The Not So Hidden Dangers of Plant Medicines
danger! danger! danger! those are demons
Q | Hello Libby! Thank you for all your wisdom filled stories lately! I am so curious to hear more on your thoughts/insights regarding ayahausca etc. think you touched on a bit, will you be sharing more on this? Being taken recreationally vs in a retreat/intentional setting? Or does that exist?? Are we opening ourselves up or connecting to parts of ourselves that are darker? Can it be healing or is it messing with us? Why are these plants here? So much to ponder…💫
Okay, let's do this.
We're taking this head on because these fuckers keep trying to kill me — and I won't stand for that. I don't swear much in my writing, but this seems like an incredibly appropriate time. When I'm writhing in pain and screaming in agony because of the assault the demons are inflicting on me, some colorful language seems more than appropriate.
I'm pissed. If I'm not handling this with quite the same tone as my usual work, that's why.
Earlier tonight I told my dad that I wish there were someone to drive off the demons for me the way that I'm able to do so for others. It can feel incredibly isolating when I'm being attacked and can't do a damn thing about it. I've taken to reciting The Lord's Prayer or singing the Doxology in my head in order to find even the tiniest relief.
As I was relaying my sentiments about wanting someone to step in on my behalf and he was inquiring if there were anyone I had asked, the demons attacked like I've never seen. While I do not believe I have to do this on my own, I also haven't met someone who can step in during these ordeals.
It used to be my mom. They took her out of the running. I try to get word to her when I'm struggling, but the demons interfere with my transmissions. (My dad is very sad he hasn't been able to fend them off or stop them himself.)
So for the time being, I'm going to be my own advocate and expose everything that they're doing publicly in order get them to leave me the hell alone. Because who do you call when demons are attacking and say, "Hey! Can you drop everything to help me fend these off?"
Maybe somewhere in writing this, I'll figure out why they on the attack.
What originally set off this line of questions was my objection to Liz Gilbert "finding God" through drugs. As she put it, while being interviewed by Glennon Doyle, "I had discovered psychedelic drugs a few years earlier, and loved them so much and loved everything about it, and felt like this is the shortcut to God I’ve always wanted."
I had some strong words in response, "Yep. There are the drugs. I knew they had to be here somewhere. Psychedelics are the pathway to evil. Every time. E V E R Y time." I stand by this, but it didn't sit well with everyone. I ruffled a lot of feathers. One reply read —
This surprised me. As someone who usually approaches topics with discernment and nuance and isn’t prone to making generalizations and seeing things in black and white, where does the feeling of certainty come from about psychedelics always being a pathway to evil? Apart from my perspective on this topic, I’m wary of making such blanket statements that preclude the possibility of additional truths we may not be aware of. But mostly I’m curious where your vehement condemnation of psychedelics comes from.
I recorded a video in response.
But I also have some choice words on the matter.
Even though I have blocked the person who asked this specific question to plug the hole through which evil was sneaking onto my Instagram account, let's address the sentiments directly for the demons who were attempting to work through her.
Because you know what surprises me? That knowing what she does about me, she assumed that I hadn't approached the topic of psychedelics with "discernment and nuance" before coming to my conclusion.
She would be wrong. I addressed this in depth two years ago and have touched on it multiple times since. Granted, as evil has amassed more power, my views on this topic have become significantly less gentle. These drugs are markedly more dangerous now that Earth has moved into the fourth dimension.
By the way, if you think it sounds harsh to block somebody for asking this question, that's okay. I would ask that you remember the stakes. These demonic assholes are trying to get to me however they can. Manipulating humans is an easy way to gain a foothold.
At this juncture, I have a no tolerance policy for when I feel evil trying to break down my front door. I turn people away from my physical house in order to protect my safety and have no qualms about doing the same in the digital realm.
Furthermore, her response is incredibly manipulative. She has projected a shortcoming in me in order to validate her own stance that is at odds with what I believe.
