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Documentary movie (15:06). English spoken and English subtitles.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2025/jun/17/waska-the-cost-of-spiritual-healing-in-the-amazon

QuoteThe plant medicine hayakwaska (ayahuasca), marketed as a mystical shortcut to healing and enlightenment, is an example of what the Indigenous storyteller Nina Gualinga, sees as commodification and extractivism in the Amazon. Nina is from the Kichwa people of Sarayaku, Ecuador, and she speaks with the memory of her shaman grandfather about the ongoing cultural appropriation, environmental destruction and marginalisation of her people, questioning our very relationship to the Earth and the quest for healing

This is an excellent article, thank you.

QuoteWe spend a lot of time worrying about how the minds of teenagers are warped by the online world. We're keenly aware how prone they are to manipulation by seemingly impressive figures. What we fail to realize is, we're all teenagers when it comes to the internet.

I wonder how well people like Kaia Ra would have done pre-Internet. She would have been able to lead a cult but not to this extent.

It's a good thing that contents from the links are preserved here. Both links are now dead. I found similar stuff at a new link:

https://www.cherokee.gov/about-the-nation/frequently-asked-questions/culture/

QuoteCan I get a Cherokee medicine man to heal me or perform a ceremony?

Traditional Cherokees may consult with medicine people for help with medical problems, dilemmas in their lives or other problems. There are fewer medicine people alive and practicing today, but those few are still known by traditionalists and others in Cherokee communities. If you are a Cherokee who believes in and practices the traditional Cherokee way, you will already be familiar with who these people are or will know others who can lead you to one. Additionally, Cherokee acquaintances, family or friends may refer you if they are aware of your need. We are not at liberty to suggest such an individual.

We also caution you about the many fraudulent people now online and elsewhere who claim to be a traditional Cherokee medicine man/woman or a "shaman" (Shamanism is not a part of the Cherokee traditional belief system). Many offer to provide or teach ceremonies for a fee, a dead giveaway that they are not legitimate.

Our traditional beliefs and traditional people are highly respected; you can show great respect by not asking traditional people to share ceremony or beliefs if they do not wish to. The proper way to find a medicine person is to be part of a Cherokee community, ceremonial ground or family and to come to know this person through those connections. Please do not contact Cherokee Nation asking to be put into contact with a medicine man or woman, or asking us to help you become one.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/nov/01/why-you-should-treat-charisma-as-a-red-flag

QuoteToday's crop of smooth talkers tap directly into a specific evolutionary vulnerability. Here's how to defend yourself.

QuoteIt's increasingly difficult to ignore how fragmented and bizarre our beliefs have become. We live in our own echo chambers, defined by the channels, feeds and influencers we follow. As a result we can arrive at very polarised conclusions about vaccines, the climate, gender, geopolitics, the shape of the Earth and everything else. Disagreements on topics like these frequently damage relationships, alienate friends and estrange loved ones.

QuoteThe dangers of charisma are nothing new, of course. History is filled with examples of people using charm to advance their interests. Dictators, cult leaders and con artists are all proof that an otherwise reasonable person can succumb to a well-executed charm offensive.

QuoteWhy are we so easily taken in by charisma? Like many aspects of our psychology, we can understand it more clearly through the lens of our evolutionary past.

QuoteThe best form of defence against the excesses of charisma is critical thinking. We should regard it as being like a collective immune system, and it should be central to our culture and the way we educate our young people. They should be taught how to evaluate sources, interpret information and recognise bias. Similarly, separating confidence from substance ought to be considered a basic life skill. Looking at counter-arguments when we are emotionally pulled to someone's perspective should be routine, and changing our mind when it is emotionally difficult should be celebrated.

It would also be helpful for the average person to learn the fundamentals of confident communication. Not only can this help you express yourself when you have something of real value to offer, but it also teaches you to see through a person who would happily use such tactics to deceive or seduce.

All told, charisma should actually be a red flag that encourages us to be more sceptical of an individual, not less. When someone can convincingly hold court on important topics like finance, healthcare or the Middle East, we should ask questions. What experience do they have? Do they have a history of dishonesty? What do they stand to gain from this view? What need in me might this person be speaking to? For my part, the next time I discuss something important, I will go easy on the pitch, pace and volume, and try to let the facts speak for themselves.

I think this is a very important article, explaining why so many people fall prey to cults and freuds.

Searching for 'Kai Minosh Pyle' in Facebook yields dozens of neutral or positive posts.

