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In Hildale, the Hummingbird Church offers healing from "plant medicine" in the shadow of Warren Jeffs.
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The Rockmoore House in Hildale was recently occupied by Hummingbird Church. HILDALE—It's after midnight and a woman with a makeshift brazier has just cleansed us by wafting burning copal smoke in our direction. The candles illuminating the main room flicker as the smoke languidly circulates around us.
Participants sit on the floor on mats—some are retching into plastic buckets after having drunk their first cup of ayahuasca, or "plant medicine" as it's referred to. A dark-eyed woman plays the guitar and sings a plaintive song in Spanish.
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