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

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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

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