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Category Archives: Cults
Tony Robbins’ Weird Dietary Advice
CosmoPhilosopher posts 5/29/03 to Rick Ross: He has always had weird dietary advice. Years ago, he sold the “fit for life” idea, and I was credulous enough to follow that, until one day I saw some good nutritionists, and they … Continue reading
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The Dangers Of Large Group Awareness Seminars Like Landmark, Tony Robbins, Etc
Cos posts to RickRoss.com: I actually think having some type of Hypomanic episode after one of these particular seminars is not rare at all. Some folks go into a mild form of a manic episode, and many folks seem to … Continue reading
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Yisroel Pensack: Nazi-era Luftwaffe Nurse, Founder of Chile-based Anti-Semitic Religious Sect and Convicted Child Abuser, Dies In Prison; Was Under Investigation in 1985 Disappearance of Jewish Penn State University Math Professor
The New York Times reports: A former Nazi-era German soldier who founded a secretive German cult in southern Chile, where he sexually abused about 25 children, died of heart failure at a prison hospital early Saturday, Chilean officials said. He … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Anti-Semitism, Crime, Cults, Germany, Nazi, Predators, Yisroel Pensack
Tagged 20-year sentence, Boris Weisfeiler, Chile, Colonia Dignidad, died in prison, disappearance, drowned, executed, German cult, held captive, kidnapped, luftwaffe, mystery, Nazi-era German soldier, never charged, Paul Schaefer, Pennsylvania State University, Russian-born Jew, sexual abuse of minors, tortured, Villa Baviera
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Did I Join A Cult And Not Even Know It? II
When I asked Chaim Amalek, he said: "You joined a cult years ago and didn’t even know it." So I’m in shul Friday night piously studying the week’s Torah portion in the Artscroll Stone Chumash and found this culty commentary … Continue reading
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Jews Attracted To Kundilini Yoga
Kundilini Yoga doesn’t offer the enormous roadblocks that participation in Christianity throws up for a Jew, though Kundilini is plenty controversial. I’ve seen numerous Orthodox Jews at Kundilini Yoga, not to mention many less observant Jews. Mard Naman writes for … Continue reading
Did I Join A Cult And Not Even Know It?
For the past three months, I have been 100% enthusiastic about Kundilini Yoga. Don’t think my emotions had no foundation in fact. I read the Wikipedia entry on Yogi Bhajan and at the time it only contained neutral or positive … Continue reading
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Tagged bloke, khalsa, manly man, shlomo carlebach, straight man, yogi bhajan
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Your Black Muslim Bakery
Sam emails: "We have so many cults here we are not addressing."Thom Lynch, executive director of the San Francisco LGBT Community Center Phil Matier, Now that this horrible tragedy has occured, when are you going to investigate the other cults, and … Continue reading
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