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Eckankar


Country United States
State Minnesota
City Chanhassen
Address P.O. Box 2000
Phone (952) 380-2200
Website http://www.eckankar.org

Eckankar Reviews

  • Dec 26, 2023

I have a doozy to tell you. This is real. I didn't make it up. I got scammed, really bad. There is an outfit called Eckankar that has lied to me for years. My friend that runs a cult exposure network emailed the following to me. I didn't believe it. I spent months emailing and calling around to verify what they wrote me about. Most of it was dated. It was hard to piece together. I was concerned over defamation. Wow the entire account has been authenticated. I will try to simplify it. This information comes from the United States and is connected to activity happening also abroad. It pertains to donations contributed to Eckankar. With my own donations taken for years, then used to hurt me with that. I just couldn't believe I had been scammed so badly. Victimized right under my nose. With the RESA smiling to my face and holding my evolution back but profiting himself, financially! There is a whole network of them taking charitable donations and then pocketing them for private use:

Eckankar’s All Star List of Big League Money Fixers

Tony Gneck, a Kenpo Karate Master, whose mentor was friends with Paul Twitchell; and his student, followed him to Nuremberg Germany to thereby further Eckankar’s aims, of hiding their non chairitable business assets; going into the pockets of Eckankar higher-ups, not using said, for any spiritual reasons, but to become well off at the expense of, paying chelas.

Gneck, a former Marine veteran and CIA operative in Vietnam, had been a former teacher of the Hell’s Angels motorcycle club. After a massive heart attack Gneck, became a member of Eckankar. He then moved into parts of Germany to help out Real Estate licensed, Eckankar members; who are in effect, land barons. Gneck, used in the hiding of Eckankar’s non charity designated money; capital converted then in the money laundering capital of the world being, Stockdorf, Germering, and Gauting, Germany.

Oh, by the way, Tony Gneck supposedly died over twenty years ago in Asia from a lethal death blow to his head. Yet, he has been spotted all over Bavaria. Gneck was raised from the dead by one Jerry Fay, a life member of Eckankar; as well as one, Greg Walter Zimmerman, an escaped murder and also, former, life member of Eckankar whom, is a high level Scientologist now.

In case you don’t know it, Eckankar is a made up spiritual path fantasied and then put together, by Paul Twitchell; a former writer, for Stars and Stripes magazine. Also Twitchell a former Scientologist and past member of the Radha Soami and Self Realization Fellowship paths.

Twitchell’s wife threatened to leave him if he didn’t come up with a money maker. Gail Anderson, Twitchell’s wife, paid all of his bills, until said sprouted his creation, as Eckankar. Then, Anderson, left him, to party with Darwin Gross who was later appointed by Anderson to, take over Twitchell’s fantastic, fantasy path.

To this historical fact moving forward in time, is the Hu restaurant, a popular place for Eckists to converge after being fleeced of their funds from Arahata training programs held in Germering, Germany. The Hu, working escaped Chinese nationals from Hong Kong who labor in droves at this restruant, on slave labor programs offered them, to get out of China.

This, Hu restaurant, which launders Jerry Fay and Greg Walter Zimmerman’s real estate cash proceeds on behalf of Eckankar money laundering schemes; also has provided documents of escape for those workers at the named restaurant; that holds said, until their debt is paid. Fay has Real Estate holdings in North Korea. Fay, also holds lucrative real estate lots just outside of Portland, Oregon, that Eckankar is a beneficiary to, in terms of workable, liquid assets which can be moved quickly.

Zimmerman, has laundered millions through this Hu restaruant on behalf of his Mother, who has spendy real estate holdings in Laguna Beach, California. Moroeover, a high Eckankar initiate, osteopath, in Pasing, singled out, as one dubious character there; regularly for a fee, passes on derogatory made up medical records on marked Eckankar dissidents. The osteopath regularly funnels his large sums of paper cash through, the HU.

The good doctor also works at trying to get rid of noncompliers, to the Eckankar mafia club. He thus passes fraudulent medical details onto the German authorities in the hopes of getting these misbehaving Eckankar members trashed and done away with. Doc, also passes this intel onto the Eckankar church in Chanhassen.

Andrea Shnider, has been Germany’s Boss of Eckankar. Working there for Reise Bank in Frankfurt am Main. Frankfurt is Europe’s Banking Capital where Schider has gathered the names and credit Information of Eckankar members throughout Germany as well as others, whom, have large sums of available cash.

This regional Eck Spiritual Aide and other Eckankar representatives who will approach these designated doners, already looked at on paper, as high rollers; to become Eckankar substantial paying members.

With this same mentioned credit information, Boss Schneider and her conniving pals, can press still other more chintzy Eckankar members, for even higher cash donations refused by them, in the past. Donations not readily available to give that said have so far refused to make, to the Eckankar church. Donations such as the ones already mentioned overall as those having built the Eckankar temple, at a village on the far outside stretches of Frankfurt am Main. Donations made by the faithful who reached into deep pockets; expecting a return on their money, invested in such. Outsiders, discovering the donator’s made up Eckankar story may cause some of them to revert to, murder, perhaps? David Lane PhD could have had a run in by people like this when he published his classic book on Paul Twitchell’s, Eckankar?

In relation to this is Scientology that was exposed for basically supposedly robbing its parishioners to the point of bankruptcy, in places like Germany; but Eckankar, which is Scientology in an already proven clandestine form, has managed to avoid any detection for decades, while doing terrible damage to its non complying members, not following Chanhassen, cult orders.

A federal lawsuit was executed against Eckankar in the United States a number of years ago, by damaged members, some of whom were pegged as basically insane; so they could be imprisoned and then deported to their home countries of origin way outside of American borders; where they could have caused lots of damage to Twitchell’s, made up, esoteric organization. A church now, kept afloat by dubious real estate deals made from abroad by Eckankar members hiding out; in other international jurisdictions. Jurisdiction authorities, unaware of said, illegal real estate deals, forwarded, as cash to, the Eckankar church in Chanhassen. Not for its membership, but for the private business interests of investment, profiteers.

