Very good and easy to understand explanation about cults modus operandi. MST was no different.

Today, there are thousands of cults around the world. Broadly speaking, a cult is a group or movement with a shared commitment to a usually extreme ideology that’s typically embodied in a charismatic leader. But what exactly differentiates cults from other groups – and why do people join them? Janja Lalich describes how cults recruit and manipulate their members.

An excerpt from a recent comment in our blog that confirms, one more time, what happened inside of Deerfield compound and what the leaders of this group: Gregg Hake, Eric Worster, Grant and Jane Clarke did to innocent people.

The s**t hit the fan for me when after I had supposedly “invested” in a property in Lanteglos, Wales ($35,000 cash), I was told by Gregg, after I handed over the check that I could not invest in the property and that this now needed to be considered “a donation” for tax purposes. I got into a VERY heated argument with Jane and Gregg over this. Heated! While that money was lost, I was still able to take the deduction on my taxes, but for me, that was the last straw.

It took me a long time to find the right professional help to get me back on track in regard to trusting any organization, let alone the illegal and immoral implications of MST and “The One Company”. Fortunately for me, I always had one foot in and one foot out. That is, I never did sell my home (as it was suggested to me many times) and move to be part of the cult. Also, it is hard to believe that this has not been exposed for what it is, an organization which misled people, made promises with no intention of ever keeping them and to hide behind the “false frontages” of commerce.

Clearly Gregg, Jane, Eric are very clever and intelligent people. They use both their charm and persuasive skills, which they have honed over a long period of time to make a living and enjoy a lifestyle on the backs of others. Sad, but true.

A new comment confirming what was behind these organizations was sent to us recently, take a look:

I stumbled upon your blog as a former employee of Jurlique USA.  I found your information very interesting, as I always felt something was “off”.  However, being in the spa industry you feel this way about many people / companies.  I was intrigued by your description of companies that are cults.  Everything you said fits my experience with Jurlique.  I was always curious why everyone lived together and the same people were in management. I can remember different interactions where I left telling a co-worker that I always feel that I am being interviewed to join a cult.   I do hope you post more information about what you saw on your end with Eric and Claudia.  On the employee side, we could see how they destroyed the company until they were booted out.  I could go on and on about my experience working with this company including discussions about Energetix.  Good luck on your journey to healing.

 

 by Paradise Recovered

(I wrote this piece to honor those who have been hurt by high-demand churches and cults. I also wrote it for their loved ones, clergy, and therapists that they might understand how to handle us with care. Our experiences are unique, but much of the aftermath we experience can be similar. I hope this is helpful to someone. Peace, Andie Redwine)

We are spiritual abuse survivors.

To paraphrase the late Jan Groenveld, one of the pioneers in the spiritual abuse recovery movement, we believed a dangerous lie that closely resembled the truth. And we have paid dearly for that belief with the sacrifice of our very souls.

Life can really be hard at times for human beings.

We all experience vulnerability in difficult emotional times. Most people find some sort of support to see them through.

Sometimes that support is healthy, and people learn to grieve, learn, and grow.

But sometimes when people are vulnerable and need answers, someone pretends to give support by exploiting the needs of hurting people, using their ‘answers’ as a recruitment tool to get people to do their bidding in the name of God.

This is what happened to us.

We aren’t crazy, naïve, foolish, stupid, or lazy. We are human, like you. We have needs, like you. And, unfortunately for us, someone took advantage of our human needs for their personal gain.

We thought we were specially called by God. We learned later that we were just a means to an end, with the end being the elevation of our leader.

Or we were rigidly raised to believe that everything on the outside of our group was bad. That only our group alone understood God, salvation, and the keys to living rightly.

We were taught or reconditioned to fear everything that contradicted our leaders’ edicts. We believed dissent to be wicked, evil, and Satanic.

And then we learned something about our leaders that made us question all that we built our lives upon.

We learned that there are a lot of people claiming that they are God’s exclusive one-and-only end time prophets. They all have their own franchises, and they all seem to know exactly when Jesus is coming back.

We learned that some of our leaders are sexually deviant, dishonest, emotionally abusive, gossips, false prophets, adulterers, tax evaders, murderers, thieves, and/or general conniving swindlers. We weren’t told everything up front so that we could make informed decisions to follow.

Or we simply learned that there are different rules for the leaders than for the followers. That there is this grand inequality that doesn’t seem, well, biblical.

