Talk:Santo Daime

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[edit] too blindly 'pro'

I suggest that some reference to the less 'positive' side of this grouping/practice should be included. I personally know of a close friend of mine who was utterly altered in their outlook and aliented from all they had previously held when 'taken in' by a leader of one of their cells. He was fed ayahuasca every day for 2 weeks and the capacity for this super-potent hallucinogen to be used to affect the vulnerable makes it a dangerous substance, and his experience (in a modern western European country) puts the lie to the rosy depiction of Santo Daime contained in these pages. I will not alter this article myself yet as I suspect that it would be reverted. Howver, it IS important that a greater realism make itself evident on this issue in the near future.

[edit] Santo Daime not all it says it is

This is the first thing I've found on the web challenging this so called religion. The same thing happened to a friend of mine and as a result it has altered all future relations with him. He has been completely taken in by this crowd and now all previous opinions he may have held regarded science or the power of the individual has been replaced by blind faith and the power of the collective. He now views himself as a Shaman and that we he so called friends are no longer his equal. He is so deluded that he believes the world will come to an end in 2012 because of some prophesy made thousands of years ago. It's good to hear another discerning voice out there. Any advice on a course of action from anyone out there in the same boat would be greatly appreciated. I'd particularly like to hear from someone in Santo Daime as I am worried I am losing a close friend.