1. | 4/18/96 | True Believers| Westword (Denver) | Steve Jackson |
  2. | 5/18/95 | Unethical Practices of Three Groups in Madison | Thesis - U of Wisconsin Madison | Jordana Thomadsen|
  3. | 12/20/94 | 'Cult' activity worries some watchdog groups| Colorado Daily p1 | Lisa Marshall |
  4. | 8/7/94 | Firm turns to est guru, still slides | San Diego Union-Tribune pI2 | Don Bauder |
  5. | 5/1/94 | The Humbling of John Sculley | Worth | Jesse Kornbluth |
  6. | 12/20/93 | Transcript # 996 Interview of President of Church of Scientology in Response to Erhard | Larry King Live | |
  7. | 12/8/93 | Transcript # 986 Interview of Werner Erhard | Larry King Live | |
  8. | 11/10/93 | Transcript #419 Interview of Beth Hanover | Sonya Live | |
  9. | 9/1/93 | Power of Babble | Westword (Denver) | Patricia Calhoun |
  10. | 4/24/93 | HP Board considers "cult" training for students | Michigan Citizen | Ron Seigel |
  11. | 2/1/93 | White Collar Cults | Self p120 | Dirk Mathison |
  12. | 1/1/93 | Outrageous Betrayal: The Dark Journey of Werner Erhard from est to Exile | Book | Steven Pressman |
  13. | 1/1/93 | The Siren Call of Modern Pied Pipers | Employee Assistance | Lawrence A. Pile |
  14. | 1/1/93 | Influence: The New Psychology of Modern Persuasion | Book | Robert B. Cialdini, Ph.D. |
  15. | 12/6/92 | Psychiatrists concerned as 'guru of gurus' heads for Hongkong | South China Morning Post p1 | Perter Woolrich |
  16. | 11/30/92 | Suit Against New-Age Groups Hit Snags | Legal Times p14 | Steven Pressman |
  17. | 11/11/92 | Success rate of Western Youth Ranch program questioned| News-Times, Newport, OR| Pierre LaBossiere|
  18. | 11/4/92 | Youth ranch director pursues vision; opponents continue investigation| News Guard - Lincoln City, OR | Pam Geddes |
  19. | 7/23/92 | Seminars leave firms divided & Mercinary Mindbogglers | The London Times | Ray Clancy |
  20. | 7/22/92 | Mind game courses aimed at public sector workers | The London Times | Ray Clancy |
  21. | 7/22/92 | New Age guru goes into hiding| The London Times | Ben Macintyre |
  22. | 7/21/92 | Professionals fall prey to New Age gurus | The London Times | Ray Clancy |
  23. | 7/21/92 | Mind games lure victims into baring their souls | The London Times | Ray Clancy |
  24. | 7/16/92 | Woman wins suit over ill effects of self-help course (FORUM) | Washington Times pB8 | Kristan Metzler |
  25. | 7/16/92 | Est Founder Is Ordered To Pay $380,000 for Fraud (Clarification 7/31/92 pA2) | Washington Post pB7 | |
  26. | 7/7/92 | A Cult of Victims | Newsday p37 | M. G. Lord |
  27. | 7/7/92 | Self-Help Course Allegedly Shattered a Life | Washington Post | Robert F. Howe |
  28. | 6/14/92 | Youth program raises concern | Austin American-Statesman | Pamela Ward |
  29. | 6/1/92 | Mixing Lawyers and Cults| California Bar Magazine p22,24 | Steven Pressman |
  30. | 3/16/92 | Cults: If You Can't Beat 'em . . .| The Recorder p2 | Stephen G. Hirsch|
  31. | 3/9/92 | Taking Cults to Court for Psychological Injuries | New Jersey Law Review p4 | Steven Pressman |
  32. | 2/11/92 | Few agencies interested in est-like program | The Columbus Dispatch | Sylvia Brooks |
  33. | 2/10/92 | Agency spends $4,800 on 'cultlike' seminars | The Columbus Dispatch | Sylvia Brooks |
  34. | 1/1/92 | 60 Minutes and the Assassination of Werner Erhard| Book | Jane Self, Ph.D. |
