therefore does not begin in the laboratory, but in  ritual, long before our time… 

From April 8 to 19, 2026, a specially designed awareness bus will travel through  Switzerland to raise public awareness of psychedelic research, risk reduction, and social  integration. The bus will start in Geneva, then travel via Lausanne, Fribourg, Bern, and  Porrentruy to Basel, presenting a specific program on the topic at each stop. The journey  will end with a celebration on April 19 in Basel, the historic site of Bicycle Day, which is  dedicated to the discovery of LSD by chemist Albert Hofmann. Inspired by Hofmann's  desire for a “contemporary Eleusis,” this project combines science, cultural history,  psychosocial education, and community. The goal is to foster a competently informed  public discussion about psychedelics—beyond hype and stigmatization.  

We are moving - so that society can move. This project opens up a space for information  and new perspectives, for encounters and cultural history. It ties in with ancient traditions  of human meaning-seeking and translates them into the needs of our present. MAGIC  BUS EVOLUTION is thus education in motion and makes an important contribution to the  development of a sustainable form of collective consciousness culture.  

To organize the tour, we are looking for the following forms of support:

• Financial donations (bus rental/insurance, informational materials, gas, etc.)  • Local contacts in the respective cities of Geneva and Lausanne
• Students studying communication/media have the opportunity to complete an internship  related to this project.  

If you have any questions, please contact us at: contact@eleusis-society.ch 

If you would like to make a donation, you can transfer it to the following account with the  reference SMB*:  

IBAN: CH67 0900 0000 1552 6480 3  

*If the association is unable to complete this project, the donations will be reinvested in  similar projects. We will be happy to provide you with further information.