One of Shamblog's readers asked Steve Salerno when he was going to do his article on Byron Katie, if ever. Salerno's reply was: "Katie hasn't been shelved; but she's simmering on a back burner for now while I continue to accumulate info as I'm able. Also--and this may be the tricky part--I think this is developing into an actual piece of enterprise journalism t
Forum: "Cults," Sects, and "New Religious Movements"

You know, on my way out of the new agey cult-type stuff, Eckhart Tolle was THE thing that gave me the biggest push...OUT the door. Yes, ironic, eh? I had tried to read The Power of Now quite a while ago, and not only could I not get into it, but I actually felt very negative about it. I stopped reading it. Then I heard about Oprah's big endorsement of "A New Earth". The book
Forum: "Cults," Sects, and "New Religious Movements"

Oops, I'm sorry, I see there has already been a lot written about Sashen on this board. I obviously missed reading part of this thread. My apologies. I'm 'woo free' for about a month now , and after briefly going to BK's homepage a while back, I felt this sensation of being sucked back in, like quick sand around my ankles. I decided at that point that I needed to tr
Forum: "Cults," Sects, and "New Religious Movements"

Anticult, I am curious as to what you make of Steve Sashen? He has a blog, which he calls The Anti-Guru blog. He frequently comments on Steve Salerno's "Shamblog", which is a blog that 'busts' the self help movement, and he seems to be quite friendly with the other commenters there. Just one of the gang. Salerno has stated quite some time ago that he was g
Forum: "Cults," Sects, and "New Religious Movements"