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TM and Cult Mania is a non-fiction book that examines assertions made by the Transcendental Meditation movement (TM). [1] The book is authored by Michael Persinger, Normand Carrey and Lynn Suess [2] and published in 1980 by Christopher Publishing House. [2] Persinger is a neurophysiologist and has worked out of Laurentian University. [1]
The Transcendental Meditation movement (TM) are programs and organizations that promote the Transcendental Meditation technique founded by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in India in the 1950s. The organization was estimated to have 900,000 participants in 1977, [ 1 ] a million by the 1980s, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and 5 million in more recent years.
Transcendental Meditation (TM) is a form of silent meditation developed by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. The TM technique involves the silent repetition of a mantra or sound, and is practiced for 15–20 minutes twice per day.
The occult (from the Latin word occultus "clandestine, hidden, secret") is "knowledge of the hidden". [1] In common usage, occult refers to "knowledge of the paranormal", as opposed to "knowledge of the measurable", [2] usually referred to as science.
Transcendental Meditation in education (also known as Consciousness-Based Education) is the application of the Transcendental Meditation technique in an educational setting or institution. These educational programs and institutions have been founded in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, India, Africa and Japan.
The novel critiques the loss of spiritual depth in favor of mass consumerism and artificial happiness. While not a traditional cult, the state-sponsored religious-like movement, "Community, Identity, Stability", functions like a cult in that it enforces absolute conformity through ritualistic behaviors and psychological conditioning.
Taylor Swift may be leaning into a new Era: “Female Rage: The Musical.”. Us Weekly can confirm that TAS Rights Management submitted paperwork to trademark the phrase on Saturday, May 11. Since ...
The application of the labels "cults" or "sects" to (for example) religious movements in government documents usually signifies the popular and negative use of the term "cult" in English and a functionally similar use of words translated as "sect" in several European languages.