Matilda Tobbler a high initiate in Eckankar recommended to that position by her mentor, a higher up in London’s, Eckankar hierarchy of compliant parishioners; has been dabbling in legal studies ever since she moved her corporate signature out of Switzerland, into Germany. So, as to, rub shoulders with other Eckankar executives, aiming to control the monetary resources of its miserly, last hold out, members; as well as to recruit those displaying high figures, in their credit scores. Thus, making said holdouts, prime targets for Eckankar, recruitment. Sounds like some of the supposed, stories, of Scientology, doesn’t it.

Furthermore, Tobler, has regularly spied out Eckankar members to ruin them, in her home country, if they had gotten out of line; meaning her-line of narrow cult thinking. Eventually, though, Tobler has been run out of Switzerland with fire on her tail because the Swiss authorities are less lenient on pseudo churches aiming for their member’s, monetary resources.

Rajeev Sharma is an adherent of getting pegged (his nick name is peggy) by his female companions. Regardless, of such unreliable heresay, Sharma has had, an ongoing subservient glow about him, situating him to write multiple letters to the Eckankar leader, whom; finally decided to take a chance on Sharma; thus do his monetary and also information gathering work, throughout Europe and also Northern California where Rajeev’s relatives own very high real estate holdings, merging across state lines into, Oregon.

Sharma was moved free of charge from London to the Munich area to suss out the local Eckankar members and then report on them to Eckankar headquarters in Chanhassen.

Thus, Sharma has been useful in reporting bad guys to the current Eckankar leader who has attacked said, day and night, with Eckankar techniques in an attempt to quiet them. Maybe, even, off them?

Something, the current leader did, to those that attempted to follow another former Eckankar master, thrown out of Eckankar after a dispute he had with the current leader over getting a pay issue sorted out. As well as, alcohol and pharmaceutical drug, overuse.

In like kind, Eckankar members who also raised concern over this pay issue of the former Eckankar master, were summarily attacked with what the industry calls, “Black Magic. Many of these persons died coincidently, while others, became gravely ill.

Check out California Arizona Nevada Oregon and Minnesota medical records, it’s all there. Evidence of wrong doing by the current Eckankar administration now in power was so alarming at its breeching point in the 1980s; that the camp had to move out of state to avoid prosecution of their designated chief executives.

Prosecution, due to, a very large array of felony chargeable legalalities being lodged against them; inclusive of copywrite theft and an alteration of local, set, in house, corporate by-laws.

To, this, potential harm was definitely there to strike down just installed Eckankar officers then, and in the future. Subsequently, internal corporate changes have been made over decades to shift wording; thus any potential prosecution for those past multiple violations of established corporate law mandates; that were operating presently, when it’s charity incorporation took place, furthered from origin.

Perhaps, it wouldn’t be all so bad or even sneaky, if said church corporation was actually spiritual, but obviously, it is not. Eckankar’s, aim, is more a psychological control of its membership, done, in completely mean ways; meant to harm and hinder its paying out the Yang-Yang, parishioners.

The whole structure of Eckankar currently is set up to injure, not create spiritual enlightenment, of its paying members and initiates. The founder himself, of Eckankar, was less intense about making money; seems diametrically opposite to the current leadership which is completely lost, from its founder’s starting spiritual principles, lodged deeply at its forefront, despite his copious plazerism. Twitchell was less apt to injure, currently Eckankar Chanhassen, dosn’t give a s**t.

Eckankar high initiate Lela Arivello is a health nut, and an Real Estate licensed broker, formerly of Palm Springs, California. Her son used to launder money for the Italian mob in Palm Springs, through a parking lot, rental scheme.

Sonny, has recently joined his Mom in Germany to help her out along with another Real Estate man, wanted for murder in the United States, called, Greg Walter Zimmerman. Whom, just happens to be friends with still yet another Real Estate Tycoon from Portland Oregon named, Jerry Fay; having right of abode within Germany because of his original non-adoptive birth, there.

These named persons being the three amigos, Lela, Greggy and Jerry, amongst many others, with similar credentials; have worked the laws in Germany to acquire property for Eckankar, there. One such property holding which has been an aquirement, is the Eckankar temple, situated outside of Frankfurt am Main. Oh, gee wiz, did I mention that Zimmerman and Fay are, associated with having, a life membership, in the Eckankar church? Greggy runs funds though through the gypsy league of Munich, and then streams the rest through Scientology in Germany.

Zimmerman, Fay, and Arivello, go way back. The trio themselves having been brokers in a whole series of schemes that they have participated in together; while appearing non chalant in the public eye. Fay, being a general contractor and painter, Zimmerman and his mother Jeanne Klein being silent partners; fronting cash to illegal businesses up, and down, Europe. With said Ma Arivello working at a low end Aldi store in a village outside of Munich piling up dosh in her company locker along with an apples and sandwichs .

Sonny, Arivello’s boy, one day, being observed retrieving a large black duffle bag of rifles and manchine-guns from a boating shed during a winter storm; all the while sneering aggressively when he realized a government agent had been watching him; in his gun running retrieval that was heading towards snowed in, Austria. The alps too covered over by snow to be patrolled that day by German Austrian and Italian customs officers.

Sonny Arivello having scurried away in his waiting running compact Fiat, to speed away without snow chains; and then eventually crossing over the border into Italy to his employers, requiring their already paid for Martian, hardware.

