Why We Gather

Every day, an average of 17 veterans die by suicide in the United States. Despite years of service and sacrifice, many return home only to face loneliness, disconnection, and limited support from traditional systems. Over 50% of veterans with PTSD do not receive treatment, and 1 in 3 female veterans report experiencing military sexual trauma, a deep wound often left unspoken and unhealed.

The need for new paths forward is urgent. At Visionary Veterans, we believe healing is possible when we shift the narrative from one of suffering to one of post-traumatic growth.

We gather because isolation doesn’t heal in silence, it heals in community.

We gather because sacred tools like psychedelics, when held in safe, intentional containers, have the potential to reconnect us with our inner wisdom and help us release long-held burdens. We gather in the temazcal, the sweat lodge, to remember our resilience through prayer, breath, heat, and ancestral ritual.

We gather in nature, because time outdoors restores clarity, reduces stress, and reminds us we are part of something larger. Camping together rekindles camaraderie, creates safety in shared experience, and dissolves the walls built by trauma.

We gather to create Visionary Art, as a form of psychedelic integration, storytelling, and soul expression. Through painting, color, and symbol, we make meaning of the unseen. We transform trauma into beauty, and vision into form. This practice becomes a mirror of who we are becoming.

We gather because finding the other veterans walking a spiritual path, reclaiming purpose, and seeking truth is part of the medicine.

This is how we end the epidemic of loneliness.

This is how we embody collective liberation.