Quote

Chances are, that if someone has funds to own and maintain house property in Hawaii and can pay the bills for a pleasant standard of life, such persons
are well funded and NOT hurting for money.

Lency Spezzano comes from family wealth, she inherited money, they own a house and also a condo there.

Their LGAT and related seminars are costly. Advancing up the ladder means putting out thousands of dollars for followers.

I've read that the Spezzanos complain about their overhead on their LGAT business, they complain about money, but they surely seem to be doing fine. And they certainly don't need to do this LGAT b.s. They could stop doing it and then have no overhead.

They have a private company Spezzano and Associates, Ltd. They also have other companies elsewhere around the world, or their followers do, we aren't sure of the business lay out. The German group banks in Switzerland, at the Credit Suisse. Imagine that, a Swiss bank account.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/28/2014 01:57AM by liminal.

A good video to watch to get a sense of what Lency Spezzano does is: Lency Spezzano "Greater Intimacy with God" Download https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btxyxm1BHhY

Keep in mind while watching that Lency claims she is not using hypnosis.

Her "it's your birthday!" intro is her standard intro to the script induction she uses with everyone for whatever this is. Her target is named Jordan, he is a POV trainer.

At about 7 minutes starts one of the weirder things I've ever seen. She stands up, in her silken robes, and slowly does a contorted slow spin against Jordan. While sobbing and making pained faces.

The Spezzanos use music in their LGATs to evoke emotions and you can hear their use of music here too.

Another good thing to know about this group is that they also have elements of a religious cult. The leaders are worshiped by their followers. The leaders claim that they can channel miraculous blessings.

In my own limited experience, LGATs usually don't involve much physical contact, if at all. Psychology of Vision is striking in how much hands on the trainers are. One video of an event even shows Lency Spezzano and trainers rubbing a woman's legs and chest, all while blocking her view and ability to move. Lency and Chuck also do their "joining" routine, which means invasive close up staring.

This one video is of women being basically molested: https://vimeo.com/121790500

This is so very unethical.

Chuck comes from a psychology background, Lency from a working with deaf people background. But instead of staying with their chosen professions which would mean being licensed and needing to follow ethical standards - they have abandoned ethics and chosen to manipulate people into giving them money.

In this video, once they have people crying and spaced out, the touching starts at about the 12 minute mark.

The Spezzanos work to silence their critics, including with legal threats. The Spezzanos want critics to stop saying that they use stage hypnotism, and that they use a type of affinity fraud to infiltrate First Nations communities in Canada.

Documents about the group can be found here http://psychologyofvision.blogspot.com/ These include copies of posts from past Spezzano websites that are now only accessible through the Internet Archives - Wayback Machine. also relevant legal documents can be found.

I highly recommend folks dealing with the Spezzanos read the book Cults Inside Out: How People Get In and Can Get Out, by Rick Alan Ross. http://www.amazon.com/Cults-Inside-Out-How-People/dp/149731660X Especially the chapters on Large Group Awareness Trainings and on Guru Groups. The whole book is very valuable and you will find much that relates directly to what Chuck and Lency Spezzano, and their trainers in Psychology of Vision (along with the various spin offs) do.

Chuck Spezzano promotes himself in Germany as having a PhD in Clinical Psychology. In USA and Canada he says he has a PhD in Counseling Psychology. None of this is true.

What he does have is a PhD in "Professional Psychology". From a school that was not accredited by the APA at the time. http://psychologyofvision.blogspot.com/2015/09/charles-lee-spezzano-ph-d-in_28.html

Chuck Spezzano is not licensed in Hawaii or anywhere else as a psychologist. The degree he currently has would not make him eligible for licensing without further education and experience. Chuck has stated to a reporter that he is not a psychologist, he is a coach. The State of Hawaii has even in the past fined him for pretending to be a psychologist.

Chuck Spezzano is not a licensed psychologist. Yet he persists in lying and misrepresenting his degree, training, education. He is not a legit professional. He does not have the experience, training, peer review, or oversight needed.

Chuck tells people that he will give them fast track to psychological truths. This is untrue. What he does give people is a fast track to financial and family ruin.

A top trainer in B.C., Canada has taken to publicly stating that all critics of POV, including anyone who listens to critics, are "evil". She behaves in a bullying manner.

Fortunately critical awareness of this problematic large group awareness training is spreading. I hope anyone bullied by this group reports this to law enforcement, gathers support from family and friends, and keeps educating themselves.

It really is okay to speak out about POV.

Here is a recent card of the day that Large Group Awareness Trainer / Guru Chuck Spezzano authored and posted, I've spaced each sentence out to make it easier to read:

Quote

CLOSING THE OPENING TO THE ASTRAL: CLOSING THE OPENING TO THE ASTRAL is the card for today

The astral is an opening to other planes through which the demonic and at times the malevolent ET's come from.

From our indulgences both physical and emotional, through attack and self attack tears and rents are made in our aura and this dark element representing the ancient ego that turned away from the light comes through us to attack us and others.

Today let us invite in our Friends in High Places and other spiritual help to free us of this influence and plaster our auras with luminous Love.

Have a beautiful day!!" -- January 3, 2016

(via http://psychologyofvision.blogspot.com/2016/01/astral-is-opening-to-other-planes.html )

This is straight up fear mongering. Chuck Spezzano designed this to gather more followers, keep current followers in check, and to gain more money and power. Chuck scares people then claims that he is the only person to save them, the only person with the secret miracle information to save our souls and world.

Followers are confused, frightened, messed up, and caught in a loop of trying to keep up with what Chuck tells them to do.

