Author: Glenn
It has been a long, LONG time since I first wrote about Dr. John Demartini. I mean, a LONG time – almost seven years now! And yet now, somehow, many years after I forgot all about him, he is haunting me. Every time I look at my Google Analytics for this web site, there he is. Eventually it made me wonder: “Why are all these people still searching the internet for this guy?” I also wondered what the search terms they were using might reveal about him. It seems that some people have their doubts. Here are the top 10 Dr. John Demartini search terms that people used to find my site recently:
- john demartini fraud
- john demartini scam
- dr john demartini con
- dr demartini scam
- demartini scam
- dr demartini quack
- demartini fraud
- john f demartini fraud
- dr john demartini fraud
Unfortunately, after a little bit of research, it looks like most people aren’t particularly suspicious. They are firmly in the grasp of the ‘self-help guru’ mindset, always and ever seeking out the next article, the next CD or DVD, the next seminar or conference. Which reminds me a lot of myself back when I was a fundamentalist Christian, running around to buy from or see the likes of these guys:
Like John F. Demartini, they all had something to sell. Unlike him, they have seen their share of public disgrace. Some have risen from the ashes of their former demise, after having repackaged their products and promos. Others have faded into obscurity.
As I mentioned in my former blog post, I first heard of Dr. Demartini from the now defunct “Life Stories Radio” podcast. And based on the general content of that podcast, I really can’t imagine why I would have listened to it to begin with! It was the golden boom era of podcasts, so perhaps I was sampling…
Regardless, if you haven’t already done so, go read my previous assessment of him and then come back here for the exciting finale!
So why are so many people searching for John Demartini and whether or not he is a fraud, scam artist, con artist or quack? Well, evidently it may have something to do with a little movie that came out in 2006, The Secret (Extended Edition)
One thing about Dr John F. Demartini that I noted in my previous post stands out to me now. I didn’t fully grasp it before, but his bio, as he tells it, bears many marks of The Hero’s Journey
Ordinary World:
Hand and leg braces (Turned-in foot and hand)
Dyslexia and speech impediment (learning disability)
(dunce-cap (in the 60′s?) )
Call to adventure:
Left school and headed for Hawaii at 14! (Hitch-hiked from Texas to California – at the age of 15)
Encouraged by wise old man:
(Befriended by a bum in El Paso who gave him words of wisdom and guidance)
Passes first threshold/encounters tests and helpers:
(Flew to Hawaii, lived on tent at beach, surfed, tried hallucinogenics)
Endures the supreme ordeal:
Strychnine poisoning at 17 (Near-death experience, saved by a local woman)
Seizes the sword:
Found mentor Paul Bragg, guided him into a meditation in which he was given his purpose in life!
Isn’t it neat when your life is like a movie? No, I mean seriously, just like a movie script! As in scripted. Plus, it’s kinda hard to refute.
Speaking of refutation, and his mentor Paul Bragg, I find it interesting that he chose Bragg to emulate. While I have nothing beyond a gut instinct to base this on, I find it highly convenient that his mentor, who gave him his implicit blessing, his mantle if you will, in the form of meditation guidance, died himself just a few years after said incident. He passed the torch on, as Demartini tells it, and who are we to say otherwise? Hard to check facts with a corpse. Unfortunately, Bragg leaves a checkered legacy. Even his claimed birth date and even state of birth have been documented to be otherwise! Dr Demartini should take note. This is, after all, the age of the internet, and if even Bragg’s past lies can come back to haunt him long after his death, Demartini has much more to worry about. Unless, of course, all of his biography is accurate…
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