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     whatchamacallit Intermediate Member Username: whatchamacallit Post Number: 201 Registered: 3-2006 Posted From: 71.235.182.97 |
This is an interesting article. A long article, but worth the time to read it. http://www.kelebekler.com/cesnur/txt/ram2.htm "No, Krippner and his team have not ruled out fraud in the case of JZ/Ramtha, if what Melton and the press release (Connell) have reported thus far is any indication." | ||
| whatchamacallit Intermediate Member Username: whatchamacallit Post Number: 202 Registered: 3-2006 Posted From: 71.235.182.97 |
Here is another article worth reading. It mentions a woman who left the RSE and got help. http://www.rickross.com/reference/waco/waco292.html AN EXCERPT: ""When someone leaves a cult, his problems are just beginning," says Rudin of the American Family Foundation." It can leave a very big hole in a person's life, You've cut yourself off from other people. And to recover you must rebuild those bridges. You have to rebuild your self-esteem and deal with the rage and the shame. And sometimes you have to take care of the practical things: jobs, credit, bank accounts, a place to live, health care, etc...." Caroline Marshall knows all that. "My life was undergoing radical change. The Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) company I worked for was in Chapter 11 and I was losing my job. A personal relationship was breaking up and my children were all away and busy with their own lives." Marshall drifted toward Ramtha, a New Age cult based on the teachings of J.Z. Knight, a Washington state housewife who claims to be the entity through which a 35,000-year-old warrior spirit speaks. "Before I knew it, I was caught up. It's far easier than people think," she says. Thus, at the age of 58, Marshall left the East and moved to Washington to pursue her studies of Ramtha. It was a decision that cost her two years and approximately $30,000 in savings. As Marshall's involvement increased, she became more and more concerned. The warnings of impending natural and economic disasters were extremely intense and included talk about a race of underground space aliens conspiring with the United States government and feeding on human beings. Finally, Marshall's son helped her make a break. Anna Hoover didn't leave her cult as willingly. For seven years she was a member of the Church Universal and Triumphant. "One day my husband asked me to come home and pick up a package," she says. When she got to the house her entire family, plus three deprogrammers, were waiting. "I was angry. I felt betrayed. It took several days of talking before I could simmer down and start to listen. Even though I was grateful to my family, it took a long time to get over that anger." Hoover calls her experience "a rape- spiritual and psychological rape. It almost destroyed me."" |
