QuoteDhamma Huasca • 10 hours ago Ayahuaca Healings is NOT legal. Nor are they a Native American Church. They simply bought a membership in an online church and they are making totally baseless claims about being legal. They have more experience in marketing then ayahuasca. Don't believe their hype. (Comment on this story http://www.kplu.org/post/legal-journey-spiritual-enlightenment-e
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I just listen to Trinity de Guzman video on YOUTUBE ... what a laud of shit ...this guy propaganda about Ayawaska like taking a brew will be a direct way to enlightenment ...Many have gone crasy and if you make a search on the internet ...a few have committed suicides after the Ayawaska experiences .. Ayawaska is legal in the state of Oregon ...with a big church in Portland and Ashland
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There was plenty of vomiting. QuoteAyahuasca is comparable to other drugs but only in a way that walking briskly with your arms outstretched is comparable to flying. The 'good part' of the trip was amazing. Go to the text and read the author's descriptions. What happened during the "bad part" of the author's trip. QuoteFor most of this part, the goo
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Trinity's mentors in the art of scams: QuoteAfter graduating from high school, Trinity de Guzman decided to use his college money to put himself through a personal development program called “Quantum Leap” put on by a company called “Peak Potentials.” QuoteAfter traveling around Central America and enjoying his freedom a bit more, Trinity de Guzman decided to head up to San Diego. A 7-f
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Don’t believe the hype about the “Legal Ayahuasca USA Church” going around Facebook—it’s not legal, it’s dangerous, and here’s why QuoteBy glossing over how the religious exemption works and oversimplifying the legal complexities of his position, Trinity lulls potential customers into a dangerous false sense of security. Participants in ceremonies on his property in Washington are not safe
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A public radio station, KPLU, recently aired a piece on this group, including an interview with the "shaman" Marc Shackman. I wish folks would stop simply passing on this group's marketing releases and instead do actual investigative reporting. Which has to include talking with county sheriff and D.E.A. This is frustrating to watch. The marketing of falsehoods is assisted a
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In the recent past, Trinity was involved in an ayahuasca retreat place in Peru. He no longer is, except he says through his company Your Highest Truth, Inc., which apparently is doing bookings. Because of all the publicity Trinity has created, the retreat place in Peru has issued a statement on their Facebook page: QuoteEl Jardin de la Paz, Ayahuasca & Master Plant Healing Center Peru
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My guess is that many customers will not have conferred properly with their physicians prior to attending drug events like this. And they might not divulge all their health history to Trinity's group. Even if they did, Trinity and the others do not have medical training. So customers will be taking a drug mix that is unsafe, in unsafe circumstances. Where is the plant material from, how w
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Many persons have health conditions (such as high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, eye conditions, fragile blood vessels) which would put them at risk if they consume a substance that triggers heavy vomiting. Many persons these days take medications that are classified as monoamine oxidase inhibitors and thus likely to interact hazardously with ayahuasca. They would risk trouble if th
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I believe this group led by Trinity de Guzman is a high demand cultic group in the making. Trinity de Guzman / Christopher de Guzman/ Trinity de la Cruz is an online marketer. In the past he has participated in large group awareness traings (lgats) such as Peak Potentials. He can be followed around online through his name, persona, and theme changes over time. He used to be a business marketin
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Some references New Age Frauds and Plastic Shamans Topic: Erick Gonzalez AKA Omeakaehekatl Couple questions alternative healing groups’ activities on Haida Gwaii National News | November 9, 2013 by admin2 | 4 Comments QuoteBy Rob Smith APTN Investigates Some people on Haida Gwaii think Earth People’s United (EPU) is a cult. Others disagree. Laura Duthiel said pe
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Erick Gonzalez portrays his group as a Native American Church (NAC). His people believe him without question. They then believe that the drugs they take are legal. They also believe that the drugs they take are not actually drugs, they believe that they are sacred medicines. But Erick is not leading a traditional, law abiding, legitimate NAC. Legit NACs only use peyote, in specific rituals. Le
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Dear Concerned and Sad: I'd recommend getting and reading Cults: Inside and Out by Rick Ross. And Mr Ross is always available by email and you can PM him here. Meanwhile, your priority is to keep yourself healthy and balanced. The important thing is to learn what is within your direct control and what is not. That is where Cults: Inside and Out is very helpful. I am not a prof
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One of the Stars of '10 Things I Hate About You' Started a Religion August 14, 2014 By Shyam Dodge and Shanrah Wakefield (Corboy note: Shayam Dodge could have become a guru, but chose not to. He was groomed for that role from childhood. This has given him a very special insight into charismatic groups and leadership) QuoteBut in May, the property gained a new and
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The thread here http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=3420.0 contains lots of info, including from survivors and from people who knew him before he became a cult leader. Investigative report on Erick Gonzalez (and also on Chuck Spezzano/Psychology of Vision LGAT that also is badly impacting that area in Canada) http://aptn.ca/news/2013/11/09/couple-questions-alternative-healing-group
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The Canadian police RCMP issued a warning about this group back in 2012. The group continues to behave in all the ways the RCMP warns about. Erick Gonzalez and his wife Heddi Neale act as destructive cult leaders. Erick is king, he does not tolerate questions, he tells followers to fear outside influences (including supposed supernatural ones). Followers become paranoid and anyone who leaves
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Ayahuasca. Imaginary Sufism The risks of using Aya are substantial. It also costs money, a lot of money. The Fatimiya Sufi Order and Ayahuasca - Reality SandwichThe Fatimiya Sufi Order stands unique in its place as a Sufi order with Ayahuasca as a central sacrament. This may be the first Sufi order to utilize the medicine ... realitysandwich.com/76773/fatimiya_sufi_ayahuasca/
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This is a URL to another page on this message board. It contains a French journalist's description of psychotherapists who have gone rogue and who irresponsibly encourage clients to use ayahuasca, a risky psychedelic drug.
