Last month Landmark Education picked up and gotthefuck outta France. The "sect" is a direct descendant of ex-Scientologist Werner Erhardt's EST — big in the 70s along with Quaaludes and key parties.
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Cult News writes: Werner Erhard 1970s
Landmark Education, the mass marathon training company founded by 1970s self-styled seminar guru
Werner Erhard (a.k.a. “Jack” Rosenberg), has apparently permanently left France and shut down its branch there.
But why?
Can it be that this for-profit privately owned company currently run by Erhard’s younger brother Harry and his sister Joan, which boasts 52 offices in 21 countries and combined global revenue of more than $70 million dollars in 2004, doesn’t think Paris is profitable?
Inside the Paris Forum
Perhaps the reasoning behind the evacuation of Paris by the controversial company formerly known as “est” (
Erhard Seminars Training), was a scathing expose’ aired on France’s Channel 3 TV.
Up until recently no one outside of the French knew just how damaging this television program might be.
However, thanks to “
You Tube” the complete program about Landmark can now be seen with English subtitles (click on the links provided within this article to see each segment)."
But wait, there's more…
Landmark’s method of “education” is labeled “emotional abuse.”
"Then an expert sociologist discusses the “structured” and “organized” seminar format that engenders “total power” for the leader. He also concludes, “the goal is to destabilize the individual.”
The ”brainwashing expert” adds that Landmark participants are systematically regressed to a “child-like state,” that affords the guru/leader a “stranglehold.”"
…and more…
"A former seven-year member of
Scientology compares her “sect” to what is shown about Landmark. She observes that the two organizations have a very similar approach."
And like Scientology, the Forum clearly has labeled Cult News to be "supressive persons" …
"Since this article was posted all the video clips have been removed. There is no longer any Internet access to the French television program about Landmark Education. All that remains
at You Tube is a clip promoting the ”documentary” titled “Transformation” about the so-called “legacy” of Werner Erhard. At
You Tube it says “This video has been removed due to terms of use violation.” At the
Internet Archive, which formally featured the complete 2003 French documentary it states, “The item is not available due to issues with the item’s content.” Who do you suppose had “issues” with the content of this material and pressured the servers to suspend access? It seems that when some people can’t defeat the facts they resort to censorship."
