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A portrait of Soul Quest founder, Chris Young (Photo: Josh Adler) No Shame in the Neoshaman: The Deadly Rise and Fall of a Florida Ayahuasca Church
After a wayward youth, Chris Young reinvented himself as a neoshaman and built his own hugely lucrative psychedelic church, Soul Quest. But in his wake, he left a trail of debauchery, trauma, and death.
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Lauren Levis, who died after taking iboga at the Soul Centro retreat in 2024. (Photo courtesy of the Levis family) American ‘Neoshamans’ Are Running Psychedelics Hotels in Costa Rica—and Someone Died
In August, Lauren Levis lost her life at the Soul Centro retreat in Paquera. Hers isn’t the only death linked to a cast of characters toying with iboga—an African root bark offering one of the wildest drug experiences known to man.
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The Bankrupt Ayahuasca Church Where Negligence Led to Death
Soul Quest claims it is unable to pay $15 million in compensation to the grieving family of 22-year-old Brandon Begley.
