Samael Aeon Weor--An Obscure Source of Material for South American Entrepreneur Esotericists/Commercial Shamans? This discussant brought up Weor in context of a discussion from where some others may have obtained their sources. and This entire thread, all 37 pages of it, is worth studying. Weor referred to Enneagon in his writings, though much later, others used it to refer to diffe
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On the New Age Frauds and Plastic Shamans forum, a correspondant named 'critter' nailed it when discussing Castaneda by saying 'I have met enough 'Castaneda' followers and they all have this preconceived notion of what/how a teacher is supposed to be..' read the rest, here. What the discussants on NAFPS refer to as 'preconcieved notion', other perso
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The cultic milieu in another persons words--part of a longer article [74.125.113.132] Nicole Bretencourt alleges: QuoteThis group which I had infiltrated may be considered as a typical group of all those which propose the ayahuasca in Europe....Many direct victims do not wish to call victims' associations to testify for fear of reprisals by the leaders who have actually managed to
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www.newagefraud.org New Age Frauds & Plastic Shamans The site is listed as suspended. Most of the website is still available in the Google cache temporarily. If there is important information, someone could archive it. There are thousands of pages of that website still available from this link...just press "Cached" There are links about James Arthur Ray if this search s
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Everyone, the New Age Frauds and Plastic Shamans Site has had its account suspended. This site has been very important in the Death Ray murder lodge saga, and in the fight against all shady white people who steal, corrupt, and market Native peoples' sacred ceremonies. Maybe they just didn't pay their bill this month. Maybe they've decided the fight is over, they've won, and
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This board has cost a lot of hucksters, frauds, plastic shamans, and false gods a LOT of money. For every person who's come here and posted "I was on my way to this 9-day School, that Week-end Seminar, this Week-long Retreat and then I came here and I changed my mind" there must be 100 people who read this board, cancelled a registration for something, and didn't post. So
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Sweat-lodge documents reveal chaotic scene by JJ Hensley - Jan. 13, 2010 12:00 AM The Arizona Republic Hundreds of documents released Tuesday give the most complete picture yet of the events that took place at a sweat lodge outside Sedona that left three people dead and a spiritual guru's empire on shaky ground. The interview transcripts also provide insight into the task investiga
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The same bio is on Huffington Post, where she blogs. There is the typical lack of information regarding her own health (how do we know she had cancer), her training with shamans and healers (so what? - they all claim that), her real education (where did she go to law school, pre-law, what training does she have in human anatomy and physiology, and psychology in order to tease out those pesky supp
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Deborah King, lawyer with no apparent credentials other than she "cured her own cancer and horrible life with Truth. She wrote, Truth Heals: What You Hide Can Hurt You (Hay House, 2009). She is also an attorney (she received her Doctorate of Jurisprudence from the University of California Davis). She is featured regularly in broadcasts (she’s been on over 100 national and regional televi
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"...most of us are also missing a sense of true community, which we instead seek to fill in with affinity." Food for thought from two other persons websitses. QuoteVia Rev Max, here’s a really interesting website with tips about spotting people with fraudulent claims to shamanism. It’s written from the perspective of Native American shamanism, but I wonder how much of it could we
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Two new posts on New Age Frauds and Plastic Shamans Is the Robert Greene on the above list the same one who wrote the 48 Laws of Power?
