{"id":57303,"date":"2018-09-07T02:02:13","date_gmt":"2018-09-07T00:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/2018\/09\/07\/under-swamis-spell-14-tourists-claim-sexual-assault-by-guru-at-thai-yoga-retreat\/"},"modified":"2018-09-07T02:02:13","modified_gmt":"2018-09-07T00:02:13","slug":"under-swamis-spell-14-tourists-claim-sexual-assault-by-guru-at-thai-yoga-retreat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/?p=57303","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Under Swami&#039;s spell&#039;: 14 tourists claim sexual assault by guru at Thai yoga retreat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Swami Vivekandanda Saraswati \u2013 real name Narcis Tarcau \u2013 is accused of abuse at the Agama yoga school on Ko Phangan In the beginning, Agama Yoga was paradise for most who walked through its gates; a haven on the Thai island of Koh Phangan that embraced ancient tantric teachings under the watchful eye of its charismatic leader, the guru Swami Vivekananda Saraswati.But beneath the surface, it seems this was no ordinary yoga school. Sixteen former pupils and staff who have spoken to the Guardian have said they felt a \u201csex cult\u201d was operating inside Agama. Continue reading&#8230;<br \/>\nVia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2018\/sep\/07\/under-swamis-spell-14-tourists-claim-sexual-assault-by-guru-at-thai-yoga-retreat\" target=\"_blank\">&#039;Under Swami&#039;s spell&#039;: 14 tourists claim sexual assault by guru at Thai yoga retreat<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swami Vivekandanda Saraswati \u2013 real name Narcis Tarcau \u2013 is accused of abuse at the Agama yoga school on Ko Phangan In the beginning, Agama Yoga was paradise for most who walked through its gates; a haven on the Thai island of Koh Phangan that embraced ancient tantric teachings under [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57303\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}