The first book by Carles Tamayo, the creator of Cómo cazar a un monstruo, Ondas Award winner for best documentary.
How does a normal person, like you or me, end up trapped in a self-destructive cult without realizing it?
This book is not told from a distance, but from within. Carles Tamayo, a journalist and investigator specialized in going where he’s not invited, tells in first person about his immersion in the universe of New Age cults, those that use drugs like ayahuasca to attract followers under false therapeutic pretenses. Spaces that promise healing, consciousness expansion, and spiritual growth, but hide a much darker reality: control dynamics, emotional abuse, and a business model disguised as enlightenment.
The investigation, based on exhaustive fieldwork, is narrated with Carles Tamayo’s characteristic critical, direct, and ironic tone, where the anxiety of such a risky mission blends with the intimacy of a confessional vlog.
El dios alucinógeno is much more than a personal experience: it is a manual to detect the traps of the new esotericism that, disguised as science and spirituality, drags vulnerable people—those seeking answers, comfort, or simply a path to give meaning to their lives.
