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Santo Daime Church UK, Portugal, Netherlands, Brazil Adrian Freedman, Free Santo Daime movement, Santo Daime Portugal Questionable Importation of DMT containing substances through airports and borders, threats and vilification of whistleblowers, cannabis arrests in Santo Daime Church Portugal Internet
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Under the category of Questionable Activities is reported the Santo Daime Church who operate in Brazil, Europe, the UK, Portugal and the Netherlands.
They are reported ro trying to flout DMT substance laws, as their members often transport the DMT containing sacrament overseas, and then claim the victim story (war on drugs) when they are caught.
See screenshots showing how in various countries, there have been arrests, and how those arrested, play the victim story with regard to the war on drugs, whereas in reality, they are transporting DMT substances across borders, in violation of various laws, and so they make their own trouble.
I as a whistleblower was threatened with serious harm by some within the Church who have been caught with cannabis and face prison, after being caught with 14 kilos of it and LSD.
Before his arrest he was importing large amounts of Santo Daime into the country and made threats to kill a whistleblower, see here
In Europe the Santo Daime Church is run by Adrian Freedman who was arrested in 2010, with the substance, and then went on to import it into Portugal, via associates, who have now been arrested on cannabis traficking charges, see here
If something is illegal, or potentially illegal, the first thing to do is to clearly respect law.
Rather than importing gallons of a potentially illegal substance through customs, as the Church did in the run up to 2010 (declared as something else to avoid detection), asking proper permission from the authorities might be more appropriate, whether that be by asking a Court, or seeking permission from the police.
Santo Daime Church members often do ‘Daime runs’ which involves transporting sacrament in cars, in a clandestine manner from places such as Italy (where it is legal) to Portugal, which clearly involves driving through France.
This is done to bring the Daime to people in other countries.
Sometimes, if you get involved with the Church, you can get a free plane ticket if you import some Daime. If you get caught at the airport or a border and face prison, the Church will then ask its followers for big donations to help to prevent you going to prison!?
One might ask why the Santo Daime Church promotes this behaviour, and instead does not simply stick with countries where it has the permission ?
If you have been caught in a country, and narrowly avoided prison, doing it elsewhere, and flouting laws in Europe, is highly questionable.
The Church then plays the victim card and emails its followers, asking for large donations to help with legal defence, when members are caught, doing the above (transporting a potentially illegal substance across a border with full knowledge of the risks).
This is NOT the way to get respect from the authorities.
I am a witness in a criminal trial related to the cannabis found at the property of one within the Church, and was subjected to death threats to be quiet to the police, and this brings to light the questionable behaviour at the heart of this movement. It wants to free the sacrament, but it takes chances with the law, and brings about its own troubles.
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I was subjected to death threats and other virile disturbances by members of Adrian Freedman 's Santo Daime Church. Here is the proof that some of them are in police trouble.
#2Author of original report
Sat, September 23, 2017
I was subjected to death threats by members of Adrian Freedman's Santo Daime Church and friends of his, a Church that imports DMT containing 'Ayahuasca tea' into various countries for their ceremonies.
There is conclusive proof in the associated reports.
Ayahuasca has an uncertain legality, as the original report shows the trouble Adrian had in the Uk with regard to importing Ayahuasca tea.
His Church also uses cannabis in their ceremonies, another substance not entirely legal in Portugal.
Members of his Church try and emulate Adrian Freedman, because they want to be the number 1 in Portugal for Ayahuasca. In my opinion, Adrian has a naviety that allows him to bless such endeavours, even when the people are not trained.
Thus is movement is in essence a religion, that aims to spread the Daime around, with little consequence as to the consequences, until someone like me is threatened with death, and thus must reflect back sorely needed moral lessons.
I said to him in an email:-
The lesson is clearly in taking responsibility and it seems for many years, your movement, and many in it, have
struggled with that lesson.
By and large 'light-workers' do not take responsibility, and instead create karmas, and this explains why your
movement is so degraded.
It is clear your movement has a big problem, in that it wants to spread the Daime light at all costs, regardless of what
effects it has on the land, on others, or who has to be degraded in the name of your Free Daime movement.
