Seeker Syndrome

Astray

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True Crime, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Religion

4.4 • 824 Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

The dangers of Datura revealed, and a different perspective on what it means to seek… and the cost for those of us who do.

Support India during the pandemic by donating to the organizations listed below that were suggested by Astray producer, Ankita Anand.

Guest Experts:

Suzy Singh ~ Therapist, author and international speaker on karma and consciousness

Alberto Roman ~ Shaman // Contemporary Curandero

Astray Production Team:

School of Humans // iHeartRadio

Caroline Slaughter ~ Host, Writer, Producer

Ankita Anand ~ Producer

Gabbie Watts ~ Supervising Producer

Tunewelders - Sound Production

Jason Shannon ~ Composer

Harper Harris ~ Sound Design, Audio Mixer

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0:00.0	School of Humans.
0:05.2	I want to recognize the devastation that India is facing with the pandemic.
0:10.3	As a country that has given astray so much, we're giving back to organizations
0:14.6	assisting Indian civilians right now. My co-producer and Kita Anand has suggested a few
0:19.7	organizations that we've listed in the show notes.
0:24.4	Last episode, we followed Charlie Maranelli's trip to the edge of enlightenment in India,
0:30.6	and that was supposed to be the end of astray, until Charlie told me about DeTora.
0:37.2	A psychoactive nightshade, which he thinks might have led to a psychosis.
0:42.0	But he only suspects this because he witnessed what he believes were the dangerous effects of DeTora firsthand.
0:50.3	It was scary to see her like that, I mean, I was like, what the hell?
0:53.6	What is going on here?
0:55.5	Charlie is commenting on the American woman and psychosis who he helped, a story we covered in episode 8,
1:02.3	but we're bringing it up again because of a possible connection to DeTora.
1:06.9	It was August 2019, a month into a stay in India, when he ran into this woman at a cafe.
1:14.3	I could tell immediately that something was off.
1:16.5	And I had the manager come over to me.
1:20.0	He was like, hey, we've got this American woman.
1:23.0	She won't leave.
1:23.9	Like, she's just kind of sought refuge in this cafe she keeps requesting like the music to be
1:30.9	turned down you know she was freaked out and she was kind of like looking for a safe quiet space
1:37.8	which the cafe is not she was reacting to the music and chatter of the cafe and was visibly disturbed when anyone approached her.
1:47.2	To Charlie, she seemed paralyzed like she couldn't leave the cafe or was too scared to.
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