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Title: Who is she trying to fool?
Review: I recognized the ashram very quickly. Who does the author think she is fooling? Here are the clues: the ashram in the U.S. is in the Catskill Mountains. The founder dies in 1982. His successor is an attractive female. The ashram in India is near Mumbai. Before you can attend that ashram, you have to study for two years and apply. So you want to know my "guess"? The founder is Muktananda. The female guru is Gurumayi. I suggest you google their names and Siddha Yoga. Be sure and read the article from The New Yorker by Lis Harris dated November 14, 1994, "O Guru, Guru, Guru". Also, read Daniel Shaw's article "Traumatic Abuse in Cults: A Psychoanalytic Perspective". Notice that the reviews with a one star of Eat, Pray, Love and Daniel Shaw's article refer to "narcissism". Elizabeth, you did quite a bit of homework for your chapters; maybe not enough.....
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