QuoteThe AnticultThe Awareness Page still exists in the internet archive. For now. Someone should archive a copy of it somewhere. Notice it does contain links on Impact Trainings, and many other groups. The Awareness Page. Web Whacker should do it ... ST
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QuotetanyamannesHello Anticult, Thanks for the suggestion. Actually, a follow-up story to explore the suicide issue is not a bad idea. I'll see what I can do. Tanya You might also research the death of the young man from Houston who commited suicide after attending a Mankind Project 'New Warrior' weekend. MKP also use a sweat lodge experience to indoctrinate men. And
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The BBC picked it up. Therefore its on the newswires. Also this board is indexed on Google. Its an ugly business - but where mega bucks are involved who cares about wrecking people's lives.
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A French court has convicted the Church of Scientology of fraud, but stopped short of banning the group from operating in France. Two branches of the group's French operations and its leader in France have been fined, reports say. The case centred on a complaint by a woman who says she was pressured into paying large sums of money after being offered a free personality test. T
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QuoteThe AnticultIts scary, that almost no one in the media has any clue of the actual persuasion and influence techniques being used by these LGAT gurus on the public. There has to be someone out there, who knows exactly how it all works, and who can speak and write and educate the public. Maybe now is the time for a group of experts to come forward with a nice text on the persuasion methods
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There's a common factor in these polyamory communities - be they Rajneesh / Osho or Zegg or whatever - that is coercion of sex with (read: rape of) women, including sex with minors otherwise known as paedophilia. And they get away with it because no-one can be bothered to do anything about it. The authorities turn a blind eye to these communities. Why?
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QuoteThe Anticult There is a YouTube vid with some satirist sarcastically phoning up the James Ray company and asking them if they learned how to build a sweat lodge from the Mankind Project. Here's the video: Lots of videos on YouTube ST.
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The Belzig premises were bought by a project called ZEGG = Centre for Experimental Shaping of Society. Belzig is in what was East Germany. The premise were an ex-Stasi HQ. Apart from the premises in Belzig, ZEGG maintains several smaller projects and houses throughout Germany, with Belzig being their German centre. These premises were bought with about DM 2.1 million, further DM 2.2 mi
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At this thread the poster opines that: "And finally, no one ever pays for a sweat lodge. Ever. Participants may bring food to share, or wood, or work for the building and maintenance of the sweat lodge, or even share gas money with those who struggle to make it to the ceremony—but no money. Anyone who charges any money for any sweat lodge is not doing it for family, tribe, or as a cel
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Quotecorboy This next URL is from ShirleyMacLaine.com website discussing this current matter. [74.125.113.132] Here's a better link: ST
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Sadly a third person dies in Arizona from the sweat lodge of James Authur Ray. Another 18 were hospitalized. By FELICIA FONSECA, Associated Press Writer Felicia Fonseca, Associated Press Writer FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. "An Arizona homicide investigation now includes three deaths after a woman died more than a week after participating in a sweat lodge ceremony that hospitalized nearly two dozen
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What else was the Rajneesh / Osho cult involved in? Here's a thread detailing widespread sexual abuse of minors amongst other unsavoury activities including manufacturing MDMA: AND IT ALL STILL CONTINUES AT OshoLeela Devon UK, Humaniversity Nederlands, PuneIndia, etc., etc. At least the Osho schools in the UK have been closed down by the authorities.
