I'm gonna quibble with this part: QuoteYou'd have to be an IDIOT to think LGATs are anything but a cult! I was not an idiot when I got pulled into LGATs and destructive cult groups. I did not know how to evaluate coercive persuasion and stay clear of it. And I may be misunderstanding you. :) That said, this fundraising campaign by Jo Englesson is atrocious. Ideally she w
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The FBI issued a report on "Satanic Ritual Abuse" in 1992: Reading up on False Memories is important too: Read up on the warning signs: Kaia Ra applies intense love bombing to her followers. Remember: If it seems too good to be true, it probably is.
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From an application form: QuoteWhat is the greatest wound that The Sophia Code has helped you heal? Kaia Ra can collect information on followers through applications and trainings. This then could be used to keep them in line. She can also easily use cold readings to make followers feel like she has special insight. Followers are explicitly encouraged to share on social media, wear their
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As a thought experiment I imagined myself to be a woman, in a time of life transition, with access to money (or at least credit cards). Also as someone who finds Kaia Ra charismatic. My initial outlay would be about $182.00 for book, keycode initiations, and access to recordings of past events. I'd take part in the monthly prayer collective and be active in the social media groups.
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I don't know when Kaia Ra first started claiming satanic panic type allegations. Here is her bio for an event in 2010, no abuse claims in this: QuotePsychically open since birth, Kaia Ra experienced a life altering spiritual awakening at the age of 26. At this time, specific Spirit Allies stepped forward to directly teach and train Kaia Ra for her life purpose. From Ancestors to St
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Kaia Ra keeps her followers busy. There are videos to watch, books to read, workshops to attend, and special jewelry to buy. She regularly churns out new revelations and visions. She provides many many ways for people to give her money. In her videos she sometimes talks rather quickly and her rhetoric could make the listener dizzy. New Age beliefs and loaded language are packed into each se
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Kaia Ra/ Colleen Anne Santoro is the founder of a channeling group. She says she is the oracle for her "Sophia Dragon Tribe". Much of what she is doing is akin to past channeling groups, like the ones detailed here: "Ascended Masters", an emphasis on Mount Shasta, "Mystery School" - all with her own spin. She has updated, modernized, and glamorized channeling. He
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You are so right Corboy. The Spezzanos do the trash talk every which way they can. While encouraging followers to call them "Uncle" and "Mom". Anyone who complains is told they are "overly judgemental" and that they have parent issues that they need to heal by taking more classes. One of Chuck's claims is that he can teach men to think differently in
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Chuck Spezzano has several books out, including "What Men Don't Know About Sex-- That Women Could Teach Them". This book is horrible. It includes an incredibly offensive rape "joke" that includes the death of the woman victim who was assaulted while in a coma. According to the Spezzanos, independence is bad. We are supposed to be interdependent and do as they say.
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I watched a recent jail house interview with Derick Almena. He does not appear to be experiencing any actual remorse.
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Some ongoing discussion here also About "Josie RavenWing": QuoteBecause of the depth of her experience during her initial visit to the Casa, she was enthused to begin this part of her “mission,” and became the first North American guide to the Casa, now taking people there from all over the world. At John of God’s request, she also accompanies him on the rare occasions when he w
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QuoteRussia has lots of experience in media censorship. So perhaps it is logical that Rep Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI-2) hires an agent of the Russian government as a ‘consultant’ to keep Hawaii media under control. But Gabbard’s consultant, Chris Cooper of the Potomac Square Group, is no ordinary Russian agent. Cooper is allegedly one of seven identified as being at the center of illegal Russian lo
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Peace is Possible NC, Inc. incorporated 2009 in North Carolina. Facebook Website QuoteThe Peace Education Program has a proven track record and is enjoyed at various facilities in more than 25 countries world-wide. In North Carolina, this successful program is currently being held for male and female inmates at the Buncombe County Detention Facility, and at the Black Mountain Women&#
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For anyone reading up on the Love Family, this source can be valuable: Robert W. Balch. 1995. "Charisma and Corruption in the Love Family: Toward a Theory of Corruption Charismatic Cults." Pp. 155-179 in Sex, Lies, and Sanctity: Religion and Deviance in Contemporary North America, edited by Mary Jo Neitz and Marion Goldman. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press. I got a copy through public lib
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A review concerning their Praise Power & Prayer Christian School: QuoteBad idea to send your kids there. I am a former student, I left when after I finished my 9 grade year. Things may have changed some by now , but I doubt the changes are significant. To understand the school you must understand the church. The church is very unstable, and kicked out alot of people, my dad included, forci
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Arizona corporation research can be done here: Cousens had an earlier corporation Old Tolrc, PLLC. That was merged in 2012 with Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center, PLLC to become Tree of Life Center US Corporation. Gabriel and Shanti Cousens are listed as officers and directors of Tree of Life Center US Corporation. They did not keep up with their paperwork and the Tree of Life Center US
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Unfortunately, I believe Trinity de Guzman and Ayahuasca Healings have gotten worse. More dangerous. Earlier in this thread there has been some discussion of Dylan Guss. At one time, he seemed to know that he needed to break away from AH. Now he is once again fully integrated into the group, given the title "the bridger of worlds". He is a young man and in the past has been drastical
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princecurt Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I met a guy who went on a retreat and used this > stuff. He was completely screwed up by it. Not > sure he will ever recover. I'm sorry this happened to your friend. Can you tell us more about what retreat he was on? Was it through Trinity de Guzman or another group? My hope is that recovery
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Trinity's description of a tantric center he attended in Thailand: Quote“Life changing in so many countless ways. One of the greatest things I've ever done for myself, after 10 years of walking the spiritual path and experiencing retreats from around the world, is meeting Maha Siddha, and attending their retreats. I've attended 2 already in 2 months, and will keep coming back.
