Dave Hodges

Dave Hodges is the founder and leader of Zydor Church in A trip to the magic mushroom megachurch. The source presents him as a movement builder who describes Psilocybin Mushrooms as a direct route to the divine and argues that people may have religious experiences through mushrooms whether or not they initially name them that way.

Dave’s origin story gives Zydor its internal religious narrative. The episode says the broader Church of Ambrosia began as a marijuana church in 2019, then Dave recentered it around mushrooms after a claimed mushroom vision in July 2019 convinced him that he needed to protect the psychedelic movement.

Connections

• Zydor Church - church he founded and leads.
• Church of Ambrosia - earlier organizational frame.
• High-Dose Psychedelic Practice - practice emphasis associated with his theology.
• Sacrament Donation Model - cash, membership, and donation structure he defends as not being ordinary sales.
• Local Psychedelic Decriminalization and Controlled Substances Act - legal gap around Oakland enforcement and federal illegality.
• John Rapp and Psychedelic Church Harm Reduction - legal and harm-reduction defense of Zydor.