We learned that some of our phobias have been granted to us by leaders who manipulated us into believing that the world is really a terrible, horrible place.

Of course, our leader’s group is wonderful and the only good to be found in the world.

Or is it?

And then we learned that asking these questions makes us expendable to the leader and the rest of the group.

When we raised objections about our leader, we were called dangerous, rebellious, demonic, or apostate. People distanced themselves accordingly.

And when we left, or when we were banished or shunned, we became a part of ‘the world’ that we so feared. We were disfellowshipped as pagans, heretics, and anathema. (Disfellowshipped is a fancy term for ‘kicked out with no home and no place to go.’)

We were as good as dead to everyone who once claimed to love us.

We believed that eternal punishment was inevitable.

We believed that we left the hidden truth, the narrow way, and the only light. That we could either repent, delude ourselves, or suffer in silence. Alone.

But one day, we noticed that many around us were genuinely happy. Even the ones that were supposed to be ‘really bad.’ They laughed, smiled, and were kind.

Some had faith, some didn’t. All were free to believe as they wished.

We were supposed to fear them. And yet they didn’t seem all that scary.

We didn’t know this worldly culture very well. Their music, their movies, their celebrations, their workplaces, their books, their relationships. And they scared us a little. Or a lot.

They also intrigued us a little. Or a lot.

And we confused the heck out of these people. They had no idea where we were coming from, and we were too ashamed and embarrassed to tell them that we had been in what they called ‘a cult’. That we ‘drank the Kool-Aid’. That we were ‘mind-numbed robots’ that had been ‘brainwashed.’

There was a lot of shame. So we didn’t say a word about our experience. We did the best we could to assimilate.

You may have known us for years and never known our stories. We can bury them pretty deep.

Because of the Internet and our Googling late into the night when we can’t sleep, we’re learning that we aren’t the only ones. Because of the anonymity that the Internet affords, we’re getting braver. We’re telling our stories.

We’re speaking out.

We are still fish out of water. We care deeply about other hurting people because we know what it means to hurt.

We don’t have demons. We aren’t possessed.

We’ve experienced trauma. And it has never been nor will ever be our fault.

We have to convince ourselves of this sometimes.

We’re healing. Slowly.

But as we heal, we want you to keep a few things in mind. These things will be helpful for us and for you in this outside culture as we get to know one another.

If you want to be helpful, thinking about these things will help you help us.

When you listen to us, you might be horrified by what we tell you. Remember that what seems horrific to you is our normal. Allow us to see your natural reactions, but remind us that we aren’t freaks. Any human being who experienced what we experienced would have much the same experience.

We might have difficulty expressing emotion. Tell us that tears make us human, and that it is okay to get angry. Cry and get mad with us.

Since you may be our first friend, help us learn boundaries. You’ll be doing a lot of people a favor. Our boundaries have been routinely violated, as we’ve rarely enjoyed the freedom to think for ourselves. But we can learn new things.

We might be hell-bent on perfectly emulating you. We’ve learned to be pretty great chameleons for survival in our group. If you remind us of your imperfections, we might learn to relax. Especially around you.

That being said, we can be manipulative. We’ve learned our techniques from experts. We hate this about ourselves. Tell us ‘no,’ and mean it.

Inside our old group, we were taught that our ‘wrong’ behaviors and thoughts directly caused bad things to happen. That God was punishing us because we didn’t pray or tithe well enough. Help us see that bad things happen to good people, and that we aren’t as powerful as we might have been led to believe.

Unless, of course, we are continually invading your personal space and privacy. That kind of thing is powerful enough to be a deal-breaker. If we violate your boundaries, tell us so. We need to hear it.

Having a relationship with us can get tricky. Know that we get triggered by things that remind us of our time in the group, and all of the old programmed fears can kick in again without our knowledge. We might look like we have some of these triggers licked only to revisit them at very inopportune moments. Remind us that we are better today than we were yesterday.

We probably have a lot of old literature from our leader around that triggers us as well. Offer to take the material culture from our group off of our hands. Pack it up and send it off to a cult researcher who can use these materials to best help others like us.

Even though our leader exploited us for their personal gain, not everything about our group was bad. We miss things about our group. We’d like to talk about those things without judgment.

But life isn’t all about our old experiences. Teach us to play. It’s probably been a while, if ever. See us as blossoms that were never allowed to fully open. We may need to go back and enjoy childhood for the first time.

