re: Shamans/Peru >>8577793

"Ayahuasca, a hallucinogenic tea, draws tourists to South American retreats"

"The tea is used by a religious sect, but many describe watching their loved ones descend into madness before killing themselves or simply vanishing"

"shamans claim to use the psychedelic substance for healing and contacting the spirit world"

"Earlier this month, New Zealander Matthew Dawson-Clarke, 24, who died during an ayahuasca ritual"

"In Brazil, where consumption of the plant has led to numerous religious cults (one of which even boasts about giving it to newborns), the mind-altering tea has been linked with a string of suicides, murders and cases of mental illness and insanity - often at the very first time of ingesting it."

"Shamans claimed they would use the drink to enable their 'spirit flight' - to visit their ancestors or descend to the underworld to locate the source of illnesses"

"There are many other cases of people becoming schizophrenic after taking the tea, or going crazy for the rest of their lives"

"Slovakian woman filed charges against a shaman, claiming she had been raped during a ceremony in Peru."

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3253274/Suicides-sects-murder-insanity-disturbing-truth-trendy-spiritual-hallucinogenic-brew-taken-gap-year-backpackers-Amazon-British-sitting-rooms.html