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Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Table of Contents
Author’s Note — From Wallflower to Warrior — The Battle for the Truth
Prologue — The Case of the Disappearing Swami — Whereabouts Unknown
Part One — In the Beginning — For the Love of God
1. Ask and You Will be Given — Seek and You Shall Find
2. Desperately Seeking God — Fateful Attraction
3. Irresistible — Did I Ever Have a Prayer?
4. Hear No Evil — The Guru’s Gospel
5. A Spiritual Seduction — A Fork in the Road
6. Intense Longing — A Trip to Texas
7. Meeting Swamiji — The Guru’s Darshan
8. It’s the Guru’s World — Learning the Ropes
9. Swami Dearest — Hooked on the Guru
10. Roy Adored Me — A Shot at Worldly Love
11. The Teacher Visits — Guru Preparations
12. For the Guru’s Pleasure — Total Immersion
13. Speak No Evil — Father Knows Best
14. Blind Sided — The Price of Devotion
15. See No Evil — The Guru Plays Favorites
16. The Turning Point — A Sacrifice
17. Ashram Bound — A Leap of Faith
Part Two — In the Ashram — The Razor’s Edge
18. Journey’s End — Abandoning the World
19. Living the Dream — Settling into Ashram Life
20. Inside the Gates — Steering Clear of “The World”
21. Hinduism Light — The Western-Friendly Dogma
22. The Tea Towel Incident — A Ritual Restored
23. The Guru’s Playground — Thrill Rides on His Golf Cart
24. Building the Temple — Witnessing a “Divine” Creation
25. The Guru’s Rules — Law of the Land
26. The Ladies in Orange — Holier Than Thou
27. Missed Connections — Outside Looking In
28. “One Big Family” — Big Fish in a Little Pond
29. Ashram Seva — Damned if You Do, Damned if You Don’t
30. Ashram Children — The Guru’s “Grandkids”
31. The Birthday Cake Miracle — Saving the Day
32. Cooking Halva — Trial By Fire
33. Barsana Dham in the News — Rolling with the Punches
34. RV Rides Come — RV Rides Go
35. Waiting for Grace — Hope Springs Eternal
36. Guru Bonding — Fear and Longing
37. Misadventures in Photography — A Lesson in Humility
38. Escape Plans — Nowhere to Run
39. Surrendering to the Guru — Mission Impossible?
40. Uncomfortable Grace — The Women-Only Ritual
41. Mad With Desire — Life Without Sex
42. Giving — How Much is Enough?
43. Epic Blast — The Guru’s Wrath
44. More Bad Press — Royally Skewered
Part Three — In the Dark — Curiouser and Curiouser
45. Where is Swamiji’s Guru? — The 20-Year Code of Silence
46. Introducing Maharaji — The “Guru of the Universe”
47. Going to India — Suffering for God
48. The Maharaji Show — Show Me the Money
49. No Titiksha for the Gurus — Gluttons for Creature Comforts
50. Returning to India — One Last Trip
51. Where is Sureshwari? — A Preacher’s Mysterious Disappearance
52. Swamiji’s Prescription — My Therapy Cure
53. The Million-Dollar Trip — Maharaji Visits the West
54. Maharaji Returns — And Chaos Ensues
55. Charan Seva — My Initiation into a Secret Ritual
56. More Charan Seva — Seeing and Not Believing
57. Maharaji Leaves — The Beginning of the End
Part Four — In the Cult — Losing My Religion
58. Bad News Rising — Maharaji Arrested
59. Con Realization — A Crack in the Façade
60. Where the Hell Am I? — Gurus’ Secrets Spill
61. Reading Between Their Lies — Grasping at Excuses
62. Thank God for the Internet — A Chink in the Gurus’ Armor
63. Down the Rabbit Hole — Wonderland Implodes
64. Maharaji Returns — Without a Hero’s Welcome
65. Follow the Money — A Mysterious Trip to Trinidad
66. Confronting the Guru — An Invitation to “Private Time”
67. Prepping Me for “Private Time” — Decoding the Secret Language
