Briton killed in Peru ayahuasca ceremony texted girlfriend about 'bad experience' in Amazon

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Telegraph

Briton killed in Peru ayahuasca ceremony texted girlfriend about 'bad experience' in Amazon

Unais Gomes, the 26-year-old Cambridge graduate murdered by a Canadian during an ayahuasca ceremony, told his girlfriend he was concerned about the Peruvian centre

By Harriet Alexander, New York
5:18PM GMT 21 Dec 2015


A British man who was killed during a hallucinogenic drug session in the Amazon spoke of his concerns about the Peruvian site shortly before his death, his girlfriend said.

Unais Gomes, 26, a Cambridge University graduate from St John’s Wood, was stabbed to death by a 29-year-old Canadian, Joshua Stevens, after the pair took ayahuasca – a hallucinogenic plant brew.

Mr Stevens was arrested but released without charges after witnesses claimed Mr Gomes grabbed a kitchen knife during a “bad trip,” before he was fatally wounded by Mr Stevens last Wednesday.

And Mr Gomes’s girlfriend Christelle Ory, 24, a marketing graduate from San Francisco, said the financier was unnerved by the experience in Peru.


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[drm604]

2. Sorry. Replied to the wrong message so I deleted.

[trillion]

3. Wow. This is the first actual bad I've heard of that drug experience.

I know the rich and famous were flocking to it a few years back.

[Locrian]

4. dont know the details of this

But I had heard that the "boom in business" was attracting the shadier side who were less worried about the experience and more into the $$$ profit to be made off of rich adventurers.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

5. Any hallucinagenic has the potential of triggering psychotic episodes.

Not a huge percentage, but it does happen regularly.

[a la izquierda]

6. As someone who studies indigenous hallucinogen use for a living...

I have a real problem with this tourist industry. It's hugely problematic.

[librechik]

7. sweet gig!

just kidding. I'm thrilled that serious study of entheogenics is taking place. It is disturbing that random tourists can imbibe with such freedom. Not something to be undertaken casually or for entertainment, certainly.

Carry on!

[Blue_Tires]

8. Man I never get any cool jobs...

how did you end up in that field?