Instead of asking a direct question such as, "Libby! You usually address the various nuance and shades of grey with topics. Have you already tackled that with psychedelics? Did I miss it?" she chose to accuse me of making blanket statements on the assumption that I hadn't thought through the topic at hand.
It's easier to tell me that I'm wrong than to pause and examine her own beliefs.
Goading me in the way she has with her comment is meant for me to back down and acquiesce my position. She's not looking to engage in a discussion. She wants to be right and wants me to be wrong. How disingenuous for someone who claims to be open to "the possibility of additional truths."
Not only have I put copious amounts of thought into this topic, I've seen the damage that these drugs can do first hand. It's horrific and can lead to decades worth of disruption and havoc in someone's life. You can set the best of intentions going into it. That does not matter. Demons are going to blow right by them.
Yes, I believe that psychedelics are always a pathway to evil. Always. (There is a small caveat that I'll address in a minute.) Why? Because I've seen it happen again and again with some of the nastiest beings energetically attaching to those people who partook.
Engaging with these drugs one time is a role of the dice. You might come out unscathed or you might not. Far too many variables are at play. Long term use increases these unwanted odds exponentially.
You are opening yourself to energies that you do not understand and that you lack the ability to navigate. Evil will take advantage of this every chance it gets.
Let me repeat that because it is at the crux of what is happening.
You are opening yourself to energies that you do not understand and that you lack the ability to navigate. Evil will take advantage of this every chance it gets.
I'm fortunate to have people who have experienced these dark attachments share their stories so willingly and publicly.
Here's my lone caveat.
Are there deep-seated traditions that incorporate hallucinogenic elements? Yep.
But those aren't conducted by some twenty-two year old named Steve living in St. Pete and calling himself a shaman who tells you that he can show you the path to enlightenment. They're also not creating high end ayahuasca resorts to attract the rich and spiritually curious.
Cultures with these rich traditions acknowledge and understand the energetic impact of their actions. That differs pretty radically from a group of Laurel Canyon musicians tripping on LSD and calling it enlightenment or Liz Gilbert talking about her love of plant medicine.
Being part of one of those rich traditions has built in boundaries and protection that narco tourists will never know. (Though some of these are quite dark and filled with human sacrifice.) Yes, there's even a specific term for these trips. Drug tourism doesn't sound quite as sexy but is another (arguably more accurate) name for this.
We all have deep energetic roots to certain traditions. It's why singing the Doxology on repeat in my head when I'm being attacked works for me. I doubt it would have the same impact to a practicing Jew or Muslim. My Congregational lineage packs a punch when I say those words.
Whether it's ayahuasca or micro-dosing or any of the other popular 'plant medicines' that are all the rage, what is essentially happening is that you're dropping people who know how to swim in a backyard pool into the raging storm of an ocean. Good luck!! Don't drown!!
What they encounter is so far beyond their ken that they have no protection against any of the entities or darkness that is preying on them. You've sent a third grader to a rave.
I'm fine sounding like a stick in the mud on this topic. It's a reputation I come by fairly honestly over the course of my life. During high school my friends used to run up and down the Frankfort breakwall during storms over Lake Michigan. The waves would crash over them as they ran from one pillar to the next. I stood on the shore waiting to sprint to the phone and call 911 in case the rage of the big lake got the best of them and swept them onto the rocks.
Trying to convince a group of teenagers to stay on shore would have been fruitless. It was their prerogative to engage in reckless acts. Meanwhile, the deep knowing in the pit of my stomach kept me squarely on land.
Plenty of people had been swept off the breakwall over the years. We all knew the stories. We even had a contemporary go missing in a smaller lake on a calm day. His body never reappeared. My friends knew the risks.
To this day my heart sinks when I hear the cut of the Coast Guard helicopter fly over our house. It's an indication that someone is lost or drowning. Neither is good.
A few years back, perhaps the risks of dabbling in these powerful drugs didn't come with quite as much risk. This is highly debatable. The bottom line is that it doesn't matter.
