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And meanwhile, Doug Marman tells other people that Klemp is NOT the Mahanta -
someone else is the Mahanta, according to 'Sant' Marman, close friend and
"confidant" of Patti Simpson-Rivinus a known '9th Initiate of Eckankar' who
has Initiated 8ths ... and was close to Gail ever since the 60s.
"... where people, who have been looking .. have found truth can be together."
be together?
found truth?
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Twitchell left all his 'estate' and his writings (copyrights) legally to Gail,
not Eckankar.
Eckankar was first paying Paul and then Gail royalties as the author/copyright owner for all his 'works', derivatives, and sales thereof.
Eckankar was basically a 'publisher' who financed and hired printers to print
texts and audio recordings of Twitchell.
Gail was paid Royalties and other income by Eckankar until 5th July, 1982 as she
assigned over (transferred) her ownership of all Twitchell's 'works' for a
final payment of $500,000.00
Today that would be worth: $1,249,000.00
Gail Twitchell was 'released of any and all liability' in connection with
'claims filed' "regarding the works of Paul Twitchell" of so Gail was legally
protected from any and all accountability to do with the ownership and
Copyright implications of existing and future law suits brought against Eckankar. All prior agreements/contracts between the parties became voided.
This was the summer of 1982. The Eckankar publication by the SCP in late
79/80 was probably the largest exposure up to that time of plagiarism
issues regarding Twitchell & Eckankar in the public sphere and the membership.
The estate court case of Helen Frye in Sedona AZ 1980 also caused a bit of
publicity about 'plagiarism' and Twitchell's past in the public sphere.
But then in April 1983, David Lane published his first version TMOASM paperback.
In June 1983 60k copies of Darwin's new LTG3 book by Twitchell, arrived at
Menlo Park and Las Vegas.
Patti was kept outside the loop on this and she was (apparently) livid with it,
and complained to Harold about it. Within 2 months she was writing (supposedly
on behalf of all 8ths) to Klemp demanding he "remove him" or she'd go to the
'membership'. Gross was gone by the 7th Aug 1983 .. not knowing what had 'hit him'.
That first print run of LTG3 was pulped about Sept 1983 .... only a few
copies remained. By late Oct 83 DG was being declared a 'thief' and a
'criminal'. The untruths told the membership and HIs at the Eck seminar in
oct 83 are uncountable.
By January 84 DG was "ex-communicated" by Klemp. Is this some kind of
Eckankar "template" at work, or something? Disagree with Klemp or Eckankar,
and suddenly everyone's a criminal by default ... ???
How nice. How very cultic that is. (sigh)
In January 1984 DG began his lawsuits against Eckankar, but he kind lost out
by late 1985 amid a very controlled cover up and faulty / poor "memories".
An astute observer would note that LTG III covers the period Jan 1964 until May 1965, just before Twitchell began giving his Eckankar series of talks in San Diego.
That this was during the period when Twitchell believed he was in Kirpal Singh's good books, when he was trying to get KS to help with "publishing / printing" the Tiger's Fang manuscript.
It was also the very same time, 1964 in San Fran, that a RT is said to have
appeared in his life with the help of Gail and one of her "spiritual guides"
one "Dr John Leland".
With the first record of a mention of RT by Twitchell, in his entire life, was
a Nov 1964 magazine article.
Within two years his entire 'relationship' with Kirpal Singh had broken down and
ended. Twitchell was writing Kirpal Singh out of his life history, and he was
re-writing / editing The Tiger's Fang book to remove all trace of him there.
In 1963 he's gone from never being around & non-existing, and onto being the
primary figure in the TTF book published in 1967, RT became the 'star' of the
Twitchell Light & Sound Show.
It's more than simply writing up some "teaching notes" and overlooking the
source, or calling that "plagiarism". No RT, not 'real' connected RT, and
there is no Eckankar ... it's raisons d'être disappears as a spiritual path
if RT is not "real" and not part of the Vairagi Eck masters group.
Given "extensive" copying going on, the systematic repetitive nature of it;
the 50% plus, the 80% +, the 90 % plus levels of plagiarism that exists, and
that 80% of all that comes out of RTs mouth, then take that away what is left?
Like the whole Stranger by the River is PLAGIARISED .. its the same as all
the others .. the very same pattern persists there too.
IF RT did NOT "say those things", and we can see where those things were "taken from" systemically .. then what did RT actually "contribute" to PT and Eckankar?
(smile)
Cheers