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No Place to Go: Life in a Prison Without Bars

Katherine E. Betz
Walnut Creek, California

Abstract

This article describes a woman’s experience of 21 years of sexual and psychological abuse and exploitation under the guise of meditation and psychotherapy. Her journey begins with a spiritual-social retreat and leads her into the hands of a teacher and leader who adopts her as one of his chosen disciples. She clashes again and again in moral conflict with this guru and eventually leaves the cult, uncovering the inner workings of the group and its leader to the outer layer of members and the general public.
 

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