The "4-day personal development retreat in the mountains" Trinity talks about here was a large group awareness training run by the scamster T. Harv Eker in Canada. Info on these manipulative trainings : QuoteYears ago, when I was 18, I realized that the old-fashioned college thing wasn’t for me. I could see that there was something so much greater waiting for me, even though I h
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QuoteFrom the outside, it looks like a normal building, but inside it looks like an ashram—and most people, including employees, call it that. QuotePeople in the Terasem community upload details of their daily lives and thoughts in hopes of recreating themselves one day, or just leave a lasting legacy in the future digital world. A few hundred people have mindfiles, and their information is kep
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At least for the moment, the ayahuascahealings.com site is down. Archives can be found here:
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Quite the loaded language they use, lots of words redefined. Is there any news yet on whether this is just a case of odd (to me) beliefs, or a manipulative leader behaving badly?
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Wow. They were notified in Feb., yet Trinity didn't make this public til nearly mid April. I wonder if their lawyer told Trinity that they would have an exemption in just a few weeks, or if Trinity continues to simply not listen to any reality. Apologists for Ayahuasca Healings are attempting to tone police critics on social media, perhaps in an attempt to shut us up. I encourage criti
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Dabcult, I agree with you, this is very dangerous. Christopher "Trinity" de Guzman, Dylan Guss, Mark Roland Shackman a.k.a Kumooja Banyan Tree are proven to be not trustworthy. To go to an isolated location with them amplifies the possible danger.
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Marc Roland Shackman went bankrupt in August 2014
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This is Dylan Guss' response to one of the 18 people who were ripped off: QuoteThank you for honestly sharing your thoughts and concerns. It's actually true that the expenses exceeded the contributions we've received - both Marc and Trinity, the founders of the church, have invested and lost money from their own savings. Although the contributions we've received were not
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A compilation of some of the criticism of Ayahuasca Healings / Your Highest Truth Healings Inc.
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Trinity is once again selling retreats in Peru, at the same establishment he worked with prior and has acted as exclusive booking agent all along. Dylan Guss is once again the program contact. Unfortunately they are including a tobacco tea ceremony, such purges can be fatal. Note that Trinity uses his business name in this marketing in a covert manner: Quote1 Year of Integration C
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More criticism of Dylan Guss: QuoteDylan Guss is a fraud. QuoteDylan fooled me for awhile. He pretended to care about me personally but I eventually realized that he was cut from the same cloth as Trinity. They are bad people.
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Cody has been at this for months at various online locations, advocating for Ayahuasca Healings. He claims that merely watching a Trinity video helped heal him of clinical depression. Cody is an apologist for AH. I've read that phone interviewers are trained to get as much money as possible out of people, even from those who can't afford it. Scholarships aren't free, people hav
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Along with Trinity de Guzman and Marc Roland Shackman, Dylan Guss is an important person to bring to light. Dylan Guss is Trinity's right hand man. He interacts with customers, interviews applicants, takes their money, then strings them along when customers want refunds. He is also known to message critics in order to chide and hassle them. QuoteI lost 3500.00 plus airfare for two peo
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jenann Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Paul H Dean aka Man Found Standing is holding > ceremonies in Ava, MO at his "Church", New > Haven/Sacred Way Lodge info can be found at > Meetup.com, which include peyote and ayahuasca. > This Weekend April 8-10. He along with Justin > Cluff aka Alphani Ryzon or Zerotize of the Rainbow &g
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Gayle, other than ONAC and its various branches, do you know of anyone else running commercial public ayahuasca operations in USA, similar to Trinity? Similar in New Age hustler marketer style?
