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| '''Hannes Vanaküla''', also known as '''Tokroda''', is an Estonian |
'''Hannes Vanaküla''', also known as '''Tokroda''', is an ] charlatan<ref name='soolapuhuja' />, self-declared ], and a ]. | ||
| Hannes Vanaküla started to gather together Estonian witches and created new Estonian spirituality - Estonian Paganism. He is the leader of Estonian Pagans.<ref>] ] ]: </ref> <ref>] ] ] 20:31: </ref> <ref>] ] ] 20:33: </ref> | |||
| == Biography == | |||
| Hannes Vanaküla was born in 1966 in Estonia. He has been brought up in an Estonian mage’s family. Also his grandparents had mage abilities. His paternal grandfather healed warts through words. Maternal grandmoher had great force of word, too. The way she put her words on a person, the way the life went for the person.<ref>] ] ]: Maag Hannes Vanaküla: Isepäisus teeb meist nõiarahva by ]</ref> | |||
| In his childhood Hannes grew up mainly with his grandmother and grandfather in Vormsi in Estonia. To earn allowance he was working as a photographer during his high school days. His favorite classes in high school were math and physics. | |||
| From 1985 to 1987 he was forced to serve in Soviet Union Army. He was a sniper there. Coming back from service he decided to roll in Tallinn University of Technology and study in the field of automatic control systems.<ref>Vanaküla, H. (2007). The Basics of Magic. The Twenty Energy Transfer Channels. San Diego: ].</ref> | |||
| He started to deal with witchcraft and to write his theories after the big Vormsi forest fire in 1992. He has never had a teacher or an instructor.<ref>] ] ] 22:30: </ref> | |||
| == Activities == | == Activities == | ||
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| In ], Vanaküla claimed to have transported "energy pillars", supposedly mystical structures helpful of magical work, from throughout the world to Estonia, supposedly their original and rightful positions. These claims, as well as the controversy over reality and transportability of those energy pillars between Vanaküla and ], another esoteric practitioner, were reported in various media.<ref>] ] ]: by ]</ref> Reportedly, the procedure involved Vanaküla and 21 followers entering ] for "several days" and "identifying with energy pillars throughout the world". The original locations were reported as ], ], ] and ]. | In ], Vanaküla claimed to have transported "energy pillars", supposedly mystical structures helpful of magical work, from throughout the world to Estonia, supposedly their original and rightful positions. These claims, as well as the controversy over reality and transportability of those energy pillars between Vanaküla and ], another esoteric practitioner, were reported in various media.<ref>] ] ]: by ]</ref> Reportedly, the procedure involved Vanaküla and 21 followers entering ] for "several days" and "identifying with energy pillars throughout the world". The original locations were reported as ], ], ] and ]. | ||
| In ], Vanaküla |
In ], Vanaküla and two of his followers participated in ] ({{lang-et|Ordeal for seers]}}), a TV show formulated as a contest between magic practitioners and based on the format of ]. While his score was not noteworthy, he caught attention by various complicated explanations for reasons of his failure, such as blaming ] ]s for conspiring against him and claiming deception on part of the show's production team. His followers were noted for applying unusual items, such as ] and ], for ]. | ||
| Shortly after the TV show series began, Vanaküla and his two |
Shortly after the TV show series began, Vanaküla and his two followers from the show agreed to take on the ] 10 000 ] challenge in a test of their ] powers.<ref>] ] ] 9:26: by ]</ref> The agreed-on protocol involved a "transmitter" being shown various household items randomly drawn from a ] whose content had not been revealed to participants before the experiment, and asking the "recipients" -- the rôle of Vanaküla and his followers -- to guess the items. The results were to be considered positive if any of the three participants would have guessed correctly at least three items out of six "transmissions". | ||
