Jul 30, 2018

Book Review: "TRANSCENDENTAL DECEPTION: Behind the TM curtain - bogus science, hidden agendas, and David Lynch’s campaign to push a million public school kids into Transcendental Meditation while falsely claiming it is not a religion"

Reviewed by Laurie
TM-Free Blog
July 25, 2018

Book Review: "TRANSCENDENTAL DECEPTION: Behind the TM curtain - bogus science, hidden agendas, and David Lynch’s campaign to push a million public school kids into Transcendental Meditation while falsely claiming it is not a religion" by Aryeh Siegel


Published 2018 by JanReg Press
222 pages



"This book is different. This book is special.
"...For our practice, we select only the suitable mantras of personal gods. Such mantras fetch to us the grace of personal gods and make us happier in every walk of life...." [quote by Maharishi]. (p. 86)
I have read many fascinating memoirs by people who have spent years in the TM world. And I’ve read excellent books about Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and his Guru Dev.

But this book is different. It doesn’t tell the story of one life. Nor does it, like most exposes, focus on just one aspect of the TM organization (TMO), such as Maharishi’s sex life, or TM actually being a religious movement.

"...After giving meditation another shot...I had what superficially looked like convulsions and could not walk without assistance afterwards because my abdominals were clenched so tight, I was hunched over more than 90 degrees (that occurred on and off for nearly a week)...." (p. 182-183)
Instead, it gives a comprehensive overview of the TM movement. It brings together the many criticisms ~ over many years ~ in many fields ~ from many scholars. The result is compelling evidence that deception is not an occasional aberration within the TMO, but one of its standard modes of operation. Siegel documents how the TMO has ..."

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