Did Darwin Gross have to run "damage control"
for "Eckankar Inc." Did Darwin Gross become the
"Fall Guy" in the process?
This is something I've been contemplating for a
long time. Given all the history up to this point I've
been able to review, this has become -at least - a
consideration.
For example, in the Spring of 1978 David Lane
finished (later sent?) his term paper to Eckankar:
"13. In the Spring of 1978 I [David Lane] finally
finished the manuscript, which was originally
called "The Making of a Cult"---but was later
switched on the advice of Neil Tessler to
"The Making of a Spiritual Movement." I turned
in for my class credit; it was about 160+ pages,
I believe."
http://www.beyond-the-illusion.com/files/Occult/Misc/eckankar.txt
".... Let's review again the story David has told us
so far. First, he paints a picture that it all started when
he first sent his term paper to ECKANKAR, in 1978.
The fact that ECKANKAR threatened to sue him if
he published his work, was proof to David that
ECKANKAR was trying to cover up the information
he had written about. ...."
http://www.littleknownpubs.com/DialogPreface.htm
In the Spring of 1978 something else happened:
"In early 1978, Darwin sent a personal letter to
every Eck chela in the world informing them that
he and Gail were getting divorced.=A0 A couple of
years later, Darwin got remarried, but it lasted
only a few months and he got the marriage
annulled." [Based on: David Lane]
By 1980, Darwin Gross was already looking
for someone else to take over. He was ready to
surrender his job to someone else. How much
earlier than that, I'm not prepared to say. Was
he getting "burned"?
Darwin Gross was the spiritual leader of
Eckankar from after the time Paul Twitchell
died, until October 1981 when he named
Harold Klemp to succeed him. Nearly ten
years! However, Darwin's writings and his
liberty to use Eckankar terms were later
"removed" - along with Darwin - from the
annals of Eckankar history (for the most
part). As for Gail, his former wife, IMO it
doesn't appear that she is saying much
either.
Here is roughly ten years of history no
longer available. The person who was the
leader during that ten years was not even
later allowed to "say" very much. Now he
is dead (since October 8th, 2008?)
So much history and a number of the
people who wrote it are either "gone" or
"saying very little" about it.
Darwin Gross was the person who
immediately followed Paul Twitchell.
Darwin was the one who would have
to "correct" mistakes, fix, or explain
any issues concerning the writings
of the former leader no longer living.
Did Darwin Gross become the "Fall
Guy"? I want to ask the question:
If there were any "problems" with
Eckankar "history" is this how it
was "fixed"? By removing it?
I came across an archive of books.
The archive contained an Eckankar
book from 1980. The year before
Darwin Gross surrendered his title.
Looking at the "history" from that
book only adds to my suspicion
that Darwin might have been in a
"difficult" position explaining the
"history" of what went before him.
Most of this represents my opinion only.
But when that much history gets removed,
I'm inclined to consider whether anyone
took the blame. Apparently, Darwin Gross
"took" the most of it. IMO.
Etznab
P.S. And anybody else who goes flipping
through those "lost" annals of history.
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