68. Under the Radar — My Year of Living Dangerously
69. Behind Closed Doors — The Guru’s Sex Schedule
70. Clueless — Omniscience Debunked
71. A Forgotten Secret — The Depths of My Denial
72. The Girls Speak Out — Breaking Their Silence
73. The Demon Speech Trilogy — Fear of God
74. Preemptive Strike — Creating Their Defense
75. Gaining Shakti — My First Radha-Krishna Experience
76. Escaping the Cult — Break on Through to the Other Side
Part Five — In the World — Divine Intervention
77. Swamiji is Arrested — All Hell Breaks Loose
78. Extradited — Free on $1 Million Bail
79. Becoming an Informant — The $10 Million Dollar Article
80. Barsana Dham Calls — Fear and Loathing
81. My Life as Deep Throat — Digging Deep
82. Suzy’s Story — A Near-Bliss Experience
83. Kripalu’s Secret Lust — Underage Virgins
84. Feeding the Beast — Offering Virgins to the Guru
85. Ana’s Horror Story — A Mother’s Nightmare
86. A Rapist’s Rituals — Kripalu’s Modus Operandi
87. The Moral Minority — Our Ex-Devotee Network
88. Talking to Mary — The Former Sureshwari Surfaces
89. Hell on Earth — Saving Another Soul
90. My Awakening — God Realization in the Blink of an Eye
91. Witness for the Prosecution — Nothing But the Truth
92. Appealing to a Higher Power — The Guru Can’t Take No for an Answer
93. Publication Day — The Power of the Press
94. The Infomercial Guru — Mixing Spiritual and Secular
95. Conmen Correspondence — The Forgotten Tree House
96. The Truth Project — Exposing the Gurus’ Dark Side
97. Uncivil Behavior — When Lawyers Play Dirty
98. Justice Delayed — Out of Sight, Out of Mind
99. Caught! — Prakash’s Critical Misstep
100. Pretrial Shenanigans — By Hook or By Crook
101. “Lawyering Up”— Mounting a High-Priced Defense
102. Cathy Compton — A Warrior for the Prosecution
Part Six — In the Trial — Truth and Consequences
103. His Day(s) in Court — The Guru Has Entered the Building
104. Day One — A Jury of His Peers
105. Day Two — Backroom Confidential
106. Day Three — Cruella De Ville
107. Day Four — The “Hot Shot” Cult Lawyer
108. Day Five — Prosecution Rests and Defense Begins
109. Day Six — The “Star Witness” for the Defense
110. Day Seven — Nothing But Lies
111. Day Eight — The Defense Rests, Abruptly
112. Day Nine (Part One) — Lawyer Interrupted
113. Day Nine (Part Two) — Beyond a Shadow of a Doubt
114. Weekend Negotiations — A Low Blow
115. Day Ten — And Then He Was Gone
116. Day Eleven — Fugitive from Justice
117. The Wicked Flee — A Run for the Border
118. The $10 Million Dollar Question — Who Got the Money?
119. How a Guru Disappears — It Takes a Village of Aiders and Abettors
120. Kripalu Dies — Auspicious or Suspicious?
121. The Truth Hurts — A Campaign to Shut Me Up?
Part Seven — In Hindsight — Deconstructing the Gurus’ Con Game
122. Cult Proof? — Resisting the Irresistible Lure
123. God or Psychopath? — An Accumulation of Evidence
124. Liar, Liar — Who is Prakashanand Saraswati?
125. Unholy Union — A Deal Between Devils
126. False Profits — Is JKP’s “Charity Work” a Scam?
127. The Guru-Devotee Dance of Narcissism — Are Their Followers Drinking the KoolaidTM?
128. Bondage and Discipline — Spiritual Masters or Slave Masters?
129. Are You Cult Proof? — How to Steer Clear of Fake Gurus and Other Con Games
Epilogue — Life After a Cult — My Next Chapter
Follow the Story — It’s Not Over Yet
Afterword — The Authentic Guru-Disciple Tradition in Hinduism
Biography — Karen Jonson, Author
Glossary of Hindi Terms
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