Another Ayahuasca tourism center that has not been mentioned before at NAFPS:
https://www.ecstaticintegration.org/p/serious-harms-and-a-death-at-theSerious harms and a death at the Ayahuasca Foundation
Clients and former employees of the 17-year-old school say its ‘initiation course’ has become dangerously unsafe, and Foundation owner Carlos Tanner is not heeding their concerns
The Ayahuasca Foundation is one of the oldest and best-known ayahuasca retreat centres in the world. The 17-year-old Foundation offers healing retreats at one centre in Peru, and, at another centre, two-month initiation courses offering Westerners the opportunity to study Shipibo curanderismo under the guidance of a maestro. Thousands of people have been to ayahuasca retreats at the Foundation, and it has many five-star reviews on Retreat Guru. Many of the graduates from the initiation course went on to set up their own centres or ayahuasca churches around the world. Carlos Tanner, its founder, is a prominent figure in plant medicine culture and even featured in the Netflix series Down To Earth, with Zac Efron.
But in January of this year, tragedy struck, when an attendee of the initiation course had a heart attack during an ayahuasca ceremony. His name was Diogenes Ianakiara, founder and CEO of blockchain and cryptocurrency company Klever.
Headlines further down in this long article:
1. Insufficient screening and preparation of students is causing serious harms
2) Facilitators are reportedly inexperienced and some flirt with students during courses then have sex with them shortly afterwards
3) Alumni are sent out into the world to serve medicine with insufficient training, putting others at risk
4) Tanner has not been responsive to clients’ and staff’s warnings and complaints, even after a client’s deathPlease note; The webisite that published the article is pro-psychedelics, etc.:
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