This mod causes game to go to safe mode 1.18.2. I cannot play any new worlds or load existing worlds with the 1.18.1 mod.

Yeah have the same issue on 1.18.2

I am having the same issue. Been using the same world for a few months now and the only thing that changes was me adding this mod. Removing the mod and the world worked fine. Same issue when trying to create new worlds.

Releasing a 1.18.2 update in a second... thank you for the report!