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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Joe Hinchliffe

Retreat leader described man’s agonising death as ‘beautiful’ after frog toxin ceremony, NSW inquest hears

Jarrad Antonovich
Jarrad Antonovich died while at a retreat in northern NSW in 2021 Photograph: Supplied

A participant at a six-day retreat where people ingested hallucinogenic plants and frog toxins was warned never to speak of witnessing the prolonged and agonising death of a fellow attender, an inquest has heard.

Jarrad Antonovich died on 16 October 2021, while attending the Dreaming Arts festival at Arcoora, near Kyogle, in northern New South Wales.

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