We have trouble making choices about things that are fun. There are many choices to make, from food we eat to clothes we wear to places we might go. We are used to having everything prescribed for us and being told what to like. We can get paralyzed by what you believe to be are simple choices.

Explain to us that trying new things will help us figure out what we like and want. And that it is good to like and want things.

Teach us that not every choice is heart pounding, one hand on the edge of a cliff while we dangle serious. We might try this ice cream today, and we can try this kind tomorrow. Or we can try both kinds at once, if we are feeling adventurous.

God probably doesn’t care all that much one way or the other, and if God does consider something as trivial as ice cream selection to be a salvation issue, might God look suspiciously like our micro-managing, controlling leader?

We may have missed out on a lot of pop culture references. Make a list of your favorite movies from the decades we missed and pop the corn. Load our iPod for us. Take us to the library. Experience film and music through our eyes and ears, and everything old will become new again. Even for you.

We might not have a home to go to on major holidays. Heck, we may not know the first thing about hanging an ornament or the words to Auld Lang Syne. We may have never even celebrated our own birthdays. This embarrasses us. Pretend we are foreigners who need everything explained, but please do it quietly. We don’t want to feel like crazies. Help us blend seamlessly into the celebration.

Fun can also cost money, and we have basic needs to consider as well. Help us find vocational help. Encourage us to get a job, a GED or a higher education, a driver’s license, a social security number, a birth certificate, food stamps, medical insurance, and social security income. Make sure we have food, clothing, shelter, transportation, necessary medication, and, in some cases, a good attorney. Direct us to social service agencies that can help.

If we have children, know that our old group might be fighting us to retain custody. They have a lot of money and can afford better lawyering. Help us know our rights as parents, and help Protective Services understand that what we were involved in was more than just a church.

Long-term fun also requires good health. We may have never had adequate medical care, and we may have never been immunized. Help us get a physical and a dental checkup. And maybe even some psychological testing.

If we are engaged in self-destructive behaviors, we may be doing so because the group told us that if we ever left them, we would be self-destructive. Help us end these self-fulfilling prophecies by pointing us in the direction of a licensed psychologist who specializes in post-traumatic stress disorder.

Remind us that the therapist serves us; we do not serve the needs of the therapist.

If we seem well-adjusted, insist that we check in with a therapist anyway.

Ask us if we have eaten today. We may have spent a lifetime fasting, and we still may believe that by not eating, we are more pleasing to God. Encourage a healthy diet and modest exercise regimen. Balance is the key to our recovery; remember, we’ve lived at the extreme end of the spectrum for years.

Speaking of extremes, don’t be surprised if we argue you to death. We never won theological or philosophical arguments in our group, and we’re making up for it now. Let us know when we’ve made good points, but don’t pander; you don’t need to concede your core beliefs just because you are working to understand ours.

Sometimes we need to win arguments at all costs. We’re sure this feels terrible, but until we hone our social skills? Don’t take this personally. Our brains have been trained to think in black and white. Remind us of the joys of the gray.

We may ask you the same questions over and over. We came from a place where the answers to our questions could vary based upon the whims of our leader. Consistency may not be our strong suit. Be patient, please.

But if you do notice that we are trying something new, or saying something new, or trying on a new way of thinking, or that we’ve made any progress at all? Tell us how proud you are of us. You might be the only person we hear this from.

If we are in a romantic relationship with you, ask what our group taught about sexuality. Chances are that we have been subjected to some fairly odd notions about how men and women should behave in relationships.

We may also have been sexually traumatized in our group. We may have been subjected to unwanted sexual contact, may have had a marriage arranged by the group, been involved in a polygamous arrangement, prostituted our bodies to provide income for our group, or may have provided sexual favors to our leader.

Or we may have been told that what we wanted sexually wasn’t righteous and could send us to hell.

At any rate, while talking openly about sex might be a huge source of shame for us, it’s pretty imperative that we get this out into the open before we get between the sheets.

Remind us that we can say ‘no’. And that you can say ‘no.’ And that we don’t have to say ‘yes’ when we think you want us to say ‘yes’. That you can stop. That we can stop.

If you’re willing to be patient, we can work on this together. We’re capable of making progress, even in this department. Remind us that even seemingly healthy people have sexual hang-ups, and share some of your own. It will make us feel more normal.