Thus, all Eckankar members to whatever extent, are guarded by a brick and mortar shield of pseudo nonprofit sanctuary; yet eating their donated funding nonetheless, by scattered confusing efforts rarely displayed, outright. This clandestine activity train therefore made by movers and shakers bending and breaking legal limits to accomadate dark forces, vamping off, a hypnotized membership.

Constellated Eckankar players feeding the big hungry dinosaur in Chanhassen with a rabid appetite. An unconcerned cult not disturbed over the bodies falling under a heavy weight of servitude. But, consequently, being extremely punishing in its effect on victims, who unknowingly are supplying fuel to the growing all consuming fire.

Blah blah blah… where is my report headed? Why, has so much structure been applied to the building of an Eckankar church where in the beginning this was not in the least necessary. So, why is such structure necessary now? Why then so many worded structural changes in Eckankar doctrine to affect the use of such in its application to the world as well to Eckankar membership?

Here-say initially wiped out the reputation of a man and his minion corps associates revealed in an Portland located Federal court, about a decade later after the fact. Destruction carried out over employment contracts drugs alcohol bed hopping and so much cigarette smoking that Virginia made the man in question an honorary citizen. They all lost the plot. All of them. Eckankar parishioners are submerged in it now. They are all drowning. Nothing is left of its spirited original paradigm.

I can't tell people who might make contact with Eckankar what to do. Eckankar is not what it says it is.

  • Apr 12, 2023

I am writing my personal experiences in scamion on eckankar because it is the only option left open for me that will expose the leadership behind eckankar which continues to victimize so many people like it did me. Eckankar has basically ruined me. You don’t know such an event is coming though for many years. As it was constructed day one to hide lies piled over with ongoing deception carried on in the present. Aimed to overtake intelligence logic and finally whatever is left over of self worth and a higher power within.

L ron hubbard was naval intelligence. You can’t leave naval intelligence. You can be called upon to help them any time as long as you live. Paul twitchell founder of eckankar and a confidant to hubbard had, had, rank in the us navy allowing access, by the same. Both were figuratively, institutionalised for a similar problem. Brain cleaning is a traditional practice that goes out of control in the wrong hands.

Scientology has been known as being, just blatant in the past. But, rarely, did parishioners not know what was required for them to move up the so called bridge. Eckankar on the other hand diversely has had full control of membership on the inner Clandestinity). Meaning all streams in what ever form of their personal consciousness, are painted over to reflect the fulfilment of needs, of those at the top of eckankar construction and it’s leadership. Financial behaviour feelings thoughts and control, of their souls. But most members never find this out to their last dying breath.

Eckankar stays in business by essentially hidden donations given to them from abroad, cleverly brought into u.S. Territories. The main contributors are in vast number international real estate agents holding property through distant corporations owned by them and located outside the countries they hold property in. Local lawyers devvy out costs for holding real estate property, that keeps the owners hidden. That’s partially, why peter skelsky was as a token, eliminated from his position.

Some months ago a friend who lives abroad and is in the know, having access; told me some shocking things that inevitably, caused me to fully cut all ties with eckankar because of this, affecting my own neighbors, as free citizens.

The top country in the world for operating in cash only businesses off paper, is germany. Germany is the top country in the world where cash gets lost and unaccounted for in the cracks, never to be traced back to user origins. By this, eckankar holds the largest temple of its kind in the world, outside of united states shores. This temple is just outside of frankfurt am maim, in germany. Eckankar parishioners there have coincided cash earnings and freely given charity contributions through an avionics branch used by siemens electronics; engineered by one of their main high initiates who also holds real estate as well in hilly regions near frankfurt.

But when local high initiate eckankar parishioner fixers ran for cover after they were exposed and found out operating and living in suburbs near munich, being the villages of gauting and stockdorf; they left, to converge again as a team in herrsching to manage then, a new training facility put in operation near there.

Two of them who ran for cover were former hitler yugen Hitler youth) active during the second world war. These 2 elderly ladies then became the top eckankar spiritual administrators for germany, for years there. One, was seen with a high profile high initiate sent there from the us, with his arm around her as she blurted out being observed by american fbi agents unravelling, a long thread of coverups leading back to chanhassen usa, from her house in gauting, germany.

A very famous professional jazz musician and also professor of music at juilliard school in new york was sent by eckankar headquarters in chanhassen to secretly quite things down in bavaria. Quieting that lead to high initiates being told to vacate their homes and businesses and run. Reason being that the american treasury department justice department and fbi had found it necessary to train satellite converge on the area because so many dubious unaccounted for cash fund transactions were engineered there, ferreted back by gov overhead surveillance.

One of those told to leave was caught on images and audio via satellite. Jerry fay a personal friend of the deceased jeffrey epstein who was told in no uncertain terms to become again, invisible. It’s pretty difficult for an international real estate broker, and meth cook using multiple disguises to slip away quietly in a well surveyed area.

Fay’s customer base stretched from nigeria to north korea. Yet, fay, one of eckankar’s high spiritual initiates was caught on camera with badly spirit gum glued beard almost falling off, and a bright red enflamed cigarette drooping from a tense mouth, scurrying to an odd gold colored car. His erratic speeding away in the direction of a safe house, his bought shelf company had bought, in stockdorf just down the road from, his former upstairs apartment in gauting, were he traded in children, drugs and real estate.

But the best part is yet to come. Germering another suburb of munich, is yet another stronghold for cash only moving of funds, back to eckankar of chanhassen in minnesota. Fay and others of his eckankar kind; owns, subway sandwich shop, franchises. One of those he used to employ undocumented illegals to work, using his own ids that on paper, can appear as either a masculine, or feminine personage, or several. Resources ran through subway shops across germany thus.

The international real estate agent has set up spotters across germering where he owns another safe house used in transporting and housing what is termed drugs, human merchandise and cash resources funnelled back to the us. Spotters thus scoping out specific cars and license plates, known to be used by local law enforcement.

