‘People pay to be told lies’: the rise and fall of the world’s first ayahuasca multinational

[4DQSAR]

‘People pay to be told lies’: the rise and fall of the world’s first ayahuasca multinational

The long read: Alberto Varela claimed he wanted to use sacred plant medicine to free people’s minds. But as the organisation grew, his followers discovered a darker reality

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Every time I read these stories, it's worse. Shulgin realized that back when MDMA was legal in some nations, certain individuals were charging vast prices for their 'magic drink' AKA MDMA dissolved in orange juice,

Twenty five years ago a friend went to an early version of the above scam artist's rituals. They ate some roots (MAOIs of some sort) and then a tea containing DMT. My friend noted two things - their wasn't enough DMT for a full experience and the bloke shaking a branch at him and invoking spells was plain ANNOYING. I'm sure he paid only a fration of the prices charged deccades later and he went home afterwards which got him an 'annoyed' shake of the stick because he wasn't submitting to what was so evidently bad acting.

Now I'm reading of kids going to Central and South America to sample the even more risky combinations in places so remote that should a medical emergency arise, there is no hope of aid.

I'm told some are even being offered delirients such as scolopamine which makes them easy marks for anyone looking for an easy rip off.

 

[steewith2ees]

That would just do my swede. I need thunder drums and space for discotechniques. Also Im boring when it comes to psyches. Im nearly 50 and acid is perfect for a spring clean of the head. No DMT or higher dimensional plains for me. Just want the rave gravy

 

[4DQSAR]

Kids today ;-)

 

[Ismene2]

I hate this - the idea that you have to go see some silly fucker with a bone through his nose in Brazil to use ayahuasca. So what if it happens to grow there? Who cares? Yage has got nothing to do with the bullshit human culture over there. The only thing that matters is the relationship between you and the plant.

If someone started singing and casting spells while I was trying to trip I would simply say this:

 

[GulpingBatteryLiquid]

Yeah I never got the whole Shaman ritual thing , it sounds like it would really harsh your mellow