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Bioterrorism Beginnings: The Rajneesh Cult, Oregon, 1985 William R. Clark is Professor and Chair Emeritus of Immunology at the University of California, Los Angeles. His new book, Bracing For Armageddon?: The Science and Politics of Bioterrorism in America, provides a reassuring overview of what we really need to worry about – and what we don’t. In the excerpt below we learn about on
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Wondering if this is a benign organisation or something more cultish like the Rajneesh / Osho Communes? Like Osho in the past and still today Zegg apppears to promotes free and uncommited love between random partners. Zegg also has a Mankind Project-like 'carpeting ritual' for resolving people's issues called the Zegg Forum. It appears that like MKP the Zegg facilitators also
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Ofsted is the UK government authority that not only inspects schools, but also child minders. If anyone here knows of a child at risk, or a carer that should not be caring for children, then there is an email address at: whistleblowing@ofsted.gov.uk Or w
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Gay Indian prince: 'Yoga didn't turn me straight' By Staff Writer, PinkNews.co.uk • August 6, 2009 - 11:27 Manvendra Singh Gohil rubbished claims of yoga being a gay cure A gay Indian prince has criticised claims that yoga can 'cure' homosexuality. Following a recent Delhi High Court ruling to decrimalise gay sex, popular yoga guru Swami Baba Ramdev filed a ch
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'Gay cure' yoga guru to to set up centre on Scottish island By Jessica Geen • September 8, 2009 - 10:43 Swami Baba Ramdev is opening a yoga centre on a Scottish island An Indian yoga guru who claimed the practice could cure homosexuality is to set up a yoga and meditation centre on a remote Scottish island. Swami Baba Ramdev, whose teachings are followed by millions of Indi
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Wee Cumbrae not to be re-named Peace Island Isle be coming ... Swami Ramdev Maharaj is coming to Cumbrae and has over 80 million followers worldwide. The new owners of Little Cumbrae have dropped plans to re-title it as 'Peace Island'. Representatives for the Poddar family, who have spent £2 million on purchasing the island to convert it into a yoga headquarters for internation
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It is interesting to note that the reported purchase of the Island were owners of a care home. It has always been said that if you ever want to get rich own a care home. So this homophobic cult has been sponsored by the savings of the elderly and infirm - all UK citizens; topped-up by the hard-won earnings of their respective relatives; to say nothing about the contributions from the local Counci
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One Thousand Yoga Fans Flock To Peace Island A mass pilgrimage is under way to a Scottish island bought and renamed in the name of peace by followers of a controversial yoga movement. Wee Cumbrae, a 700-acre island off the Ayrshire coast, will now also be known as Peace Island after the purchase by devotees of Patanjali Yog, a brand of yoga practised by millions. Around 1,000 people are
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Read more at:
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OSHO (Rajneesh Bhagwan, the Failed God), the sex geru and promoter of 'free' sex, incest, paedophilia, and mass bio-terrorism, etc., is reported to have opined "Things can be copyrighted, thoughts cannot be copyrighted, and certainly meditations cannot be copyrighted. They are not things of the marketplace. Nobody can monopolise anything. But perhaps the West cannot understand the
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Bye bye Chip ... Wonder who will be next to go?
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Bye bye Chip ... Wonder who is next to go?
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Those following the threads on HAI will remember that a certain HAI Intern in the USA has achieved a certain amount of notoriety due to (alleged) unprofessional (mis?)conduct. Well seems like its now "bye bye Chip" ... From: Charles August Sent: 08 June 2009 19:33 Subject: Big Changes for Chip Dear Friends, I want to let you know that I am dramatically changing almost eve
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This shows how easily even the supposed intelligent and critical thinking of professionals can be sucked into a pernicious cult and lose not only his mind but all of his finances. These cults stop at nothing to extract as much cash from members as possible whilst destroying their minds with brainwashing. It is well known that these cults use 'free' intro. sessions on meditation and
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Now Peaches turns to Scientology By LONDON LITE REPORTER - Thursday, July 9, 2009 New faith for Peaches? Peaches Geldof is the latest celebrity to fall victim, sorry, in love with Scientology — and her pals are blaming Hollywood actress Katie Holmes for getting the 20-year-old daughter of Bob Geldof involved in the oddball religion. After interviewing Holmes, 30, for Nylon maga
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Doctor sues after giving 'guru' £750k By ROSS MCGUINNESS - Wednesday, July 8, 2009 A doctor who gave away an estimated £750,000 to a spiritual healing group he joined has launched a legal bid for millions of pounds in damages. Dr Yehu Azaz says he was 'unduly influenced' by guru Rena Denton into donating all his money and assets. The 50-year-old also gav
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Beckham admits his respect for Scientology London Metro - 9-7-2009 An unofficial book about David Beckham reveals his close relationship with Tom Cruise and how he respects Scientology. In the unauthorised book it is revealed Becks talks to his confidante 'most days of the week', taking advice on everything from his Hollywood lifestyle to which physical therapist to u
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Just got this email. Thoughts of creating d.o.s., spamming the fax no., and texting the mob. no. has already sprung to mind. It is disturbing that the NWT experience is described as being 'safe.' I guess gay men are so at ease with their sexuality that they can cope with this sh$t. But somehow I think that with the widespread homophobia already within our communties most gay men really
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