I-heiress yayifuna ukudibana noDalai Lama. Wayefuna ukuba uDalai Lama abe ngumhlobo wakhe. Wayenomdla kuye kangangeminyaka emibini enesiqingatha.
Ndandihleli kwigumbi lam lokulala ngenye imini ndimamele iiteyiphu zakhe kwaye ndacinga, wow, lo mfo uyamangalisa! USara Bronfman uxelele umsasazi werediyo waseAlbany AM kunyaka ophelileyo. Xa ubungcwele baKhe bafika edolophini ngosuku olulandelayo, uNks.Bronfman wayenokuthatha ikhredithi ngobukho bakhe.
Ngethuba lokudinwa kwakhe kwiminyaka engamashumi amabini anantlanu, U-Ms Bronfman uqhubeke, ngekhe abenalo ibhongo elinjalo, kodwa kule minyaka mihlanu idlulileyo wayentywiliselwe kwiiNkqubo eziPhumeleleyo zeSigqeba (i-ESP), irejimeni yokuzinceda elawulwa ngumbutho wasekhaya we-NXIVM (ebizwa ngeNex-ee-um). Yayingamava awawafumana ekhuthaza ngokukodwa.
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UNks Bronfman waziva unxibelelwano phakathi kweemfundiso zikaDalai Lama kunye noqeqesho lwakhe. Indlela ajonga ngayo izinto inenzululwazi kwaye ihambelana kakhulu nefilosofi ye-NXIVM, uxelele umphathi. Ndathi, ‘Ewe, olo hlobo lwezandi lufana nale siyenzayo!’ Ndaze ndacinga, mhlawumbi ndingazazisa kwaye ndimzise apha ndimazise kuKeith, kuba ndicinga ukuba uKeith sisazinzulu kananjalo usisithandi sobulumko esikhulu.
UNks Bronfman wayebhekisa kumsunguli we-NXIVM uKeith Raniere, oneminyaka engama-49 ubudala owayene-graying, iinwele ezinde zamagxa. UMnu Raniere, ohamba nge-moniker Vanguard, uzibiza njengenkokheli ekuphuhliseni abantu kwaye uye wabonisa ifilosofi ayibiza ngokuba yi-Rational Enquiry Method. Uyile nto uza kuyifumana, utshilo omnye owayesakuba ngumhlobo wakhe, ukuba uDavid Koresh noBernie Madoff banomntwana. Kule minyaka isixhenxe idlulileyo, uMnu. Raniere uzuze ukuzinikela kukaSara Bronfman kunye nodadewabo, uClare. Ngelo xesha, ngokutsho kwentombi yakhe yangaphambili kunye nomcebisi wezezimali, uBabara Bouchey, Umnumzana Raniere uphinde wasebenzisa imali engaphezulu kwe-100 yezigidi zeedola zaseBronfman, ephazamisa enye yezona ndawo zibalaseleyo zeshishini nezentlalo zaseNew York.
Kwinkqubo ye-arcane ye-NXIVM yokubeka amalungu ngamabhanti anemibala kunye nemivumbo, UNks Bouchey wenyuka waya kumgca wesine weqela le-green-sash tier. (Ngokunyuka ngokwamanqanaba, amabhaso e-NXIVM atyheli, orenji, luhlaza, nemfusa kunye nemisonto eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka.) Ngokunjalo, ungoyena uphakamileyo wabafundi bakaMnu. Raniere ukushiyeka esidlangalaleni kwiqela. Kwiminyaka, bendibaxelela ukuba izikhafu, imivumbo, zonke izinto ezothusayo zifuna ukuhamba. Ndiyathetha, yiza, ukugoba? Kwakukho izinto ezininzi ezintle malunga ne-NXIVM, kwaye sasicima abantu ngobuqhophololo.
Umyalelo wokuthintela u-Bouchey ukuba athethe esidlangalaleni malunga noodade baka-Bronfman, abammangalele ngokwaphula umthetho kunye nokungena ngasese. Kodwa kwingxelo efungelweyo eyenziwe esidlangalaleni ngoJanuwari, wathi aba dade banikezele ngemali engaphezulu kwe-100 yezigidi zeedola kuMnu Raniere nakwimpumelelo yakhe. Amashumi amathandathu anesihlanu ezigidi zeedola kuphela ebhalise oko uNkskz. Bouchey kunye noMnumzana Raniere owayesakuba ngumrhwebi wezinto zorhwebo uYuri Plyam bachaza kumaxwebhu enkundla njengesiyobisi esikhohlakeleyo. Enye i-25 yezigidi zeedola ixhase ukwakhiwa kwamakhaya angama-26 eLos Angeles kwincopho yebhola yezindlu, kumdibaniselwano odibeneyo ngoku noMnumzana Plyam, ofana noNks. Bouchey, osele ebhengeze njengongenamali phakathi kweembambano zomthetho ezandayo. AbakwaBronfmans nabanye oogxa baka Mnu. Raniere.
Esi sibini sihlala sinyanisekile kwi-NXIVM kunye noMnu Raniere, obonakala ngathi unciphisile eyona ndlela yakhe yokuchitha. (Uluhlu lwabaqeqeshi be-NXIVM uluhlu lukaSara, 33, noClare, 30, njengabafumene umbutho weorenji kunye nohlaza, ngokulandelelana.) Kodwa bayaqhubeka nokuchitha oko umntu owayekwiNXIVM aqikelela ukuba yi- $ 2 yezigidi ngenyanga. Iimfazwe ezininzi ze-NXIVM zomthetho nezoluntu kunye neentshaba ezahlukeneyo-iimfazwe ezibandakanya ukugcina iinkonzo ze-GOP eyazibiza ngokuba yi-GOP. Ukubetha umntu uRoger Stone kunye nenkampani yonxibelelwano ebubunzima iSitrick kunye neNkampani, ukuhambisa amakhulu amawaka eedola koosopolitiki abasuka kuHillary Clinton ukuya kuMike Huckabee kunye nokufumana ikhontrakthi kuthotho lwabaphandi babucala abanolunya ukuba benze uluhlu olungaqhelekanga lwezikim, njenge (ekugqibeleni ishiywe) ukubulala umgqugquzeli onxamnye nehlelo kunye no-Rick Ross.
