Nope. This is one substance I’ve never felt called to try. A friend of a friend died doing Kambo in West Palm Beach, FL. He was alone.
But this is fascinating. It reminds me of a study I read about how people suffering from anhedonia induced by sobriety could be treated by putting themselves in uncomfortable or high-adrenaline situations, like having them act abnormal in public or sky diving etc.
The portrayal of how kambo is obtained does not reflect the true reality of a cruel and painful (for the frog, at least) process that sometimes involves placing the frog over an open fire in order to stimulate skin secretions. Kambo users should perhaps consider an alternative to torturing frogs - a day of pseudo-crucifixion. What incredible hypocrisy that we continue to believe that we can attain spiritual healing though the heartless exploitation of the Sonoran Desert toad (5-MeO-DMT) and the Kambo frog.
I'm inclined to agree with you, although kambo is complicated by being a very old Amazonian tradition -- not that that excuses it, but many will cry colonialism if you speak against the practice or demand it be stopped. The same can't be said for the Sonoran Desert toad, which has *no* indigenous history of shamanic or ritual use.
Nope. This is one substance I’ve never felt called to try. A friend of a friend died doing Kambo in West Palm Beach, FL. He was alone.
But this is fascinating. It reminds me of a study I read about how people suffering from anhedonia induced by sobriety could be treated by putting themselves in uncomfortable or high-adrenaline situations, like having them act abnormal in public or sky diving etc.
The portrayal of how kambo is obtained does not reflect the true reality of a cruel and painful (for the frog, at least) process that sometimes involves placing the frog over an open fire in order to stimulate skin secretions. Kambo users should perhaps consider an alternative to torturing frogs - a day of pseudo-crucifixion. What incredible hypocrisy that we continue to believe that we can attain spiritual healing though the heartless exploitation of the Sonoran Desert toad (5-MeO-DMT) and the Kambo frog.
I'm inclined to agree with you, although kambo is complicated by being a very old Amazonian tradition -- not that that excuses it, but many will cry colonialism if you speak against the practice or demand it be stopped. The same can't be said for the Sonoran Desert toad, which has *no* indigenous history of shamanic or ritual use.