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Re: Has anyone worked with Don Miguel Kavlin? This is a response to the original question. Miguel was recently in ceremony for 3 ceremonies in NC. He lied down with 2 women (separate ceremonies) after the ceremony, but while the women were still strongly affected by the medicine. I was one of those women, and while his affection helped to settle me down and work through a difficult time, I couldn't help but think that it felt strange. I could sense that if I was open to it the situation could turn sexual, and that was interesting to consider, since the altered state was just that, altered, and because I was with the Shaman, and that made me feel special. But if I had ventured that way, the next day would have been a mess, a nightmare, and would have changed my life in a negative way forever. I trusted the Shaman I had gotten to know over 4 intense days, and I needed him to comfort me, not to come on to me. Miguel left here and traveled to Oregon and Washington, knowing that he had stirred things up here, but went ahead and seduced a woman there while she was on the medicine. She was completely willing but I personally think that this is a strong mis-use of power, and no matter how consensual the other person is, the Shaman is supposed to hold the safe space, right? Consensual sex while on any medicine seems to be a contradiction to me, especially when it is the Shaman that is involved. As I have worked through this I am greatly saddened. I loved working with Miguel, we had 3 ceremonies together. I loved his music, and I admired him as a Shaman, and a man, until the last night when I was struggling and he suggested we lie down together, and I trusted him. Now I know from reading others information that use words like "womanizer" and "trantric shaman" that he is not the man that I thought I was working with. This will not bother some people, and others might decide not to work w/ him, I just think it is important to let people have all the information. Blessings