Quixotically, Umnumzana Raniere ukwagunyazise izifundo zokuseka ilizwe elizimeleyo, utshilo omnye umcebisi wangaphambili we-NXIVM. Ngokwalo mcebisi, abakwaBronfmans ngelinye ixesha banxibe i-500,000 yeedola egameni lika-Mnu. Raniere kwisibini esaziwa njenge-CIA. iiarhente kwilinge lokuthambisa ilungu le-NXIVM elizibulale.
Kwaye ke kukho imicimbi efihlakeleyo kaMnu Raniere, ukusuka kwiVanguard IVeki, umnyhadala weentsuku ezili-10 we-NXIVM ubamba u-Agasti ngamnye kumsitho wokuzalwa kukaMnu. Raniere kwindawo ekuchithelwa kuyo iiholide eLake George, ukuqesha oonesi abahlanu ukuba bafundise iminyaka emithathu. -inkedama egama linguGaelen (igama likamama alaziwa) ngesiRashiya, isiTshayina, isiHindi, iSpanish nesiNgesi njengenxalenye yeRainbow Cultural Garden, ulingelo lokukhulisa abantwana kwilizwe jikelele.
Ngenkxaso-mali yabo ethembekileyo, U-Ms Bouchey uthe, oodade baqalisile ukuboleka kwilifa abalindele ukulifumana xa kusweleka utata wabo oneminyaka engama-81, u-Edgar Bronfman Sr.
Ityeba kaMnu Bronfman yaxhonywa Forbes kulo nyaka malunga ne- $ 2.5 yezigidigidi. Eli nani liya kuba likhulu ngemiyalelo embalwa yobukhulu ukuba ayizukuchithwa inkomo yemali yotywala yaseSeagram, kubandakanya ukusiwa kwayo kweepesenti ezingama-25 eDuPont, ezandleni zomntakwabo dade, uEdgar Jr. , Kwiphulo lakhe lokuba ngunobangela wokuzonwabisa. (KuEdgar Jr., umphathi ongaziwayo waseHollywood wakha wahlekisa ngeminyaka yoo-1980, ufana nepiyata! Mbethe, kuphume imali.)
Izinto ezixabisa kakhulu ezixabisa oodade abaphambukayo yenye yezinto kuthotho lwempazamo kwilifa likaBronfman kule minyaka ingamashumi amane idlulileyo. Ngo-2007, u-Edgar Sr wanyanzelwa ukuba athathe umhlala-phantsi emva kweminyaka engamashumi amathathu njengo Mongameli we-World Jewish Congress eyayisakuba namandla, umbutho wenkululeko owaziwa ngokuba yingalo yozakuzo yamaJuda, emva kokuba ubungqina bubonakele kwelokuba usekela-Sekela lakhe, u-Rabbi Israel Singer. , bebeqweqwedise ngaphezulu kwe- $ 1 yezigidi.
Kumashumi amathathu eminyaka eyadlulayo, usapho lwathotywa esidlangalaleni xa, ngobusuku bomsitho kaEdgar Sr.kunye nomama woodade, unyana wakhe omkhulu, uSamuel II, owayesandula ukuphumelela eWilliam College, wabanjwa ngabaqweqwedisi, Omnye wabo umcimi-mlilo weSixeko saseNew York, kwaye wabamba i-4.6 yezigidi zentlawulelo. Kunyaka olandelayo, ijaji yamkhulula u-duo wokuthimba isityholo sokuba uSam oselula wayezama ukufumana imali kuyise ngokuziphindezela ngokuthanjiswa komninawa wakhe, uEdgar, njengendlalifa yesihlalo sobukhosi saseSeagram.
Kodwa akukho namnye kwezi ntloni uhambelana nokungaqheleki kwebali likaSara, uClare kunye ne- $ 100 yezigidi abazinikele kwisithandi sobulumko esithi nguVanguard.
USara noClare Bronfman bayimveliso yomtshato wesibini kaEdgar Bronfman Sr., kumamkeli weeklabhu zasebusuku zesiNgesi iminyaka engama-21 eyinjinga yakhe. Wadibana noRita Webb eMarbella, eSpain, kwaye, njengamadoda amaninzi, wawa nzima ngenxa yobuhle bakhe obunenwele kunye nokuphelisa ukungabi nanyani. Intombi yabanini be-pub, u-Miss Webb omncinci wayengumntu ongaxoliyo ekuhlaleni. Wazibiza ngegama likaGeorgiana emva kokuba uEdgar Sr embize ngokuba nguGeorge, watshata naye ngo-1975, wazala uSara kunyaka olandelayo kwaye uClare wayeneminyaka emibini enesiqingatha kamva.
Kwenye yeememo zakhe ezintathu, u-Edgar Sr wabhala ukuba uGeorgiana wacela uqhawulo mtshato emva nje kokuzalwa kukaClare. Esi sibini saphinda satshata okwethutyana kwii-80s zakudala, isigqibo uMnu Bronfman wasibiza ngokuba yi-naïve ngokwenene. Emva koqhawulo-mtshato wesibini, waqala ngokuthandana ngokufutshane kunye no-Lorenzo Ricciardi, umenzi wefilimu wase-Italiya okwiminyaka yama-60. Wabanjwa ngo-1990 ngokuzama ukumbulala. Ngo-2007, eneminyaka engama-57 ubudala, watshata nomlingisi kamabonakude waseBritane uNigel Havers, owayengumbulali oyintshatsheli kunye nomphiko kuMick Jagger.