Evil is more aggressive than ever and the demons are roaming the Earth. It is my belief that these psychedelic journeys are creating a doorway for them to come into our plane. For years they were only able to work through humans. Now they're fully and physically here. It might also be attributable to the shift to the fourth dimension increasing their numbers and their presence. Either way, they're here.
I'm fully aware that there are various studies that show micro-dosing is having a positive impact on individuals with PTSD. At what cost? Remember, demons offer Faustian bargains.
This scares the crap out of me.
You're talking about a group of individuals who are already energetically vulnerable and exposing them to some of the darkest entities out there. Why open them up to further energetic manipulation and call it healing?
A loan shark can keep your business from going under. Now you have a new problem. You're indebted to him. That's what psychedelics offer.
At the heart of this is the human sacrifice that is war. We need to address that aspect of this epidemic just as much as the need for healing in the Veteran community. According to the reporting by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, there were a total of 6,392 Veteran suicides in 2021. From all accounts, that number continues to increase.
The suicide rates are staggering which is one of the many reasons there's so much enthusiasm for the potential of micro-dosing. I get.
Meanwhile support and benefits continue to be cut. Did you know that all open Disability claims were unilaterally denied when lockdowns began? I have the letter to prove it. My claim had been approved two weeks prior so I was still on the mailing list.
SNAP Benefits, the new politically correct term for food stamps, are also being cut. This past year, Michigan benefits dropped from $198 a month for an individual to $27. Simultaneously, benefits for illegal immigrants continue to increase and provide compensation at levels that no American citizens on aid are receiving. I'll save my frustrations on this topic for another day.
All of this means that micro-dosing is really appealing 'solution' for those suffering from PTSD. It seemingly has fewer side effects than its allopathic and pharmaceutical counterparts. Seemingly is the key word there. The energetic toll is high.
Is it a temporary solution to keep these Veterans alive? I don't know. Time will tell.
What I do know is that there are some serious strings attached.
I recognize that I'm lumping micro-dosing and ayahuasca together somewhat indiscriminately. That's because their impacts are virtually the same.
This whole range of drugs opens people to energies beyond their comprehension or understand thus leaving them incredibly vulnerable.
One of the big arguments for ayahuasca is that it's natural. It's a plant medicine!! Surely that must count for something.
To that I say, go eat some poke berries and let me know how that goes for you. You know all of those side effects — nausea, vomiting, cramping, stomach pain, diarrhea, low blood pressure, difficulty controlling urination (incontinence), thirst, and possibly death — that's because they're poisonous, and your body wants nothing to do with them. The same goes for ayahuasca and other 'plant medicines.'
Yet somehow all of that discomfort and unpleasantness has been rebranded to indicate that IT'S WORKING!! Screw that. Lies, lies, and more lies.
There's a slew of articles over the past few years glamorizing the really unpleasant experience. They talk about the gorgeous villas where the staff looks after you while you vomit into a designer bucket and then helps you into the shower to remove the bile from you only to be swaddled in your plush terrycloth robe.
I hate it.
The author shares story of a woman who turned to mushrooms for spiritual insights —
Still, Brinkerhoff, who had never so much as tasted coffee at the time, was nervous. “It was like this really big deal to be like, OK, I’m going to partake of an illegal substance,” she recalls.
In 2021, she swallowed her first dose of magic mushrooms with an alleged medicine woman she found on Retreat.Guru. “I went in blind,” Brinkerhoff admits, expecting the mushrooms to iron out the kinks in her brain and nothing more.
Instead, Brinkerhoff says, she met God. But whereas the God of her childhood was a remote “deity in the sky,” she says, a “parent figure” who could both protect and punish her, the God she encountered on mushrooms was radically different. The divine felt more embodied and earth-based, she says — synonymous, in fact, with “life.”
“It made me realize that everything that organized religion was claiming to give to me wasn’t actually coming from the religion,” Brinkerhoff reflects. “Once that clicked for me, everything fell apart.”
