The Cult that Sunk Me
October 18, 2010
"Could a real doctor, teacher or therapist get away with their nonsense, charge money for it and not be held
accountable?"
by Marla Rodgers
(for henrymakow.com)
I am a teacher by profession, so when I write this story, I hope people will learn from my experiences and save themselves from exploitation by con artists.
Not all cons take the form of cults, but certainly all cults are con artists, looking to use people who appear weak, vulnerable, naive, gullible, and above all, moneyed.
Here is a brief synopsis of how Unarius "Academy of Science," swindled me.
In the late 1990's, I was trying to publish my books and teach the material in them and wanted to do public lectures and seminars. My goal was to teach people solutions to their problems, and to motivate and inspire them. Instead of becoming a motivational speaker, I was defrauded by Unarius, a bogus school that inflicted intentional emotional, mental and physical distress.
It began with a radio infomercial in 1997 where a purported California school and therapy center calling itself Unarius Academy of Science - the "New World Teaching Center," advertised they were doing therapy to heal people from all kinds of problems.
Dan from Unarius, described their self-published books and unique therapy as "humanitarian" work. Their motto as "love in action".
I should have realized a normal school/therapy healing center would not use romantic words. A scam outfit like Unarius blurs the boundaries between right and wrong; they tell a few truths, laced with lies. They extend a little kindness to take advantage of people. They focus on your emotions and pretend to be your 'friend'.
They called themselves the "New World Teaching Center. And what exactly are they "teaching" there? Nothing. Their textbooks were their diaries. Where they do testimonials in classes, nothing is taught. Does talking about outer space planets have anything to do with therapy or healing medical problems? Do you think a real doctor, teacher or therapist could get away with their nonsense, charge money for it and not be held accountable?
Over the next 2 years, I was slowly manipulated and deceived by Dan and by Charles, the leader of Unarius. (I later learned that the leader of this bogus school, Charles, used prostitutes because he was incapable of maintaining a normal relationship with women and he encouraged the males in the scam/cult, to get vasectomies and to use prostitutes likewise - just like the cult Heaven's Gate run by [Marshal] Applewhite.)
They sent me free books, cards, and assorted gifts. They learned that I was divorced and traumatized from early childhood. As an adult, I had been robbed and raped several times, and above all, I had never healed. I was their perfect victim. I had a lot of money which tempted Unarius. I was vulnerable, and needed healing. I was alone so no one would notice if I disappeared. The fact that I was a teacher and an author seeking their assistance to publish my books was somehow lost. As time went on, they reduced me to the level of a torture victim whom they were determined to destroy.
A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN
I wanted to publish a book and they did publishing; I wanted to do another radio program and they bragged they were doing radio shows. I was a teacher and they had a school. I thought it was a good match.
I read the books they sent me, which put me into a hypnotic trance. Afterward, Dan and Charles made verbal contracts for healing me, and for teaching me their unique therapy. They were inviting me to live with Unarius members and promised I would have a teaching job with them.
I left my home in 1999 and arrived in California. I was invited into the home of their predatory rapist David. He used mental coercive persuasive tactics on me along with gender-specific hypnotic tapes made by Unarius to put me in an altered state of consciousness without my consent or knowledge.
One day, he suddenly threw me out of his house and re-injured me by raping me. By doing those things to me, he triggered my past injuries and plunged me into deep pain, anguish and suffering.
I later learned that David was a known rapist, a shrewd manipulator of women. I also later learned that all 20 members of Unarius were in on his plans to rape me; they assisted him by keeping quiet about his past criminal behavior towards women. I was deliberately placed in his home so he could prey on me.
Unarius never gave me a job or healing or taught me anything. It had all been a charade, a ruse to lure me to them. I rushed about and found a job and a studio. When the unhealed trauma and emotional anguish made it impossible for me to hold onto my job, I had to leave my job and home. I used up my savings for rent and was finally homeless.
When I appealed to Unarius for help, they turned a deaf ear. Instead, I was told that I was 'set up' to be raped; they were all in on it. It was their amusement and entertainment to see me collapse from rape trauma, to see me lose my home and my job. They were laughing!