Ngelixa uGeorgiana esahlula ixesha lakhe phakathi kweNew York, London neKenya, amantombazana achitha uninzi lobuntwana babo eNgilane. Benza ukubonakala okuncinci kwizikhumbuzo zikaEdgar Sr. Uthetha ngokucinezelwa kwamaSemite ukuba uClare oneminyaka eli-13 ubudala wabandezeleka esikolweni eNgilane kunye nokugxothwa kwakhe. Ngo-1996, wabhala wathi, uSara wayedlulile kwinqanaba eliqhelekileyo lemvukelo, ngakumbi kunina. Incwadi yakhe ka-2002 ikhankanya uSara esiya esikolweni kodwa engathethi ngomtshato wakhe omfutshane noRonan Clarke waseIreland. Kwiinyanga emva komtshato wabo waseLas Vegas, umtshato wawonakele, kwaye uSara wayekrwada.
USusan White, umhlobo wosapho, ucebise ngezifundo ze-ESP kuSara. Ubhalise kwisemina, njengo-Edgar Bronfman Sr. uSara wabanjwa kwangoko, noClare, umgibeli wamahashe ongahambelani kunye nomnqweno wokuba ngumdlalo we-Olimpiki, owalandelwa kungekudala. Ngo-2003, oodade bazinza kufutshane neAlbany, besebenza njengabaqeqeshi be-ESP ngelixa uClare ekhulisa amaphupha akhe okukhwela amahashe eSaratoga Springs. Ngo-Okthobha u-2003, u-Edgar Bronfman Sr. wayegqibe kwelokuba iqela lihlelo, kuvavanyo awalubonakalisayo Forbes intatheli, kodwa kwakusele kudala.
Zintombazana nje ezintle. UClare urhoxile kancinci kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo uhlobo lokuhlala kwaye afunde ngelixa wonke umntu ephuma, kodwa bobabini bashushu kakhulu kwaye abanantobeko, uYuri Plyam, owayenguMrhwebi wangaphambili wezorhwebo kunye neqabane lokuthengisa izindlu, utshilo. Xa uSara noClare beza eLos Angeles kwisicelo sikaMnu Raniere ukuba batyikitye amaphepha kunye neepropathi zokhenketho, utshilo uMnu. Plyam, bahlala ekhayeni lakhe.
Babenomdla wokuhlala ekhaya kunye nokudlala nabantwana bethu kunotyalomali lwezindlu, utshilo. Umnumzana Plyam ngoku utshatile kwaye wamangalelwa ngoodade bobabini malunga nesivumelwano sokuthengisa izindlu nomhlaba. Ukholelwa ukuba basebenza nje ngeempuphu zika Mnu.
I-NXIVM izinze kwipaki ethobekileyo yeeofisi ezisemaphandleni eAlbany. Iindawo zokupaka kufutshane nomnyango zithwala ii-inishiyali zokuqala kunye namagama okugqibela amagosa aphezulu ombutho. NgolwesiHlanu emva kwemini ngoJulayi, iqashiso lalingenanto ligcina i-midrange enye ye-BMW kwindawo engaphawulwanga embindini wecandelo le-VIP. Bendindwendwele iziko kunye noJohn Tighe, oneminyaka engama-53 osebenza emsebenzini wokulawula inkunkuma kwisixeko saseSaratoga Springs ebesibhala malunga nesaga seNXIVM kwibhlog yakhe, uSaratoga eDecline.
Umnumzana Tighe uhlala ehlekisa nge-NXIVM kwibhlog yakhe, kwaye abambalwa abachaphazelekayo baseSaratogian baqalise ingxowa mali yezomthetho kuye. Umnumzana Tighe uyamangaliswa yile paranoia umbutho uye wafaka uninzi lwabo babesakuba ngabahlobo kodwa uhlala engafakwanga. Ndiyaqikelela xa ungakhange ulahlekelwe yinto, akukho nto uyoyika, utshilo.
Ithuba lokuqala endathetha ngalo nabani na ngokubandakanyeka ngqo kwi-NXIVM yayiyifowuni evela kwiakhawunti engaziwayo ye-Skype. Ilizwi lowasetyhini lalisithi uMnu Tighe usasaze ulwazi lwam lokunxibelelana kweminye yemithombo yakhe. Wayebize umnxeba wenkomfa kunye nenani labaphikisi be-NXIVM abazimisele ukuthetha. Babengekaziva bekhululekile ukuzazisa.
Kodwa ukuba akukho namnye kuni oya kundixelela ukuba ungubani. Ndithe. Ndazi njani ukuba ungowesiphene kwi-NXIVM kwaye hayi abadlali?
Omnye waguquka ngoko nangoko. Inqaku elilunge kakhulu, utshilo.
Khange ndikhathazeke kukuba abo bendithetha nabo bebehlawulwe ngu Mnu. Raniere kodwa hayi ngenxa yokuba imeko ingenakwenzeka. Ngo-2003, ngokutsho kowayesakuba ngumcebisi we-NXIVM uJoseph O'Hara, lo mbutho wahlawula idipozithi engange-500, 000 kwiQela leNkqubo yaMazwe ngaMazwe, inkampani yophando yabucala eseCarlifonia ngoku enabanini bayo abazibhengeza njenge-C. iiarhente. Umsebenzi yayikukuphanda ngembali kaKristin Snyder, owazibulala, eshiya inqaku apho wathi wahlanjwa ingqondo ngexesha lesemina yeentsuku ezili-16 ye-NXIVM e-Anchorage, eAlaska, ekuqaleni kwaloo nyaka. Ndiyaxolisa. … Bendingazi ukuba sele ndibhubhile, inqaku lifundiwe.
