Lochem, Netherlands
Up to 2 in group
4 Days Package (3 nights)
About this Retreat
A sacred companion on your shamanic journey
Stepping into a space with Maurice Spees means entering a realm of deep presence, where sound, spirit, and remembrance weave together in profound ways. As a shamanic voice alchemist, Maurice doesn't simply guide. He creates a resonance field for transformation, offering unwavering compassion and presence. His approach is one of attunement rather than direction, helping you reconnect with your innate rhythm, harmonise your inner and outer worlds, and meet deeper layers of yourself with ease.
Maurice has held hundreds of private and group ceremonies, and the testimonials continue to speak for themselves, each journey a testament to the profound magic that unfolds.
A rare fusion of sound, spirit, and sacred medicine
Maurice serves as both a facilitator and a vessel for consciousness and sound, with a rare ability to create deeply intuitive and energetically precise spaces. Working with the sacred mushroom in ceremony, he helps you open a direct connection to a higher intelligence, moving beyond the sense of separation and anchoring into the deep well of creation itself. Through this meeting, he holds a resonance field where distortions dissolve, and clarity and embodiment unfold naturally.
His gift lies in his ability to step aside and become fully available to those he serves. Holding space with purity, neutrality, and deep reverence, he offers an environment where true transformation happens, not through force, but through surrender. In this space, you are fully seen, supported, and free to unfold.
The transformative power of sound
Sound is the foundation of Maurice's work. Shamanic voice alchemy bypasses the mind, speaking directly to the body and the energy system. Rather than analysing past stories, the work moves through direct experience, through vibration, resonance, and the intelligence of sound.
Flowing with life: the beauty of surrender
Maurice's approach is fluid and organic, reflecting the natural intelligence of life itself. Rather than following rigid structures, his work moves with the moment, trusting in spontaneity and deep presence. Here you are invited to let go of control, embrace what wants to emerge, and feel the beauty of being fully alive in the now.
Maurice does not teach in the traditional sense. He transmits. He holds a sacred space where you remember your wholeness, your power, your true and divine nature. His role is not to fix, but to reveal what has always been within you.
This is an invitation to step into resonance, remembrance, and full embodiment.
Details of this retreat
Private psilocybin truffle ceremony Netherlands | 1:1 or couples, live shamanic voice + 3 nights
A private shamanic psilocybin ceremony for one person or a couple, held in a wooden sanctuary at the edge of the woods in the Dutch countryside. The journey is guided by my live voice and sacred acoustic instruments, sung in the moment and tuned to exactly where you are. Three nights at a forest farmstay, an integration walk, and an integration call are included.
Highlights
A fully private psilocybin truffle ceremony, for you alone or you and your partner
Guided live by voice and sacred acoustic instruments, in the spirit of the icaros and the Mazatec velada
Held in a free-standing wooden sanctuary with its own private path into the woods
Three nights in a private, self-catering ground-floor apartment at a farmstay on the forest edge, with station pick-up and drop-off
An alignment call and preparation beforehand, an integration walk the day after, and an integration call two weeks later
A grounding vegetarian dinner to close the ceremony day
About this retreat
This is a shamanic journey with the Niños Santos, held in the ancient way. Before anything begins, we honour the ancestors, the land, the spirit of the medicine, and your own spirit. All our relations are called into the space. Held this way, the space becomes safe enough for you to truly land, and to meet the divine within you and around you.
The whole space is devoted to you. I listen to where you are, and the voice meets you there. Sound arises when it is called, and silence and presence carry much of the work. During the journey you can step out onto the private path into the woods whenever you feel called.
I learned this way of holding ceremony through years of devotion with the medicine, and as a student and guest in the Sierra Mazateca in Mexico, where I received permission to hold these spaces.
What others say
"I feel deeply honoured and grateful to share my experience of a sacred truffle ceremony guided by Maurice, a truly gifted spiritual guide brought into my life by the power of the Universe.
From the very beginning, Maurice held the space with great beauty, presence, and care, creating one of the most powerful and transformative experiences of my life.
On the day of the ceremony, we began with a sacred cacao from Peru, followed by the introduction of the truffles. Maurice explained that the medicine was incredibly intelligent and encouraged me to speak directly to it, sharing my intentions openly.
I was blessed with a profound encounter with my ancestors, including a deeply moving reunion with my mother, who had passed the year before. I received powerful telepathic messages and life-changing insights that reshaped the way I perceive my physical journey.
I then experienced a divine meeting with my higher self, guided throughout by Maurice's beautiful, continuous singing. His voice became a bridge leading me to magical, sacred places.
The fear of loss that had been rooted in my heart chakra was finally dissolved. Through the messages I received, I understood that there is no true loss. This realisation brought profound peace and freedom to my heart."
Luigi, Italy
"Unlike other journeys I've experienced, where a blindfold, headphones, and a watchful spaceholder made me feel like a patient under observation, the journey with Maurice was something entirely different. A true ceremony of prayer with the medicine.
His voice, his callings, and the sacred presence he holds became a bridge to the deepest layers of my being. I was transported into a space beyond words, where healing unfolded in the most profound and beautiful way."
Dalia, Lebanon
"My journey with Maurice was ineffable and I will try to do it justice to find the words that capture this transcendent experience. Maurice is a fantastic guide, not only for myself but for the medicine itself. He utilizes finesse as well as great insight when using his gift in a way that allowed me to feel completely safe and supported and at the same time non-intrusive.