If we’re interested in talking about spiritual matters with you, consider the following:

First off, you would never tell a sexual abuse survivor that the answer to all their troubles was to just get into a healthy intimate relationship. Please don’t prescribe a healthy church as ‘all we really need.’ We might want that someday, but we need a lot of space from anything that resembles our old experience.

We should never be made to feel guilty about taking a break from church. What we experience as a Sunday morning service and what you experience are two very different experiences. Where you can feel empowerment and restoration, we often feel sheer panic.

If you are compelled to tell us about Jesus, tell us first about how he hated spiritual abuse. Stick to the parts of the gospel accounts where he is all about peace and rest, and where he talks a lot about not being troubled or afraid.

Be friends with us because you like us, not because you have a hidden agenda for us to join your church or small group. Don’t parade us around as proof that you are doing something right in your ministry.

If you want to model a different kind of ministry for us than the one we experienced in our high-demand church, invite us to come alongside you and observe as you give to people who can never repay you for your kindnesses.

Love us regardless of our ability to believe what you believe. We are the bruised reed and the smoldering wick.

Bruised reeds and smoldering wicks is fancy poetic Old Testament language for people who’ve experienced trauma. Don’t demand that we forgive our group. Forgive for us. Allow us to feel whatever we need to feel.

Serve us, but don’t patronize. Love us because we are lovable human beings, not because God said to do your duty. We’ll know the difference.

Some of us stood in front of congregations and, under the watchful eye of our leader, believed that what we were teaching was ‘what the Lord doth saith.’ We hurt people. We didn’t know we were doing wrong. When we knew better, we did better. Help us to forgive ourselves and to make amends where possible. Especially in this Internet age where there could very well be YouTube video of us saying something abusive.

If we decide to make moral decisions that do not jibe with your worldview, give our pendulums some time and space to swing. We need a healthy, adolescent-style rebellion. We need to differentiate our core beliefs from the beliefs of our abusive leader. Let us gently know of any pitfalls or consequences to our actions that we may not foresee, and remind us that we do not need to self-destruct in order to feel good.

Don’t ask us for money. It is likely that we are recovering from debts we might owe from years of financial exploitation. Ask your church to make their books open and readily available to us.

Don’t expect us to volunteer. We need to rest up first. This might take years. Let us know that there is no contribution that we can make to the community that will make you love us more or less.

Present Scriptures to us within their historical and cultural contexts, and present alternative explanations to your personal biblical interpretation that we might make our own minds up. Yours isn’t the only orthodoxy; we need to know this.

Our concerns about your pastor’s preaching are legitimate. If something was taught that bothered us, it matters. Don’t write us off as having baggage. Questions deserve explanation, and we are entitled to have our questions answered. Our perspective is unique and deserves to be considered. We can learn from each other. If you admit to a mistake or a new way of looking at something, we’ll respect you forever.

If we don’t come on Sunday, don’t call us and wonder where we’ve been. The next time you see us? Act like we’ve been there all along.

Let us sit in the back of the church and bolt when necessary. Don’t say a word if you notice.

We’ve been dangled over hell by a silk thread with our leader holding a razor blade. Our leader decided our eternal reward or eternal punishment on the basis of how well we performed what was commanded. So stop talking about hell. We’re well aware that there is one; we’ve lived through it.

If you do believe in hell and eternal punishment, reassure us that our struggle to believe doesn’t mean that we have earned such a place. We’ve suffered enough. If you can have compassion for our struggle, how much more compassion do you suspect your God has?

Be compassionate, but don’t let us suck you dry. Some of us have had to report to ‘disciplers’ about such great theological minutiae as what toothpaste brand was the most spiritual to purchase. Remind us that we have a great number of choices, all of which we are free to try without your approval, consent, or knowledge.

Love us like this with no expectation for a ‘return on your investment.’ We may never believe in God again. Your ministry to us shouldn’t depend upon our acceptance or rejection of what you are preaching and teaching. This healing of ours is a process, not a destination or a box to check on the information card found in the back of the pew. (Which, by the way, we may never fill out.)

Some of us have found God since the abusive experience, and some of us have not and may not. Some of us will get there eventually. We need to be free to experience whatever path we choose. We are valuable regardless of the road we take.

Sacrificial love that we cannot repay is the best kind of God you will ever demonstrate to us. Which is more important – that we learn to believe as you believe, or that we learn to love as you love?