Kwimeko eyahlukileyo ngo-2004, i-NXIVM yaqesha i-Interfor, umsunguli wayo, uJuval Aviv, ebanga ukuba wayengummeli wangaphambili wase-Mossad, ukuze enze ugcino kumzabalazo olwa nenkolo uRick Ross. I-Interfor iqeshe umdlali weqonga ukuba azenze umama ochaphazelekayo ofuna ukuqesha uMnu. Ross ukukhokela ungenelelo kunyana wakhe kwinqanawa yokuhamba ngenqanawa. Injongo, uMnu O'Hara ibango, yayikukuphosa uMnu Ross elwandle. Baye baya kufikelela kucingo lukaMnumzana Ross idiphozithi eyi- $ 2,500 yeenkonzo zakhe ngaphambi kokulahla isicwangciso.
Kutshanje, amaxwebhu enkundla atyhola ukuba, i-NXIVM igcine umphandi wabucala uSteven Rambam ukuba ahlukumeze umncedisi kaBarbara Bouchey kunye nokujikeleza ngaphandle kwesalon yeenwele, ebuza abathengi ukuba bayazi na ukuba uNks. Bouchey usengxakini.
Ngorhatya lotyelelo lwam eSaratoga Springs, uMnumzana Tighe wanditsalela umnxeba endazisa ukuba ilungu le-NXIVM endadibana nalo kwiiyure ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo libonwe lithetha nam ngamalungu ambalwa abonakalayo ehlelo. Amaxesha ambalwa ndihamba ngotsalo olukhulu lwedolophu, ndive ngokucacileyo amazwi ekhwaza uMoe okanye uMaureen, emva koko anyamalale esihlweleni.
Okwam zi, a unqulo inkokheli, utshilo uJames Raniere. Akunjalo nje. Umdala uMnu. Raniere ngumlawuli ophetheyo osele ethathe umhlala-phantsi othetha ngendlela yaseBrooklyn. Uphendule kwimibuzo yam, utshilo, ikakhulu ukukhusela umfazi wakhe oswelekileyo, uVera. Uninzi lwabantu baseNXIVM bakholelwa ukuba umama kaKeith Raniere wayelinxila elixhaphazayo, kwaye oku, uJames uyaphikisana, akunakuba kude nenyaniso. Wayengoyena mama ubalaseleyo endakha ndadibana naye, utshilo. Iminyaka emihlanu yokuqala kaKeith yachitha eBrooklyn ngaphambi kokuba usapho lufudukele eRockland County kwizikolo zikarhulumente ezingcono. Ngokuzenzekelayo, uJames waphatha iakhawunti ye-arhente yakhe yeSeagram kwaye wathi uyamazi uEdgar Bronfman Sr ngobungcali ngexesha le-1970s. Ngoku utshatile kwaye uhlala e-Easthampton.
Utata nonyana bahlala kufutshane, utshilo uJames. Uthathe iiklasi ze-NXIVM, waya kwiVanguard Weeks kwaye wadibana noGaelen, amchaza njengomnye wabona bantwana banethamsanqa, ukuba noomama abahlanu abamfotayo. UJames uthathela ingqalelo unyana wakhe njengengqondo engaqondakaliyo iiklasi zakhe ezinceda abantu ukuba benze izinto kwaye bayeke ukuzilazila.
Iirekhodi zibonisa ukuba uKeith waphumelela kwiminyaka emithathu kwiTroy's Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ngo-1981. UJames wandixelela ukuba unyana wakhe uchithe iminyaka engama-80 ebaleka. UNks. Bouchey ukholelwa ukuba uKeith usebenze nzima iminyaka elishumi njengomthengisi kuthotho lweentengiso ezininzi, ishishini awalifunda malunga nentombi awayenotata wakhe owayengumthengisi waseAmway. Ngo-1990, waseka eyakhe intengiso ye-multilevel-intengiso, i-Consumers ’Buyline, ethengisa kwakhona ubulungu be- $ 14 ngonyaka kwi-Purchase Power, iklabhu yezaphulelo eTexas, ngaphezulu kwe- $ 200 ngonyaka. Wanyanzelwa ngabasemagunyeni ukuba awuvale umsebenzi ngo-1993 phakathi kwezityholo ezibanzi zokuba yayilicebo lepiramidi.
Ukuthenga ngengqondo yabathengi kwabaThengi, nangona kunjalo, kuhlala kunjalo. UKeith Raniere kunye namaqabane akhe amashishini ambalwa-uninzi lwabo yayingabafazi awayethandana nabo okanye abethandana nabo-kungekudala baqalisa elinye icebo lokuthengisa elininzi, ngeli xesha bebiza iivithamini kunye neendlela zempilo ezipheleleyo.
I-NXIVM yindawo yokutya eneengcinga ezinamandla ezivela kwezokuzinceda, i-hypnosis yonyango, iScientology kunye nemibhalo ye-Ayn Rand-zonke zenziwa ngeendlela zakudala zesikimu sepiramidi esiqeshwe kuqala kwi-Buyline yaBathengi. Imvelaphi yayo yayiye-1997, xa uMnu Raniere wadibana noNancy Salzman, umongikazi obhalisiweyo. Ulwalamano lwabo ekuqaleni lwaluthandana, kodwa, ekuxeleleni kukaNks. Bouchey, wabunqamla ubudlelwane babo bomzimba ngesiquphe kukwaphula umthetho. Okwangoku, uMnu. Raniere wabona ukuba nakho kuka-Ms Salzman kubuchwephesha beenkqubo ze-neuro-linguistic, indlela yonyango yolawulo lwengqondo esetyenziselwa ukulalisa abaguli kwimikhwa efana nokutshaya nokutya kakhulu. (U-Edgar Bronfman Sr. ubonge ngomlingo ngokumenza akwazi ukuyeka ukutshaya.)
