Ramtha Part 2: Is Ramtha's School of Enlightenment the Next Bohemian Grove?
If you haven’t read the Part 1 of this series, you can find it here.
Ramtha Part 1: Who is JZ Knight?
I have added very little commentary to this article. There is one question that keeps popping into my mind as I am researching all of this...
Is Ramtha's School of Enlightenment the next Bohemian Grove?
There are strange things that happen in Yelm, Washington. Ramtha isn't the only strange thing here. But it is the most notable.
WARNING: Some of the quotes from these articles get extremely graphic.
JZ Knight teaches that there is no right or wrong, and that people “create their own reality.”
“Creating reality” means that crime victims are to blame for what happens to them — not the criminal. The victims brought it on themselves, through some kind of bizarre karmic need.
So crime victims deserve no compassion or help. Not even children.
Internet Archive: South Thurston Journal: JZ Knight’s Rules of Rape, Hate, Perjury, and Fraud
Ramtha's Rape Policy
According to ex-Knight followers, rape was not that unusual at RSE—particularly after wine ceremonies.
Until five years ago, this kind of managerial responsibility had been assigned to JZ Knight’s succession of live-in lovers.
It may seem unusual for a business to have an internal policy for handling violent crimes on the premise, that doesn’t include calling the police and letting them handle it.
But JZ Knight is a sovereignist, and her RSE cult is run on sovereignist beliefs—fear and hatred of the government. At RSE, she replaces the outside world’s criminal justice system with one of her own.
Internet Archive: South Thurston Journal: JZ Knight’s Rules of Rape, Hate, Perjury, and Fraud
Does it seem odd that a "business" would have its own policies regarding rape? This is allegedly what those policies look like.
About a decade ago, a Knight follower sent a seven-page letter to James Flick. It was neatly handwritten on nice stationary.
The letter reported the rape of a sixteen year old girl at RSE.
The letter detailed how the writer’s (then) boyfriend had raped a sixteen year old girl at RSE, after a wine ceremony. The victim was known to be shy and quiet, and apparently had no parents or family to help her.
As far as anyone knew, she did not report the rape to the police.
This teen rape became common knowledge among Knight’s followers at the time. Soon after the letter, James Flick put the accused teen rapist’s name up on the staff board, meaning that he was no longer welcome at RSE events.
As far as anyone knew, that was the extent of JZ Knight’s concern over that particular rape report.
Past RSE students recall that this teen rape occurred about a year or two after the notorious “rape trial” by JZ Knight. The Seattle Times reported that in-house trial was the result of the rape report of a different (and younger) teenage girl, and different rapists who were also RSE students.
The Seattle Times reported that the fifteen year old victim had also written a letter to Knight about her assailants.
In this prior teen rape case, JZ Knight presided over her own in-house court proceeding, which took place at an RSE wine ceremony in front of about 800 witnesses.
The first teen rape went on to an actual trial, for real, in Lewis County. JZ Knight later said she had no recollection of her in-house trial at the RSE wine ceremony, explaining that she had been in a trance at the time.
Internet Archive: South Thurston Journal: JZ Knight’s Rules of Rape, Hate, Perjury, and Fraud
Religion Based on Sociopathic Tendencies
Remember, humanism teaches that there is no difference between right and wrong. There is no sin. These are all just experiences to be learned from.
Because JZ Knight teaches her followers that there is no right or wrong. According to Knight’s Ramtha—The White Book, not even murder is wrong.
Knight also teaches that people create their own reality. That means if something terrible happens to you, you made it happen. You wanted it to happen; you needed it to happen.
In a past life, for instance, a rape victim must have raped someone else. Same with any victim of any crime.
According to JZ Knight, this lifetime exists to experience what you lacked in past lives. You’re simply fulfilling your core curriculum, on the road to enlightenment.
JZ Knight teaches that anyone’s life is simply an immaterial blip in the big picture. Any terrible crime against you in any one lifetime—even being murdered—is unimportant, in the long run. After all, you’ll have thousands and thousands of lifetimes to work it all out.
So criminals and their sympathizers are never to feel guilty, in JZ Knight’s world. It’s all just part of creating your reality.
She also teaches that the closest truth we have is our fantasies.
Internet Archive: South Thurston Journal: JZ Knight’s Rules of Rape, Hate, Perjury, and Fraud
Debauchery and Bacchanalian Revelry
Here is a message board which gives many firsthand accounts from former members regarding what goes on at Ramtha's School of Enlightenment.