  35. | 1/1/92 | Mind Cults Invade The Boardroom | Candian Business | Arthur Johnson |
  36. | 12/29/91 | Founder of est Targeted in Campaign by Scientologists | Los Angeles Times | Robert W. Welkos |
  37. | 9/2/91 | Wandering Werner | Forbes p10 | Graham Button |
  38. | 8/1/91 | IRS Accuses est Head of Tax Dodging | Los Angeles Times | |
  39. | 7/31/91 | IRS Says Personal Growth Guru Is Mastermind of Money Shams | San Francisco Daily Journal | Rex Bossert |
  40. | 7/31/91 | Erhard Owes $5.5 Million, Tax Court Says | San Francisco Examiner pA6 | Seth Rosenfeld |
  41. | 7/10/91 | Out of the hot tub into the fire, Werner Erhard of "est" loses to the IRS | Wall Street Journal A,1:5 | |
  42. | 4/30/91 | Erhard posts a partial victory | San Francisco Examiner | Staff Reporter |
  43. | 4/12/91 | IRS puts lien on Erhard's assets | San Francisco Examiner | |
  44. | 3/27/91 | Guru Erhard Accused of Trying to Hide Assets| Los Angeles Times D2 | Martha Groves |
  45. | 3/26/91 | More Legal Woes for Erhard:...sale of est founder's seminar business was fraudulent | The San Francisco Chronicle | Don Lattin |
  46. | 3/3/91 | Est founder's daughter says Erhard molested her, raped her sister | San Jose Mercury News | John Hubner |
  47. | 3/3/91 | Interview with some of Erhard's staff & family | 60 Minutes | |
  48. | 2/18/91 | The Sorrows of Werner | Newsweek p72 | D.Gelman, P. Abramson,|
  49. | 1/6/91 | FAMILY AFFAIRS Werner Erhard's daughters speak out | Marin Independent Journal F1| Nikki Meredith |
  50. | 1/6/91 | Previous Troubles of the 'King of Transformation'| Marin Independent Journal E4| Nikki Meredith |
  51. | 1/1/91 | Book with references to the FORUM | Combatting Cult Mind Control| Steve Hassan|
  52. | 6/18/90 | Werner, dearest. . .Some former employees say WE&A operates more like a cult . . . | Marin Independent Journal D6| Nikki Meredith |
  53. | 1/26/90 | Ex-Employee Sues est for $2 Million | San Francisco Chronicle| Don Lattin |
  54. | 1/7/90 | Heidegger for Fun and Profit | NY Times| |
  55. | 5/28/89 | Erhard went from encyclopedia sales to marketing 'it' | Palm Beach (Florida) Post | |
  56. | 1/9/89 | Employers' 'New Age' Training Programs Lead to Lawsuits Over Workers' Rights | Wall Street Journal | Martha Brannigan |
  57. | 6/17/88 | Karma for Cash: A "New Age" for Workers? | Christianity Today| Steve Rabey |
  58. | 5/15/88 | Werner's World Of Wonders | San Jose Mercury News | Mark MacNamara |
  59. | 5/1/88 | Guru II: the return of Werner Erhard | Los Angeles Magazine p106(9)| Mark MacNamara |
  60. | 3/1/88 | EST Leaders Recharge the Batteries of a New Clientele | The New York Times E7 | Mark Landler|
  61. | 2/1/88 | Feeding a Myth The Hunger Project has raised millions & critcs wonder where $ went | uptheCreek | Andrew Simons |
  62. | 1/1/88 | Getting it and Losing It| SCP Journal Vol, 8:1 | Carol Giambalbo |
  63. | 1/1/88 | The Forum: est in the heir | SCP Journal Vol, 8:1 | Carol Giambalvo |
  64. | 1/1/88 | The Hunger Project: Inside Out | SCP Journal Vol, 8:1 | Carol Giambalbo w/ Robert |
  65. | 11/1/87 | The Dumb EST Plan To End Hunger | Willamette Week p4 | Bill Redden |
  66. | 11/1/87 | Trying To Bend Managers' Minds | Fortune p95(6) | Jeremy Main |
  67. | 5/4/87 | Corporate Mind Control | Newsweek| |
  68. | 3/1/87 | Est Gets Dressed for Success | Venture | Robert Bell |