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Trinity apparently is currently operating out of Peru. Trinity markets ayahuasca events with El Camino Sagrado in Peru. Participants have to be members of Trinity's "Ayahuasca Healings Church" in order to attend. The US Dept of State has this caution concerning ayahuasca tourism in Peru: QuoteAyahuasca tourism is increasingly popular in Peru, but poorly regulated. Be aware of
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An example of how unsafe these events can be: QuoteEcuador: Shaman Found Guilty In Death of U.S. Citizen During Ayahuasca Ceremony On June 8, 2017, a judicial court in Macas, Ecuador found shaman Miguel Chiriap guilty of culpable homicide in the death of U.S. citizen Leslie Allison. Leslie who was 35 years old at the time of her death is described by many as a “ray of light” and a “free spi
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The LGAT Psychology of Vision run by Chuck and Lency Spezzano also use staring techniques. They call it "joining" and claim that it is not staring, not hypnosis, but rather some sort of spiritual experience that supposedly creates miracles. What they are actually doing is predatory, abusive staring. Their victims cry, laugh hysterically, and hallucinate. Chuck and Lency can then get
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Some quotes from concerning Trinity de Guzman's company Your Highest Truth Healings Inc. DBA Ayahuasca Healings: QuoteI purchased a retreat in Peru. 12 days before I was to leave I received a video blog update stating that the clinician that was going to be conducting the retreat was no longer and it was going to be moved to a different location which was still undisclosed. Henc
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QuoteSo I take it. Trinty and his friends took our money and got rich. Now the rest of us are still yet to get an experince Recent post from Facebook group "Ayahuasca Healings is not legal and fraudulent practitioner warnings"
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How Psychology of Vision (and another group, Earth Peoples United run by Erick Gonzalez ) affect Haida people: QuoteMore and more non native attendees are displacing the birthright members from staying true to their own clan traditions of potlatch business. Haidas stay home and boycott their own clan potlatch as new age pushers, once traditional members, act out for their own “personal gain”
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Shadowfax Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Does anyone have any more information (or even > stories) about this "church"? I'm researching it > for a personal writing project, and am looking for > whatever information I can find. Feel free to > message me. > > Thank you! You can do a name search here for a summary of c
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corboy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Girls and women are especially targeted. If they > refuse to get agitated by someone's false urgency, > they get called the other B word. > > Learn as early in life as you can to stop feeling > afraid of someone calling you > the male or female B word. I talked once with a FBI ag
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I'm learning to not automatically default to "nice" when strangers contact me. Otherwise I could be easily swept away. I can be assertive, watchful, relaxed while being alert. If someone physically or metaphorically sidles up beside me and starts defining the two of us as in the same boat, I don't have to be nice or smile or agreeable. I can walk away from the boat. For
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About the guns: QuoteWeapons dealers across the country said the commune had bought at least 28 military-style semiautomatic weapons, including 13 Uzi carbines and 15 Galil assault rifles, since the fall of 1984. It also acquired at least one Remington Model 700 bolt-action rifle with a telescope sight. Individual Rajneeshees bought at least 16 other weapons, though it wasn’t clear where th
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Good series on the Rajneeshee commune QuoteEditor's note: In a nearly unbelievable chapter of Oregon history, a guru from India gathered 2,000 followers to live on a remote eastern Oregon ranch. The dream collapsed 25 years ago amid attempted murders, criminal charges and deportations. But the whole story was never made public. With first-ever access to government files, and some part
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