Your movement wants it to be available as cheaply as possible at all costs (Nancy's area it seems), but then it
somehow collectively believes I will absorb the resultant loss of such a flawed strategy, that fosters
disrespect, trouble and expensive mistakes later.
If the leader of a movement cannot take responsibility, then how are people within it ever going to do so, and thus
morally and ethically, you must, to show a good example and to rescue the questionable moral integrity of your own
movement.
It would appear that your movement is hindered by that shortcoming, and that is the clear lesson here. This is why
no-one else takes responsibility either because they followed your example, which is to play the poor me / victim story
with regard to the war on drugs / Daime persecution.
The truth is also, your movement cannot afford to not be 'slick' to quote you from 2014. It imports Daime in a climate
of legal uncertainty, and in a time where your movement wants respect and sanction from the authorities.
Yet if its followers do not respect the Daime, its power, themselves, the land, or other people, then how can you ever
get the right respect from the authorities?
It may not seem a big deal to give feedback about people coming late to works as they choose, not paying for
chocolates or books, talking loudly after works, or smoking cannabis and drinking beer loudly after works, but in time,
these small failings in respect compound and make bigger karma later.
Clearly, you must rethink and reevaluate your whole approach, and foster good behaviour in those who come to your
gatherings.
The problem is that people taking a hallunicongenic substance, adminstered by Adrian can go astray without the right moral direction, especially when used with cannabis, for cannabis often degrades awareness, makes people zone out and lose grounding, and then they can fall into an ethical and moral torpor.
Such a combination can make people believe they are invicible and led to a publically advertised Ayahuasca centre where many people come, deciding to grow vast amounts of cannabis, on land with no fences, and where many new people come and go, and in an area where police drones regularly look for cannabis !?
The Centre was run by Johannes Maasland and he was arrested in November 2014:-
noticiasdecoimbra.pt/gnr-apreende-14-kilos-cannabis/
with 14 kilos of cannabis and LSD.
He is a member of Adrian Freedmans Santo Daime Church who set up Earth Connection Portugal, partially with the aim of running Santo Daime retreats (with cannabis) there. He is also a close associate of Adrian Freedman.
His business closed after the arrest and here are the details:-
He then went on to threaten me with death on several occasions as well as labelling me mentally sick, evil, criminal and the like, a behaviour that comes under harassment of witnesses in a Criminal Trial - here is the proof of that:-
If that is not enough, other members of his Church, who set up Ayahuasca retreat centres, and owned retreat centres went on to support the behaviour (they are also members of Adrian Freedman's Church) went on to call me a s******, a conman and a liar, insinuating I was making it up about Johannes cannabis arrest, but the proof is very clear and on the other report one can see the police summons and the case reference number.
These people are the Sanctuary1860 also under police investigation for their role because police found illegal drugs in the family:-
They claimed I made up dates of the police tweets but the proof speaks for itself.
Recently it appears Adrian Freedman's Church stopped supplying Ayahuasca / Santo Daime to the Sanctuary as their website now says they make their own on site (or they say they make it to mask the truth, one cannot really be sure)
But all the above people and Centres, all have one common denominator. They were ALL introduced to the Santo Daime through Adrian Freedmans Church and all display poor morals, bad ethics and issues with substances/police raids/investigations.
As I was subjected to serious harm and danger, and made to feel fear, or it was implied that we might be hurt if we testify (one member said I would be killed before the police can do anything about it - see other report about Johannes Maasland for proof) I insisted that Adrian Freedman take proper responsibility and denounce the behaviour, at this time, he has NOT done that.
The achilles heel that his movement has, is that it is dependant on people willing to take chances with the law, to sneak Daime tea across borders, to grow cannabis illegally, and people who are willing to make violent threats to try and silence people who are summoned to testify about the behaviour.
When Adrian Freedman does not denounce the behaviour, one can draw their nown conclusions as to his integrity, and what he is willing to turn a blind eye to in the name of his Free Santo Daime movement.
Most Importantly:-
It imports Daime in a climate of legal uncertainty, and in a time where your movement wants respect and sanction from the authorities in the face of ongoing arrests at airports and at borders.
Yet if its followers do not respect the Daime, its power, themselves, the land, or other people, then how can you ever get the right respect from the authorities?
