Hi I was wondering it anyone has any information ISTA - International School of Temple Arts.

[www.istaevents.com.au]

I know that Baba Des Nichols left ISTA only recently and was linked to the Seddona temple in Phoenix that was shut down by police due to sex trafficking.

[www.phoenixnewtimes.com]

Even with these dubious ties ISTA seems to be very prominent in Australia and New Zealand. They even have a beautiful property named Highden where they run their Tantra workshops. I do understand that Tantra itself is not necessarily harmful.

Anyone who knows more about this organisation please share.

I'm also really interested in this group. I follow someone on Instagram who has gotten deeply involved in the group at Highden Temple over the past few months.

Seems to have a lot of the hallmarks of a cult. Anyone got any more information on them?

I would guess that this derives from the cult that centered around Chandra Mohan Jain a.k.a. Rajneesh a.k.a. Osho.

He is the one who took the genuine tantric tradition and packaged it for Westerners as “neo-Tantra” a.k.a. “sacred sexuality” a.k.a. prostitutes pretending to be priestesses.

Check and see if this group has any ties to the One Taste group led by Nicole Daefone, a whose mentor was a disreputable individual named Victor Daefone. Their specialty is Orgasmic Meditation, since renamed as OM Orgasmic Meditation.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/28/2020 07:25AM by corboy.

I dipped in here cause I was hoping to see a little more coverage on ISTA. I have done level 1 & 2 and have mixed emotions about it and I'm wondering if it does more harm than good. I'm still trying to figure it out.
I haven't done Hai, but from what I've read here on culteducation Hai and ISTA seem quite similar. I'm keeping an eye on this thread. Curious if anybody else out there is feeling the culty vibes.