  69. | 2/20/87 | A workout at the Forum: you can faint, cry - even vomit | The Gazette (Montreal) | |
  70. | 2/20/87 | Tough Policy Urged In Report on Cult Threats in Israel| The Jewish Floridian | Hugh Orgel |
  71. | 2/20/87 | Hunger Project' involves no food, just a taste of 'commitment' | The Gazette (Montreal) | Caitlin Kelly |
  72. | 1/1/87 | est Revisited | New Woman | Neil Chesanow |
  73. | 10/12/86 | Werner Erhard once sold instant enlightenment to confused people. Now he's peddling | San Francisco (CA) Examiner | Mark Dowie |
  74. | 6/1/86 | Checking up on est | Cosmopolitan p232(5) | Ralph Gardner Jr.|
  75. | 5/16/86 | The reincarnation of est| Christianity Today p21 | |
  76. | 11/18/85 | The winds of Werner (w/ side bar on the Hunger Project) | Forbes p42(4)| Richard Behar & Ralph King Jr. |
  77. | 10/1/85 | A Critique of "The Forum" | The Cult Observer | Carol Giambalvo |
  78. | 4/1/85 | Werner Erhard | Interview p54(3) | John Duka & Kezia Keeble |
  79. | 9/24/84 | His Wife & Former Followers Question the Human Potential of est Guru Werner Erhard | People Weekly p41(2) | Maria Wilhelm |
  80. | 12/1/82 | The moral logic of alternative religions | Daedalus p185(29) | Steven M. Tipton |
  81. | 9/1/80 | No Sacred Cows ($1.2million to race cars through a non-profit,tax exempt company) | Mother Jones p14 | |
  82. | 8/22/80 | The Business of Teaching Children They're in Charge of Their Lives | New York Times D15| Nadine Joseph |
  83. | 7/28/80 | est takes crash course in film | New West p5(1) | Laura Bernstein |
  84. | 4/7/80 | Est Experiment Splits Rural Town | Daily Pilot (Costa Mesa CA)p A26 | |
  85. | 3/29/80 | Running hurts, but oh, that est | Boston Globe p.1 | Susan Slavet|
  86. | 12/26/79 | The Hunger Project and est: close ties | Christian Century p1293(2) | David Hoekema |
  87. | 11/25/79 | Scientologist Plot Revealed | Denver Post p47 | |
  88. | 7/23/79 | est's Big Wheel Werner Erhard proves team effort is "it", but winning would feel even | People Weekly p38(2) | Allan Ripp |
  89. | 5/6/79 | Est Spinoff Takes Over Nursing Home | Our Town (WestChester NY) p3| |
  90. | 5/5/79 | est's secret weapon (R. Buckminster Fuller) | Science News p300(2) | Susan West |
  91. | 4/11/79 | Tax Report/A Special Summary and Forecast of Fed&State Tax Developments | Wall Street Journal | |
  92. | 4/1/79 | The thousand dollar consciousness | Mother Jones p6 | Dan Noyes |
  93. | 2/3/79 | Bad Vibes From est | Saturday Review p7| |
  94. | 12/1/78 | Let them eat est (the Hunger Project) | Mother Jones p40(10) | Suznne Gordon |
  95. | 11/6/78 | Hunger Project nourishing est? | New West p8 | |
  96. | 10/8/78 | Project Aims To Foster Awareness of Problem | Sunday Star Ledger (N.J.) p56 | Scott Minerbrook |
  97. | 10/1/78 | The indescribable experience (Erhard Seminars Training) | Human Behavior p14(2) | |
  98. | 9/8/78 | There's a Famine in the Hunger Project | Philadelphia Daily News| Pete Dexter |
  99. | 8/23/78 | Est Participant Dies | Daily Pilot (Costa Mesa CA) A5 | |
  100. | 7/24/78 | What Has est Done for Us Lately? | New York p29(6) | Barbara Grizzuti Harrison |
  101. | 7/23/78 | Est Participant Dies | Costa Mesa CA Daily Pilot | |
  102. | 6/1/78 | Obervations on 67 Patients Who Took Erhard Seminars Training | Am J. Psychiatry 135:6 | Justin Simon, M.D. |
  103. | 5/5/78 | Group Works To End World Hunger | Denver Post | George W. Cornell|
