Half a century ago, you could barely walk down the street in California without tripping over some kind of fringe spiritual sect or cult-like group. Pretty much every famous organization, guru, and spiritual trend of...
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2004-Jan.: Bones of Contention
Morningland sect seeks to move founder’s remains to L.B. From The Long Beach Press Telegram, 1/25/2004Steven Georges / Press-Telegram Religion: But son’s opposition prevents the church from exhuming body. By Wendy...
2003 – Sri Patricia Made it into a History Book
The book is called Religion in America Since 1945, written by Patrick Allitt. Interestingly, Morningland made it into the book on page 248. It did not make it into the chapter on New Religions or Cults, but the...
1999: The End of the World as We Know It
The End of the World as We Know It The Birmingham Post, by Columnist Chris Tomlinson What exactly I am going to do next year, when I find myself stuck for column inches, I do not know, but this week I’d like to take a...
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Vasectomies in Morningland
Vasectomy is a form of male birth control that cuts the supply of sperm to your semen. It’s done by cutting and sealing the tubes that carry sperm. Vasectomy has a low risk of problems and can usually be performed...
Why Did You Not Leave After Reading the Website?
The original version of this website was posted in 1997. I came to Morningland a few years later, shortly before Patricia / Sri Donato passed away. I left more than a decade later. When I met with those who left...
Pathena / Dorie: Secrets of the Inner Circle
There were many levels of discipleship in Morningland. The most coveted and the most demanding were those that took the disciple into various inner circles. Apparently, there were different circles at different times –...
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Critically about Donato
I believe that the uncritical acceptance of spiritual authority can perpetuate unhealthy relationships and contribute to a lot of suffering. My critique about Daniel Sperato aka Master Donato is based on published...
Crazy Guru Crushing Ego?
“Physical, sexual, and psychological abuse are not teaching tools” – Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche CRAZY GURU? The first time I heard the term “crazy guru” was when the Gopis (Chokru, Saravati, Ona-Ali)...
Leaving a Cult
Leaving a cultic group seldom happens overnight. It is more like a slow creep, or, like Daniel Shaw writes, “death by a thousand cuts.” Sometimes ethical transgressions pile up, and one becomes too many...
Guru’s Overinflated Ego
Can someone have strong personal magnetism, even some almost tangible spiritual energy, but still behave badly, demonstrating unwholesome, even abusive behaviors? Some spiritual circles believe that the two do not go...
Quota / Penny: Betrayal
Many people who were excommunicated from Morningland feel it is their fault. They think it was because somehow they betrayed Donato and the Plan, that they were not in Oneness, that they failed in some way. You did not...
1998-Dec.: Apocalypse Now. No, Really. Now!
New York Times: Apocalypse Now. No, Really. Now! By Alex Heard and Peter Klebnikov With 1999 almost on us and the year 2000 starting to awaken, growl and plod fatefully toward the camera lens, you can count on 12 months...