We’re complicated, but we’re worth it. We’re passionate, brave, creative, thoughtful, loyal, benevolent, enjoyable, beautiful creatures that have been through something hard and lived to tell the tale.

Thank you for taking the time to be our patient friends, lovers, and lifelines.

You mean more to us than we could ever say.

Editors note – This piece originally appeared on the Paradise Recovered website before we were kindly allowed to cross post it here.

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Post by Cult Victim

When I was part of the Deerfield cult in Dahlonega, working for OCR and Energetix Corporation, I remember that the most common words you would hear coming out of everybody’s mouths were: wonderful, beautiful and blessed. In spite of that, most of us will admit that we did have questions popping up in our heads. Was everything really wonderful? There was always something, some situation, some little detail that would make us want to give an opinion or to just ask the reason behind things.

What kind of answers did we get? Everything was ambiguous, secretive and full of cultish complicated words that would make us want to keep so many of our questions to ourselves, out of shame or fear of rejection. After all, who were we to want to understand the reasons behind every weird thing that was going on? Who were we to question “the Lord and His representatives” on earth?

Well, do you remember the answers that Jane W. Clarke, Grant Clarke and Gregg Hake would give us, particularly in order to dodge the subject, to not take any responsibility, to do nothing about it, to get off the point, or to simply shut us up? Oh, I still remember some of them, answers with which they would “say” something, without really saying anything! Here are some examples:

–        “Hmm.. interesting point. Let me put that into consideration.”

–        “Why do you want to know?”

–        “Let’s put that on the back burner.”

–        …..(just silence), pretending to be listening to us, while putting some pressure for us to try to answer ourselves and finally stop.

–        Simply a cartoon, one of Gregg’s favorite “answers” to emails, using his “charming sense of humor” to confuse us and deviate our attention. No words, no explanations, only this:

Did you ever get a valid and clear answer to something? Can you remember any other examples of how the Clarkes or Gregory Hake replied to your concerns or ideas?

How about: “Let me run it by Gregg” / or “by Jane”? That one was and is used left and right to keep control of things. In fact, I see those ex-friends who are still part of Energetix and OCR, so loyal to Gregg, so lost, who look so worn out and aged, that continue to run everything by their cult leaders, their gods. No empowerment, no questions asked, just stressful work and desperate attempts to gain some respect, and mainly money!

Those of you who are still Gregg Hake’s disciples are not going to get any answers from him, the Worsters or the Clarkes. Let me tell you, you won’t find any explanation in emails, but counter questions; you won’t find any answers in blogs full of “inspiring” quotes and words by famous people from the past. That copy-paste technique is just dodging.

At the end of the day, you will look back and ask YOURSELF, “Did I really do what I wanted to do in my life? Did I have my dream job where all of my efforts and strong work were worthy? Did I accomplish something really good for me and my family? Do I have any value?” Now, those are the questions that can be answered only by YOU.

 

This morning, we received a letter from a former member of the Deerfield cult,  this short letter sums up the feeling and the reality of the destruction caused by Grant Clarke, Jane Clarke and Gregg Hake as leaders of this group. Thank you for sharing this, it is very important to keep remind every body what happened inside Deerfield.

“I can’t begin to describe this group. How they treated me, as they disected my family. Again, I would’nt know even where to start. It was the most difficult experience in my life. An experience that will never be forgotten. It has been well over a decade since I had to say goodbye to that place. But, for the record, I love my children (now young men) and have become good friends with my x wife, contrary to what they tried so hard to accomplish (being a “DOWNWARD SPIRAL”) I am still here………………..”

International Servers Gathering at Deerfield compound, now Energetix headquarters. Seating in the from Grant and Jane Clarke directors of the Ministry of Spirit of Truth and the Institute of Applied Ontology and Gregg Hake Treasurer

“The Sith are portrayed in various Star Wars media as individuals who use the dark side to attain power at any cost. The Star Wars prequel films establish that they draw upon strong emotions, both negative and positive, as the source of their power, and care only about themselves. This is in contrast to the Jedi, who are portrayed as forsaking emotional attachment in order to serve others and the galaxy as a whole.”