Umnumzana Raniere wasebenzisa i-hypnosis ukunceda omnye umntu athandana naye, uToni Natalie, ukukhaba imidiza. Ngoncedo lwe (ngawo onke ama-akhawunti) athambileyo nokukhulisa uNkosazana Salzman, waba ngamabhongo ngakumbi, esebenzisa ubuchule bakhe ukubhengeza umbono wakhe phakathi kwabahlobo bakhe, eqala ngoNkosazana Natalie, owathi kamva wayeligusha labo.
Ekuqaleni noToni, ndicinga ukuba uninzi lwayo yayikukusebenzisa nje kukaKeith ukusebenzisa uNancy ukuqhubela phambili i-ajenda yakhe yokulala nabanye abantu basetyhini, uNkosikazi Bouchey wandixelela. Uthe esi sibini sizamile ukwenza okufanayo naye. Uya kuthi, 'Ewe, kutheni unomona? Yintoni ongayithandiyo ngawe ebangela ukuba uzive ungalunganga ngale ndlela? Sidlala intenetya kunye. Ungaziva unomona xa unokufumanisa ukuba ndinamanye amaqabane etenisi? ’Ndaye ndacinga ngayo kancinci, emva koko ndacinga, ngoku linda umzuzwana. Ukwabelana ngesondo akuyiyo intenetya! '
Umnumzana Raniere kunye noNks uSalzman bathatha amagama eVanguard kunye nePrefect. Ndim ndedwa owayenesibindi sokumbiza ngokuba nguKeith, UNks Bouchey kutshanje undixelele ngesidlo sangokuhlwa e-Upper East Side. Ndandifana, 'Awunguye uVanguard. Kwaye Nancy, ndikwazi iminyaka engama-20, kwaye andifuni ukukubiza ngokuba yiPrefect.
Umnumzana Raniere kunye noNks uSalzman babhala incwadi bebeka uthotho lweemodyuli ezingama-21 eziza kuba sisiseko seNkqubo yokuPhumelela yoLawulo yeeveki ezintathu ye-NXIVM. Baqala iisemina kunye noluhlu olukhoyo lwabaxhasi lukaNks. Yiloo ndlela ke uNkskz. Bouchey, emva kokuqhawula umtshato, wazifumana sele ebhalisile. Unksz Salzman wathembisa ukuba i-NXIVM iza kumnceda akwazi ukumelana nale ngxaki. Yabutshintsha ngokupheleleyo ubomi, utshilo uNkskz. Bouchey.
Ukusuka kwiphepha lokusebenzela eligcwele i-jargon kunye neetekisi ezisasaza iigrama ezenza uMnu Raniere iphepha elinamakhulu amabini anesine le-Rational Enquiry Method patent application, kunzima ukuxelela ukuba uninzi luye lwafumana ubomi obutshintsha malunga ne-NXIVM. Uninzi luyayincoma le ndlela ngenxa yokubalasela kwayo okucingelwayo. Abagxeki kunokwenzeka ukuba babhenele kwisibheno sabo kwindibaniselwano yeeklasi ezinde (iiyure ezili-14 kumagumbi ashushu), ukuphindwaphindwa okunzima kweekhonsepthi eziphambili, ukujijwa kolwimi kunye nokulandelelana ngokulinganayo kokuhlaselwa kubuthathaka babathathi-nxaxheba.
Isebenza kuba itsala abantu abakwimeko yeemvakalelo ezibi kakhulu, uMnu Plyam, othathe izifundo ezintathu ze-NXIVM, utshilo. Undixelele ukuba ubafumanise bexakeke kakhulu kodwa uninzi lwabalingane afunda nabo, njengomlingisi uLinda Evans (owayeqhawula umtshato ngelo xesha), baguquka ngoko nangoko.
Kungakhathaliseki ukuba yintoni isibheno se-NXIVM, kwakungeyona eyokuqala, uRick Ross wandixelela. I-ESP ibeka ii-swaths zeScientology, ukuya ezantsi ukusebenzisa enye yejoggon efanayo, 'njengokucinezela' kunye 'nokucaca,' emva koko iphosa kwiRandian Objectivism, uKeith edlala uhlobo lwenxaxheba kaDavid Koresh yenxaxheba enkulu kwaye eyipakisha yonke njengenkqubo yeLandmark yohlobo lokuziphucula.
Wayeqeshwe ngo-2003 ukuhlutha umlandeli we-NXIVM, uMnu. Ross wasilela ukumelana ne-ESP-yazisa ithagethi yakhe. Kodwa wathumela iziphumo zohlalutyo olunzulu kwiwebhusayithi yakhe yokwazisa ngenkolo, apho i-NXIVM yaphendula kwangoko ngesimangalo esityhola ulwaphulo-mthetho. Icawa yeSayensi ifanele imangalele uKeith Raniere ngolwaphulo mthetho, utshilo uMnu Ross.
Iqhekeza abantu kwaye ibuye iphinde ibakhe kwakhona, wachaza uMnu O'Hara, owathi abathathi-nxaxheba kwi-2004 NXIVM yakhe yaqala ukuphuka emva kweentsuku ezintathu. Ukuthelekisa amanqaku nonyana wakhe, oLwandle, wagqiba kwelokuba inkqubo apho i-NXIVM ifundisa khona abalandeli yayifana noqeqesho olusisiseko emkhosini. Okokuqala, bayabakholisa ukuba abayonto ngaphandle kwe-NXIVM. Ke babenza bakholelwe ukuba nge-NXIVM banokufezekisa nantoni na. Kwaye kufuneka ndiyinike uKeith-wenza ukuba abafazi bakholelwe ukuba banokwenza nantoni na.
