Yiannis Takousis is co-founder of the Greek Psychedelic Society. The organisation was originally called “A New Eleusis”, in honor of the Eleusinian Mysteries. He founded the organisation in 2021, hoping to bring together people who share his vision for a better future.

Yannis Takousis’ academic and professional background is in computer science, but he has a strong interest in non-ordinary states of consciousness. His interest in psychedelics grew when he learned about psilocybin’s effects on chronic depression. Since then, he has been committed to educating the public, dispelling myths about psychedelics, and contributing to the global psychedelic sciences movement in any way possible.

Yannis Takousis’ vision is that, through the work and dedication of a fungal network of passionate volunteers, the Greek Psychedelic Society will bring about positive changes to Greece’s legal, cultural, and psychological landscape, as well as reconnect us with our forgotten mystical traditions, thereby establishing “a new Eleusis.”