Book Highlights
Robert Walter and his mother Shirley Walter
- Learn how Robert discovered the true identity of his father.
- Read about the private sexual encounters between Swami Rama and Shirley Walter.
- Explore the confusing and contradictory claims Swami Rama made to different followers about his early life in India.
- Learn which of Swami Rama's supposed yogic powers were fact - and which were fiction.
- Read about how Swami Rama slipped drugs to his unsuspecting followers to manufacture "spiritual" experiences.
- Re-live Robert's experiences of cult life at the Himalayan Institute in Glenview, Illinois, Honesdale, Pennsylvania, and at Swami Rama's ashram in India.
- Learn how Swami Rama sexually abused numerous women students, and how top officials at the Himalayan Institute covered up, denied, and rationalized his behavior.
- Find out how Swami Rama coerced or cheated people out of vast sums of money.
- Discover how Robert and his mother were manipulated by Himalayan Institute leaders after Swami Rama's death to avoid having them testify in a lawsuit brought by one of his sexual victims.
- Learn about the legal battles over Swami Rama's vast estate and the network of organizations he founded.
- Read about how Robert has pursued a relationship with his half-brother and half-sister in India, whom he has yet to meet.
- Understand the complex web of nonprofit organizations that continues to benefit by claiming Swami Rama was a genuine Himalayan sage.
- Learn what makes people vulnerable to charismatic cult leaders, how cults maintain control over their members, and how to help people break free.
- Read the book to uncover the TRUTH.