I discovered that the 20 members of Unarius were NOT qualified to be teachers or therapists; they had NO formal training, no teachers' or therapists' licenses or degrees. They are merely amateurs posing as professionals. Their school is a front, a facade for their real satanic intentions; to exploit women sexually and financially and then throw them away.
LAW SUIT
Because I relied on their promises, I sued Unarius for Breach of Contract. Because Unarius advertised their fake credentials, I sued them for Consumer fraud. They replied they were merely selling their "opinions" in their classes. It is against the law to sell your opinions and pretend you are a licensed teacher or therapist.
That is why we have state boards to license legitimate teachers and therapists. I relied on precedents in judicial case laws which state that selling people bogus classes and useless books, and failing to provide services, constitutes fraud and a crime. I requested that all the money I lost due to their malfeasance be refunded to me.
Since I knew how to draft legal briefs and memoranda from the many attorneys I worked for and since I felt sure the evidence against these scam/con artists would prevail, I believed the court would shut them down and put out of business permanently .
The lawsuits were not so much about winning back the money as about warning others. My goal was also to shut down Unarius in order to protect people, not to take revenge.
CONCLUSION
Nothing can ever change or make up for the tremendous pain and losses they inflicted on me. I could not find any government agency, politician or professional licensing board willing to close down the Unarius scam school/therapy center.
Unarius members display eerily similar cult sociopath predatory behavior. They are liars, swindlers, moral deviants, sexually abusive and show no remorse for their misconduct. They have been committing consumer fraud and getting away with it for the past 50 years.They hide their secret agendas from the public while setting up new recruits, exploiting them sexually and financially.
Unarius targeted me from the very beginning. They are professional swindlers and ruthless scam artists looking to undermine your will power through subliminal subterfuges, hidden agendas, ruses, ploys, and hypnotic mind control techniques. If one tactic doesn't work, they switch to another one until they find the one that breaks you down.
I believe it is incumbent upon me to teach the public how to scrutinize and analyze Unarius or any business by the way they talk, behave and communicate (or don't communicate) with the public.
--
Also by Marla Rogers "Letter from a Homeless Woman"
by Marla Rodgers
(for henrymakow.com)
I am a teacher by profession, so when I write this story, I hope people will learn from my experiences and save themselves from exploitation by con artists.
Not all cons take the form of cults, but certainly all cults are con artists, looking to use people who appear weak, vulnerable, naive, gullible, and above all, moneyed.
Here is a brief synopsis of how Unarius "Academy of Science," swindled me.
In the late 1990's, I was trying to publish my books and teach the material in them and wanted to do public lectures and seminars. My goal was to teach people solutions to their problems, and to motivate and inspire them. Instead of becoming a motivational speaker, I was defrauded by Unarius, a bogus school that inflicted intentional emotional, mental and physical distress.
It began with a radio infomercial in 1997 where a purported California school and therapy center calling itself Unarius Academy of Science - the "New World Teaching Center," advertised they were doing therapy to heal people from all kinds of problems.
Dan from Unarius, described their self-published books and unique therapy as "humanitarian" work. Their motto as "love in action".
I should have realized a normal school/therapy healing center would not use romantic words. A scam outfit like Unarius blurs the boundaries between right and wrong; they tell a few truths, laced with lies. They extend a little kindness to take advantage of people. They focus on your emotions and pretend to be your 'friend'.
They called themselves the "New World Teaching Center. And what exactly are they "teaching" there? Nothing. Their textbooks were their diaries. Where they do testimonials in classes, nothing is taught. Does talking about outer space planets have anything to do with therapy or healing medical problems? Do you think a real doctor, teacher or therapist could get away with their nonsense, charge money for it and not be held accountable?
Over the next 2 years, I was slowly manipulated and deceived by Dan and by Charles, the leader of Unarius. (I later learned that the leader of this bogus school, Charles, used prostitutes because he was incapable of maintaining a normal relationship with women and he encouraged the males in the scam/cult, to get vasectomies and to use prostitutes likewise - just like the cult Heaven's Gate run by [Marshal] Applewhite.)
They sent me free books, cards, and assorted gifts. They learned that I was divorced and traumatized from early childhood. As an adult, I had been robbed and raped several times, and above all, I had never healed. I was their perfect victim. I had a lot of money which tempted Unarius. I was vulnerable, and needed healing. I was alone so no one would notice if I disappeared. The fact that I was a teacher and an author seeking their assistance to publish my books was somehow lost. As time went on, they reduced me to the level of a torture victim whom they were determined to destroy.
