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The story of Eckankar and its founder is rather similar to Scientology and Hubbard in lots of ways. Paul Twitchell the founder, was actually a Scientology staff member for a while.
Eckankar is cult just like Scientology. Scientology is worse but that is a difference in degree and magnitude. The similarities are there because they are both cults. The treatment of critics, the phony official organizations that are merely cult front groups, and the lies are all the same. Scientology is more abusive and greedier and does the cult thing better and is wealthier. Eckankar members seem less abused and hassled for money but I could be wrong about that.
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Former Eckankar re-visits the movement | San Diego Reader
There's the lying and posing as someone you are not. Sound familiar?
An Eckankar representative, claiming to be a member of the Berkeley-based anti-cult group Spiritual Counterfeits Project, asked Gruss for a copy of Peebles’s report. The report made claims of tax irregularities and personal misconduct by an Eckankar leader. Eckankar then threatened Gruss with a $2.5 million lawsuit for “publishing” Peebles’s paper, for making a photocopy of it.
David Lane, the main critic of the article then meets with reps from Eckankar and what he has to say reminds me of Gerry Armstrong when he first knew the truth about Hubbard.
We sat down, and they were really uptight, because they knew the impact of my research. So I said, 'You guys can get out of this simply, just explain that Twitchell plagiarized. And just explain that Twitchell covered up his life.’ The upshot of it was, they didn’t do anything.”
Again, it is just so familiar.
Lane’s green eyes turn serious. “Be very careful with Eckankar. When they find out you’re talking to me, I guarantee that their lawyers will write. I’m sure of it.” He taps his finger on the table. “Actually, Eckankar is the one who has kept me going because they keep [after] me every time I try to come out with something. They sent letters about me claiming I was the negative force, that I was predicted from the beginning of mankind.”
Eckankar is cult just like Scientology. Scientology is worse but that is a difference in degree and magnitude. The similarities are there because they are both cults. The treatment of critics, the phony official organizations that are merely cult front groups, and the lies are all the same. Scientology is more abusive and greedier and does the cult thing better and is wealthier. Eckankar members seem less abused and hassled for money but I could be wrong about that.
I set this thread up with the hopes of adding to it from time to time.
Former Eckankar re-visits the movement | San Diego Reader
There's the lying and posing as someone you are not. Sound familiar?
An Eckankar representative, claiming to be a member of the Berkeley-based anti-cult group Spiritual Counterfeits Project, asked Gruss for a copy of Peebles’s report. The report made claims of tax irregularities and personal misconduct by an Eckankar leader. Eckankar then threatened Gruss with a $2.5 million lawsuit for “publishing” Peebles’s paper, for making a photocopy of it.
David Lane, the main critic of the article then meets with reps from Eckankar and what he has to say reminds me of Gerry Armstrong when he first knew the truth about Hubbard.
We sat down, and they were really uptight, because they knew the impact of my research. So I said, 'You guys can get out of this simply, just explain that Twitchell plagiarized. And just explain that Twitchell covered up his life.’ The upshot of it was, they didn’t do anything.”
Again, it is just so familiar.
Lane’s green eyes turn serious. “Be very careful with Eckankar. When they find out you’re talking to me, I guarantee that their lawyers will write. I’m sure of it.” He taps his finger on the table. “Actually, Eckankar is the one who has kept me going because they keep [after] me every time I try to come out with something. They sent letters about me claiming I was the negative force, that I was predicted from the beginning of mankind.”