tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128951.post2951357643395300818..comments2024-01-19T14:17:05.124-08:00Comments on The Gorman Blog: Response to a Thread on Ayahuasca...Peter Gormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04010025416629344748noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128951.post-22987172647985727672012-09-24T18:40:53.036-07:002012-09-24T18:40:53.036-07:00Hey Peter,
You must have just posted your post fr...Hey Peter,<br /><br />You must have just posted your post from today while I was writing my last comment...<br /><br />...thanks for sharing your take on this matter. <br /><br />I hope Rob finds the courage to drink the medicine again with the right curanderos and comes through this with his heart still open...Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01323201407289572590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128951.post-42262427332963395122012-09-24T18:34:36.140-07:002012-09-24T18:34:36.140-07:00Your soup metaphor really makes sense...
I'd ...Your soup metaphor really makes sense...<br /><br />I'd be very interested to hear more from you about what you think this situation means. I only found out yesterday and was simultaneously shocked and not at all surprised. <br /><br />So what's your full take on this situation? Was the shaman involved a brujo? Or just incompetent? Or did he just make a massive mistake and now has to live out the consequences?<br /><br />I went through that entire forum thread today and it's pretty amazing how many people rang the alarm on Mancoluto...<br /><br />Just curious if you have more to add on this subject...would definitely love to read more if you have more to share.<br /><br />Greggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00336477193378869782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128951.post-2287722376801334852012-09-24T15:41:39.637-07:002012-09-24T15:41:39.637-07:00Well, thanks for pointing that out. I'd forgot...Well, thanks for pointing that out. I'd forgotten that I'd written that. But I have always been skeptical of people wanting to help anyone in Peru--where the people are generally doing fine, except for in the big cities. By fine I don't mean wealthy, but I do mean they generally have extended families that help in tough times--and as someone who was part of one, I sometimes feel the right to speak out. And I am so so so tired of Gringos having ayahuasca visions and deciding to build this or that lodge or pyramid or whatever--not because the vision was faulty, but that the vision might have come 20 years prematurely--20 years of living in the culture might have helped describe how that vision could be turned into a reality. And these people are not bad people. They're good people, well meaning people. But without the seasoning, they're too raw to do it well. And like any bowl of soup, without the right seasoning, its just a bunch of shit in a bowl. I know I'm being hard, but Rob had such such such a big heart on this one. He laid it all out. But it was so wrong from the beginning, bringing in cement to cover the jungle to make something permanent in a place where permanent means constant change and turnover. <br /> I'm so sorry I was right. I wish I would have been proven wrong. Damnit.Peter Gormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04010025416629344748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128951.post-91311024634547353212012-09-24T09:31:40.056-07:002012-09-24T09:31:40.056-07:00You know, Peter, you definitely called this one wa...You know, Peter, you definitely called this one way back in January of 2010.<br /><br />Check out the first and second posts on this forum:<br /><br />http://forums.ayahuasca.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=21673&hilit=mancoluto<br />Greggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00336477193378869782noreply@blogger.com