CultNEWS101 Articles: 11/10/2025
Patrick Ryan
" ...Some of the world’s ECKists, who reside in more than 120 countries, predominately in Europe and Africa, will converge at the ... [Temple of ECK in rural Minnesota] for their annual Worldwide Soul Adventure seminar. This year, they will also celebrate 60 years since Eckankar’s founding and ring in a new spiritual year, themed “the year of light and sound.”
But this year’s gathering is significant for another reason: Sri Harold Klemp, the living ECK master, will formally introduce his successor, marking the first transition in Eckankar’s leadership in more than four decades. An unknown male considered to be part of Klemp’s spiritual lineage, to be announced at the event, is to carry the group into the next 60-year cycle."
A Little Bit Culty: The Church of Immortal Consciousness wasn’t exactly a “chess cult.”
But it did produce master chess player and tomorrow’s guest Danny Rensch.
Danny’s journey within the Arizona based group led to his affinity and passion for chess, as well as some very serious mental and physical trauma.
Tomorrow kicks off our two-parter with Danny where he covers everything from growing up in the group, how chess became his “purpose,” and how he walked away from immortal consciousness.
Plus he talks about his memoir “Dark Squares” and the role chess continues to play in his life today. Danny’s story is one of the most captivating we’ve heard recently and we can’t wait for you to hear it too.
Yahoo: Smallville's Allison Mack to Speak About Her Experience in NXIVM Cult for First Time in New Podcast Series
• Allison Mack, former Smallville actress, held a high-level position in the NXIVM cult, recruiting women, branding them, and collecting blackmail "collateral" to ensure compliance.
• Mack is set to share her story in a new podcast series, Uncover: Allison After NXIVM, exploring her life before and after her involvement in the cult.
• Mack pleaded guilty to charges of racketeering and racketeering conspiracy, serving 21 months of a three-year sentence before her release in July 2023.
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