Within three months, Brinkerhoff had left the Church of Latter-day Saints, an organization she now describes as having committed “soul theft” for robbing her of the intuition and sovereignty she credits the mushrooms with returning.
When I read accounts like this one where the subject of the article has sought psilocybin after coming out of a high control religion (a term more than one person in my audience has shared with me regarding her own upbringing), it sets off even more alarm bells.
With religions like Mormonism, there's a lot of emphasis on rule following. This doesn't leave a ton of room for developing your own energetic discernment. For this reason, someone in Brinkerhoff's shoes is even more vulnerable to the entities that will try to prey on her.
This is not God that she is meeting, nor is it the fake Jesus that I have previously discussed. These are demons impersonating The Almighty.
All of this has a very John of God feel to it for me. By that I mean someone at the helm is exploiting incredibly vulnerable people for his or her own gain.
There's an excellent and unsettling depiction of this in Nine Perfect Strangers (2021) where the manipulator is played by none other than Nicole Kidman. Fitting.
Then we have articles like this that tell us how horrible the experience was the first time and how that's actually the selling point of trying it again.
In this article, the author describes his surroundings as he embarks toward his destination to take ayahuasca —
I am deep in the Colombian province of Antioquia. Until about six years ago this hilly, jungly, notably remote region – halfway between the capital Bogotá and the once-murderous cartel citadel of Medellin – was strictly off limits, thanks to Escobar and friends, alongside revolutionary guerrilla outfits, militias and kidnapping gangs.
This time around I had way more hallucinations, yet maybe not so many chats with God
Happily, much of that violence has receded, even as Pablo’s feral coke hippos have multiplied (they are now regarded as a pest, and sometimes wander into local towns). This means tourism has returned, via guest houses and quaint resorts – and boho-delic lodges dedicated to the legal ingestion of the Amazonian drug known as ‘ayahuasca’, ‘yage’, or ‘the sacred vine’. Ayahuasca is the most powerful psychedelic found in nature: it is known for making you puke, sob, howl and crap yourself. That’s if it doesn’t send you into a delusional spiritual meltdown, culminating in psychosis or even death (never mix it with SSRIs like Prozac).
— The secret to taking ayahuasca by Sean Thomas for The Spectator | March 16, 2024
He continues —
As I go, I realise I’ve had another extra-ordinary ayahuasca experience, but it’s been different to last time. Tonight I had way more hallucinations, yet maybe not so many chats with God. Of those I had, you probably wouldn’t want to hear them – it’s like listening to other people’s dreams. All I can say is that He is surprisingly unfussed by climate change. Nonetheless I have learned one quite important thing.
Everything is funny. Even death – however sad, tragic, or cruel – is funny. This might sound heartless, and you should generally not laugh aloud, but it is also importantly true. Death is maybe especially funny, because it makes a poetic and comedic mockery of us all. And if I need proof of that, I can walk ten minutes up the dappled forest path to the one-time home of Pablo Escobar, who became the richest man on Earth and the most feared man in Colombia, and whose sole memorial is a gaudy kiddies’ waterpark, complete with hippo-shaped coffee shacks.
— The secret to taking ayahuasca by Sean Thomas for The Spectator | March 16, 2024
In this Vox article, we're told, "When I finally puked on the fourth night, I felt an odd sense of pride." Gotcha.
When I finally puked on the fourth night, I felt an odd sense of pride.
Inside the loud, stuffy ceremony room, people were laughing, crying, chanting, gyrating, and, yes, vomiting, around me. When my time finally comes, I think: Just aim for the bucket and keep your ass above your head like the shaman told you.
I try to wipe my face but can’t grab the tissue paper because it melts every time I reach for it. Nearby, a man starts to scream. I can’t make out what he’s saying on account of the shaman singing beautiful Colombian songs in the other room.