Njengoko uSara Bronfman uxelele a Forbes intatheli ngonyaka ka-2003 emva kokufumana ibhanti lomqeqeshi we-NXIVM, Ukusuka kusapho apho ndingazange ndifumane nantoni na ngaphambili ebomini bam, [yayingamava achukumisayo kakhulu ukuba ndinikwe le bhanti imthubi. Yayiyinto yokuqala endiyifumene ngokufaneleka kwam.
Kuya kufuneka ukhumbule, utshilo uMnu. Plyam, ukuba uKeith ngoyena mntu uhlekisayo, oyena mhle, onolwazelelelo, okrelekrele, oyindoda enomtsalane oya kuze uhlangane naye ebomini bakho.
Umnumzana Raniere uye wazibonakalisa njengomntwana oziphethe kakubi. Ngo-1988, wanyulwa kwi-Mega Society, uhlobo lwe-ultra-Mensa kubantu abane-IQ ze-176 nangaphezulu. An Albany Times-Umanyano iprofayile iphindaphindwe amabango athandabuzekayo kaMnu Raniere ukuba ubophelele irekhodi likarhulumente kwi-100-yard dash kwaye ufuna kuphela iiyure ezimbini ukuya kwezine zokulala ubusuku ngabunye. (Umsunguli weMega Society uRonald Hoeflin uqinisekisile ukuba amanqaku kaMnu. Raniere kuvavanyo lokungena eMega ambeka kwindawo ephezulu kwikhulu lesigidi sabantu.)
Kwaye kukho charisma yakhe edume kakubi. Nokuba ngowama-2003 Forbes uphando ngenkcubeko yakhe yobuntu ibhekisa kuncumo lwakhe olufudumeleyo. Ukutyhubela iminyaka, uye washiya imisebenzi yemihla ngemihla yamashishini akhe awahlukeneyo ukuya kwiqela lakhe elijikajikana nabahlobo-abahlobo-abathandwayo-okwangoku kuthiwa baquka uSara Bronfman kunye neentombi zikaNks. Salzman, uLauren noMichelle-ngelixa enikela ngexesha lakhe kwiintlobo ngeentlobo zeeprojekthi kunye nabasebenzi abangamadoda.
Umnumzana Plyam utyhola ukuba uhlala echitha iiyure ezininzi emnxebeni noMnumzana Raniere bethetha ngeemarike zezemali kunye neVanguard yokuxhaphaza ngokwesondo. Umnumzana O'Hara uthe ufumene isikolo esiphakathi sika Mnu. Raniere eqhayisa-ebanga ukuba ulele phakathi komfazi omnye nabane ngobusuku bonke - uyadinisa, kodwa amanye amadoda abonakala ngathi amfumene amandla. Ndixelelwe ukuba kumadoda amaninzi ukuzoba kwe-NXIVM ilele kumathuba ezesondo kunye nohlobo lwabasetyhini abancinci abathandekayo uMnu Raniere wefilosofi etsala.
Unksz Bouchey, kwelakhe icala, uthe wagxothwa nguMnu Raniere xa wayeqala ukumlandela. Ngomhla wokugqibela weklasi, wandinika ikopi yakhe IAtlas Shrugged , ngako konke ukuqaqambisa kwakhe nayo yonke into, kwaye wandijonga kakhulu wathi, 'UnguDagny,' uyakhumbula, ebhekisa kwiqhawekazi lenoveli ka-Ayn Rand. UDagny urhuqelwa phantsi ngumtya ongapheliyo wabantu abalahlekileyo-abanetyala, amadoda akhululekileyo-ngaphambi kokuba angenise kumphathi-mveliso uJohn Galt. Kwakucacile ukuba wayefanele ukuba nguJohn Galt.
NjengeRandi, uMnu. Raniere wahlula abantu baba ziiparasiti kunye nabavelisi. Inombolo ye-11 yemiyalelo ye-NXIVM ye-12 ifuna ukuba bonke abalandeli bathembise kulawulo lokuziphatha ngokufanelekileyo kwimali eninzi, ubutyebi kunye nezixhobo zehlabathi kangangoko kunokwenzeka ngenxa yokuba kubalulekile ekusindeni koluntu ukuze ezi zinto zilawulwe ngempumelelo, abantu abaziphethe kakuhle. Kumaxwebhu enkundla, uMnu O’Hara ubhekise kwisifundo esivela eRaniere / ’Vanguard’ sokuba kutheni abalandeli bakhe kungafuneki bahlawule irhafu.
UNks. Bouchey uthe umnumzana Raniere's libertarian ravings are a wayhow, kodwa ubutyebi obuphakathi kwenethiwekhi ye-NXIVM bunamandla. Kubandakanya owayesakuba ngumphathi we-Enron uStephen Cooper, umseki-siseko ongumlingani kamabonwakude oMnyama uSheila Johnson, owayesakuba ngugqirha wotyando jikelele wase-United States u-Antonia Novello kunye nomlingisi uGoldie Hawn. URichard Branson ubambe ikhosi ye-NXIVM enzulu kwisiqithi seCaribbean. Umnumzana Branson udwelisiwe kunye noSara Bronfman njengomnye wabaxhamli beNkomfa ka-2008 yaseAlbany A Cappella Innovations, isiphelo somnqweno omfutshane kaMnu Raniere wokucula i-cappella.
Oovimba bamandla abanzulu be-NXIVM bamiliselwe eMexico, apho u-Edgar Boone Sabag waqala ukuziphendulela amalungu e-elite yase-Mexico, kubandakanya nabantwana babongameli ababini, ngo-2000. I-NXIVM sele iphumeze amaphulo amaninzi eMexico, uninzi lwawo luzinikele ukunqanda ubundlobongela ngamandla okucula, ubugcisa basesitratweni kunye nemfesane.