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A 2006 discussion of deaths. Unfortunately the geocities website has been taken down. Another list is given here on another site. The Fallacy of 'Core Shamanism' From the New Age Frauds and Plastic Shamans forum: Much of this originated from the malign influence of Carlos Castaneda. Castaneda did not do sweat lodges. But his story about using jimson weed/datura s
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To QD: Hi, homie. You have asked a very good question. QuoteMy only addition to the ongoing conversation about ALL of these millionaire hucksters is to admonish people to not ignore the very curious reticence of law enforcement and the governments of a number of countries to bring these phonies to the courts, if only for tax evasion. Just how deep do these roots run? What if these death
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Discussion of this is continuing on Page 5 of the NAFPS* Forum -- including discussion of the background of the persons who were involved with the ranch property where the Situation took place. *(New Age Frauds and Plastic Shamans) And..if someone wants to research the use of homelessness by LGATs, here are citations from a search of the message board. Not all of them apply but a few
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dear Friend, Something I know inadvertently my friends I am compelled to tell you what occurred to me. I prayed at Eucharistic adoration for Holy Spirit to tell me about Mr. Sha. I am no psychic but I am swamped with thoughts and insights. I believe they are helpful since freely they were given to me freely I offer you the little I know bit by bit. When you prostrate and bow to Mr. Sha, a pow
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WOW. Class is in session here at Rick Ross, that's for sure. Outraged commentary, questions, comments and suggestions: I've read the last few pages of this thread with increasing horror, and I'm not exaggerating. My first exposure to the role of hypnosis in lgats and cults was The Anticult's seminars on hypnosis on this thread, months ago. I have read at least 100 books
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With this said, here is a report from the old Google listserve (do a search of the groups and it should still be there). It is a report from 1998of some very strange things experienced and reported by someone who stated he or she had been doing G work ---via the Gurdjieff Foundation. QuoteQuote: Moon Food, posting on Google listserve wrote: Moon Food View profile More options Sep
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Gita, for the purpose of clarification, and to amplify upon some of the excellent points you raise, I offer the following. Hansard's websites (presented as they were in in the third-party) asserted that he was 'selected' ".....by the Tibetan Dür Bön cultural community..... The Bön Community predicted Christopher’s birth, and when he was 4 years old his teacher, Ürgyen Nam C
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Theres stuff on wikipedia and the web on "Plastic shamans" or fake 'shaman' types out there. I have not heard of Yaqui Indians building sweat lodges (this alone I would find highly suspect). My gut feeling is that they were trying to cash in with the Carlos Castenada* theme by mentioning "Yaqui". They also sound like some of these new age shaman type of groups
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See if this website is still active and go to the forum and see if anyone has mentioned this group. 'New Age Frauds and Plastic Shamans' If not, you may be able to find someone by e-mailing the website moderator.
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You can find lots of stuff on Castaneda on the site newage frauds and plastic shamans : www.newagefraud.org/
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Do a search on the message board (upper right hand corner) under 'all dates'. Try 'shamanic' and shaman and native american in the search slot and see what you get. Others have posted here on this subject. Here is a result for some searching:
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Solea, thanks for fact checking that emotionalzen blog. I thought that 'theohumanity' name sounded familiar but didnt check it. Damn, its so easy to see how one quite good article or blog post that bats 1000 can be tied to something else that is iffy. Hazards for Intuitively Gifted Persons Solea wrote: these were people, myself included, who were not able to fit into the do
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I just bumped into one of mohan's former devotees .....,just twenty minutes ago "I cant believe you're saying that,he's such a kind sweet and gentle man".....and for that person that experience holds true according to the window of her perception.......I noticed that the foremer disciple said
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I've no doubt that darkness can be used for meditation and ritual, but:- QuoteveronicanoodleThe Kogi indians, for example, keep their shamans in darkness for 19 years before they come back to the tribe. I doubt this, seriously. For many reasons. In complete darkness? For the entire time? How would they maintain that, for a start? :)
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On a forum such as this, which seeks truth and provides advice to others, it is important to correct misinformation (or disinformation) so that the assessments offered here are not just gossip or questionable in their motive. For that reason, maybe I can clear up this thread with some genuine and firsthand experience of Darkness Visible. I have been a student of Ross Heaven's for some
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PUBLIC HEALTH WARNING: CHRISTOPHER HANSARD COULD SERIOUSLY DAMAGE YOUR HEALTH To summarise the main allegations of sexual abuse by Christopher Hansard: “When he (Christopher Hansard) was accused some years back of sexually abusing some female clients he brought on board a specialist in abuse.” DORJE “I'm adding to this thread because I have known Chris (Christopher Hansard) for a lo
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That's probably a lock then. His reaction kind of reminds me of what you see in movies when the exorcist says to the possessed, "I'm going to expel you demon" and the possessed individual goes into a rage. Although the vast majority of cases are now considered psychiatric in nature, there is stall a small number that are "unexplained" and are indeed illnesses of the
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It was mentioned in an earlier post about Christopher Hansard using the poem 'The Invitation' by Oriah Mountaindreamer (www. oriahmountaindreamer.com) in his book The Tibetan Art of Serenity on p. 56 repackaged as An Invocation to Awaken Serenity, A daily Reminder for Self knowledge. I personally had a very embarassing experience of sharing this CH invocation with a group of friends
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PUBLIC HEALTH WARNING: CHRISTOPHER HANSARD COULD SERIOUSLY DAMAGE YOUR HEALTH To summarise the main allegations of sexual abuse by Christopher Hansard: “When he (Christopher Hansard) was accused some years back of sexually abusing some female clients he brought on board a specialist in abuse.” DORJE “I'm adding to this thread because I have known Chris (Christopher Hansard) for a
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