antares said:
There seems to be a tendency in people on spiritual quest whether religious, psychedelic or by other means; to place their guide on a pedestal (almost like a guru - disciple relationship). This always seems to have a corrupting influence on the person in the position of authority.
I don't know anything about this gentleman apart from what is mentioned here and what is shown on the videos. To me he comes across as a multifaceted individual who on one side is genuinely on a mission to make the substance available to as many seekers as possible but on the other hand is perhaps a bit blase about the safety of people who put their trust in him and has allowed the rewards of financial remuneration triumph over personal principles and ethics.
I think this is due to the fact that people do experience real "healing", but do not move into being able to integrate the experience and into "recovery". They have this powerful experience and then go off back into the world with noting to attach it to, and latch onto the provider. They will idolize them, and send all sorts of praise, worded in terms of worship, trying to appear to the person that gave them the experience that they "get it".
The provider, Gerry is just a spectacular example as can be seen in the evolution of hisfacebook page's self-representational imagery, then believes all the adoration and personalizes it. His page used to have a picture of him adoring his toads, now he has the whole third eye treatment, it's astounding.
Asfar as money, AFAIK, a couple years ago, his charge was in the low three figures fora ceremony, and he spent a good amonunt of time with each individual participant. Now the cost is apparently in the four figure range, and he does not give any individual attention. It's all wham, bam, thank you, sir or madam.
It's not good, but his perfect prey, er vivcim, uh customer(?) is the person who is interested, maybe has been to a few festivals or a burning man-or knows about them anyway-but is otherwise naive about psychedelics and wouldn't attempt to self-source anything. They don't come here, they don't read other pages, they just hear all the apologists and people who praise the facilitator. It was he case in WA with Trinity Guzman, it's the case with Gerry. They operate best in vaccums.