I finish vomiting and start crying and laughing and smiling all at once. Something has been lifted in this “purge,” something dark and deep I was carrying around for years. Relief washes over me, and I slowly make my way back to my mattress on the floor.
— The brutal mirror by Sean Illing for Vox | November 2, 2019
These drugs are being pushed by mainstream voices. There are way more people who have spoken publicly about their experiences than I even realized. Here are a handful of them sorted alphabetically — Tori Amos, Penn Badgley, Miley Cyrus, Melissa Etheridge, Megan Fox, Liz Gilbert, Chelsea Handler, Terrance Howard, Ricki Lake, Ben Lee, Lindsay Lohan, Machine Gun Kelly, Danica Patrick, Josh Radnor, Mel Robbins, Joe Rogan, Aaron Rodgers, Susan Sarandon, Paul Simon, Will Smith, Sting.
And let's not forget the full spread article in Goop, brainchild of Gwyneth Paltrow.
Apparently it takes just shy of a decade for a trend like this to trickle down from the Hollywood elite to the general public.
One of the words that you'll hear repeated again and again in these articles as people recount their experiences is the term 'shortcut.' Ah yes, there's nothing quite like wanting enlightenment without putting in the work — or staying at a Holiday Inn Express.
But here's what concerns me the most. Ancient demonic energies and demons roam the lands on which these ceremonies are happening. This didn't click until recently. What shifted it into place was the article "Why is Latin America so violent?" written by Sean Thomas, the same author who wrote "The secret to taking ayahuasca".
As you might suspect from the title of his article, Thomas examines the deep rooted cultural history of violence in Latin America —
Moreover, native American empires were bizarrely cruel – even before the Europeans arrived. The Muisca here in Colombia composed special songs that they sung in chorus as they murdered their own teenage boys. In Mexico the Aztecs pulled the hearts out of living prisoners and wore their flayed skins as suits, in central America the Mayans hurled virgins down wells and played ballgames that ended in head-chopping,
Then there’s the Moche civilisation of northern Peru (100 to 700 AD) which was insanely depraved and bloodthirsty – to an extent it is difficult to comprehend. Moche aristocrats used to cut off their own noses, lips, feet, as a sign of nobility. Moche women probably had sex with pumas in special rooms, other Moche apparently masturbated and sexually penetrated partly defleshed corpses.=
During their most intense rituals entire Moche clans, cloistered in darkened pyramids, would engage in sodomy and fellatio in orgiastic celebration even as they watched their siblings and children being slowly bled to death in the centre of the chamber, all to honour a strange tarantula god (also known as the decapitator god). What’s more, most of this – as in so many pre-Colombian civilisations – apparently happened in a haze of hallucinogenic drugs. The favoured drug of the Moche was called ulluchu (we are still not certain what it was); other pre-Columbian civilisations eagerly consumed peyote, yopo, san pedro, ayahuasca, coca, mapacho, and so on.
— Why is Latin America so violent? by Sean Thomas for The Spectator | April 15, 2024
The history of human sacrifice has been on my mind a lot lately. I know. I'm so fun at parties. But as I talk about the vast amount of energy harvesting that is happening these days, it's hard not to reflect on the origins. Back in the day, these energetic exchanges were far more overt.
That said, we're starting to see through the facade as these practices reveal themselves today for what they really are. No, we're not sacrificing people at literal alters, but we're coming pretty darn close.
Mostly it dawned on me that these people tripping on ayahuasca and other 'harmless plant medicines' are not only bringing back entities that have attached to them, they're swinging the door wide open for other demons and dark forces to stride into our dimension.
Then it clicked. All this talk of sending demons back to Hell, welp, that was the fourth dimension.
The Earthly realm and Hell have merged since we shifted fully into fourth dimensional. Demon bonanza!!! Evil has a head start since they've been infiltrating the third dimension for years. We have an unavoidable battle on our hands. Good versus evil. Light versus dark. Humanity versus cruelty.
Time to pick a side. There's no happy middle ground here.
Demons, time to fuck off.
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