I like this amazon reviewer's comments on the film:-

"A must see for all ageing hippies who ran the spiritual gauntlet of messianic wannabes. So who was YOUR guru? Pick your way through a dozen or so rare film clips of your favorite Avatars, from the pre-pubescent rotundness of Guru Maharaj Ji to the slightly disturbing babbling-in-tongues of Elizabeth Clair Prophet.

So where are they now? Well most have either passed on to a "higher plane" or have taken the hint, and the money, and quietly disappeared. Notable exception to this would be the Divine Light Mission problem-child Guru Maharaj Ji. Having recently dropped the "guru" and condensed the rest into a more economical "Maharaji", he is still going strong reaping in fresh devotees and dollars with respectibly renamed Elan Vital as his non-profit vehicle.

Pixie-faced Donovan loosely strings together all these quaintly bizarre pearls of spiritual wisdom with the help of DLM devotee Rennie Davis, the resulting mish-mash begging the question "What is it all About?".

Thirty years on most of us have managed to answer that question in regard to these Eastern Mystics - it's about the MONEY!"

Nothing 'alien' about that then.

I would be delighted to hear Rennie Davis's take on Maharaji now. Who would like to go to his seminar and giving him the opportunity of sharing it? It's at:-

Rocky Mountain Miracle Center, 1939 S. Monroe Street, Denver CO

His lecture is from from 7-9 p.m. Tuesday, July 26 and his workshop from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Saturday, July 30

I'd go myself if it was not so far away from Old Blighty. Maybe he will do a tour at some point. Now that could be fun!

Bunny