Uninzi lweerejimeni zempumelelo ziyaxhasa kwaye zisebenzise amaqhinga anje ngonqulo. Iincwadi ezithandwayo zokuzinceda ziyathanda Imfihlelo kwaye ohlonipheke ngakumbi Ukuhamba: Isayikholoji yamava afanelekileyo Nxulumana ulonwabo kunye nokufumana imeko etshintshileyo yokuqonda. Icawa yeScientology, iMfundo eseMhlabeni kunye neZiko leKabbalah linikezela abathengi kweli lizwe ngokubabeka kwiiklasi zemarathon kumagumbi afudumeleyo anokufikelela okuncinci kukutya, amanzi kunye nehlabathi langaphandle. Njengomthetho, abafundi kulindeleke ukuba bakhuphe imali eninzi. I-NXIVM ihlawulisa malunga ne- $ 10,000 kwi-regimen yeentsuku ezili-16.
I-NXIVM ifana nookhokho bayo kuba itsala umdla wabazinikeleyo kunye nokuqina ngokulinganayo (kunye neparanoid) yoluntu lwabawexuki. Kodwa mhlawumbi alikho iqela eliphumelele ngokugqibeleleyo njengo Mnu. Raniere ekuthengiseni isithembiso sempumelelo yesigqeba kubantu abanesidingo esincinci sangempela sempumelelo nangayiphi na indlela yesiqhelo — abakrelekrele abazizityebi.
Kukho ubuchwephesha obuthile ekujoliseni abantu abanjalo kwinkqubo yempumelelo, kuba iyayibaleka nayiphi na imfuneko yokunceda abalandeli bafumane iziphumo ezibonakalayo: Sele bezizityebi. Ukanti inkqubo ngokucacileyo yagcwalisa umsantsa kubomi bukaSara noClare Bronfman. Owayesakuba ngumqeshwa we-NXIVM owayeqhelene nabo bobabini wandixelela ukuba uClare wambetha njengo rhoxile kwaye engonwabanga nabantu, ngelixa u-Saraise onobuhlobo ngakumbi yayiyimeko eqhelekileyo yomntu onamaqela amaninzi kakhulu ukuba abe khona kwaye noxanduva lokugcina. Bobabini oodade kusenokwenzeka ukuba babenengxaki yokujongela phantsi kwesithunzi somama wabo abazenzela intlalontle.
Intsapho yaseBronfman iye yabonisa ngokukhawuleza ukunciphisa amandla okulawula ubutyebi bayo. Ngo-2003, u-Edgar Bronfman Sr., owayeqale wakhuthaza iintombi zakhe ezazingashukumi ekukhuleni kwakhe, wathi wayekholelwa ukuba uMnu. Raniere wayesebenzisa ihlelo. Uye wathula malunga noMnumzana Raniere.
Umnumzana Raniere, ngokuka Mnu Plyam, usola u-Edgar Bronfman Sr. ngeedola zakhe ezizigidi ezingama-65 zelahleko kwimpahla yorhwebo kwaye ebanga ukuba abalandeli babazali bakhe babezama ukutyhefa ulwalamano lwabo ngokurhweba ngemarike ngokuchasene nokubheja kwakhe kwikamva nakwikamva le-oat.
Umnumzana Plyam utyhola ngelithi xa iimali zodade ziqala ukoma, uMnu Raniere waqesha uFrank Parlato Jr., umakhi wepropathi yaseAlbany, ukuba abhabhe aye e-LA ngezigebenga ezintathu, enxibe iiglasi zelanga kunye neebhatyi ezinde zesikhumba, kwaye azenze umthunywa ka-Papa Bronfman ukuba oyikise uMnu. Plyam ukuba anikezele ngee-asethi zakhe ukuze afumane inxenye yelahleko kaMnu. Raniere. (Phakathi kwamabango kaMnu. Parlato malunga noPapa Bronfman, ngokwesikhalazo, uMnumzana Plyam ufake isimangalo ngokuchasene noMnumzana Raniere noSara kunye noClare Bronfman, kukuba wayefake ikhamera kwigumbi lokulala likaSara ukuze ajonge intombi yakhe ngesondo noMnu. Raniere.)
UMnu O'Hara wandixelela ukuba uyathandabuza ukuba uPapa uBronfman wokwenene unazo naziphi na ezinye izicwangciso zokungenelela ekubandakanyekeni kweentombi zakhe noMnumzana Raniere kunye ne-NXIVM. Andiqondi ukuba kukho umntu ofuna ukubalandela kweli nqanaba, ubuncinci kubo bonke uEdgar Bronfman, undixelele uMnu O'Hara. Ecaphula iyelenqe le-NXIVM ngokuchasene noMnumzana Ross, wathi, Lo ngumsebenzi wolwaphulo-mthetho esithetha ngawo, kwaye iintombi zakhe ziye zaxhasa wonke umsebenzi. Kusenokwenzeka ukuba usolusapho waye warhoxa ngethemba lokuba iintombi zakhe ziya kudibana nabahlobo abatsha.
UGeorgiana Bronfman, kwelakhe icala, kubonakala ngathi uzama ukukhupha iintombi zakhe kwi-thrall kaMnu Raniere ngeendlela ezichuliweyo. Ngo-Okthobha u-2009 ebhlog yakhe, sarabronfman.com, USara Bronfman ubalise ngorhatya lwamva nje xa umama wakhe ethathe oodade ukuya kubona umdlalo kaDavid Mamet UOleanna , ebonisa umzabalazo phakathi konjingalwazi onobuqhetseba kunye nomfundi obhinqileyo omgrogrisayo ngokummangalela ngesinyanzeliso sesincwaso. Ukusuka kwimonologue yokuvula, nakuwo wonke umsebenzi wemizuzu engama-80, bendihleli neengalo zam zisongwe ngokuqinileyo esifubeni sam, ndizama ukulwa nobunzima obugqithisileyo obenziwe ngumsebenzi ophikisayo, U-Ms Bronfman wabhala. Iimvakalelo zam zakhula ngokuqina okunyukayo, kwaye, ngelixa inxenye yam yayitsalwa, ixhonywe kwigama ngalinye, enye indawo yagxothwa, ixhathisa umnqweno onamandla wokuzikhupha ngaphandle kweqonga.