“Cult leaders brainwash you into thinking you can’t do it on your own. They tear you down even though in their minds they fully believe they’re building you up. Every word out of their mouth is a carefully calculated knife meant to slice away every last shred of self-esteem and confidence you have. The cult leader wants his or her followers to be totally dependent on them – and so does the narcissist.”  Sith Lords in the Real World by Deb Dorchak

Around three years have passed since many of us realized that we part of a huge emotional, spiritual and financial scam. I still see and talk to many cult veterans, and though we try to talk about the weather, our current lives, etc, we always end up talking about Grant and Jane Clarke, Gregg Hake and the MST scam.

For some of us, Gregg Hake was the person who inspired us and invited us to be part of that great promise, the promise to restore the earth to its natural state.  My family and I fell into his charm and intelligence.   In my almost daily conversations with ex-cult members, the question always comes: What the hell happened? Was Gregg always like that? Did Jane Clarke see the potential in Gregg, the potential to manipulate his heart and turn him in the cold-hearted, callous, inhuman guy he is now?

Jane Clarke is a master manipulator, we all have stories about her wicked spirit, how she manipulated couples to split, others to get together, etc., etc.

Here’s how I imagine the transformation of Gregg Hake happened.  Jane discovered Gregg’s greed and hunger for power, and slowly by surely she started to manipulate his spirit, offering the control of everything, offering the many that would allow him to have expensive cars, expensive trips and even an airplane.  Little by little, Gregg became Jane’s puppet, until he needed to do the ultimate sacrifice: marry Jane’s non-attractive, problematic, hypochondriac, immature niece.

Take a look at this video, isn’t this so similar to Gregg’s transformation?  Did Jane Clarke act as Lord Sith? Who knows, this is maybe a crazy way to explain what happened.

This is an article published by Cult Help that we want to share with you, read it and it wont take you long to see the remarkable similarities between the article and the companies associated to The Ministry of the Spirit of Truth and The Institute of Applied Ontology. In this case any similarity is NOT pure coincidence.

Before sharing the article, we want to extend our congratulations to Cult Help blog for the work they are doing in this field of spiritual abuse. Keep going Cult Help, you are an inspiration to many and another soldier in this battle to save people from abuse and manipulation and expose these toxic groups.

Here is the full text taken from Cult Help blog post on August 18, 2011

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Is the Company You Work for (or With) Owned by a Cult?

Many cults own businesses and employ non-group members to fill jobs the group cannot fill from among its membership. This happens when the business outgrows the group’s available manpower or when skill sets not present among group members are needed.

And many organizations hire cult-owned vendor companies without knowing it. Are you working for, or with, a cult-owned company?

Non-group members, both those working for the cult-owned business and those who may have hired the cult-owned business as a vendor, are often aware something is odd about the ownership of the business, but rarely know the full extent of the situation or exactly whom among their co-workers or account representatives are members of the group.

While it is common to find non-group members working for a cult-owned business, it is extremely rare to find non-group members in upper management or sensitive positions such as accounting. Cultic groups are secretive, elitist, and distrustful of “outsiders,” whom they consider to be un-evolved.

There are two important reasons why you, as an employee or as a client, should know if the company you are working for (or with) is possibly owned by a cultic group:

You May Be Supporting a Form of Slavery

First, you should know if you your time, energy or budget may be going to support a group that uses thought-reform techniques and coercive persuasion to enslave it’s members, all of whom are required to work extremely long hours, endure enormous stress, and turn over all of their incomes to the group’s leader. Women in these groups are pressured to forego having children so that their capacity to work will not be hindered. In many cults, members are accumulating no assets, no retirement, and will have no resources when the group eventually collapses – all to chase the dream of a charismatic cult leader that will never materialize. The Little Rock cult, for example, believes it has been uniquely chosen to usher in the “new age” that will enlighten all mankind.

Glass Ceiling

Second, if you are an employee of a company owned by such a group, you should know that there is no real opportunity for advancement for you in the company. The ownership won’t tell its non-group member employees that a glass ceiling exists – beyond which non-members of the cult will never advance.

