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"Okay, get some snaps of that Mangione character, but you better not pull any bullshit where he looks like the subject in a 16th century painting called 'Christ taken at the Garden of Gethsemane'."
"Okay, now don't be mad but..."
December 19, 2024 at 9:25 PM
My latest for Scroll.in: how a closeted gay man created the first group of American Sikh converts in 1950s Oklahoma, and how that led to a massive scam involving fake degrees that was shut down by the FBI.

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Disciples of Truth, diplomas of fraud: The tumultous tale of the ‘Anglo Saxon Sikhs’ of Oklahoma
Led by spiritual seeker Homer Bradshaw, The Disciples of Truth had a brief, failed tryst with a religion they understood little of. Then came a second act.
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December 15, 2024 at 5:55 PM
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Have you watched the docuseries Breath of Fire on Max? It covers Guru Jagat, who gained a following through Kundalini yoga/Yogi Bhajan/3HO, which we’ve discussed on the podcast — although our focus has been the kids at the boarding schools in India
www.hbo.com/breath-of-fire
Breath of Fire | Official Website for the HBO Series | HBO.com
The official website for Breath of Fire on HBO, featuring interviews, schedule information, behind the scenes exclusives, and more.
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November 24, 2024 at 6:46 AM
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In the latest #HindooHistory dialogue, I spoke with @philipdeslippe.bsky.social, a doctoral candidate studying the history of yoga in the United States from the mid-nineteenth to mid-twentieth century. Please read and share! And subscribe to the substack.

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Hindoo History Dialogues: A Conversation with Philip Deslippe
Philip Deslippe is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, finishing a dissertation on the early history of yoga in the United State...
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November 17, 2024 at 12:56 AM
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MJ's Zakiyyah Madyun says, "BREATH OF FIRE once again has a lot of ground to cover in an hour’s time, and the second half of the episode takes a horrific turn into Yogi Bhajan’s history of sexual abuse." #BreathofFire is now streaming on @streamonmax.bsky.social.
BREATH OF FIRE tackles harrowing secrets in its third episode — Moviejawn
by Zakiyyah Madyun, Staff Writer Breath of Fire brings deep, dark secrets into the light in its penultimate episode.
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November 6, 2024 at 4:09 PM
New piece from Stacie Stukin and myself for Baaz News on the abuse and mistreatment of the men and women born into Yogi Bhajan's 3HO.

#kundaliniyoga #3ho #yogibhajan

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March 27, 2024 at 4:06 PM