During the ceremony, his voice and music allowed my voice to open in a way I had never heard myself sound like before in all 45 years I've been on this planet. It was the most powerful aspect of this journey. I heard myself for the first time."
Marwa, Egypt
"This was our first experience with truffles, and my partner and I were met with extraordinary care and precision. Maurice guided us with deep attunement, helping us reconnect with parts of ourselves long buried beneath layers of anxiety and past trauma.
This journey brought clarity and healing in ways we hadn't dared to hope for. If you feel called to this work, trust that you will be held in the highest way."
Mohammed, Saudi Arabia, couple's journey
"Thank you so much for hosting my husband and me for such an amazing personal ceremony. It was truly a magical experience, especially with your vocal instruments and your soprano healing voice.
I feel absolutely blessed, and I know for sure I'm on the right path. You held the space with such strength and grace and compassion."
Ranya, Dubai
"I'm typing this with tears in my eyes. Man, you've no idea how much you have helped me. I can't thank you enough for facilitating the journey I've been able to embark on with you. It was incredibly intense, but also feels like a very important step.
Even though I was very scared, I had a lot of trust in you all along the way. You really made me feel like I was in good hands.
It's been over a month now, and I look back on it as one of the most impactful moments in my life. A turning point where I, with your help, steered myself from a dark path to a much lighter, happier, and above all, more honest life."
Ruben, Netherlands
"What an amazing ceremony we had with Maurice. I've been to lots of ceremonies and met lots of shamans, some great ones as well. But Maurice is a very special being.
The ceremony isn't only about the medicine or the inner journey and the incredible healing, one of the most profound I've ever had, but all about how the space is held with so much love, selflessness and care."
Serene, Lebanon
"It was truly a unique and new experience for me. I was initially a bit anxious since it was unfamiliar territory, but Maurice took the time to explain every detail, which made me feel safe and at ease.
Throughout the journey, I gained clarity and found answers I had been seeking. Although it was a challenging trip, I felt a deep inner peace, and having Maurice's support made all the difference."
Sharifa, Saudi Arabia
"It really is very difficult to put into words what I experienced with Maurice before, during and after the ceremony. All I can say is that it was a fantastic experience, that I would not want to miss.
I still find it hard to believe that he would have the willingness to hold the space for me and face my deepest inner demons together with me. I really don't know that I have ever felt to be seen and understood in such way in my life."
Malte, Germany
"Working with Maurice has been transformational on many levels. Maurice is a pure, powerful vessel connected to Source. He holds space with Light. His voice, intuition and tenderness give him a unique signature.
His connection with this medicine and relationship with Spirit is unique. His medicine is potent. The space of his ceremony is filled with light."
Soha, France
Schedule
Arrival evening: we collect you from Zutphen station, meet briefly, and you settle into your apartment
Ceremony day, 11:00: we begin at the sanctuary, with an optional ceremonial cacao
The journey: your psilocybin ceremony, guided by voice, silence and listening, with fruit along the way
Around 19:00: a grounding vegetarian dinner to close the day
Integration day: an integration walk and talk together (on a very rainy day, a session indoors), then time alone in the forest. We go to the supermarket with you, and sometimes we invite you to dinner, as you wish
Third night: rest before travelling home (recommended)
Departure day: we bring you back to Zutphen station
Two weeks later: an integration call online
Three nights, or two
I recommend three nights. The medicine keeps working in you for a while, and the third night lets everything settle before you travel home. This honours you, the medicine and its intelligence.
If your time is short, two nights is possible. You then travel home in the evening of the integration day, by train or by car. Please know that this journey home can feel intense while so much is still landing. The integration walk always stays part of your journey.
Location
The countryside of Gelderland, in the east of the Netherlands, about one and a half hours by train from Amsterdam. The nearest station is Zutphen. You receive the full directions after the alignment call.
Your safety
Every ceremony begins with an alignment call where we look carefully at your health and any medication. Some medications and some mental health histories do not go together with psilocybin, and I will tell you plainly when that is the case.
Ceremony or retreat?
This ceremony is the journey itself, held by Maurice. You arrive in the evening, I collect you from the station, and we meet briefly. The next day is the whole ceremony day. The day after, we take the integration walk and talk together, and then you have time alone. Your apartment is self-catering: we go to the supermarket with you, and sometimes we invite you to dinner, as you wish. On the last day we bring you back to the station.
The private retreat is a soul embodiment weekend, held by Kasia and Maurice together, fully devoted to you, or to the two of you as a couple. There are sessions every day: breathwork on arrival, the same ceremony, a full day of integration and soul-embodiment coaching, and a deep-tissue massage before you go home. Two guides for four days, for your journey and your integration. That is why the contribution differs.
More time, more care
Would you like more time and more care around your ceremony? There is also a private soul embodiment retreat, held together with Kasia Patzelt, with breathwork, embodiment coaching and a deep-tissue massage around the same ceremony. You find it among our retreats here on Retreat Guru, as the private psilocybin truffle retreat.
Already booked this ceremony and feel called to the retreat? You can still move to it by paying the difference, as long as your ceremony has not yet taken place.
Contribution
All prices include 21% Dutch VAT and three nights of private accommodation. The two-night option is €100 less.
If the contribution keeps you away while your heart says yes, speak with me.
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