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I can speak more freely as a public advocate by resigning from the Lykos board,” said Doblin, who will remain involved with Maps, which is Lykos’s biggest shareholder and philanthropically funded its trials.
MAPS/Lykos is considered a MDMA therapy cult.
...some of MAPS’s own employees have publicly expressed concern that MAPS/Lykos is a cult, and this possibility must be investigated in light of its high stakes for vulnerable patient groups: “‘Half the company was like, ‘Oh, this is so inspiring,’ and the other half is like, ‘Jesus Christ, is this a cult?’” one ex-[MAPS] PBC staffer said.”
MAPS developed and deployed strategies to recruit donors who would not otherwise consent to donating their funds
Since 2012, MAPS’ Zendo Project has provided safe spaces and specialized care at festivals such as Burning Man and Lightning in a Bottle for individuals having challenging psychedelic or emotional experiences.
He was working at an ayahuasca retreat somewhere in South America and there were some rumors that he was getting into some kind of weird magical rivalry with local shamans. He got really paranoid and believed that people were out to kill him. He eventually had to give up taking ayahuasca because of a heart condition. He reportedly died of a heart attack.
The circumstances around his death have not yet been disclosed publicly by the family so I will respect that here. I can tell you that it was not overdose of any sort as has been speculated
In 1996, she was introduced to ayahuasca by the shaman Don Guillermo Arévalo.
I try to screen out those individuals who are psychotic of who may be suffering from a
“spiritual emergency”. Since we are doing group sessions, I also want to make sure the
participants are neither psychopaths or sociopaths. Those people who are suffering
from bipolar disorders should not do Ayahuasca.
In 1996, she was introduced to ayahuasca by the shaman Don Guillermo Arévalo.
Guillermo has been accused, but never demonstrated or judged, of abusing his power and sexually abusing a female student under the influence of ayahuasca.
'I was sexually abused by a shaman at an ayahuasca retreat'