| The experiment's results were considered negative, as all three participants guessed correctly zero items out of six "transmissions".<ref>] ] ] 9:33: by ]</ref><ref>] ] ] 9:50: by ]</ref><ref>] ] ]: </ref> | The experiment's results were considered negative, as all three participants guessed correctly zero items out of six "transmissions".<ref>] ] ] 9:33: by ]</ref><ref>] ] ] 9:50: by ]</ref><ref>] ] ]: </ref> | ||
| == Media exposure == | |||
| In ], Vanaküla with his two students known from the TV show ] ({{lang-et|Fire trial of seers}}) made history. Hannes Vanaküla found the dead body of Kaido Sirel, which was not found by policemen nor by police dogs, which were trained to find dead bodies nor by many other sensitives who had tried to find this dead body. This was the first documented case about a sensitive finding a missing person’s dead body. Hannes Vanaküla found the dead body two days after the police had closed the case. He found the dead body a kilometre away from the place were Kaido Sirel was seen alive for the last time.<ref>] ] ]: by ]</ref> | |||
| On ] ], ] ran a segment reporting on activities of Vanaküla and his followers, sometimes referred to as '''tokronauts''', spurring media interest in Vanaküla and his followers. Reportedly, most of the followers consider themselves ]s and Vanaküla a god of light, Vanaküla himself explaining in the interview to ] that he believes that every creative human being is a god. According to cited and interviewed sources, Vanaküla's followers are encouraged to think of outsiders as "people of lower quality" and to withdraw from them; on the other hand, Vanaküla himself is considered a "person of the highest quality", which gives him the power to "repair" women through ]. | |||
| Lost UÜ had laid out gratuity of 15000 ] for the one who gives a hint, which leads to the finding of Kaido Sirel.<ref>] ] ]: by ]</ref> | |||
| Reportedly, the tokronauts have repeatedly attempted to kill various people through "spiritual means". A particular target of such an assassination attempt — admitted by Vanaküla in the interview by ] but dismissed as a simple experiment by a single follower — was ].<ref>] ] ] 15:50: </ref> When a journalist of ] asked ], the ] of Estonia's Northern Police District whether such an admission can lead to ] into ] or ] to commit ], Puusepp responded by asking if the journalist was ], then stated that such an investigation would be contrary to sanity.<ref>] ] ] 17:12: </ref> | |||
| The resulting media exposure led to Vanaküla's firing from his long-term position as a ].<ref name='soolapuhuja'>] ] ]: by ]</ref> | |||
| == Bibliography == | == Bibliography == | ||
| In ], Vanaküla self-published a book ''Maagia alustalad. Kakskümmend ülekandeliini''<ref>] ]: </ref> (ISBN 9789949152223). His |
In ], Vanaküla self-published a book ''Maagia alustalad. Kakskümmend ülekandeliini''<ref>] ]: </ref> (ISBN 9789949152223). His zany ]s, such as begging in nude for people to buy the book, caused some media interest.<ref>] ] ] 22:30: </ref> | ||
| The book has been translated to ] as ''The Basics of Magic. The Twenty Energy Transfer Channels'' (ISBN 9780979462436), printed by ].<ref>]: </ref> | The book has been translated to ] as ''The Basics of Magic. The Twenty Energy Transfer Channels'' (ISBN 9780979462436), printed by ].<ref>]: </ref> | ||
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Revision as of 15:31, 9 February 2009
Hannes Vanaküla, also known as Tokroda, is an Estonian charlatan, self-declared mage, and a cult leader.
Activities
In 2004, Vanaküla claimed to have transported "energy pillars", supposedly mystical structures helpful of magical work, from throughout the world to Estonia, supposedly their original and rightful positions. These claims, as well as the controversy over reality and transportability of those energy pillars between Vanaküla and Vormsi enn, another esoteric practitioner, were reported in various media. Reportedly, the procedure involved Vanaküla and 21 followers entering trance for "several days" and "identifying with energy pillars throughout the world". The original locations were reported as Egypt, Tibet, America and Lapland.
