Is Landmark Education a Cult

Answer 1

No way!

From the cultural dictionary - In anthropology, an organization for the conduct of ritual, magical, or other religious observances. Many so-called primitive tribes, for example, have ancestor cults, in which dead ancestors are considered divine and activities are organized to respect theirmemory and invoke their aid. A cult is also a religious group held together by a dominant, often charismatic individual, or by the worship of a divinity, an idol, or some other object.

I took the Landmark Forum almost 10 years ago, and I've participated in different courses since then. I've never heard anything about religion, except as brought up by people next to me participating in those courses with me, and they always said it's brought more integrity and spirituality to their religious practices. Also, no dead ancestors that I've ever heard of. :) Finally, no dominant, charismatic individual or divinity/idol/object worship! I know when I say that some people will point to Werner Erhard, who designed the initial programs 40 years ago, and I've heard stories about how Werner Erhard was compared to a cult leader, but from what I've read and heard, he hasn't been on the scene for 20 years. All I see when I attend their courses is people getting training in dealing powerfully with and gaining new abilities at dealing with what's important to them in life. I've seen people transform from meek/shy/upset/whatever into powerful/self-expressed/free/peaceful people in a weekend. Awesome stuff to see and experience!