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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 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.
Later the technique was renamed Transcendental Meditation. [6] In 1958, Brahmachari Mahesh, now called Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, began a number of worldwide tours promoting and disseminating Transcendental Meditation. [9] The first tour began in Rangoon, Burma (now Myanmar). The Maharishi remained in the Far East for about six months teaching his ...
This is a list of Thelemites, self-professed adherents of Thelema (including those who identified as Thelemites during part of their lives but subsequently left the faith) who have Wikipedia articles. These individuals come from diverse backgrounds, including artists, writers, occultists, scientists, musicians, and more, hailing from countries ...
"Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults" (Max) In 1997, 39 members of Heaven’s Gate , a celibate religious sect, died in a mass ritual suicide timed to the approach of the Hale-Bopp Comet.
Despite the cult’s devotion, the CEO job isn’t a slam dunk: Vachris’s challenges include figuring out how to better expand the adrenaline rush of a Costco run to e-commerce and to markets ...
Furthermore, on 27 May 2005, the 1995 list of cults of the French report was officially cancelled and invalidated by Jean-Pierre Raffarin's circulaire. [20] [21] In France, Antoinism was classified as a cult in the 1995 parliamentary reports which considered it one of the oldest healer groups. [22]