# When Extracting Demons with Ayahuasca Gets You Stabbed

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Podcast: [Furthure](https://stenobird.com/podcast/furthure-6969644)
Published: 2025-02-16T19:05:38+00:00
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## Resource

There are some unique occupational hazards to being a psychedelic facilitator. One you might not hear much about is getting stabbed by a client while extracting their astral parasites or demons. This is what happened to Julio Rivera, who shares his story of a client attack during what he describes as a parasite extraction gone wrong. We also learn more about Julio’s unique method of working with psychedelics, which includes demon extraction, ceremonial daggers, and ultra-high doses of psilocybin. I also want to be clear about my intentions in sharing stories like this. I am not recommending that people seek out demon extraction or astral parasites; I am merely trying to capture some of the beliefs and frameworks that exist out there. I think it is important to catalog the belief structures and systems of use that emerge in naturalistic use contexts and retreat settings. Finally, a few small warnings: this episode does get quite graphic. Trigger warnings can often be used in cringe-worthy ways, but if you don’t want to hear the details of someone being stabbed, please skip the first 20 minutes of this episode. Lastly, I want to emphasize that the dosing parameters described in the later portion are extreme. These are roughly eight times the dosage used in a clinical trial. Julio's website: https://www.shape-my.life/

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