Steven Hassan: The Disturbing Mainstream Connections of Yogi Bhajan…

August 10th, 2010

In an article in the Santa Fe Reporter, “Khalsa vs Khalsa,” journalist Corey Pein reported on the dramatic schism erupting between the students and family of the late Yogi Bhajan, who are feuding in Oregon courts over control of Bhajan’s religious and financial empire.

The group’s largest company, Akal Security, has reportedly earned billions […]

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Scientology Cult Supports California Anti-Gay Marriage Amendment… Looks as if it’s been slapped down for now…

August 5th, 2010

The Church of Scientology is supporting an amendment that would ban equality in marriage for all people in the State of California. Scientology has a shady history of anti-gay hysteria.
PRLog (Press Release) – Oct 18, 2008 – California is about to go to the polls soon to vote for the President and congress. Most importantly […]

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Utah’s high court: Jeffs gets new trial…

July 28th, 2010

Court rules ‘serious errors’ in instructions to jury deprived FLDS leader of a fair hearing.
The Utah Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned polygamist Warren S. Jeffs’ convictions on rape as an accomplice and sent his case back for a new trial, finding there were “serious errors” in instructions given to the jury that deprived Jeffs […]

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Utah court reverses polygamist leader convictions…

July 27th, 2010

SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah Supreme Court on Tuesday reversed the convictions of polygamist leader Warren Jeffs and ordered a new trial, saying a jury received incorrect instructions before considering his role in the 2001 nuptials of a 14-year-old girl to her 19-year-old cousin.
Jeffs, 54, was convicted in 2007 of two counts […]

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Russia pulls no punches! Scientologists Charged With Extremism…

July 27th, 2010

26 July 2010-The Moscow Times
Prosecutors have opened a criminal case against a Scientology center in the town of Shchyolkovo, 13 kilometers northeast of Moscow, on charges of inciting hatred, punishable with up to five years in prison.

Investigators have decided that documents and literature confiscated at the center promoted extremism, a law enforcement official told Interfax, […]

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Detractors: 2nd Snider target (Andrew Cohen) runs cult retreat…

July 19th, 2010

LEWISBURG — As police await the extradition of the man they accuse of murdering yoga master Sudharman, text has surfaced describing the suspect’s experiences with his would-be second victim — “enlightenment” guru Andrew Cohen.

It’s a tale of domination and intimidation.
Lewisburg psychologist Dominic Herbst looked at the situation Friday and said:
“When a yoga master becomes bigger […]

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Is the Church of Scientology showing signs of crumbling???

July 16th, 2010

Scientology building project in St. Paul looks stalled…
There’s not much activity visible these days at the downtown St. Paul building owned by the Church of Scientology.
Just a few months ago, the place was buzzing as construction crews got busy converting the former Science Museum of Minnesota into the church’s new regional offices.
The church bought the […]

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Birth of a Tragedy: Andrew Cohen, Joel Snider and the Sad Death of Sudharman

July 16th, 2010

What Enlightenment??! has received a document, reproduced below, that provides an important piece in the bizarre and shocking puzzle of the recent threatened assassination of “evolutionary enlightenment” teacher Andrew Cohen and the sad and tragic alleged murder last week of Integral Yoga Center director and teacher Sudharman by suspect Joel Snider. On July 5, […]

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Yoga master Sudharman murdered; Suspect also threatened Andrew Cohen…

July 12th, 2010

Yoga master murdered…Alleged gunman caught in Maryland

NEW BERLIN — A St. Louis man saw this bucolic community as the perfect stage to carry out his assassination of beloved yoga master Sudharman, court documents show.
Joel Robert Snider, 33, was arrested in Maryland on Wednesday and charged with one count of felony criminal homicide in the shooting […]

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Discount deadline for ICSA Rome conference - July 15th. Register now…

July 11th, 2010

Upcoming International Conference: “Cultic Groups in Society: Prevention, Information, and Assistance”

The International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA), founded in 1979, in conjunction with Info-Cult/Info-Secte of Montreal, Osservatorio Nazionale Abusi Psicologici (ONAP), Sects, Religions, and Spirituality (SRS), and SOS-Abusi Psicologici, will conduct a two-day conference in Rome from 14:00 Saturday, September 18th to 17:30 Sunday, September […]

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