New witnesses offer fresh information into ‘kambo’ death at northern NSW spiritual retreat

Soulore ‘Lore’ Solaris, the spiritual leader of the festival where Jarrad Antonovich died after drinking ayahuasca and partaking in a ‘kambo’ ritual. Photograph: Natalie Grono/The Guardian

The inquest for a man who died after taking a cocktail of alternative “medicines” at a spiritual retreat in northern New South Wales has been adjourned after new witnesses emerged.

Jarrad Antonovich died after drinking ayahuasca and partaking in a “kambo” ritual at a six-day spiritual festival held on a property near Kyogle in October 2021.