In 2008, Vanaküla and two of his followers participated in Selgeltnägijate tuleproov (Template:Lang-et), a TV show formulated as a contest between magic practitioners and based on the format of America's Psychic Challenge. While his score was not noteworthy, he caught attention by various complicated explanations for reasons of his failure, such as blaming Russian sorcerers for conspiring against him and claiming deception on part of the show's production team. His followers were noted for applying unusual items, such as mace and bucket, for divination.
Shortly after the TV show series began, Vanaküla and his two followers from the show agreed to take on the skeptik.ee 10 000 EEK challenge in a test of their telepathical powers. The agreed-on protocol involved a "transmitter" being shown various household items randomly drawn from a duffel bag whose content had not been revealed to participants before the experiment, and asking the "recipients" -- the rôle of Vanaküla and his followers -- to guess the items. The results were to be considered positive if any of the three participants would have guessed correctly at least three items out of six "transmissions".
The experiment's results were considered negative, as all three participants guessed correctly zero items out of six "transmissions".
Media exposure
On 28 January 2009, Pealtnägija ran a segment reporting on activities of Vanaküla and his followers, sometimes referred to as tokronauts, spurring media interest in Vanaküla and his followers. Reportedly, most of the followers consider themselves gods and Vanaküla a god of light, Vanaküla himself explaining in the interview to Pealtnägija that he believes that every creative human being is a god. According to cited and interviewed sources, Vanaküla's followers are encouraged to think of outsiders as "people of lower quality" and to withdraw from them; on the other hand, Vanaküla himself is considered a "person of the highest quality", which gives him the power to "repair" women through sex.
Reportedly, the tokronauts have repeatedly attempted to kill various people through "spiritual means". A particular target of such an assassination attempt — admitted by Vanaküla in the interview by Pealtnägija but dismissed as a simple experiment by a single follower — was Condoleezza Rice. When a journalist of delfi.ee asked Harrys Puusepp, the spokesman of Estonia's Northern Police District whether such an admission can lead to criminal investigation into attempted murder or conspiracy to commit murder, Puusepp responded by asking if the journalist was sober, then stated that such an investigation would be contrary to sanity.
The resulting media exposure led to Vanaküla's firing from his long-term position as a leather dyer.
Bibliography
In 2007, Vanaküla self-published a book Maagia alustalad. Kakskümmend ülekandeliini (ISBN 9789949152223). His zany publicity stunts, such as begging in nude for people to buy the book, caused some media interest.
The book has been translated to English as The Basics of Magic. The Twenty Energy Transfer Channels (ISBN 9780979462436), printed by Noria Books. Although Noria Books has organised the printing, the book is a self-publication, fully paid for by Vanaküla himself.
References
- ^ Õhtuleht 31 January 2009: Soolapuhuja Hannes Vanaküla löödi pärast tema sekti paljastamist töölt minema by Eve Heinla
- SL Õhtuleht 4 August 2004: Nõiad läksid energiasammaste pärast tülli by Kadri Paas
- skeptik.ee 22 September 2008 9:26: Selgeltnägijate tõeline ja päris tuleproov by Martin Vällik
- skeptik.ee 26 September 2008 9:33: Selgeltnägijate tõeline tuleproov. Katseprotokoll ja pildid. by Martin Vällik
- skeptik.ee 31 October 2008 9:50: Real Psychic Challenge (+Randi kommentaarid) by Martin Vällik
- James Randi 27 October 2008: Estonian Psychic Test Results
- delfi.ee 27 January 2009 15:50: Sekt ja seks “Pealtnägijas”
- delfi.ee 30 January 2009 17:12: Politsei peab selgeltnägija mõttemõrva jaburaks
- University of Tartu ESTER: bibliographic entry
- Postimees 17 December 2007 22:30: Nõid Vanaküla: me ei ole vaimselt vabad
- Noria Books: product page
Sources
- Pealtnägija 28 January 2009: part 1 on Youtube, part 2 on Youtube
- SL Õhtueht 28 January 2009 16:56: Maag Hannes Vanaküla koondab ajupestud sekti, edited by Kaspar Käänik
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