A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN
I wanted to publish a book and they did publishing; I wanted to do another radio program and they bragged they were doing radio shows. I was a teacher and they had a school. I thought it was a good match.
I read the books they sent me, which put me into a hypnotic trance. Afterward, Dan and Charles made verbal contracts for healing me, and for teaching me their unique therapy. They were inviting me to live with Unarius members and promised I would have a teaching job with them.
I left my home in 1999 and arrived in California. I was invited into the home of their predatory rapist David. He used mental coercive persuasive tactics on me along with gender-specific hypnotic tapes made by Unarius to put me in an altered state of consciousness without my consent or knowledge.
One day, he suddenly threw me out of his house and re-injured me by raping me. By doing those things to me, he triggered my past injuries and plunged me into deep pain, anguish and suffering.
I later learned that David was a known rapist, a shrewd manipulator of women. I also later learned that all 20 members of Unarius were in on his plans to rape me; they assisted him by keeping quiet about his past criminal behavior towards women. I was deliberately placed in his home so he could prey on me.
Unarius never gave me a job or healing or taught me anything. It had all been a charade, a ruse to lure me to them. I rushed about and found a job and a studio. When the unhealed trauma and emotional anguish made it impossible for me to hold onto my job, I had to leave my job and home. I used up my savings for rent and was finally homeless.
When I appealed to Unarius for help, they turned a deaf ear. Instead, I was told that I was 'set up' to be raped; they were all in on it. It was their amusement and entertainment to see me collapse from rape trauma, to see me lose my home and my job. They were laughing!
I discovered that the 20 members of Unarius were NOT qualified to be teachers or therapists; they had NO formal training, no teachers' or therapists' licenses or degrees. They are merely amateurs posing as professionals. Their school is a front, a facade for their real satanic intentions; to exploit women sexually and financially and then throw them away.
LAW SUIT
Because I relied on their promises, I sued Unarius for Breach of Contract. Because Unarius advertised their fake credentials, I sued them for Consumer fraud. They replied they were merely selling their "opinions" in their classes. It is against the law to sell your opinions and pretend you are a licensed teacher or therapist.
That is why we have state boards to license legitimate teachers and therapists. I relied on precedents in judicial case laws which state that selling people bogus classes and useless books, and failing to provide services, constitutes fraud and a crime. I requested that all the money I lost due to their malfeasance be refunded to me.
Since I knew how to draft legal briefs and memoranda from the many attorneys I worked for and since I felt sure the evidence against these scam/con artists would prevail, I believed the court would shut them down and put out of business permanently .
The lawsuits were not so much about winning back the money as about warning others. My goal was also to shut down Unarius in order to protect people, not to take revenge.
CONCLUSION
Nothing can ever change or make up for the tremendous pain and losses they inflicted on me. I could not find any government agency, politician or professional licensing board willing to close down the Unarius scam school/therapy center.
Unarius members display eerily similar cult sociopath predatory behavior. They are liars, swindlers, moral deviants, sexually abusive and show no remorse for their misconduct. They have been committing consumer fraud and getting away with it for the past 50 years.They hide their secret agendas from the public while setting up new recruits, exploiting them sexually and financially.
Unarius targeted me from the very beginning. They are professional swindlers and ruthless scam artists looking to undermine your will power through subliminal subterfuges, hidden agendas, ruses, ploys, and hypnotic mind control techniques. If one tactic doesn't work, they switch to another one until they find the one that breaks you down.
I believe it is incumbent upon me to teach the public how to scrutinize and analyze Unarius or any business by the way they talk, behave and communicate (or don't communicate) with the public.
--
Also by Marla Rogers "Letter from a Homeless Woman"
Ray said (October 19, 2010):
Sad story. But please learn from it that the solution to our problems is never in other people or even in an invisible "guy in the sky". It is in us.
Religion, therapy, meditation, drugs, porn, food, TV, sports are all just useless attempts to fill the void. We need to fill it by loving ourselves and getting to know ourselves. Then we start loving others.