Reports were written up some weeks back in german train service policing reports and a germering shopping center police report, were underage youth were being used to harass store patrons, because they were getting too close to fay’s, dodgy cash businesses; used to move his money, which he uses, as an umbrella to avoid paying taxes. The irs is beginning to focus more on the tri national’s harmful connections. Eckankar leadership in germany is using those with, “the status,” to photograph those threatening. Its operators with effective detection.

Sachet, written about earlier in my complaint, as the former ‘hitler youth member’ during world war two whom, had one of the highest offices in eckankar leadership in germany. And, there, whole whole family is involved in dubious, eckankar dabbling there; got her young great niece to photograph those threatening, eckankar. She photographed them, on public trains and buses. Also, anywhere else in public. This niece is married to, fay! so, all of these people have much to loose, if they are all found out.

The great niece is also a licensed forensic psychologist in germany. She has written up false reports on threatening people her family considers to be attacking, eckankar. Her father is an md, that freely passes on patient data, to eckankar; as far as the us although, that is a crime in that country, but he does it anyway.

Does any of what i have said in this complaint give an impression of eckankar as a true religion or what is termed, spiritual? Read, what paul twitchell constructed eckankar of - neville goddard, julian johnson, l. Ron hubbard, paramahansa yoganada, james mitose, alister crowley. Look, and hear what others and your self may observe; of members practicing eckankar as a bone fide, religion. My god, these people are plain kooks!

It has become years now, trying to fix myself because i had been a member of eckankar, have spent watching and ferreting out, their past brain washing techniques, from the depths of my core.

You only feel good in eckankar, if you get higher initiations. It’s all outwardly directed, mind control. Otherwise, without pat on back thus, knee jerk reactions, one believes they are making no progress in life; and all happiness joy and good only comes from; being a highly recognised member of eckankar. In other words, approval by significant dubious hi’s, and having a good bountiful life because of being an, paying yearly membership, due paying, patron which, mainlines your progress, or not? Quite frankly then no one really knows where they ultimately stand in eckankar as a member. It’s deliberately set up that way! nobody gets it! it’s the ultimate cosmic dog, chasing its tail. Yea, the one at the top doesn’t know either, really!

Don’t buy into any religion unless what they present is in black and white, also reflecting their consistent behaviour as well. Erratic skittish policies that take away one’s personal sovereignty, reveals puppeteers. Paul twitchell came from the greatest generation america ever had so his peers were not that stupid, and were very self reliant. The current generation seeks being controlled and eckankar is the perfect solution.

  • Dec 30, 2022

I have restrained myself but I can’t anymore. I have been duped and fooled by people who just don’t care about anyone. I joined Eckankar because I was fooled into believing a made up lie. Now I’m ruined after being played for over twenty five years of my life and also drawing my children into Eckankar as well. My ex-husband laundered millions of dollars through Eckankar projects that he sponsored through his businesses so he could wash what was taxable.

Eckankar is run by witches. There, I said it. Women I know who are cunning and shrewd that know every thing about every Eckankar member so that if they go off company policy are reprimanded and attacked with ferocity. I constantly have had to pay bribes to Eckankar so they don’t attack me and I am not seen badly. Yearly dues soul adventure dues for meetings and monthly dues requiring me to show my face and support my local center financially which if I stop will lead to being singled out and harmed.

Because the police have become involved in investigating the local Eck center, my husband and I have had to start wearing disguises. At a recent Eckankar event during the past Christmas holidays my daughter’s boy friend even wore a disguise like an 80s rocker because my daughter is so into getting him to like her. She has become obsessed with him joining Eckankar. It’s like an honesty test to see now if you can trust friends family and new people. If they don’t join then suspicion abounds regarding them.

I heard an unconfirmed rumour that the government has begun watching Eckankar members by satellite because so much dabbling is happening with moving large sums of cash abroad and back again back into the hands of Eckankar supporters who then contribute to the Eckankar company.

My ex-husband now in the United States, has used a lot of his washed proceeds to start an Eckankar temple in Europe so I’ve been told that is regularly used to then send this back again to the United States. I divorced him because I could not associate with him any longer when I found out what he was doing. That he is still doing and involving my daughter his sons and others too naive to understand his scheming through this overseas temple he helped to create to wash business assets in his own companies. What shocks me though is, it does not appear anything is being done about this by those involved. If they know than they must not have any conscience.

The membership is heavily sedated with lies and borrowed techniques gotten from other metaphysical groups covered over with Eckankar dogma to obscure where this came from. Cultish admiration for a man as leader too feeble to present something new and also highly afraid to pass the baton to someone else because concern that an otherworldly control is not exerted on the membership so the lie is furthered like a sickness indefinitely.

Bubbly abandon in restricted heads too dumbed down to even know they are being manipulated for profit and cunning control. Witchcraft played out on the membership off course from the founders creation executed on the stupefied who don’t know they are studying a watered down version of the original. A badly off Christianised version inclusive of fire and and brimstone karma threatening control over a highly frightened membership.

I couldn’t see my daughter her friends or my son being lent to these people any longer to rub their sickness on her or them anymore. Eckankar’s members children are just so sick. You would have to sneak into their private meetings to witness this. I have not observed this before even in popular religious groups I had been involved in.

If you have children and a family and respect yourself don’t sacrifice them to Eckankar. Steer well clear of this group because they will hurt you.

  • Oct 6, 2022

People don’t know the nickname attached to Eckankar higher initiates and their stooges. Known the world over as the Eckankar mafia because of slippery manoeuvring behind the scenes wrecking marriages friendships livelihoods and demographics where ever they plant themselves.

I was one of the those stooges for decades until I came down with a pathological illness taking years to fix. I was so sick I had to move away from any past persons I knew in Eckankar. You can’t quit they hound you until your almost dead.

