Tag: sexual abuse

Santo Daime ‘Padrinho’ in Rio Faces Accusation of Sexual Harassment

The Eclectic Church of the Fluent Universal Light (ICEFLU), the main Santo Daime organization in...

Chacruna Survey Results on the Awareness of Sexual Abuse in Ayahuasca Settings

What impact did Chacruna's Ayahuasca Community Guide for the Awareness of Sexual Abuse have within...

Creating Awareness on Sexual Abuse in Ayahuasca Communities: A Review of Chacruna’s Guidelines

As the popularity of ayahuasca increases globally, alarmingly so too are incidents of the sexual...

Can ethics and sexual abuse allegations create backlash and impact the current psychedelic renaissance?

In this article, Marcelo Leite discusses the long history of ethical violations in psychedelic practice,...

Dating My Ayahuasca Shaman: Sex, Power, and Consent

I engaged in what I thought was a consensual relationship with my shaman. After many...

Can Psychedelics Reveal Memories of Sexual Abuse?

Cases in which psychedelics reveal lost “memories” or feeling states related to sexual abuse have...

Ayahuasca Community Outreach: Distribution of the Guidelines for the Awareness of Sexual Abuse in Iquitos, Peru

As part of our efforts to disseminate the Ayahuasca Community Guide for the Awareness of...

How I Lived Twelve Years in a Colombian Ayahuasca Cult Led by a Sexual Abuser

On May 13, 2019, the court of Guaduas in Cundinamarca, Colombia, pronounced the guilty verdict...

Healing Sexual Trauma with Ayahuasca

As a teenager, the power of my sacred feminine energy was taken from me by...