EnlightenMeFree (EMF) Message Board: RSE Rules and Wine Ceremony Policies October 2001
You will find the following testimonies and more in this message board and others:
—The students were so drunk from “wine ceremonies” that there were actually pedophile instances…. drunken men who were caught attempting, or actually molesting children. It is unlikely that students or staff ever called the police. Students are very “secretive” about the teachings and …. they have signed the gag order [confidentiality agreement] that they must not divulge what occurs at the events because it is “sacred”.
— There was a bonfire set up outside and “toasts” with red wine went on for a few hours. After it was over people got ill and started throwing up all over the place. They were endeavoring to stumble back to the arena. Later the arena was filled with the stench of vomit.
—I have heard many times, that the dancing/drinking led to many sexual interactions of all combinations of genders. Babies were born; and someone I know, awoke from a drunken stupor to pain on their leg … because some “couple” was upon her leg, unaware, and guess what they were doing?
— J. Z. Knight has apparently boasted of the babies that were conceived at wine ceremonies.
—This debauchery is bizarre in the extreme, and places all of Ramtha’s teaching in question. The fact that these wine ceremonies are very frequent and secret (‘sacred’), is the absolute truth…
— Abuse of children during wine ceremonies, especially when children had to go pee.
— My son was accosted by an ex Vietnam vet in the hallway to go pee (he was supervised by his other parent at the time). Nothing was ever done to this man, who was a known alcoholic….
I was next to a woman who got punched in the stomach by “R”. At the time, my critical thinking was not intact, and I thought, “she deserved it”. (God, I am so sorry lady. I will not reveal her name.) —
— According to court documents, Coverdale allegedly posted on a Facebook group that she had spoken to a woman who claimed her husband murdered someone in Tenino, allegedly at the request of J.Z. Knight. This is not a cult you want to mess with.
Frank Report: Fred: Ramtha Wine Ceremonies — Vomit, Child Molestation and Rape Reportedly Abound
NXIVM And Ramtha
For those that don't know, NXIVM was a cult that centered around Keith Raniere. It was also the name of a multi-level marketing (MLM) corporation that Raniere founded. The corporation offered seminars in the field of self improvement and human development. The curriculum was based on Raniere's intellectual property which was named "Rational Inquiry." Notable students included actors as well as children of the rich and powerful.
The corporation acted as a front for criminal activity which included racketeering and sex crimes. It also hid a secret society called "DOS" in which women were called slaves, were branded, were forced to record false confessions, and were forced to provide nude photographs to be used as blackmail.
Raniere was ultimately sentenced to 120 years in jail.
There were a number of people who were both a member of Ramtha's School of Enlightenment and NXIVM. The following is not a comprehensive list of persons who were members of both organizations.
Mark Vincente
Mark Vincente was the whistleblower during the NXIVM trials. He was also a member of Ramtha.
Before Mark Vicente became enraptured by NXIVM and Keith Raniere, he was a follower of Ramtha, a cult run by a woman named JZ Knight. Vicente even filmed a movie about JZ Knight and Ramtha titled, 'What the Bleep Do We Know'.
Linda Evans, Shirley Maclaine, and Salma Hayek
Linda Evans is a TV actress. She played in roles on the series The Big Valley and the day time TV soap opera Dynasty. Shirley Maclaine is an actress who has starred in many movies and author. Her roles have included Around the World in 80 Days and Steel Magnolias. Salma Hayek is an actress and film producer. She is most known for her roles in films such as Dogma, From Dusk till Dawn, Desperado, and Wild Wild West.
All three of these women were followers of JZ Knight and members of NXIVM.
Among JZ Knight’s Hollywood followers are Linda Evans, Shirley Maclaine, and Salma Hayek. Linda Evans also dabbled for a time in NXIVM.
Keith Raniere
But guess who spoke at Ramtha's School of Enlightenment?
So a few years ago when Keith Raniere came and talked at her place I didn't know who he was, and wasn't interested. I know too much about JZ and the droves of scammers she fins to speak in her so called school. — Jack
For those that don't know, Keith Raniere was NXIVM's founder.
An anon by the moniker Neon Revolt wrote an interesting article regarding the connections between Ramtha and NXIVM.
Neon Revolt: Reject Ramtha and All Traitors Associated: InTheMatrixxx and Shadygrooove
Ramtha Refused Testifying As a Witness
The following comes from an article titled 'Ramtha' May Take Stand In Rape Case from the Cult Education Institute states the following:
The purported channeler of a 35,000-year-old warrior spirit could be called to testify in a Lewis County child-abuse case that revolves around Ramtha's School of Enlightenment, a prominent singing instructor and one of his students.
