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| Graduates of the programme could attend workshops where a participant worked on personal development while being supported in confronting worst fears.<ref name=independent-20021212/> | Graduates of the programme could attend workshops where a participant worked on personal development while being supported in confronting worst fears.<ref name=independent-20021212/> | ||
| Greater interest in the programme led to the group being investigated by the press and becoming the subject of a controversial television play.<ref name="Unstable"/> British ] raised questions in the ], to which the ] ] responded "some organisations and views are deeply repugnant to most sensible people and profoundly wrong-headed and damaging to those drawn into the web of their activities. Nevertheless, unless and until those involved actually break the law, it is difficult for the Government to set their hand against them." The ] asked the ] and ] to investigate Exegesis.<ref name=hoc-19840514>{{cite web |url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1984/may/14/mr-ashley-doubtfire |title=Adjournment debate - Mr. Ashley Doubtfire |id=HC Deb 14 May 1984 vol 60 cc124-30 |publisher=UK Parliament |work=House of Commons |date=14 May 1984 |accessdate=6 October 2019}}</ref> Although the police brought no charges, Exegesis ceased to run seminars around 1984,<ref name="Unstable"/><ref name=independent-20021212/> but re-emerged as a telesales company called ''Programmes Ltd''.<ref name="Chryssides">George D. Chryssides, '''' (1999), p. 372.</ref> | Greater interest in the programme led to the group being investigated by the press and becoming the subject of a controversial television play.<ref name="Unstable">Mick Brown, "". ''The Daily Telegraph'', August 31, 1998.</ref> British ] raised questions in the ], to which the ] ] responded "some organisations and views are deeply repugnant to most sensible people and profoundly wrong-headed and damaging to those drawn into the web of their activities. Nevertheless, unless and until those involved actually break the law, it is difficult for the Government to set their hand against them." The ] asked the ] and ] to investigate Exegesis.<ref name=hoc-19840514>{{cite web |url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1984/may/14/mr-ashley-doubtfire |title=Adjournment debate - Mr. Ashley Doubtfire |id=HC Deb 14 May 1984 vol 60 cc124-30 |publisher=UK Parliament |work=House of Commons |date=14 May 1984 |accessdate=6 October 2019}}</ref> Although the police brought no charges, Exegesis ceased to run seminars around 1984,<ref name="Unstable"/><ref name=independent-20021212/> but re-emerged as a telesales company called ''Programmes Ltd''.<ref name="Chryssides">George D. Chryssides, '''' (1999), p. 372.</ref> | ||
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Exegesis was a group of individuals that delivered the Exegesis Programme through an Exegesis Seminar. The alleged end result of the programme was individual enlightenment, a personal transformation. Founded in 1976 as Infinity Training by Robert D'Aubigny, a former actor, Exegesis ran seminars in the United Kingdom in the later 1970s and early 1980s. Although not in itself a religion or belief, the programme was popularly interpreted as such. The Cult Information Centre categorised it as a "therapy cult", focussed on personal and individual development.
In the 1970s Robert D’Aubigny remodelled Werner Erhard's controversial EST program into the more UK friendly Exegesis programme while keeping the essence of it unaltered. Graduates of the programme could attend workshops where a participant worked on personal development while being supported in confronting worst fears.
Greater interest in the programme led to the group being investigated by the press and becoming the subject of a controversial television play. British Members of Parliament raised questions in the House of Commons, to which the Minister of State for Home Affairs David Mellor responded "some organisations and views are deeply repugnant to most sensible people and profoundly wrong-headed and damaging to those drawn into the web of their activities. Nevertheless, unless and until those involved actually break the law, it is difficult for the Government to set their hand against them." The Home Office asked the Metropolitan and Avon and Somerset police to investigate Exegesis. Although the police brought no charges, Exegesis ceased to run seminars around 1984, but re-emerged as a telesales company called Programmes Ltd.
See also
References
- ^ George D. Chryssides, Exploring New Religions Contimuum (1999), p. 372.
- ^ Kirby, Terry (12 December 2002). "Caplin 'recruited' for therapy cult investigated by police". The Independent. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
- ^ Mick Brown, "I know I'm unstable. I accept that". The Daily Telegraph, August 31, 1998.
- "Adjournment debate - Mr. Ashley Doubtfire". House of Commons. UK Parliament. 14 May 1984. HC Deb 14 May 1984 vol 60 cc124-30. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
External links
- The Exegesis Seminar / The Exegesis Programme
- The Exegesis Seminar - a re-enactment of the seminar
- The Exegesis Programme - a literal validation of the programme