I would stress that any money changing hands is firstly a donation only, and also for the cost of the occasion, setup, accommodation, food and helpers. It is most certainly NOT for the Ayahuasca. That is free.

If you had 25 people turn up at your house and you had to erect an external marquee, rent heating equipment, buy bed stuff, wash and clean sheets, feed them 24*7, clean bathrooms and floors, etc etc would you do it free?

I totally agree that we should NOT encourage or allow so-called shamans to do this to "make money" like lousy drug dealers....