Authorities say voice instructor Wayne Allen Geis and his common-law wife, Ruth Beverly Martin, confessed to raping the 15-year-old girl after being questioned by Ramtha, the warrior spirit whom medium J.Z. Knight claims to channel.
After a yearlong investigation, prosecutors last month filed charges accusing the couple of grooming the teenager to become their sex partner.
Geis, 55, and Martin, 37, each face 10 counts of first-degree ... misconduct with a minor for allegedly carrying on the relationship between 1995 and 1997. They were arraigned on the charges last week.
Lewis County Deputy Prosecutor J. Andrew Toynbee said both the couple and the teenager attended the 3,000-student School of Enlightenment.
Toynbee said Geis and Martin took advantage of the young girl's dream of becoming an actress to press her into having ... with them.
'This is one of the most egregious allegations of long-term systematic grooming and manipulation of this girl's belief system I have ever seen,' the prosecutor said yesterday.
Ultimately JZ Knight refused to testify.
From a website dedicated to discussing dangerous mind control cults:
JZ Knight also refused to attend court as a witness, in a case involving a 15-year old who claimed rape against two students of Ramtha's School of Enlightenment. The 15-year old girl had written a letter to Knight, which mentioned that Wayne Allen Geis, her dancing and acting teacher, had engaged in intercourse with her between 1995 and 1997. The illicit activities had also involved Ruth Beverly Martin. They had apparently told the girl that intercourse would help her to relax and improve her acting ability. Knight invited the girl to a retreat at the school in November 1999.
In the retreat, Knight appeared to go into a trance state in which Ramtha supposedly took over and questioned the girl, her father, Geis and Martin. This inquiry took place on stage in front of an audience of over 800 people for about an hour. Geis and Martin confessed to having molested the girl, and the school contacted authorities. Charged with 10 counts of first-degree sexual misconduct with a minor, Geis and Martin pleaded not guilty and the case went to trial.
Ramtha Instructor And Child Abuse
This was published in 2002 regarding Michael Ledwith, an instructor at Ramtha.
The Catholic Church yesterday broke its silence on the sudden departure from Maynooth College eight years ago of a senior clergyman and former seminary President, accused of ... misconduct.
Mgr Ledwith, who now lives in the US, has always strenuously denied allegations of sexual misconduct. It is understood the former theology professor has more recently been working as a guest lecturer with a new age sect on America's west coast, known as the Ramtha School of Enlightenment and Ancient Wisdom.
His retirement in 1994 followed an allegation relating to ... abuse of a minor.
He made a private settlement with the claimant, while categorically denying the allegation.
Yesterday's statement on behalf of the Trustees said that Mgr Ledwith had decided on the basis of his legal advice to make a private settlement in late 1995, without admission of liability.
That settlement was subject to a confidentiality clause, which denied them access to vital evidence and which 'had the effect of impeding' the process of carrying out an investigation.
Internet Archive: Independent: Church Breaks Its Silence On Departure Of Seminary Head
This wouldn't be the only person accused of crimes that Ramtha’s School of Enlightenment would harbor.
More Accounts of Sexual Abuse of Children
Other people came forward to speak about what happened to them when they were a child at Ramtha's School of Enlightenment.
I never disclosed the details of my experience with J. Z. Knights’ cult, the Ramtha School of Enlightenment. I always feared sounding crazy or brainwashed. I am also afraid they would have someone silence me. I wanted to stay off their radar. They know where to find me.
It was more than 15 years ago, but I was molested as a child. I was passed around among some adults after the Ramtha wine ceremonies. This happened when I was between the ages of 9-13. J. Z. Knight never abused me. It was done by some of her followers – who were women.
I do remember vividly being abused and I can name some of the women who did it. Again J.Z. Knight was not there at any time that I remember.
Not only did these women ... abuse me, but they made me drink wine. My first drink was wine, when I was nine years old. I had no idea it was a cult. I learned fast and wine was my initiation. Needless to say my guardian brought me into this life at Ramtha. She was lesbian and I was her victim.
Frank Report: Woman Claims She Was Sexually Abused as Child After Ramtha Wine Ceremonies
To be continued...
Or is Ramtha’s School of Enlightenment a death cult?
Easy to see why a psychopath would be attracted to New Age style teaching like this.
"You think I did something evil to you? Nah, its just in your head. You're not looking at it right. You are not enlightened, like me!"
I am so thankful the child pedophilia industry/religious fraud associated with pedophilia is finally getting into the light. This will be the unity of we common people and the death of the evil-worshipping cabal and all their minions. These people are sick and so very evil.
God bless you.🙏🙏