Dismantling magic holy pills causes deadly hallucinations

A series of research by scientists have discovered, dangerous chemical components such as powerful psychedelic chemicals from wild grapes or magic mushrooms , even venomous snake venom to form a kind of herbal mixture It is used in Shamanism rituals in some parts of the Americas with the belief that it can help people reach the supernatural realm.

Last week, the mother, whose son, Garth Dickson, died while using the hallucinogenic drug in Las Vegas, officially filed a lawsuit against the so-called "retreat" of the New movement. Age. In a lawsuit filed by his mother Dickson said that his son was killed by using a mixed herb called Ayahuasca (also called eye-uh-WAH-skuh, a powerful hallucinogenic substance) that made him illusory. sensation and death chased at Shasta Lake in 2012 when doing the retreat by the White Flame Institute of the New Age cult.

The White Flame Institute has organized 'transitional' and 'Shamanism certification programs' , while combining healing and promoting personal potentials. Dickson's mother accused the organization and its leader Bonnie Serratore of negligence and encouraged the use of ayahuasca in the implementation of the treatment.

Psychedelic holy drugs contain a series of dangerous chemicals mixed together

Of course, this is not the first case of death when using the New Age cult holy medicine. In February 2010, according to CNN, a guru named James Arthur Ray was charged with three counts of manslaughter while performing a sweating sauna ceremony in Sedona, Arizona. After an hour inside the tent, some participants had a stroke and others began to vomit.

While people tried to escape because they were tired, Ray encouraged them to stay and endure because it was "a clean image and made them more powerful" . Three people died when steaming, 18 were hospitalized and many were sick. Ray was eventually convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to two years in prison.

Garth Dickson's death was not the first case of the so-called 'Ayahuasca Travel'. In April 2014, according to the Guardian newspaper, Henry Miller, a British backpacker in Colombia, died after taking part in an experience advertised as a psychedelic journey. Reportedly, Miller went on this tour with a group at the dorm for $ 50. Although others survived, Miller was allergic to hallucinous drinks. He died on the road.

According to an explanation by Nevill Drury, an anthropologist in the book "Magic and Witchcraft: From the Shamanism to the Technopagans - from the Shamanism to the Cult" (Thames and Hudson, 2003), , in the Amazon living basin in regions such as Colombia, Peru and Ecuador, shamans widely use Ayahuasca, a hallucinate drink made of vines of Banisteriopsis caapi vines .

Using this oral medicine, the magicians believed that it would take people to the supernatural realm to obtain spiritual opening, contact with the ancestors and uplift the spirit. According to Drury, this type of hallucination is similar to the chemical psilocybin, an active ingredient found in magic mushrooms, which has also been used for similar purposes by some magicians in Central America.

Forest vines contain hallucinogens like magic mushrooms.

The New Age sect's belief system has combined a variety of indigenous traditions in America with rituals from the hallucinogenic sweat to tourists. This type of travel has caused new attention and new problems in the traditional healing and health of the community, in which misleading traditional healing practices have harmed guests. eager and innocent tourism, anthropologist Stephan Bever pointed out in the book 'Singing to the Plants: A Guide to Mestizo Shamanism in the Upper Amazon - Singing with the Forest Tree: A Guide to the Upper Shaman of Mestizo Amazon source " (University of New Mexico Press Press, 2009).

Bever noted that Ayahuasca drinks are marketed in many ways like marketing household goods in Macy, Amazon. Ayahuasca tourists are mainly white people, living in urban areas, relatively wealthy, with a good educational background. But most victims are not due to their level of knowledge but are concerned with trying to experience a change in mental state or healing.

However, like psilocybin, ayahuasca itself does not have a particularly toxic feature, although it can cause nausea, vomiting, hallucinations and cardiovascular effects such as hypertension. . But of course, herbal hallucinations are more than just ayahuasca, but there are many other dangerous and even lethal natural substances, including snake venom, mercury arsenic and even active substances from poisonous plants. other.

When mixed with different active ingredients and ingredients but made by a magician or healer and not a pharmacist, anyone who takes the medicine can lead to risks for the user as is the case with Henry. Miller. Therefore customers who use drugs in psychedelic drug stores to gain Shaman-based conversion experience may face risks at any time.