Psychic ‘Held the Beauty’ as Man Died at Health Retreat

The man died of a perforated oesophagus after consuming the plant-based psychedelic ayahuasca and frog-based poison kambo.

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A self-professed psychic tried to “hold the calm and the beauty” as a man collapsed before dying after taking poison and hallucinogens at a spiritual health retreat.

Jarrad Antonovich died of a perforated oesophagus after consuming the plant-based psychedelic ayahuasca and frog-based poison kambo at the Dreaming Arts Festival at Arcoora retreat in northern NSW on Oct. 16, 2021.