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I appreciate the Daime discussion, gives us some larger context as we look at Trinity. Trinity's right hand man Dylan Guss is now looking for experienced guides to lead day hikes in Pisac, once a week, 18 people at a time. Also "sweat lodge facilitaters" who will do once a week ceremonies for 18 people. I imagine Trinity wants to bring in some $ through this next round of re
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I wonder why Trinity and Marc initially chose Washington atate? Did they imagine that our marijuana laws somehow would apply to other drugs - because they don't. Maybe Trinity views Washington as in a gold rush, and he wants to benefit. Maybe customers are more likely to believe his false claims of legality, because they equate Washington with "legal". Trinity originally ha
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Gayle thank you for laying this out in detail. AH gets video testimonies from people who are in that afterglow and uses this to promote their business. Trinity may have a cultic hold on at least one of his inner circle already. gayle Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'd like to add more about ayahuasca, especially > as it relates to cultis
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Christopher "Trinity" de Guzman, his "shaman" Marc Roland Shackman, and "medicine woman" Franziska Hoffman are unqualified to safely administer ayahuasca, especially in the large groups that Trinity plans. I hope many of us do as Gayle suggests in communicating our safety concerns to the DEA. I myself am not part of any ayahuasca communities so I am relatively
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gayle Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I just got word from a reliable source that AH has > not yet submitted their DEA petition. This is very good to know, thank you. Back on March 8 Trinity wrote "We are working closely with an amazing attorney who is helping us receive our DEA Exemption." This and other statements could incorrectly le
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) tip form DEA (choose Seattle as field office) Send safety concerns to: Joseph P. Rannazzisi Deputy Assistant Administrator Office of Diversion Control Drug Enforcement Administration 8701 Morissette Drive Springfield, VA 22152
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Along with reading through what Gayle has written on this thread, including: QuoteSafety will be a key point in the DEA's decision. If people write to them about the reasons why they believe Ayahuasca Healings is unsafe, that could make the decisive difference in whether AH gets legal permission to operate (and to open 50 more centers around the country) or not. Communication on these
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Gayle, thank you for the correction and for all your work. I'll help spread the word about contacting the DEA and will write them also.
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Thank you Henri! I just watched your video, well done. Your voice of experience is very important. Christopher "Trinity" de Guzman, Marc Roland Shackman, Franziska Hoffman, and the rest of the Ayahuasca Healings team are deceptively marketing ayahuasca ceremonies, greedily overcharging, and putting their customers at grave risk.
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I fully agree with Corboy. Trinity is an experienced persuasion marketer. This may be a form of a ponzi scheme. He rips people off, then gives back some money to people to keep them hooked, then collects even more money. This was just published, a thorough examination of Ayahuasca Healings. The author initially wondered if Trinity and crew were just naive, now she believes they are deli
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Trinity now is adopting a somewhat chastened, subdued tone and says he will reimburse some money. But everyone has to contact him personally through email for details, email is how he markets and persuades, so whether any wrongs will actually fully be righted is yet to be seen. He no longer is talking about Mexico, now he promises a new retreat center in Peru. Trinity also still claims tha
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Youtube videos educating people about the possible dangers of the fraud group Ayahuasca Healings, run by Christopher "Trinity" de Guzman (along with his fake shaman Kumooja Banyan Tree / Marc Roland Shackman), could be very helpful. Trinity uses his own sales videos very effectively to lure people in. Trinity's Youtube channel is called Ayahuasca Healings. A former insider says
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QuoteTonto Village I resident Steven Kamp has his birthday on Jan. 10. Steve is like a grand POOH-BAH to our Village. He is looked up to by the residents and he has helped many families in the Village. Thank you for your community service. This is how the cult leader is currently portrayed in the local press. I don't know if the author is a cult member, or someone who simply doesn't
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This destructive cult also operates as The Church of the Spirit Inc. out of Payson, Arizona.
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Trinity claims the Lewis county WA center will be reopened within a few months. He says they will probably open a center in Mexico too, also that they are putting together a life coaching program. Trinity says he is certain that the DEA will approve, that the "process" is already happening and is "going amazing". This is nonsense. Christopher de Guzman / Trinity de Guzma
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