  104. | 3/1/78 | Methodology for studying discrimination based on sexual orientation | Journal of Homosexuality p235 | Lilestrand, Petersen, Robert, |
  105. | 2/1/78 | Dissertation-Reported changes in personality, self concept, and personal problems | CA School of Prof. Psychology SD | Jeffrey A. Weiss |
  106. | 1/14/78 | EST Graduates claim myriad benefits - researchers find psychological dangers | Science News p27(2) | Joel Greenberg |
  107. | 1/1/78 | Werner Erhard The Transformation of a Man: The Founding of est 158 E67zbar c1978 | Book-Werner Erhard| William Warren Bartley, III|
  108. | 10/10/77 | Werner Erhard Thinks He Can Feed the World | The Village Voice (N.Y.) p1 | Alexander Cockburn&James |
  109. | 5/9/77 | est-erical behavior? (psychoses inducing) | Newsweek p95 | |
  110. | 4/24/77 | Psychosis Reported In Some Who Took Awareness Training| New York Times | Jane Brody |
  111. | 3/1/77 | Psychiatric Disturbances Associated with Erhard Seminars Training I. A Report of Cases | Am J Psychiatry 134:3 | Glass, Kirsch, Frederick and |
  112. | 2/13/77 | Shredding of Records at IRS Office May Endanger Major Tax Fraud Case | L A Times | David Johnston |
  113. | 1/21/77 | The serpentine serenity of est | Christianity Today p13(3) | Kevin Garvey|
  114. | 1/14/77 | We're all OK - probably | Philadelphia Inquirer | Dorothy Storck |
  115. | 1/1/77 | Getting It: The Psychology of est | Book | Sheridan Fenwick Ph.D.|
  116. | 1/1/77 | You are what you est | Playboy p109 | Dan Greenburg |
  117. | 1/1/77 | How est didn't change my life| Redbook p47(4) | Judith Viorst |
  118. | 1/1/77 | The Book of est | Book | Luke Rhinehart, |
  119. | 11/10/76 | Secular salvation: life change through | Christian Century p981 | John Ruskin Clark|
  120. | 9/6/76 | Getting Your Head Together | Newsweek p56 | Kenneth L. Woodward |
  121. | 8/1/76 | Books: salesman of serenity | Psychology Today p62 | Colin Campbell |
  122. | 6/1/76 | Behind The Couch | Today's Viewpoint | Mark O. Freeman Ph.D.|
  123. | 6/1/76 | Est Finds Success in Crowded Self-Help Field By Charging Steep Fees, Abusing Customers | Wall Street Journal p36| Roy J. Harris Jr.|
  124. | 5/20/76 | est Is An Individual Thing | Main Line Times (Radnor, PA)| |
  125. | 5/2/76 | Pay attention, Turkeys! | New York Times Magazine p44 | Leo Litwak |
  126. | 3/19/76 | Fuhrer over est | New Times p36| Jesse Kornbluth |
  127. | 3/8/76 | How to Stop Worrying and Learn the Love the ESTablishment | The Village Voice (N.Y.) p10| Terri Schultz |
  128. | 2/10/76 | EST-Can It Make You Happy? | Circus Issue #127 p45 | Stan Mieses |
  129. | 12/29/75 | In the wake of TM and Zen, a former encyclopedia huckster is the smooth guru of est | People p60 | |
  130. | 12/1/75 | Power of positive eyewash | Forbes p22 | |
  131. | 10/1/75 | Est! Est! Est!| Mademoiselle p174 | Lisa Schwarzbaum |
  132. | 10/1/75 | New narcissism| Harper's p45 | Peter Marin |
  133. | 8/1/75 | We're Gonna Tear You Down and Put You Back Together" | Psychology Today p35 | Mark Brewer |
  134. | 8/1/75 | The Case for est | Psychology Today p38 | Richard P. Marsh |
  135. | 2/17/75 | Getting it | Newsweek p46 | Linda Bird Francke and others |
  136. | 10/18/74 | Does Werner Erhard have the answer? | New Times p39| Marcia Seligson |
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