For years I besmirched what we all considered problematic members to get them out of association with other members done, legally protected by cleaver shunning. I even became our spokesperson to represent legal problems and disputes, receiving training from headquarters on how to deal with members voicing dissent. I had an open telephone line to headquarters where they would coach me on how to do the most damage to flagrant members and even non members out to get us.

We HI's all made a network of cellphones to call one another when one of these undesirables showed up out of the blue at stores shopping malls parks what have you to give them frowns and taunt them cruelly carefully masked to avoid confrontation, and possible prosecution legally. We were taught to burn a hole in the back of their heads by standing in line behind them when they were checking out with grocers or other goods and services.

What really caught me off guard was when I found out that Eckankar was an offshoot of Scientology. I refused to believe this long after I was told this. But similarities started to add up, Eckankar turned out to be more insidious because getting hurt did not show up until physical and mental health issues took over. Way after what we call accomplished high initiates had, accumulated harm done planted way deep in them, and they could not get any help for fear of becoming marked as pests.

I read my High initiate books about making money by mimicking sanctimonious behavior toward ordinary non eckists not compliant with our beliefs. I stood at attention when I thought higher ups had shown up to monitor my labours in the local area. But besmirched all others not HI’s or not following along.

Eckankar should be banned like Scientology was until they can be held responsible for the bad things they do to members. And if they can’t be held responsible then the government should shut them down not as a religion but mind control cult. Funny that I should say this. I would have never thought I would get to the point that I thought Eckankar was so dangerous to me and others.

For all who read this Eckankar is dangerous not discovered ever.

  • Mar 20, 2021

I have noticed that nobody throughout these complaints has revealed the methodology behind how one is chosen in Eckankar to receive higher initiations, beyond the four lower initiations. In Eckankar the four lower initiations don’t count for squat. The real first and only valuable initiation, first given out is called the 5th initiation.

Before the fifth initiation a pre selected mantra is given out from the imitators manual, to those who get the 2nd. Initiation. The initiation mantra doesn’t come from thin air, there is a selection offered in which the initiator can chose a selection, available for the one being initiated.

Generally people just die before they get the 5th initiation because it can take anywhere between 10 to 25 and more years to get it. The Eckankar administration already as a practice knows who they want as fifth initiates, and above in the beginning. So in some cases they speed up a person’s initiations. Thus they receive the higher initiations quicker. The ones who receive the higher initiations quicker are money contributors, who have stable jobs, so they can pay the bills at the main eckankar headquarters in Chanhassen. Namely in an income range of about $78,000.00 a year, is the desired level to consider a person for quick higher initiations.

The computer system in the temple at Eckankar headquarters pushes out those eligible for initiations, which occurs quarterly. Those eligible for initiations are sent as read out screens, to the regional Eck spiritual aides and initiators in regions, and specific areas, emails on their computers. These eligible are based also on quotas necessary to keep an area running efficiently. So if a former high imitate dies, or leaves Eckankar they are replaced by a specified, number of needed administrators required for that area.

Initiations given off the bat so to speak and not involving computers haven't taken place since about 1973. So all of those naive enough to believe that the Sugmad chooses them for initiations are definitely tripping off of Eckankar brainwashing.

Eckankar is strictly a business oriented outfit. So they make sure ongoing money is coming in from those they choose to keep the dinosaur running. If those at the top have no money Eckankar would crash. So high initiates in the field have to pay in regularly. Higher initiates who must be financially stable because their presence is required monthly, to pay local and international bills, or their higher initiations are terminated. In other words they must be active so many times each month by showing their face, and paying into, the pot.

A Spiritual facade is necessary to keep up all the while as well, so that others can be sold on the idea of Eckankar. Thus higher initiates must be well polished sales persons motivated to keep their higher initiations current. Fear thereby plays a great role in keeping any possible detractors in line.

The decades of the nineteen sixties and seventies for Eckankar, had relaxed and happy higher initiates because there was not the pressure there, flagrantly in place now to keep one’s higher initiations. That is why behind the scenes higher initiates now have mean tongues and wicked Machiavellian plans always going on to hold their positions.

I did not hand in my initiator’s manual when I left in case anyone wanted to see it. Inclusive of of those corny silly books only available to us written by HK on abundance so us HI’s would sell lots of products.

Don’t be fooled you are getting the run around if you join Eckankar. You will ultimately work for them free, and contribute heaps of your monthly pay packet to them, if they deem you a worthy contributor who can keep them afloat. Spirituality is less real in Eckankar now because the business side dominates the whole teaching and decides who gets higher initiations and who does not. If this still does not detract you from joining than don’t appear to be poor if you do join up with Eckankar or you won’t get any higher initiations.

When over years the years I witnessed the decent of Eckankar due to scandals, plagiarism, drug abuse, aberrant sexual exploits of those in charge, combined with so many others leaving because of its apparent crash I too had to leave.

I never ever have come across a person who had described spirituality the way Paul Twitchell did in such intricate terms. But Eckankar is not the real deal any longer, nor ever was in my estimation, and hasn’t been safe, for decades. It cheats its members and leaves them to perish in a delusional mindset that it has placed on them. God by estimation does not favor those who lead people astray.

  • Aug 11, 2020

I am really irate when I have found out that the founder of our religion Eckankar, was put into a mental institution because he was so dangerous, and still our leader continues to teach, from all of his ideas.

But what really bothers me is our current leader was also in a mental ward for the criminally insane. All these years I have studied Eckankar and none of my arahats or the Living Eck Master told us that Paul Twitchell was in a mental institution. I did not even know until today that our current Eckankar leader, was in a mental ward, for public exposure, at an airport!

I have been constantly badgered by my arahata and local spiritual aides and clerics, because I have questioned all the fighting taking place amongst them. Then they gain up on me, and unleash fury for me, wanting to keep our Eckankar centers free of such disturbances. Despite corona virus they are still harassing me on our group online meetings.

