 | The Secret Life of Swami Muktananda
article by William Rodarmor,
The CoEvolution Quarterly; Winter 1983.
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Guru, Guru, Guru article by Lis Harris, New Yorker;
November 14, 1994. This is the single most important published piece that explains the
problems of Siddha Yoga. (When this issue was
printed, the ashram bought as many copies of it as they could find, in Sullivan County.
They were all burned. Why? Who were they really trying to protect? Many public libraries
around the US have had their copies of this issue destroyed.)
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 | Open Letter: "This letter is from a group of people who have left Siddha Yoga and who were, at one time, very deeply involved with its activities."
(1995) |
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 | In March of 2003, Joan Radha Bridges came forward on the exSY
chat group and told the story of how she was sexually molested by Swami
Muktananda. You can read Joan's story at the exSY chat group, or
read it by pressing
HERE. |
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 | The story of Alison Cliatt, her experience of abuse by Siddha
Yoga teacher Ram Butler. Written in April, 2003. Press
HERE.
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 | A Personal Story of
SYDA Involvement "After many years of involvement and
dedication to Siddha Yoga, I find that I can no longer honor my own self and
live an ethical life without leaving what I now understand to be a destructive cult."
(Aug 96)
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 | The History of Siddha Yoga; by
Pendragon Sep 1997
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Update
from Swami Abhayananda - Stan Trout (Oct 99) |
 | The Larger Perspective
(April 2003): An
anonymous e-mail received by Dan Shaw from a man claiming deep insider
knowledge. Further very important testimony about abuse and
corruption in Siddha Yoga. |
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 | "Traumatic Abuse in Cults - A
Psychoanalytic Perspective" by Daniel Shaw.
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 | Rituals
of Disenchantment - an interactive blog. |