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should be able to follow it without problem. S.D.
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Beware of Deception in Persuasion, October 6, 2007
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In
his review of The Elements of Persuasion, Christian Intemann
says:
"I'm not
sure who these guys are but they seem to be on to something..."
Mr Intemann is being somewhat economical with the
truth or he is suffering from severe dementia. He has known Richard Maxwell and
Robert Dickman since at least 1970 when all three
were part of a ten month "esoteric" training given by Oscar Ichazo in Arica, Chile. They have been close friends and
members of the Arica Syndrome since that time.
Concerning the reviews. At present there are 16. 14
are 5 star, 1 is 4 star, 1 is 1 star (mine). 12
reviewers have only 1 review, 2 have 2 reviews, 1 has 14 reviews and the 4 star
reviewer has 99 reviews.
Reviewers Anderson, Kaskey, and Intemann
were all members of the 1970 Chile training along with the authors and have
been closely associated with each other and the Ichazo-Arica
Syndrome for nearly 40 years. Reviewers Hoose, Pauker and Wechsler joined the Syndrome somewhat later. I
suspect several other "reviewers" are Aricans
as well, but am not able to definitely so state at this time.
The named reviewers, as well as the authors, have all been disciples of Mr
Oscar Ichazo, upon whose work "Elements" is
claimed to be based, for nearly four decades. It seems to me rather unusual
that none of the reviewers mentioned any relationship whatsoever in their
reviews. In ethical circles such acts would be termed orchestrated deception.
Mr Ichazo's and Arica Institute's own successes with
the techniques is somewhat less than the book's claims would lead one to
believe would result from their use:
In the January 1997 issue of Enneagram Monthly, Mr Ichazo
stated.
"The Velocity Training has such Great Power that
it will change the global culture and civilization, because the new
paradigmatic worldview presented by Arica is based on a holistic logic that
will explain and unify the structure of all processes of the individual,
society and the Universe."
This fantastic training was to be presented in a "monumental and historical"
World Tour first announced for 1996, then again for 1997,
that was to be part of Arica's fifteen year "transformation of
human society". If you have never heard of this miraculous event, it might
be because it never occurred. Didn't happen. Non-existent. That is typical of the grandiose claims Mr Ichazo and his acolytes repeatedly make. I suggest reading
the glowing reviews with a sense of caution.
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Initial post: Oct 6, 2007 3:46 PM PDT
Stephen
W. Schlabs says:
Wow
- can you say, "...chip on your shoulder?"
Randall
Unruh says:
The
book states it is based on Plato's five elements, and that Mr. Ichazo explained and elaborated on these five elements. Mr.
Doughty is a self professed thief and self admittedly suffered from mentally
illness and has been observed by a practicing, licensed therapist having an
episode described as a psychotic break.
Mr Doughty did not address the ideas presented on their own merits in this
book, only his own paranoid beliefs.
You just replied with a
later post
Do
you think this post adds to the discussion?
Your
post, in reply to an earlier post on Oct 18, 2007
1:47 AM PDT
I
waited several days before responding to this comment, to see if any
enlightened Cult Aricans realized what had happened.
Apparently not, so here is my comment to the infantile attempt at defamation.
Background: Mr Unruh hates me because I was a former member of his cult and
have put up a website - metaton - that is quite critical of the Cult Guru, Ichazo and HIS organization. He can't refute the
information therein as it's as true as I could make it, so he attacks me from
time to time with inaccurate deliberately defamatory material. Such attacks are
called "kill the messenger" or Ad Hominem. This is one of the lowest
and dirtiest tricks in the book. Really low class.
Brief String: 1) I learned of a new book by Maxwell and Dickman,
two cult members, both very bright guys, being promoted at a bookstore in
Pacific Palisades. 2) I checked out the book on the publisher's site and on
Amazon 3) There I discovered a series of absolutely
glowing reviews about the book. I mean Splendid. Then I noticed that many, if
not most of the reviews were written by Cult members - not noting their
relationships - who have known the authors for decades, including a review by
one guy who says: "I don't know who those guys are..:" Okay, I know
this sort of hype goes on, but it's really not ethical. If you write the
Washington Post a letter, you have to advise them of any relationship you have
with the subject. Fine. That's clear and ethical.
Observation: Now, Aricans consider themselves
enlightened and still offer a few courses ostensibly leading to that goal. So
what was the response to my writing a note letting the reading public know that
many of the reviews were made, without attribution, by longtime cult members?
Several options come to mind 1) Complain that my statement was untrue. Well, it
wasn't, so that's out. 2) Say Oops, we should have done that and ask all
reviewers to note any affiliation with Cult Arica. That would have been both
ethical and intelligent. Didn't happen. 3) Set loose
the RUnt of the litter to attack me a thief and
mentally ill. That was the choice they took. This is fine for Jihadists and
Skinheads, and courtesy of Mr Unruh and his co-cultists, this episode really
outs the nature of Arica enlightenment.
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