Cynthia,

thanks,  I was had just said in that post how the so-called Rev. Jim Jones, like Mr. M., sought recognitions from legitimate places -- such as receiving the Martin Luther King Humanitarian Award in San Francisco a year before Jonestown.  He had the Mayor of San Francisco, Mascone, and Councilman Harvey Milk, as close friends and allies (Maharaji, however, hasn't been able to get that kind of support, in fact, it seems like he is becoming a flop among cult leaders in the USA, there are just a handful of premies here on the east coast).