Workers are being mistreated, customers are unhappy, locals are concerned. And because the whole enterprise is illegal, everyone is in danger. Christopher "Trinity" de Guzman is behaving like a charismatic leader using coercive persuasion to make monery. Ayahuasca Healings is NOT legal is a public Facebook group which includes information from observers and former members.
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Forum discussion includes reports from former members of Trinity's group. Many participants in the first event left unhappy. Workers say they were taught to manipulate potential customers. Conditions are bad out on the land, cold and muddy. Trinity is at the top of the hierarchy and he is not sharing financial information with anyone else.
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A Closer Look An excellent critique of Ayahuasca Healings
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On one of Trinity's past website endeavors: Quote"21 Year Old Has Discovered The Secret To Turning Any Thought Into a Physical Reality ... And Is Now Traveling The World, Spreading His Profound Message" Some past web urls, by Trinity under his name Christopher de Guzman, at his Burnaby B.C. Canada address: AyaHuaCsAinaMerica.info ayahuascainamerica.org ayahuascaretrea
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Trinity, through his various names, can be read up on through various online postings, including on travel forums. Other posters have strongly implied that Trinity must have been running drugs. Trinity did not clearly explain his huge swings in income and his very frequent travel along the same routes. He claimed instead that all this was due to his super ability to "manifest". These s
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Ms. Harrington looks to be posting here about this
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Lency Spezzano says she downloads heavenly blessings through her brain. She says she can feel physical bone changes in her skull when this happens. She says she then transmits this to others through joining sessions. She and the subject engage in a mutual staring trance session, go through catharsis, then act like they just had a great sexual romp. During these joining sessions, Lency has t
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I believe Trinity's marketing campaign and practices are very dangerous also. Their events are by no means the key to enlightenment. When someone has a bad trip, most likely Trinity will claim that it is their fault. That they weren't in the right head space etc. etc. And that they should do more - pay more. Trinity's group is being so disrespectful to local tribal people. AH
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The video by Scott is about 24 minutes long, he is being encouraged now to refine his message, and put out a concise statement. He says he and others are working on this. I watched most of it and took notes on Scott's message: Warning, this group Ayahuasca Healings is not legal. They were misled and they are not doing their research Stop immediately or run the risk of arrest and pr
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QuoteEl Jardin de la Paz is a healing center located near Tarapoto Peru and is run by Ashley Avery and his Partner Lara. Trinity originally co-invested to buy the land for the center about a year and a half ago, but quickly thereafter Ashley recognized how much out of alignment Trinity was with anything they were doing at El Jardin de la Paz and since then Ashley and Lara have been making as many
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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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1979 articles that mentions varnish sniffing related deaths The sniffing was considered a religious ritual. Logic Israel says in this article that this practice was entirely dropped. This is not true, I witnessed some elders doing this in the early 80s.
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Love Israel lived large while women and children suffered.
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In the early 80s I attended an event in Seattle at one of the Love Family's homes. Love Israel was present, other names I recall include Meekness and Submission. Everyone named by Love, the patriarch. Cult women were not allowed to sit with the men, the only females allowed were guests from the outside. Cult women served and otherwise mostly stayed out of sight. Drug use was prolific. Som
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When I encountered this group in Seattle, in the early 80s, it was definitely a destructive cult. Now, decades later, the group presents themselves as simply misunderstood. I'm not buying it.
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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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If you don't already have a copy, get Rick Ross' book: - that gives readers specific, wise counsel. Suggestions from the book can possibly help you maintain a friendly relationship with her, collect information on the controlling person, and possibly prepare for an intervention.
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Help for survivors:
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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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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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Psychology of Vision uses terms like "joining", which may sound like two equal peers uniting for a purpose, but actually is a one way top-down process. Everything here about monologic communication fits POV perfectly. POV claims "sharing" "joining" "community" "friends helping friends". But these are empty claims.
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corboy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Some analyses of other spirit-merchants' peculiar > writing. > > > 3991#msg-53991 > > > 4828#msg-74828 > > > 7873#msg-67873 All of this directly applies to Chuck Spezzano, his name can easily be swapped out with those others discussed. Chuck on his Linkedin profile
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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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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 an
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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: QuoteCLOSING 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
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BobbyJohnson Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You misunderstand what Srila Prabhupada had > actually meant when he made that statement. This > link explains what he actually meant. > > anto-rape-controversy Actually, the linked article does not factually explain "what he actually meant". The article guesses, makes excuses, and tri
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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 keep
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