Part 1 My name is Don Raskopf. I post ALL of my personal information here & EF because I have NOTHING to fear from vampires & leeches. I use full names of those I have known personally for over 2 decades because LIGHT is a disinfectant - an antidote to secrecy & mind-control. I was recruited into this cult - THIS IS A CULT NOT A SCHOOL - by my then girlfriend Julie Hodson (co-found
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Part 1 My name is Don Raskopf. I post ALL of my personal information here & EF because I have NOTHING to fear from vampires & leeches. I use full names of those I have known personally for over 2 decades because LIGHT is a disinfectant - an antidote to secrecy & mind-control. I was recruited into this cult - THIS IS A CULT NOT A SCHOOL - by my then girlfriend Julie Hodson (co-found
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Part 1 My name is Don Raskopf. I post ALL of my personal information here & EF because I have NOTHING to fear from vampires & leeches. I use full names of those I have known personally for over 2 decades because LIGHT is a disinfectant - an antidote to secrecy & mind-control. I was recruited into this cult - THIS IS A CULT NOT A SCHOOL - by my then girlfriend Julie Hodson (co-found
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My name is Don Raskopf. I have extensive posts on Ross Institute Cult Education Forum as dar3463. I was a member of Sharon Gans cult from 1988 to 1998. My ex wife is Julie Hodson of Taylor-Hodson. Every word posted on Ross site and Esoteric Freedom about Gans et.al. is 100% true. I will testify in court and submit to polygraph examination anytime. I am sending this post to Esoteric Forum Blog,
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CIB My name is Don. Check my posts on various threads. OSG or the Work or the Fourth Way, is an abusive cult. I participated in all the activities your partner did and then some for 10 years in the New York branch. You can find answers to all of your questions in the database on this site. Search Sharon Gans, the leader of this cult. Unfortunately, your experience is very common among us former
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John et.al. Go to for exstensive info @ gans & klein. I can be reached @ donaldraskopf@hotmail.com
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Kenwood Finnster is the real deal. Please refer to my earlier posts for my story. You can email me anytime. Please let me know if I can be of assistance, as I have long experience dealing with an ex-wife who is still in, as far as I can tell.
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I was a cult member in NYC for 10 yrs. See earlier posts by dar3463. I would love to talk to you. Please email me.
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Gans & Horn may still be married. I know they were still married as of '96 because I was involved in a "3rd line of work" project - ie: unpaid, unsafe, overworked labor to renovate their Greenwich Village coop, including terrace. Alex made very rare apperances in our "class", and was never introduced to the group. Please email me @ my experiences with David.
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The essay at www.davearcher.com/alex.html includes old profile pictures of Gans & Horn
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I am an escapee from Gans & minions. I knew her son very well and did renovations on 2 of his homes. David, unlike his mother, paid me and others for this work. Check my other posts @ Gans. His name is David Kulko & is refered to in RR material on "the work" Contact me for more details. I am in touch with a number of shunned former "students"
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Finnster- The JH refered to in my previous post (my ex-wife) was a founding partner of Taylor-Hodson. She and Minerva Taylor started this business in MT's Waterside Plaza apartment; later moved to an office (renovated by me and others, of course) on Waterside street level. Drop me an email if you wish. I am now in contact with a few former students/"sheared sheep"
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I was a student/victim of Sharon Gans, Fred Mindel, Minerva Taylor & Robert Klein from 1987 - November 18, 1998. I was recruited by my then girlfriend with the standard Gans' approach. JH, who went on to become my fiancée, wife, mother of my two kids and finally ex-wife, brought me in to one of two or three Gans groups meeting in downtown Manhattan - Broadway near Leonard. I was (and
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I was a student/victim of Sharon Gans, Fred Mindel, Minerva Taylor & Robert Klein from 1987 - November 18, 1998. I was recruited by my then girlfriend with the standard Gans' approach. JH, who went on to become my fiancée, wife, mother of my two kids and finally ex-wife, brought me in to one of two or three Gans groups meeting in downtown Manhattan - Broadway near Leonard. I was (an
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I was a student/victim of Sharon Gans, Fred Mindel, Minerva Taylor & Robert Klein from 1987 - November 18, 1998. I was recruited by my then girlfriend with the standard Gans' approach. JH, who went on to become my fiancée, wife, mother of my two kids and finally ex-wife, brought me in to one of two or three Gans groups meeting in downtown Manhattan - Broadway near Leonard. I was (an
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I was a student/victim of sharon gans, fred mindel, minerva taylor & robert klein from 1987 - november 18, 1998. I was recruited by my then girlfriend with the standard gans' approach. JH, who went on to become my fiancee, wife, mother of my two kids and finally ex-wife, brought me in to one of two or three gans groups meeting in downtown Manhattan - Broadway near Leonard. I was (an
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