Here is one exception, with 41 pictures (census records and many more public documents related to his genealogy):

https://www.facebook.com/chris.semaganis/posts/pfbid02VJXSKCGceivUMwEhmpmAnDGSjkBQaCCd6jseRPvVKXeQ2qmDPHNEaTagPkUuyfKql

QuoteCrystal Mariah Semaganis
July 22 (2026)

KAI MINOSH PYLE
Infilitrating Two-Spirit Space is a popular trend among Pretendians and those looking to exploit our limited resources.  Usually, when a Pretendian is called out in a certain geographical area, they expand their reach and exploitations.  This coming weekend, we have Kai Minosh Pyle who is scheduled to appear before a gathering of Alberta Métis.

Kai's genealogy has been researched to seven generations with many of those branches originating in Europe.  Do we need to go back further?  Why would we?  There is nothing and thus, the claim to Métis/ Bawating Ojibwe is baffling because there is no Anishinabek there who are related by blood to Kai Pyle.

Now, in the over 100 receipts we have collected, there are Obituaries which list Kai prior to 2011 under their deadname, and thus you will see that in these records that verify the family names and lineage.  We have great respect for the LGTBQIA+ community, I myself a member of that community, which is why it is extraordinarily harmful for someone to use "Two Spirit" and "Deadname" as shields against scrutiny and verification.

Kai Pyle is not Indigneous.  They have used Anishinaabemowin to grift, which is a common tool (such as Delina Petit Pas using Mi'kmaq language in the East).  They have also used "Two Spirit Shield" to deflect.  These definitions are on our website.

Kai Pyle --> Zhaagnash, Mooniyaw.  Debwewin, Tapwewin.
Crystal

Maybe the genealogy work here (including a genealogy fan going four generatios back) can add to work already done in this thread?

Kaia Ra now is using Substack for creative writing. She also says she is writing a novel.

I've been researching her off and on for about ten years. She's always been dramatic but appears to be extra extra dramatic now.

Her claims of surviving supposed elite ritual Satanic abuse continue to be front and center. In a recent piece she states that a twin was murdered in front of her. She refers to "Satanic altar" and "culling ritual".

She misuses an image from a painting done by an actual Navajo artist here https://kaiaraofficial.substack.com/p/sisters-on-the-sky-lodge-floor-no-004 and claims a mystical connection with it.

Kaia Ra continues to throw various cultures into her New Age blender. She adds her special ingredients of pseudo martyrdom and cultic grandiose narcissism.

Some phrases from her recent essay:

Sky-Lodge Floor
Grandmother Spider Transmission
interstellar Katsina face
hands in mudras
Ancient Ones
Hero Twins
winged Phoenix
Venus retrograde

"somewhere in Navajo land the artist, Diné, young and courageous,
was applying varnish to seal the canvas
that was actually a portal."

old peyote hymn
Coyote

Quote from: Advanced Smite on September 28, 2026, 02:21:02 AMHere are direct and archive links to Bear Walker's Circle of Health website:

Circle of Health Website – Homepage
Direct Link: https://www.circleofhealth.com/
Archive.today Link: https://archive.ph/hnwOm

There is a corresponding Facebook Page (no activity since 2020):

https://www.facebook.com/circleofhealthcom/
"Circle of Health offers holistic health and wellness products and services including Bio-Tracker cel"

Quote from: educatedindian on June 13, 2017, 06:01:18 PMDGW provides the music for many videos by "Kaia Ra" a blond woman claiming to be an ascended master and a franchisee of Maria Naylin's phony "Qero Apache" nonsense. She might need her own thread.
http://kaiara.com/bio-kaia-ra/

That one is here: http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=5021.0 [Colleen Anne Santoro AKA Kaia Ra, The Sophia Code]

Quote from: verity on June 09, 2021, 03:06:44 AMColleen is still very active. Still selling expensive "Keycode 7, White Buffalo Woman" jewelry. Still overusing her favorite word "sovereignty". She promises miracles.

My bolding. Based on this, I found another of her comprehensive websites (not mentioned before):

https://thesophiacode.org/sovereign-soul-alliance/

Quote from: Sparks on October 28, 2026, 08:13:18 PMThere is a link in there to a Facebook post with some pictures of the "event":
https://www.facebook.com/kaiaraofficial/posts/pfbid02T2pJuqW1gA4Uo5FudL2jRpGTbFLGULgXA8rXXTKpRgUVGR7eafgCU4vprAd4RE3cl

The pictures have been posted earlier, without the URL:

Quote from: Sandy S on July 29, 2026, 02:19:53 PMMore images uploaded here concerning the event she staged recently in Arizona.

Quote from: Sandy S on July 29, 2026, 02:13:15 PMThese images are now on her Instagram and Facebook.