Very High Priest

Somewhere in America, in living rooms that cost more than most people's homes, a new kind of ceremony is happening. Ancient prayers. Designer chemistry. Wealthy seekers looking for God in a pill.At the center of it is a man who grew up where devotion and addiction were the same thing, who hustled his way across the country, who fell into a spiritual empire and then burned it down to build his own. He became the High Priest of an underground world no one's supposed to talk about. Until it all collapsed and the people who want it buried found out he's putting it on screen.Originally written to protect the intellectual property while the story found its true form, this raw, first-person narrative serves as the foundational text for the upcoming 12-episode limited series. The story is fiction. The underground world of psychedelic ceremonies, the facilitators, the formulas, and the communities that form and collapse around them, is not."e;Breaking Bad meets Shtisel."e;NOTICE TO GENERAL READERS: This edition is for industry acquisition, intellectual property preservation, and production reference. Currently in development by creator Oriya Pollak, with Albert Cavaliero attached to produce. Registered with the Writers Guild of America (WGA Reg: I373375)