To whom it may concern: Earlier today I received word from an Australalian source that David McKay is either quite ill and near death, or else has recently died already (my source was unsure about which is the case). Does anybody know anything about the veracity of this information, or is is merely some kind of rumor? Thanks, --B
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Another thing: I once, while at the 1995 Rainbow Gathering (which was held near Taos, NM that year), drank a bunch of Jimsonweed tea. This was when I was much younger, and less wise than I am now; I was in my turn-me-on-to-anything phase. Anyway, I wanted to see for myself what Carlos Castaneda was writing about in The Teachings of Don Juan. (It turns out that Castaneda was a fraud too, just l
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I've smoked DMT and 5-Meo-DMT twice each. Whenever I have smoked DMT or 5-Meo-DMT (I have never drank ayahuasca), I have never seen "self-transforming machine elves", snakes, reptiles, aliens, nor anything of the sort. In fact, I saw no "visuals" at all, but rather went into a "white-out" state in which I could see nothing whatever. These DMT "trips
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February 22, 2014 at 7pm Global News, 16x9 – Lev Tahor #
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From Bayrisches Rundfunk (Bavarian radio/TV). Easily translatable into English. This is the latest.
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This post pertains to the Lev Tahor homeschooling case. I've read up on it a bit. What I find absolutely stunning are the distinct parallels between this and the ongoing Twelve Tribes case in Germany. This article (below) tells of the Lev Tahor cult's strategy to raise public sympathy by sending letters ostensibly written by the children who are in state custody, to the authorities and
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"Vishal Mangalwadi ‘Hare Krishna’ Reincarnates as ‘Science and Spirituality’ (and the Great Evangelical Disaster) Varanasi, February 2, 2014: Vishal Mangalwadi reporting from the 8th All-India Students Conference on Science and Spirituality being held at the Institute of Technology (IT) at the Banaras Hindu University (BHU). As I write, a professor of computer science from another
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Someone has collected a few videos about the Twelve Tribes, and has uploaded them to YouTube. Two are of the ex-members that were interviewed in the Sydney Morning Herald recently.
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The latest in English:
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This came out today in the news: We'll be trying to translate it over somewhat without breaking copyright international rules. This may be of use as well; it's also in German - but towards the last couple of pages, it shows how the TT have links with Netzwerk Bildungsfreiheit which is loosely linked with the HSLDA funded and started SCHUZH: Also, there is a new German-
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For my part, I will keep posting updates as I get them.
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Rick, you seem very wary to trust any of the news presented. Are you so scared to paste a few news links in German into Google Translate or ask a fellow reporter in Washington DC what it says? And all the court decisions are openly posted online once they are finalized. You can have those translated by someone as well. I have a feeling that the American HSLDA / German SCHUZH is behind everyt
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A lot of the info that is being translated and put onto that blog, is coming right from this German-language Facebook page (which can be made into English through the translate function):
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rrmoderator Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Too bad there is not an English news source such > as Reuters, Associated Press Deutsche Welle or The > Local. Something other than a blog. > > Can't you find anyone running articles other than > this blog? > > Then the articles could be archived. That's the thing, Rick:
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So now it is official: the TT homeschool operations in Germany have been closed down. All of the children must attend public school now, even the 18 year old, who must attend a vocational school. Diakonie has a fund for the kids and exmembers to start over, and the Bavarian government has had their fill of the Tribes' drama. Read the latest here:
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LittleProf has left a new comment on the post "The Twelve Tribes in Germany, part 10": "Mixed news. The Appeals Court in Nuremberg has allowed one 14 year old boy to return to his parents. It had been his wish to return and he had run away from his foster home twice. Awful, imho, as I perceived it as a trend in this whole TT affair. But the Buddhists have a nice word of
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Virtually everything that has ever been published by ISKCON, from 1960 on to Prabhupada's death in 1977, is available for free in PDF form, including songbooks, unpublished transcripts of interviews (12 vols), the full set of the Srimad Bhagavatam (30 volumes), the full set of the Sri Caitanya-caritamrta (17 vols), 5 volumes of his letters and personal correspondence, and much more. In
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with respect to the author if this blog (and yes, I got this person's permission to post this): It's an American living in Germany who is upset that the English-speaking media has ceased covering the story since the news agencies dropped the ball back in September after accusing Germany of being evil child snatchers. Most German media will not translate and disseminate their news
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rrmoderator Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Who runs this blog? An acquaintance of mine runs it. I am not at liberty to disclose this person's identity, publicly. But I will tell this person of your query.
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Here are the recent updates on the Twelve Tribes in Germany:
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rrmoderator Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Spriggs the leader is getting quit old and so is > his inner circle. A major issue of the group is > its aging membership. How to care for and provide > for them. > > Typically when the leader/founder dies a cult may > ultimately wither away. > > But some cults that have accumulate
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The TT are a horribly evil, racist, sexist, and homophobic cult. I do not qualify this statement of mine with the politically correct "in my opinion", I state this as a FACT. This is simply a toxic and psychopathic group, and my heart goes out to all whose families and children are trapped within the TT Borg-like hive mind. Also, I am afraid that after Yoneq and his consort eventual
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Also, I encourage all here to call and ask this guy Raya Nitai Dasa Vanacari what he thinks, in terms of whether or not rape is a part of traditional Vedic culture and values. His phone number is right here, and I found these verses on his VERY OWN website.
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dabcult Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Dear zeuszor > > I a have made a video inspire by your postings > > > > India is in the experiencing a plague of rapes > that have been seen in the media all over the > world...there are potentually millions of people > in India that could come in contact with theses > shanef
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