As a high initiate I have spent thousands of dollars over years to go to events in Minneapolis, and here I am out of pocket and wasting my money because now, I have found out that eckankar is a sham. I told so many people these stories based on what I thought was the truth, and didn’t know that my spiritual leaders, had been in mental wards.

Our current leader knew all the time, and I was never told this by anyone although this is inside information apparently, about Paul Twitchell, which was known for years!

No wonder so many chelas have been pestering me. It seems to me the members bothering me are almost like our leader, and the founder of Eckankar Paul Twitchell, absolute lunatics, maybe?. My discomfort has increased by each year and I never knew any of this regarding Paul Twitchell or the living Eck Master now.

When is the government going to intervene for people like me who cannot get any justice from Eckankar, whom continues to make this charade, that is crippling my peace of mind, maybe others, as well. I hope I get help, that is all I can do.

If you are thinking of joining Eckankar, stay clear of it or you could be over your head in stress, and absolute lies, known, but not told outright to any paying member.

  • Oct 27, 2018

I just cant stomach another day without expressing an outrage that eckankar continues to exist off of the pain and suffering of other people based on deceit.

I am really shocked at the nativity of eckankar members, me being a former member that just could not deal with the outright lies and deception of higher initiates controlled by the church in chanhassen. After decades of evidence revealing outright fraud in the making up of eckankar by paul twitchell, then brought forward by darwin gross and now masterminded into new forms to cover up its fraudulent past by the current president and the current master.

Despie knowing for years that all of us members had been lied to and robbed of membership money we contributed, no body bothered to tell us we had all been lied to, and kept us in the dark by higher initiates and the eck master that tried to cover up the eckankar past.

I find it shocking that members do not know that the resources they contribute, go toward criminal activity, by deceiving the public in presenting a made up lie, then knowingly covering up this fact and keeping paying members in the dark who would probably not support them if they knew eckankars roots.

This point is summed up nicely by a person who wrote into this forum with the following concerns, as to the legitimacy of what others have wrote in, about eckankar member monetary resources that are used for profit, by private parties who are high up in eckankar.

So i will write here an original commentary on what i know to be true, about the concerned parties questions, that i will answer.

The concerned party wrote in relation to the following, and is answered question by question:

Thus concerned person’s opening statement as: in eckankar centers, numerous individuals have access to a non-profit bank account? Sorry, but i find it very difficult to believe that so many people could possibly be allowed access to an organization's bank account.)

My answer: abroad for instance, and basically in other countries, far away from our safe u.S. Shores, eckankar has required charity business accounts, that eckankar officers have designated access to.

Harry kebbel now deceased, fortunately for himself, because the c.I.D. And irs apparently have an interest in him. Kebbel was a high initiate and signer officer to an eckankar charity banking account, which he used to launder his personal resources through, as well as other eckankar finances from abroad. How do i know this? His widow in a troubling moment told me this at a seminar in the united states. She also got an instant 5th invitation from eckankar, to remain silent to the government, if they pried further into this fact. In the united states designated center officers have access to tax exemption accounts, which they frivolously use for private purposes from funds given over to them by paid members of eckankar.

Another unknown fact is that, key hackers in anonymous, are actual eckankar paying members. These hackers tried to take scientology down, because eckankar, was designed by twitchell and his boss hubbard, that he paid with eckankar proceeds, because eckankar is a hidden scientology unit.

In nigeria, an ex-president of eckankar, with the help of chelas there, laundered millions of dollars through charity bank accounts there, for their own private interests use, as higher up officers in eckankar. Member supported funds which were supposed to go to study programs associated with paid membership service. Those same account users with private interests, are still paid officers of eckankar and despite court proceedings to expose other groups in nigeria like them. That is so because, key banking authorities who regulate laws pertaining to charity accounts there in nigeria, are eckankar high initiates.

Space and time do not permit documenting other eckankar charity based accounts, doing similar scams in other countries, for private officers of the corporation, mostly carried out through shelf companies hiding real estate holdings, not charity associated, nor structured for charity status in the united states.

France squashed one of those real estate charity scams, yet other countries in europe who are over their heads in other matters, are unable to make quick conclusions to other eckankar real estate scams there, involving money laundering on the continent, based on dilapidated real estate holdings, hiding behind shelf companies.

Concerned person statement: In my experience, the treasurer of a group monitors the account, and makes deposits and withdrawals. )

My answer: yes, this is supposed to be the way it is done by honest people, following legal protocol, established by the government for charity accounts. Nevertheless, eckankar officers designated for this purpose, have acted outside of legal protocol, and thus moving resources into their own pockets, intended originally for paid membership purposes.

Concerned person statement: If so many people have access to an organization's bank account, then any one of those unstable, unsavory, drug-addicted people could simply withdraw all the cash in the account - and drug addicts certainly would.)

My answer: yes absolutely, and these parties have over time, smartly procuring interest on deposits, as more resources continuously go into the charity based accounts that supports these persons.

Concerned person statement: If you dislike the organization, just say so. This is obviously fabricated lies which make no sense. Thus, i won't even both commenting on the rest of the report.)

My answer: you may believe previous reports in Scamion are based on fabricated lies, yet the unites states justice system does not. The federal government does not consider the accumulated evidence, which has been gathered as fact, as nonsensical, otherwise it would not have pursued due process as an expanding effort which is taking shape very meticulously. The united states federal court in minnesota has designated eckankar as a cult like organization, based on facts, furnished by frightened harassed witnesses, some of whom were jail confined, to gag presentation of evidence against them.

The new mexico attorney general is in process of bringing to trial and prosecuting private affiliates associated with eckankar, who laundered resources, using eckankar as a charity contribution option, and using shelf companies to hide behind, making real estate deals in the united states and abroad, then cleaning their resources through designated eckankar charity facilities.