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Because some claim special authority and claim special spiritual insight based on visions they had during ayahuasca and other drugs--and think they are entitled to special authority due to visions of snakes, reptile, lizards...which, it appears are not special at all but merely among the common effects reported from use of certain entheogens. IT can be useful to demythologize such claims --
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I've smoked DMT and 5-Meo-DMT twice each. Whenever I have smoked DMT or 5-Meo-DMT (I have never drank ayahuasca), I have never seen "self-transforming machine elves", snakes, reptiles, aliens, nor anything of the sort. In fact, I saw no "visuals" at all, but rather went into a "white-out" state in which I could see nothing whatever. These DMT "trips
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BBC - Bruce Parry's Amazon - BlogJan 22, 2008 ... Bruce Parry. Mother Ayahuasca versus Bruce Parry .... At one time, I met the snake that I'd encountered earlier in the day. She asked me why ... www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/.../01/mother_ayahuasca_versus_bruce.html - 36k - Cached - Similar pages BBC - Bruce Parry's Amazon - BlogJan 25, 2008 ... A Conversation with a Snake ... Bruce
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THANK GOD HE IS DEAD AND GONE .....IS MADNESS WAS CONFUSING MORE PEOPLE THAN HELPING ANY
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SW died on May 1st, 2013. Some discussion on another thread and an article written by someone who claims to have been a friend and who witnessed the entire trajectory of SW's career.
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Quote However, towards the end of his life, he became exactly the person he railed against all of his life and the epitome of everything he stood against. Quote"How I feel about Stuart is also a mixed bag. He was a friend and mentor, but he was also, in my opinion, a fraud and a snake-oil salesman. He did lead an extraordinary life and inspired millions of people. For that, I give hi
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Discussion of SW's belief system while still alive. (Brief excerpt) QuoteAgain, take a deeper look at Spew Vile's teachings and it is just a house of cards. There is no sense to it. When you chase him into a corner, he throws sand into your eyes and sneaks away. Thralls don't have the ability to "question" the all-powerful Spew Vile, as they fear his reaction - t
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QuoteMacReadyI know more than any scientist in my inner heart ... I know everything about the universe and how it works. I can answer any question about any mystery in the world, any mystery in the universe." - Serge Benhayon's message for the "New Era", January 1, 2012 While Serge likes to claim exclusive access (via his "inner heart") to a so-called "ancien
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I know more than any scientist in my inner heart ... I know everything about the universe and how it works. I can answer any question about any mystery in the world, any mystery in the universe." - Serge Benhayon's message for the "New Era", January 1, 2012 While Serge likes to claim exclusive access (via his "inner heart") to a so-called "ancient wisdom"
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"My purpose in mentioning the Ringing Cedar books is their exceptional depiction of a mature – and in many ways ideal – community that existed among the Vedic people living in pre-Christian Siberia. " If someone decides that inspiration overrides whether something is fiction or non fiction, comes from reliable sources or tainted sources, there may not be much one can do. The conce
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Exactly what sort of parent underwrites/supports a teenager's experiment drug use in foreign country? The tickets aren't cheap. The idiocy and irresponsibility displayed by the parents is truly overwhelming. It would be interesting to know if they themselves where New Agers or heavy recreational drug users. I mean it's clear his father didn't do any real research on ay
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Hard to infer much of anything from this. If it happened here in CA, I'd chalk it up to a teenybopper wanting to get loaded. Others would say it's Darwinian selection at work.
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