Devour Her Like a Lion: A Case Study in Triangulation & Gaslighting

Woman is a gift of life, unity, and shared dominion.

Across history, Scripture has drawn a clear line between what God gives and what the forces of destruction seek to consume.

In Genesis 2:22, the phrase “he brought her to the man” implies a divine act of presentation — woman as a gift of life, unity, and shared dominion. In Revelation 12:4, the Beast stands before the woman, ready to devour what she brings forth.

“The beast I saw resembled a leopard, but had feet like those of a bear and a mouth like that of a lion. The dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority.” — Revelation 13:2

What God gives as a gift, the Beast seeks to destroy.

The Pattern of Abuse

The pattern of abuse is clear and consistent:

  1. Idealization — overwhelming attention, promises, and moral posturing.
  2. Devaluation — gaslighting, triangulation, lying, public humiliation, emotional sabotage.
  3. Discard — withdrawal, chaos, ghosting, and refusal to provide truthful discourse.

When a man convinces a woman to trust him, to love him, to be with him and then abuses her, the pattern moves beyond imitation of evil into embodiment of it.

Such men stand condemned in the eyes of God, for they wage war against His creation, His image-bearers, and His gift to man.

Allan Alexander Amador Cervantes
Executing the Beast’s mandate to corrupt innocence, desecrate love, and annihilate life at its source.

Case Study: La Paz, Baja California Sur

One recent example in La Paz shows how this pattern manifests in real life. Multiple survivors, across years, describe the same sequence of behaviors.

Tactic One: Triangulation

Triangulation is when an abuser uses a third party to provoke jealousy or competition, destabilizing the relationship and asserting control.

Example:
Survivors report that Allan used Jody Waterman as an instrument of triangulation to devalue his partner.

As his defense, he mocked Jody as “crazy” for her “mysterious” obsession with him — even ridiculing her for purchasing the same book (How to Love) that his girlfriend had gifted him.

Jody Waterman
Allan Alexander Amador Cervantes

“He was calling Jody crazy and I was thinking maybe she is crazy. But something inside of me kept thinking he is responsible for her craziness because no woman idealizes a man like that without significant encouragement. These public posts must be just the tip of the iceberg.” -Survivor

Tactic Two: Gaslighting

Gaslighting is the deliberate distortion of reality to make the victim question their own perceptions, often accompanied by shaming language.

Example:
When confronted, Allan erupted into a torrent of gaslighting — even calling his partner a “teenager” for responding to his and Jody’s public messages on Facebook. This occurred just three months after he encouraged her to move from California to La Paz at her expense, while simultaneously pursuing multiple other women, at least one of which also believed Allan was her boyfriend at the time.

Allan Alexander Amador Cervantes
Allan’s former girlfriend clarified Allan’s allegation that she did not contain herself and talk “in front of him” about it was untrue and served as additional layers of painful gaslilghting.

Tactic Three: Labeling

Abusers often neutralize credibility by attaching derogatory labels to those who confront them.

Example:

Allan labels Jody “crazy.” His pre-pandemic girlfriend is “insanely jealous.” He dismissed this case study survivor as “disrespecting his space” and “trespassing boundaries” when she confronted his triangulation.

No empathy. No Accountability. No remorse.

I had just driven an exhausting thousand miles through the desert to be with him only to face this chaos when I arrived.”

— Survivor

Jody Waterman

Tactic Four: Public–Private Contradiction

This is the “mask” — public morality and virtue-signaling that conceals private exploitation.

Allan’s posts about Christian virtue, cute kittens, and family values serve as intentional public distractions from his private reality.

Theological and Cultural Significance

From Eden, where woman was presented to man as a divine gift, to Revelation, where the Dragon waits to devour, Scripture shows the relentless mission of the Beast: to corrupt innocence, desecrate love, and annihilate life at its source.

In present-day Mexico — where violence against women is layered, nuanced, and multidimensional — these patterns are part of a continuum of harm that too often ends in femicide.

Why Silence is Deadly

Silence and shame cause even the strongest women to collapse — and when a woman collapses, so do her children’s futures.

“Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and show my people their transgression.” — Isaiah 58:1

To remain silent is to hand the Beast our souls.

Speaking Protects the Next Victim

If you have experienced emotional, spiritual, or relational abuse, our Survivor Support Team is here to listen, believe you, and connect you with resources in full confidentiality.

Truth is the first act of protection.

Allan Amador Cervantes

These are not “private issues.” They are part of the continuum of harm that ends in femicide. We cannot remain silent.

Note on Transparency:
In the interest of accuracy and fairness, We will publish any credible counter-narrative or evidence Allan Alexander Amador Cervantes wishes to provide in response to the information on this site. As of the date of this publication, he has not requested removal or correction of any content.

See: The Avoidance–Image Management Cycle