Transcendental Meditation: Useful Resources

Other Helpful Resources


 
WEB SITES:

TranceNet
Archived at: http://www.lightlink.com/trance/
Serving 6,000 pages of unfiltered information on Transcendental Meditation, The Way International, Rama/Lenz, Chopra, Moon, cultic abuse in families, more.


Meditation Information Network
www.minet.org
"Supporting critical examination of the programs associated with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi."


Falling Down the TM Rabbit Hole
www.suggestibility.org
Proposes the theory that TM works by a combination of trance induction and suggestion.



DEDICATED PAGE:

Don Krieger


ARTICLES:

"Maharishi Ayur-Veda: guru's marketing scheme promises the world eternal 'perfect health'" Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), Oct. 2, 1991, vol. 266: pp. 1741-45, 1749-50

"The Maharishi Caper: Or How to Hoodwink Top Medical Journals" ScienceWriters: The Newsletter of the National Association of Science Writers, Fall1991: pp. 5-7

"Patrick Ryan and Transcendental Meditation" An excerpt from the book Combatting Cult Mind Control by Steven Hassan, pp. 87-88, published by Park Street Press in Rochester Vermont in 1988 and 1990

"Man Who Said He Didn't Get To Fly Awarded $138,000" From News Services and Staff Reports Wednesday, January 14, 1987 The Washington Post; Page B04

"Group Says Movement a Cult" by Phil McCombs, Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, July 2, 1987; Page C03 The Washington Post; Page B04

"Notes of a Fringe-Watcher: Doug Henning and the Giggling Guru" by Martin Gardner. Skeptical Enquirer magazine Vol. 19, No. 3, May/June 1995

"MEDITATION, DELUSION AND DECEPTION" by David J. Bardin et al; article from Cult Abuse Policy & Research Newsletter, Vol 2, No 3, October 1994

Letter from Dennis E. Roark, Ph.D. - former Chairman of the Physics Dept. at Maharishi International University


NEWSLETTERS:

TM-EX Newsletters: 1990-1992

TM-EX Newsletter: Summer 1993

TM-EX Newsletter: Fall 1993

TM-EX Newsletter: Winter 1993

TM-EX Newsletter: Spring 1994

TM-EX Newsletter: Summer 1994


CULT RESOURCES:

ICSA (International Cultic Studies Association)
      · Cult-101: Checklist of Cult Characteristics
      · Cult-101: Evaluating Your Cult Involvement

reFOCUS (Recovering Former Cultists' Support Network)
      · Coping With Trance States
      · Mental Health Issues
      · Post-Cult Trauma Syndrome
      · Characteristics of a Destructive Cult

F.A.C.T.Net (Fight Against Coercive Tactics Network)

Steve Hassan's Freedom of Mind Center


MEDICAL:

PubMed
 
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