It was in the incredible pregnant silence of Meher Baba?s Tomb that Joan Radha Bridges could finally hear her own true inner voice, silenced by "left handed” Tantric abuse of Muktananda for nearly 26 years. She finally had clear and clean access to her inner self and the answers she had sought for so long.
Dan Shaw has also participated as a speaker at several conferences of The International Cultic Studies Association. He exited Siddha Yoga (SYDA) in 1994, after living and working for the organization full time for over ten years.
Mary Garden is the author of The Serpent Rising - a journey of spiritual seduction (based on her years in India as a guru junkie), and a collection of poems, Coming Together.
Marta Sazbo is a writer of memoir. During the course of The Guru Looked Good being posted I was contacted once by phone by ashram management, telling me to take down the blog immediately and threatening to take legal action against me if I didn't follow orders.
Dr. Steven Saul has been in private practice since 1980 after attending Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport Iowa and Life College of Chiropractic in Marietta, Georgia. Dr. Saul married and had 2 children before he had his own personal cult experience.
Jade Sol Luna has been a full time Astrologer since 19 years of age. At the age of 21 he started traveling to India, which he has been to 34 times since 1996 in pursuit of the “Hecate” The Black Goddess after two separate abusive cult experiences.
Barry Pittard was deeply devoted to Sai Baba - who is arguably the most powerful Indian guru in history - for 25 years. At his behest, and as an unpaid service, taught all three years intake in the Humanities degree course at the Sathya Sai College at Whitefield, via Bangalore, South India for most of 1977-1978.