Dear Zato, some years ago we had discussions of a group called Avatar, founded by Harry Palmer. Let us know if this is the group you're researching. Why I no longer deliver the Avatar Course An expose group here: Avatar Uncovered Complaints Filed More here: There are some articles here.
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Greetings! I hope I'm not breaking any rules on the forum starting this thread. I couldn't find anything related to it. It has been very interesting to read along some of the topics here, though. Good job! Also, sorry for my poor english and non-technical vocabulary. I have a flatmate who is attending Avatar courses for about 10 years now. I don't know her very well because I a
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Go to Google, go to 'More' and go to 'Groups' and then do a search. There may be plenty of information on the Google listserves. Eldon M. Braun has done a lot of work in this area. Include 'Eldon' in your searches and see what you get.
Forum: "Cults," Sects, and "New Religious Movements"

Avatar Course is very bad, its a "nine-day experiential self-development course" LGAT, and it gets much worse from there. pure exploitation. search Google for: - Avatar Course cult - www.avatarcult.info Avatar "THE NEW PSYCHO-CULTS"
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This kind of reminds me of the fictitious group called "MindHead", from that movie Bowfinger. It looks like crypto-Scientology type stuff.
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Oerlikon: I have looked for references in the Rick Ross index and found nothing about Star's edge...however for those interested check out their website: There is little doubt these folks are "questionable". Understand, this is NOT Rick Ross suggesting this, only ME (as in me, myself and I). These folks are clearly questionable (from their website). I would avoid this
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Does anybody know anything about, or has anybody had any experience with, the group known as Avatar (aka Star's Edge)? From what I can see it's re-hashed neo-Scientology. From: * The founder and sole owner of Star's Edge, Harry Palmer, operated a Church of Scientology Mission in Elmira, New York for 15 years. After he was excommunicated in 1986, he soon introduced the
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The Awareness Page Taking a stand for speaking the possibility of making a difference for the informed consumer. Why I have created this page This page is created to help build awareness of the various types of self awareness programs that are out in the marketplace. This page is by no means a condemnation of these things. However, I take a stand that people should make conscious infor
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The Awareness Page Taking a stand for speaking the possibility of making a difference for the informed consumer. Why I have created this page This page is created to help build awareness of the various types of self awareness programs that are out in the marketplace. This page is by no means a condemnation of these things. However, I take a stand that people should make conscious infor
Forum: Large Group Awareness Training, "Human Potential"

The Awareness Page Taking a stand for speaking the possibility of making a difference for the informed consumer. Why I have created this page This page is created to help build awareness of the various types of self awareness programs that are out in the marketplace. This page is by no means a condemnation of these things. However, I take a stand that people should make conscious infor
Forum: Large Group Awareness Training, "Human Potential"

The Awareness Page Taking a stand for speaking the possibility of making a difference for the informed consumer. Why I have created this page This page is created to help build awareness of the various types of self awareness programs that are out in the marketplace. This page is by no means a condemnation of these things. However, I take a stand that people should make conscious infor
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If someone comes across previously published news or wire service reports about Avatar let me know and I will review them for possible inclusion within the database archives. There are links to sites critical of Avatar/Harry Palmer. See
Forum: "Cults," Sects, and "New Religious Movements"

Here's the deal on Avatar: "THE NEW PSYCHO-CULTS Yesterday, it was Scientology. Today the groups are called Avatar or MOL . They bait their victims with esoterica and rake in millions around the world with their false promises. In Germany, hundreds of thousands have already fallen into their traps. The new PSYCHO-CULTS have no scruples: they are aggressive, totalitarian,
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"THE NEW PSYCHO-CULTS" Yesterday, it was Scientology. Today the groups are called Avatar or MOL . They bait their victims with esoterica and rake in millions around the world with their false promises. In Germany, hundreds of thousands have already fallen into their traps. The new PSYCHO-CULTS have no scruples: they are aggressive, totalitarian, inhuman. In Stern magazine, forme
Forum: "Cults," Sects, and "New Religious Movements"

Hi all - Found a new cult called Avatar, which appears to be founded by Harry Palmer, a former Scientologist. I could not find it in the Group Information Database of The Ross Institute. Origin and birth of Avatar The originator of Avatar is an American, Harry Palmer, who enjoys being described as a "poet-engineer-beatnik" (Living Deliberately, Harry Palmer, 1994). After begin
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Translation from a German article about cults in Europe, w/ a brief mention of Miracle of Love : German ''Stern'' magazine about the psycho-cult AVATAR Subject: German ''Stern'' magazine about the psycho-cult AVATAR Da: ronald-cools@wanadoo.
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AFF E-Newsletter Vol. 3, No. 2 September 2004 On Conversations with God Elliot Benjamin, Ph.D. Is Neale Donald Walsch, the founder of the Conversations with God organization, a guru? Is the Conversations with God organization a cult? These are the questions that led me to the Living Enrichment Center in Oregon in June, 2003 to attend the first ever Humanity’s Team conference. Huma
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