One of those affiliates is hiding behind a german “bankers passport”, and is wanted in new mexico for fraud, however germany, does not extradite its citizens, so this party apparently, thought out their scheming carefully. The wanted party lives in a protected suburb of munich, that does not allow car access to an exclusive housing area, with the wanted persons house, owned by a corporate entity, and managed by a german attorney. Yet, in this subjects case other extraneous evidence waives their rights and precludes them. Fortunately, this particular subject is tied into other more alarming extraneous crimes tied into misuse of other particulars indirectly associated supposedly with the clinton foundation, as damning evidence, that therefore waives the parties non extradition rights, and precludes them.

If anyone has any further questions or concerns about charity fraud strategies and practices, pick up your telephone and call the f.B.I. Or new mexico attorney generals office, to become educated against any potential naivety. In the united states, it is still a crime to use a charity facility designated as church exemption, to accumulate wealth for private interests not associated with charity status, regardless of where such activity takes place as it pertains to the parent organization located in united states territory.

  • Jul 3, 2017

I have never filed a report like this one. I do it out of desperation. No one would believe me unless I made this public to expose those whom people trust without knowing the truth about them.

I took a teachers course to become an arahata in eckankar so that I could teach satsang classes based on the discourses of Harold Klemp our spiritual leader. This was as easy as a weekend of classes and then I became an arahata teacher. But I did not know how heavily controlled I would be by eckankar in this position as teacher.

This year eckankar has a European program and they are basing making money off this event. Any thing that stands in the way of this event is blocked by the regional eckankar spiritual aides. In this case it is any trouble makers. Also those who would expose eckankar currency practices.

Nevertheless most alarming what I found out is the computer records held on members. With very private damaging information which eckankar holds to use in case a member makes trouble for eckankar.

Eckankar have an app where you go online and can write a letter to Harold Klemp who does not read the email. But it is passed onto administration who reads the emails and gathers the information.

Sends the email and letters onto eckankar's legal department. The legal department categorizes and stores the information on a need basis. In case anything goes wrong and they are held liable for damages done to we members.

I found this out because while teaching a class a student deemed dangerous to eckankar was singled out. I was required to furnish details to the spiritual services representive at our eckankar center.

I was threatened with removal of my teaching responsibility. Also threat of no more initiations and even removing those I had. Threatened if I did not pass on any communications I had had with that person.

It was a very scary experience for me because I never knew how vicious and cunning eckankar was until I had this recent experience.

The RESA's just talk and refer to who they deem trouble makers in the most hateful, unloving and derogatory ways. Which I would have never imagined from people who are considered by eckankar to be their highest representatives. Such people like RESA Schnider.

I think this way these higher initiates and RESAs refer to these trouble maker people in such a unloving and hurtful way is bad for that person. Because they have such hate directed at them. But I have to question the honesty, accuracy and certainty that I am associated with a spiritual religious group?

Mostly I am alarmed that my private emails and letters are kept by the eckankar and legal department. For use against me and other chelas if we do not cooperate fully with them.

What can I do? I have been tricked by eckankar and thought this was a good group of people. I am frustrated because so many people don't know what kind of people run eckankar.

I was shocked to find out that there is a court trial this year in the United States. Organized by so many people who claim damages against eckankar. I thought it was some kind of joke or stunt. A joke or something done by a few people. But no it's a real court trial.

You send your letters to eckankar at your own risk. Because eckankar will keep the information you sent them. And use it against you if you make them mad. I work with computers and data systems and found out this painful truth by accident.

I hope somebody can help me because eckankar means me and other chelas harm. Nobody can protect us from these sneaky eckankar chiefs.

  • Jan 28, 2017

My Mom asked me to lie about a man in our eckankar study group because he works for the government. Mom wants to discredit him because he discovered my Mom and Dads tax scheme which they are using to halt paying taxes owed. Dad is frantic hiding his businesses so the authorities don't force him to pay back taxes he owes for years. Papa uses our eckankar study center to avoid paying tax. Now he is affraid of getting caught ever since the government has been investigating our family. The police have been tailing Mom to see where she is sells and displaying her artwork. The tax department wants to catch mom in secretly selling her art and not paying large taxes owed. Mother got frustrated because her cash cow was discovered by the government. Tax office knows Mommies strategy now in relation to using our eckankar study center to make business connections to sell art and make the money disappear through the study association. That's why she told me to lie about the member who works for the government. The government man was told by centers money manager that that is what she was doing with the eckankar study groups accounts. Mom makes her art profits disappear through our study association banking account. Mother shared profits with our eckankar centers business manager to make him quiet about what she is doing. The study association business manager has been cleanining mothers profits through the business managers wife's medical clinic employer. Her employer knows nothing about this. Employer will not be happy when he discovers his accounts are tampered with. I am affraid of father and mothers behavior. Mother has been trying to convince my cousin and me to prostitute ourselves to pay off the tax owed by my parents!!!! Daddy does not object either! Our study association is supposed to be learning spiritual studies. This travesty is entangling the public and members. All the while everybody thinks we are a legitimate study group. Mother is so depressed. She has been getting free prescription drugs from one of her friends at the study center who is a doctor. The doctor is not concerned this is against the law. Giving mother perscriptions without prescribing them. Mother has shared her art profits with the doctor. Used the study center owed money then washed through doctors clinic. I am sick at heart that eckankar teachings supports mother and fathers behavior. I am stuck with my parents who are irrational. Please think it out clearly before you join this group. They just want to use our money to stay in business. Mom and Dad are really suffering because they have gone to these lengths to keep their initiations that will be taken away if they stopped giving money to Eckankar. Mom and Dad have ruined themselves by joining this study group.