I hope people stop giving him money and stop going to his events. I hope people start listening to their family and friends who advise them to get free of this destructive group leader. I hope Chuck retires, soon.

Quote

CLOSING THE OPENING TO THE ASTRAL: CLOSING THE OPENING TO THE ASTRAL is the card for today

The astral is an opening to other planes through which the demonic and at times the malevolent ET's come from.

From our indulgences both physical and emotional, through attack and self attack tears and rents are made in our aura and this dark element representing the ancient ego that turned away from the light comes through us to attack us and others.

Today let us invite in our Friends in High Places and other spiritual help to free us of this influence and plaster our auras with luminous Love.

Have a beautiful day!!" -- January 3, 2016

Corboy: I have used color to highlight the use of propositions in this "Card"

Quote

CLOSING THE OPENING TO THE ASTRAL: CLOSING THE OPENING TO THE ASTRAL is the card for today
"
The astral is an opening to other planes through which the demonic and at times the malevolent ET's come from.

"From our indulgences both physical and emotional, through attack and self attack tears and rents are made in our aura and this dark element representing the ancient ego that turned away from the light comes through us to attack us and others.

"Today let us invite in our Friends in High Places and other spiritual help to free us of this influence and plaster our auras with luminous Love.

Have a beautiful day!!" -- January 3, 2016

(Sentence #1 and Sentence #2 re-written by Corboy for clarity)

"The astral is an opening to other planes.

"Malevolent and demonic ETs emerge from the astral.."

"Tears and rents are made in our auras from our indulgences, both physical and emotional. The ETs come through these entry points to attack us - and attack others.'

Spezzano's brief message contains many grammatical oddities.

A grammatical lapses, sparingly used, can give a lively effect.

Too many such lapses leads to confusion. A teacher is supposed to
bring clarity, not confusion -- especially if our soul's salvation
is at stake.

Quote

CLOSING THE OPENING TO THE ASTRAL: CLOSING THE OPENING TO THE ASTRAL is the card for today

The astral is an opening to other planes through which the demonic and at times the malevolent ET's come from.

Corboy: this sentence combines definition and causal description. This is a complex reading task.

The proposition "from" is at the end of this sentence. Propositions orient us to time and place. So it is unclear whether the ETs emerge from "the astral" or from "the other planes".

Instead, we can re-write it this way:

"The astral is an opening to other planes.

"Malevolent and demonic ETs emerge from the astral.."

or

"Malevolent and demonic ETs emerge from the planes.."

"From our indulgences both physical and emotional, through attack and self attack tears and rents are made in our aura and this dark element representing the ancient ego that turned away from the light comes through us to attack us and others.

Corboy: This is a single sentence - a complicated sentence.

The first sentence ends with the proposition 'from' and this second sentence begins with the same proposition 'from'.

When a sentence ends with a period, this signals a pause.

When one paragraph ends and a new paragraph begins, this signals the conclusion of one theme and the beginning of a new theme.

The reader expects a pause, followed by a new theme.

But this use of
"from". to end Sentence #1 and to begin Sentence #2 whisks the reader's attention rapidly from one sentence to the next, right when the reader
expects to pause. This is confusing.

This technique -repetition of "from" "From" - is effective only if the writer strives for the utmost clarity and takes care to give precise definitions.

We finish sentence #1 with our attention on the "demonic and malevolent" ETs. .

That double "from. From" whisks our attention right into Sentence #2. Sentence #2 moves our attention rapidly -- but not to further description of the ETs. Instead, the first part of Sentence #2 lands us in a description of the
entry points in our auras - and the cause of those entry points. "Attack and self attack".

Spezzano writes in a confusing manner.

"Attack and self attack'? -

Are we attacking ourselves? I
s some part of ourselves attacking some other aspect of ourselves?
Are we being attacked from within or from without?

"Today let us invite in our Friends in High Places and other spiritual help to free us of this influence and plaster our auras with luminous Love.

"This dark element representing our ancient ego"

"Element" is a noun and refers to something especially abstract. Nouns refer to people, places and things.

"Representing" is a verb - verbs refer to actions.

An abstraction is attacking us. Huh?

Something attacks us.

"Comes through us to attack us"???

I am re-writing this sentence for clarity.

"Tears and rents are made in our auras from our indulgences, both physical and emotional. The ETs come through these entry points to attack us - and attack others.'

Have a beautiful day!!" -- January 3, 2016

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/05/2016 10:43PM by corboy.

This is great Corboy, thanks!

Yes, the name of the game is confusion.

Followers believe they are supposed to grok Spezzano's words. Chuck Spezzano is positioned as their Wise Uncle whose every word is precious and powerful. Followers behave like children jockeying for attention from Wise Uncle Oz. The Spezzanos encourage this.

So a follower who feels compelled to act love struck and like they understand the meaning of the universe (through the guidance of Spezzano), also will understandably be completely confused. Followers melt down from the conflict and then are told the remedy is to listen to Chuck Spezzano even more.

These cards are based on the various divination card decks that Spezzano sells. Also on the large set of cue cards that he and trainers use during events. I would like to see those event cue cards, we mere mortals are not allowed to see them.

Also Spezzano churns out monthly newsletters and these daily cards. All this keeps followers riveted on him. Followers claim that the timing and meaning is magically perfect for them.

Chuck Spezzano does write badly. I think he does not care, he simply wants to crank out enough to bring in the money. He wants to be confusing.

Followers believe that Psychology of Vision is professional level training, but it is not. All POV does for them is drain their bank accounts, mess them over, and teach them how to do this to other people.