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[MI] Detroit psychedelic church raided by police for use of mushrooms
#28484071 - 09/26/23 06:40 PM (7 months, 18 days ago) |
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Detroit psychedelic church Soul Tribes Ministries raided by police September 26, 2023 - Fox2 Detroit
DETROIT (FOX 2) - It's been called Detroit's "Psychedelic Church" -- but now police are getting involved.
Images captured the Detroit police raid at Soul Tribes International Ministries on the city’s west side recently.
On Tuesday, FOX 2 went to the church’s building and saw bright orange signs, where investigators shut the place down.
FOX 2: "So what’s going through your mind when we’re looking on your property here, and you can’t get in because it’s closed up?"
"I’m totally stunned," said Robert Shumake. "It’s a true 'Matrix moment' right now. To actually go through everything I needed to do, to legalize, decriminalize and put together a system so people could have healing, and yet there are signs telling me I can’t go back into my church."
Robert Shumake — "Shaman Shu" — is the religious leader at Soul Tribes.
He believes the city and police targeted him because he offers mushrooms — which he calls sacred plants — with his members.
He claims he is only trying to help people cope with, and improve their mental health.
"A shaman’s role is to help people through that process," he said. "To help you identify your trauma. Where is that trauma coming from? Is it your trauma, or is it your generational trauma? Many people don’t realize they have ancestral trauma."
Back in 2021, Shumake says he helped craft the ordinance "Prop E" — a proposal that decriminalizes mushroom use in Detroit.
The measure was passed by voters and Shumake opened his church in March.
Before the police raid, the city says DPD worked with city agencies and Council President Pro-Tem James Tate.
In a statement, city attorney Doug Baker says about Prop E: "Despite its intent, the city ordinance does not override state law, which considers psilocybin (commonly referred to as mushrooms) to be a controlled substance. The ordinance also does not allow for the sale or distribution of psilocybin."
City leaders say what Shumake is doing, breaks Michigan law.
But he says he’s trying to get people off street drugs, which are tearing communities apart.
"You got Percocet, oxycontin. you got fentanyl," he said. "We’re talking about the sacred sacrament. we’re asking for the people," he said. "It’s all about the people. Power to the plant and power to the people. we want to get open."
Shumake says he’s in the process of forming a legal team to reverse the shut down and reopen the church as soon as possible.
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Re: [MI] Detroit psychedelic church raided by police for use of mushrooms [Re: veggie] 2
#28484667 - 09/27/23 11:35 AM (7 months, 17 days ago) |
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Just googled the shaman, he’s a known swindler. An opportunist. Sounds like mushrooms were simply the next cash grab. Good riddance and make room for actual healers.
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Re: [MI] Detroit psychedelic church raided by police for use of mushrooms [Re: Psicomb] 2
#28484804 - 09/27/23 02:14 PM (7 months, 17 days ago) |
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Psicomb said: Just googled the shaman, he’s a known swindler. An opportunist. Sounds like mushrooms were simply the next cash grab. Good riddance and make room for actual healers.
Thanks for heads up, media should be doing that. He sounds like trash, people lost their homes in his re finance scam https://www.reddit.com/r/Detroit/comments/16qt8jy/shroom_church_is_a_big_ole_scam_headed_by_robert/
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Re: [MI] Detroit psychedelic church raided by police for use of mushrooms [Re: Psicomb] 3
#28484827 - 09/27/23 02:31 PM (7 months, 17 days ago) |
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Psicomb said: Just googled the shaman, he’s a known swindler. An opportunist. Sounds like mushrooms were simply the next cash grab. Good riddance and make room for actual healers.
Never trust a dude who says mushrooms are plants. Sacred, yes. Plants, no.
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Re: [MI] Detroit psychedelic church raided by police for use of mushrooms [Re: sonoramo]
#28485930 - 09/28/23 04:08 PM (7 months, 16 days ago) |
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No pedigree of masters is thought to have ordained Melchizedek. Shaktipat is initiated by a touch and the shaman by his familiar spirits.
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Meet Bobby Shu, affectionately known as Shaman Shu or Dr. Shu, the founder of Soul Tribes International Ministries located in Detroit, Michigan. He is a gifted spiritual guide and healer who is passionate about empowering individuals on their journey towards self-discovery and inner peace.
As a Shaktipat initiate, Reiki grandmaster, breath coach, and sacred botanical alchemist with a PhD in EWE and oogun and a degree in acupuncture specializing in energy medicine, Shaman Shu offers a unique and holistic approach to healing. He also has a deep understanding of shamanic traditions, including the Order of Melchizedek, and has been initiated into the Munay Ki rites, which help individuals to connect with the energy of the Earth and the cosmos.
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They are energetic transmissions that heal the wounds of the past—the genetic and karmic inheritance we are born with. They transform and upgrade the luminous energy field and re-inform our DNA, enabling us to grow a new body that ages, heals, and dies differently. The rites of the Munay-Ki are the Seers Rite, the Harmony Rite, the Bands of Power, the Healers Rite, the Daykeepers Rite, the Wisdomkeepers Rite, the Earthkeepers Rite, the Starkeepers Rite, and the Creator Rite.
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The Munay Ki are the Nine Rites of Initiation to become a person of wisdom and power who has accepted the stewardship for all creation.
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This rite helps you begin to heal your inner feminine, step beyond fear, and practice peace.
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