  • Dec 29, 2016

I am relating my experience I have had with eckankar study group. I am high initiate (HI). Our group is supposed to study eckankar teachings but all we do is take money from people and send it to headquarters in Minneapolis. I had to empty my wife and my bank account during summer time to bring an American here so it would look like he was not using eckankar to launder his money through rental properties his wife and he own. I have been pressured this year to pass study group money through my wife's employer's medical practice. So that excessive amount could go missing without being associated with our study group that the American visitor has been using for years. Using to pass profit through take money off the top before passing this onto eckankar in Chanhassen. Now my wife is shouting at me. She talks to get a divorce because I used our bank accounts to pay for airline tickets so this man from United States could come here for free. Take our money and expect that our group cover the loss. Loss for using a study group advertised to the public to get money for this man. Give to the American rather then sending to headquarters in Chanhassen. I have had to reach deep into my wife and my bank account to cover payment to headquarters.

Ever since I got this higher initiation the RESAs have been asking me for more and more money to cover programs in our country which RESAs use as study associations to make money then sends the profits onto headquarters. I am boiling because the bosses of our study group have been tightening my neck with so much debt to pay for losses from taking money themselves instead of transferring profits onto eckankar headquarters. This American man and his wife live off the fat of our land and all of us are suffering. New high initiates must cover losses of those above them who are taking the money to pay for a lavish lifestyle. I heard eckankar headquarters sent a nice black lady to president Clinton so he would encourage American tax authorities to look the other way. Look away as eckankar made exhubeant profits. Eckankar making lots of money. Headquarters cleaning through many banks in host countries abroad. Host countries paying as study satillalites. Tax men in countries has gotten smart to scheme and started to investigate eckankar franchises as global satalittes. American president will not go easy on eckankar when he finds out scheming used to keep business corporation from tax debt. I am contacting him about money cleaning scheme in our country. Changes to religion laws misusing tax scheme for profit of privileged hidden shareholder owners is what this religion is about. No body knows this not even tax offices. Maybe new president will discover. Deceit makes Eckankar look religious but much later discovery is owners making money and paying no tax.

  • May 14, 2016

I joined eckankar many years ago and have been a member for a long time.I was a practicing witch before joining eckankar.I hoped eckankar would help me to get out of witchcraft only to realize now that eckankar is witchcraft.

I became a trainer to teach eckankar classes and seeing so many odd illegal things of students I have taught to get higher initiations.

I was asked by headquarters to confront a person called Ann that rummaged through visitors and members purses,backpacks,bags including North Americans personal belongings at eckankar centers.

Also main headquarters in United States sent the headquarters manager in Europe to speak with a woman,Ann.The manager asked Ann about her searches inside study centers that main headquarters in the United States encouraged,which could bring police interest.

A Scot woman and friend of the European manager started a break away separate spiritual group in Scotland.Break off group causing much problems for our spiritual leader.Yet The Scot still passed on information about people she did not like to eckankar headquarters in United States so they would be harmed.

The eckankar Europe manager has been friends with this Scot woman doing what she tells her. The manager watching members and spreading malicious stories to get them in trouble, and attack who the Scot does not like.

This Ann woman has had association with this Scottish woman doing what she has been told by her. The woman digging up dirt on threatening members to the Scot woman, which might reveal the break away group in Scotland.

An English Hi initiate man has also helped this Scot woman. This man under control to do what she orders and in turn he gets initiations from her as a member of the break away group in Scotland.

There are so many deranged members in eckankar practicing illegalities amongst the group. Students making mischief behind the back of main headquarters including illicite money making protected by the study group name.

Members using study group association to make money and not passing profits on to main headquarters.Study group members spreading malicious rumors, searching private purses, bags, backpacks brought in by class members and outsiders.Bullies assailing feared members without their knowledge and behind visitors backs by gossip and actions.

I have practiced loyalty to eckankar, followed orders resulting in me brought down with numerous bad people. Worse than when I had friends as associates that practiced witchcraft with me.My witch friends were better characters than most of current eckankar members I have known for years.

An impaired member received free car - currency gifts for doing mischief business for member foreigners not from within the country.He confided to me about fear authorities would find out, afraid he would be found out along with other members accross the world.This man fearing presumptions of agencies convinced there is inappropriate networking with american, and other member nationalities, so he is hiding to not be questioned.

My experience is eckankar is far worse than when I practiced witchcraft because so much blatant attack against membership who don't comply.Eckankar accross Europe for instance encouraging practicing dirty business dealings using front of being spiritual scholarship group.

I have been asked so many times by eckankar headquarters to go to classes and meetings to watch covertly bad members not following orders.I have reported what I saw to headquarters.

High leaders in eckankar to me look and feel like body embalmer morticians.They are creepy and shadowy wearing dark clothes and reeking of death.Our high initiates seem to be at a continuous seance talking to dead people.

I also know a person Geri, a member hiring many people to do bad business in Europe and United States. Coincidently Geri knows the English man who has helped the Scot woman who made the break away group in Scotland.

I don't know how I can study spiritual subjects with the witchcraft machiavelli intrigue inundating eckankar.I am so afraid to speak out that I will get attacked by headquarters with worse witchcraft then what I joined eckankar to get away from!

I have conviction that eckankar president in Germany is afraid for his young boy that is why he keeps his mouth shut and is secretive.Members do not want to get in trouble and be harmed if they get found out in eckankar.

I have witnessed so many bad things during my years practicing eckankar in which members were referred to in derogatory disrespectful names and punished.

Top management highs running headquarters do nasty enforcer tactics that are underhanded and illegal.Enforcers ignore consequences they could suffer from repeated attacking against noncomplying members.

For any that want to join eckankar I think it is safer to practice witchcraft and more spiritual.This is not a joke. Join eckankar and find out. During my experience with Eckankar members, I understand them to be the most immoral people I have ever met.

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