Here are some telltale signs to help you know if you are working for (or with) a cult-owned company:

• There is a persistent rumor mill on the subject of the company’s ownership
• Senior management rarely, if ever, changes or includes advancement from below
• Non-group members often find themselves “shadowed” by other employees on business trips or in client meetings, even when such shadowing is unnecessary or redundant
• The company’s name may have some tie to metaphysics, the occult, or similar
• There is an unusually large number of married couples and extended families working at the company
• Certain employees and couples almost always carpool and arrive/depart together
• The same group of employees is always complimentary of, or defensive of, management’s decisions
• A certain group of employees consistently work extremely long hours and weekends
• A culture of informing exists and management is evasive about how it learns about job performance issues among non-group members
• Your office mail may be opened before you receive it
• “Loaded language” often seeps into the lexicon of a particular group of employees, particularly management. Examples of loaded language include references to astrology, “energies,” “consciousness,” “attitudinal healing,” “karma,” “auras,” dream interpretation, etc.
• You may notice a certain group of employees, particularly management, wearing matching jewelry such as rings or pendants
• While such information will be a closely guarded secret, you may find that a large number of the company’s employees, particularly management, share the same home address

What Should You Do?

If you suspect that a company you work for (or with) may be owned by a cultic group, and that people you know and like may be enslaved to the group, please investigate. If you are an employee, BE CAREFUL because poking around publicly can get you fired.

Instead, reach out privately to organizations like The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Amnesty International, and your local Attorney General’s Office, Department of Labor, Governor’s Office, Representatives, and District Attorney’s office. These organizations monitor and regulate workplace abuse, human rights violations, and have responsibility to ensure the safety and protect the rights of their constituents.

If you are a client of a company you suspect may be owned by a cult, you have more options. You can reach out directly to employees of the company – especially those with whom you have developed a close relationship. You can tell them your concerns, and what has led to your concerns. Be aware they are likely to be evasive or in denial about their situation at first. Be patient. Show that you care for them as a friend and fellow human being, and don’t be afraid to ask questions.

Posted by Cult Help at 7:31 AM

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Wow!, amazing huh?

Let’s go through some of the points above:

• Senior management never changes or include advancements from below

Do you know any manager (real manager, no paper ,amager) of Energetix, Anakiri, Spa on Green Street, The Body Sanctuary, One Company Resources that is not part of the Clarke or Hake family? All of them are also members of MST and IAO.

• Non-group members often find themselves “shadowed” by other employees on business trips or in client meetings, even when such shadowing is unnecessary or redundant
  

Who are the Senior Sales Reps in Energetix, any non-group member or only group members?

When Erich Worster, Gregg Hake and Claudia Reddick (all MST members), were in charge of Jurlique USA, who do you think were the Senior Sales Reps? All of them were MST members. BTW: very interesting details to share one day about Jurlique USA days under MST management.

• The company’s name may have some tie to metaphysics, the occult, or similar

Do you know that Anakiri is an aymara word that means, the one who leads?. Aymara is a sacred language in the Andes of Peru and Bolivia

We noticed Energetix is moving away from original logo, but you can Google it.

Do you know that Energetix logo (They are using a new one now and moving away from the original logo) represents the cross point of 2 planes, the invisible (heaven) and the visible (earth). The invisible represented by the vertical element and the visible represented by the horizontal element.

Another meaning of the logo is that higher level of vibration permeates the lower levels. Take a look at the e on the logo below, the “e” is formed by expanded water (ripple effect, water is the symbol of truth) once is penetrated by the horizontal (golden, gold represents power) vibration element coming from above.

How do I know this, I am a former member of this group and the Energetix founder shared this with me.

Why Energetix is moving away from this logo?

• There is an unusually large number of married couples and extended families working at the company

Read this post and you will see the connections between families, couples, boyfriends, girlfriends: https://whathappenedtodeerfield.wordpress.com/2011/08/02/i-am-confused-relantionships/

• A certain group of employees consistently work extremely long hours and weekends.

When I worked there, I saw the the CFO working 10 to 14 hours a day and every single weekend.

• While such information will be a closely guarded secret, you may find that a large number of the company’s employees, particularly management, share the same home address.

The group members live (all of them) just few miles away from work, some live within the property where office buildings are located.– Who do you think owns more than 12 properties where group members live or used to live?– Ask the address of all group members during 2000 to 2005.

As usual we can go on and on and on, but it is more than clear at this point what all of these is about.

If you have something else to share, please do it, we cannot pretend that nothing happened at Deerfield compound.

He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Few minutes of a home recording of the Spanish version of the IAO video that used to be presented to attract people to Deerfield classes. Talks about Energetix and Grant and Jane Clarke role.

“If You Have Something You Don’t Want Anyone To Know, Maybe You Shouldn’t Be Doing It in the first place”

Google CEO Eric Schmidt

“Why wouldn’t you want to be open – unless you’ve got something to hide?”

Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg

According to Steve Hassan’s BITE model, the # 1 element of control in a cult is: “Where, how and with whom the member lives and associates with“, let’s take a look of how this worked inside Deerfield:

• Melissa Hake is Gregg Hake’s wife
• Melissa Hake was Darren Porfilio’s girlfriend for a couple of years
• Darren Porfilio is Kate Porfilio’s husband
• Kate Porfilio and Melissa Hake are step-sisters
• Darren Porfilio is Gregg Hake’s brother in law
• Gregg Hake was engaged for a long time to P
• Gregg Hake and P announced their formal engagement in front of the whole Deerfield Unit with Grant Clarke and Jane Clarke conducting the sacred meeting at the Attunement Sanctuary (now Gregg Hake’s office) – a little stone building inside the Deerfield compound
• Gregg Hake and P’s engagement was broken, re-started and then re-broken again
• P was Erich Worster’s girlfriend for a year
• Erich Worster used to date P’s twin sister, B
• Erich Worster is Gregg Hake’s uncle
• Kate Porfilio used to date Rich Gulker for more than couple of years
• Rich Gulker has a relationship with Donna Embree
• Rich Gulker and Kate Porfilio used to lived at the Deerfield Lodge apartment (where CFM printers are now).  They were the Lodge keepers
• Darren Porfilio lived there too, when he and Melinda Moss were together
• Grant Clarke had a crush on Melinda Moss
• Grant Clarke maintained relationships with other female Unit members (more on this one soon)
• Erich Worster had a crush on Darren Porfilio’s first wife
• Erich Worster is Darren Porfilio’s uncle
• Grant Clarke is Gregg Hake’s uncle
• Erich Worster is Gregg Hake’s uncle
• Kristen Boye is Grant Clarke’s daughter
• Kristen Boye also used to live at the Deerfield apartment with Rolando Boye
• Rolando Boye is Kristen Boye’s husband
• Rolando Boye is Ricardo Boye’s brother
• Ricardo Boye is Susan Boye’s husband
• Darren Porfilio was the usher at the Deerfield Chapel on Sunday services
• Rich Gulker was the head of the audio visual department at the Deerfield Chapel on Sunday services
• Melinda Moss or Kate Porfilio were the camera person at Deerfield Chapel on Sunday services
• P and Susan Boye used to transcribe Sunday services every single Sunday for more than five years
• Gregg Hake was the MST treasurer
• Grant Clarke and Jane Clarke are MST founders
• Grant Clarke was MST’s first minister
• MST (The Ministry of the Spirit of Truth), IAO (The Institute of Applied Ontology), OCR (One Company Resources), Energetix, Anakiri, The Body Sanctuary, Spa on Green Street, Creative Field Media, The Nutman Company..are all connected and controlled by Gregg Hake, Grant Clarke and Jane Clarke.
• Grant Clarke and Jane Clarke are Gregg Hake’s uncle and aunt
• Melissa Hake is Claudia Reddick’s daughter
• Claudia Reddick is Jane Clarke’s sister
• Claudia Reddick is Chuck Reddick’s wife
• Chuck Reddick, Kate Porfilio, Erich Worster, Rich Gulker, Darren Porfilio, Melinda Moss, Donna Embree, Kristen Boye, Rolando Boye, Ricardo Boye, Susan Boye, Zach Travers are OCR employees and former MST, IAO members
• All of them used to have dinner every single day of the week for more than two years at the Deerfield Lodge (now the Energetix Customer Care and Practitioner Support centers at the OCR headquarters)
• All of them used to attend to Sunday Service at the Deerfield Chapel (now the OCR conference room)
• Chuck Reddick is Gregg Hake’s father in law
• Kate Porfilio is Zach Travers’ are half sister.  Zach Travers used to light the candles during Sunday Service (there are some very interesting stories in this blog of what he used to do behind the South Garden chapel after Sunday services)
• Grant Clarke is Zach Traver’s uncle
• All of them used to live on the Deerfield compound (Grant Clarke and Jane Clarke house, Rob’s former house -now Anakiri’s office-, the Lodge at Deerfield, the house next to Grant Clarke and Jane Clarke) and the associated homes nearby.

This list can go forever, do you remember any other interesting details about these twisted relationships?  This looks like a big orgy, huh?!?