Kuze kube nguSara noClare Bronfman bolt abavela kwi-NXIVM, nabani na obaleka ukuba ngumfundi kukaMnu. Raniere ubeka esichengeni isihogo esisemthethweni. Uninzi luye lwabhanga, kwaye bambalwa abasindileyo abangafanelekanga.
Ukushiyeka, okwangoku, kukaBarbara Bouchey, owagcina igqwetha lamandla uNathan Goldberg (waseAllred, Maroko & Goldberg) ukummela enkundleni ngokuchasene neBronfmans, kungangqina ukuba nguMnu. UNks. Bouchey ulawule imitya yesipaji sokusebenza kuka Mnu. Raniere iminyaka elishumi, de washiya ngesiquphe nabanye abalandeli abasibhozo ngo-Epreli 2009. Kwidiphozithi ethathwe kwelo hlobo, wachaza indlela oodade ababunikela ngayo ubutyebi babo kuMnumzana Raniere.
Xa iimali zodade zaphela, UNks Bouchey wathatha esi sibini wasisa eCitibank ukuvula amabini amabini ezigidi zeedola kwimigca yemali mboleko besebenzisa ilifa labo elizayo njengesiqinisekiso- inyathelo lokuqala elalifuna utshintsho kutrasti. Ngenxa yokuba ukuthembana kosapho lakwaBronfman kwakwakhiwe ngutata kaEdgar Sr., uSamuel, ukuba athande izizukulwana eziselula, kwakungekho nto ingako eyayinokwenziwa liqela elichaphazelekayo ukubanqanda.
Izigidi ezizuzwe njengelifa zihlala zigcwele uluhlu lwezifo kunye nokungasebenzi. Ngo-1987, uJoanie Bronfman, owayengumgqatswa wobugqirha weBrandeis owayeseyintombi kaEdgar Bronfman Sr. umzala kaGerald, waphanda iingqondo ezithile zabantu abazizityebi ababengenanto bayithethayo kwiphepha lakhe lama-429. Amava oButyebi obuzuze njengelifa: umbono wentlalontle-ngokwengqondo . Ngexesha lophando lwakhe, waya kwiinkomfa zobutyebi ezingama-50 kwaye wenza udliwanondlebe neendlalifa ezilikhulu. Ukuzoba kumava akhe okukhula ngokubonakalayo esisityebi kwaye egcwele iintloni ngenxa yako, U-Ms Bronfman wathi abaxhamli bobutyebi obukhulu bahlala bexinekile ngokwasemphefumlweni. Bamkela umbono wehlabathi okhoyo kwaye babone abantu njengabazithandayo. Babona ubudlelwane ukuba buba yintengiselwano. Ukungaziphathi kakuhle kwabo kuvela kwimizamo yabazali abangekhoyo emsebenzini yokuthenga ukuthanda kwabo njengembuyekezo yokukhuphela ukukhulisa kwabo iingcali eziqeshiweyo. Ezi mvakalelo ziyomelezwa xa zinxibelelana nehlabathi elingaphandle kweklasi kwaye zicela enye iminikelo okanye zihlekiswe njengama-dilettantes ngamajelo eendaba. Kwakungowokugqibela owayenentente eninzi wayetyhola ngokubhengeza ubundlobongela obonakalisayo kubaxhamli, awathi ubutyebi.
Emva phayaa, abazizityebi abazithiyileyo babekwazi ngakumbi ukuthatha igama elitsha kunye nokurhoxa kuluntu olutyebileyo, njengoSara noClare udadewabo ongumdala, u-Holly Bronfman, xa wayetshata i-Israeli enkulu kunye nosomashishini weti kwaye wathatha igama elithi Bhavani Lev . Kodwa phakathi kweshumi leminyaka eliqale ngeParis Hilton kwividiyo kwaye laphela ngoBernie Madoff kwiikhofu, umnumzana Raniere othanda izinto eziphathekayo kunye nokulwa, ezukisa ukufuna ubutyebi ngokungenalusini, uye wabhenela kwangexesha. Njengoko uSara Bronfman wacacisayo kudliwanondlebe ka-2009 xa umamkeli ebuza ngembeko ukuba kufanelekile na ukuthelekisa uMnu. Raniere noDalai Lama kunye noMama u-Theresa xa abo babini baphindayo baphika ukuthanda izinto eziphathekayo: Ukuba ujonga uMama u-Theresa no-Dalai Lama, zisekwe kumazwe ahluke ngokupheleleyo kwizithethe zamandulo ngakumbi. Ukuze uphile kwilizwe lobungxowankulu laseNtshona, umntu kufuneka akwazi ukutshintshiselana ngemveliso yemizamo yabo yemali eza kubavumela ukuba baphile.
Akusiyo ingozi uSara nodadewabo babevuthiweyo ekujoliswe kubo nguMnumzana Raniere wobungxowankulu obuyimfihlo. Usapho lakwaBronfman luye lwadada izizukulwana ngezobutyebi eziqokelelwe ngabantu baseCanada ngexesha lokuthintela. Izikrelemnqa zayo akunakubekwa tyala ngokuphulukana nokubambelela kwinyani. Kwaye ngubani, ngaphandle kwe-tether kwinyani, onokulindeleka ukuba abambelele emalini? Ngethamsanqa iBronfmans-kunye noMnu Raniere-banokuninzi okungaphulukana nako.
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