Got a request about them. European ayahuasca peddlers in Denmark and Spain who only use their first names. This bunch is a tragedy waiting to happen if it hasn't already. Extremely dangerous and reckless. Here's one account of someone going thru it.
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https://www.facebook.com/lukas.storm.christensen/posts/1656653541095805:0We each have seven pills in our hand with instructions not to eat them before we are told.-..our pills, which contain a powdered substance meant to prepare the digestive system for the ayahuasca. Without this MAOI (monoamine oxidase inhibitor) the DMT (dimethyltryptamine) in the ayahuasca brew would not be orally active. There is some MAOI in the brew, but to make sure we get a potent experience we prepare our stomachs 20 minutes before being served. Then there is a guided meditation which prepares our body and mind for the journey, while we wait for the pills to take effect.
We each get called up to the facilitators (who insist they are not shamans) one by one and get our brew served in a wooden bowl.
....I tried LSD many years ago, these patterns did not frighten me or perplex me as such.
....I am no longer scared of dying, having been plagued by thoughts of suicide for the past ten to fifteen years or so. I let myself die.
....I can’t move. I am in a vegetative state, drooling, sitting in a wheelchair. Am I insane? I am insane. This is what insanity is. My fingers curl, my lips are moving about my face in spastic cramps, my mind is curling in on itself as insanity takes over.
....Oh well, I guess I will have to live with it, I was going to commit suicide anyway. This is my punishment for taking my life and death into my own hands.
....One of the participants is having a tantrum, yelling and screaming. The medicine is giving him a hard time, something he needs to go through. Another participant is also having a rough experience, she is asking to be taken away from the house and get in a car immediately. Still under heavy influence I cannot help the situation....Maybe I am going insane anyway.
....At some point I asked for another bowl, which was readily served to me, I just cannot remember when. There was no “purging” in my case, while many other participants had been violently vomiting....
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And the European dilettantes running this.
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https://spiritofaya.com/about-us/Jacob has a dark past with extremely destructive behaviour as a drug addict, criminal, lying, cheating, stealing and deeply unhappy person....
Mireille suffered for years with severe depression with extensive self medication as a result and has been treated by the mainstream system without results....
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Well of course, depression and addiction and criminal history make you qualified! Mireille first started taking it a grand total of five years ago. Not training with it, but being treated. It's like trusting a mental patient who began their treatment five years ago as your doctor.
Jacob claims to be an "ayahuasquero, yoga instructor, hypnotherapist, journalist...participated in/assisted/facilitated at hundreds of Ceremonies in and out of the Amazon Jungle which he visited numerous times during the last 12 years and received extensive training in facilitating ceremonies from native Shamans in Peru."
None of their alleged teachers are named. Elsewhere they argue there are very few Natives teaching this because they prefer to go work in the cities. That suggest it may actually be partly other Europeans they learned from.
"....We have now arranged hundreds of ceremonies at retreats of 3-8 days in length, with ceremonies of about 12 and occasionally up to 18 participants."
Traditional ceremony is one on one. Pure cash grab.
Most of the ones taking this should never have. They're taking it for frivolous reasons and making silly claims about what it does.
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https://spiritofaya.com/testimonials/....I had experienced a lot of difficult emotions, particularly fear, which had shown up as anxiety, low-moods, a lot of physical pain and imbalance, difficulty with intimacy, and an overactive mind.
....On monday after the ceremony I was a blank canvas, today I have a new job and a new house in the country 1.5 km from work.
....I think I have spent my whole life trying to fit in. Then I encounter a group of people I had never met, on an island I had never heard of. And I feel like a part of the group.
....During the trip, I got another 2 cups and every time I felt I slowly was coming back to a reality check, fate demanded that Jacob looked at me and offered me another cup to which I had no doubt that I should accept. [It's a traditional sacrament, not a cheap high.]
....I must admit that my curiosity was put to the test.…it was the wildest experience I ever had....
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And yes, strictly for dilettantes.
https://spiritofaya.com/spain/We have teamed up with Lucia Yoga Which owns a retreat center in the beautiful surroundings of National Park Sierra de Grazalema near Ronda, approximately one and a half hour drive from Malaga...
In addition to the luxurious environment, with no less than five swimming pools, the amazing chef with vegan food as his specialty, rooms with ensuite bathrooms, magnificent views...
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This is disturbing....
https://spiritofaya.com/retreats/#private We have facilitated ceremonies to high profile politicians, business people and celebrities. And we take deep pride in absolute discretion.
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Their advertising slogan is safe, authentic, and powerful. I'd change it to reckless, fraudulent, and so powerful they don't know what they're doing.
