Changes

==The system of courses==

==The system of courses==

At the US site at least it becomes apparent that students will enter into a system of courses building on each other, the so-called 'Gateway Process' <ref>http://www.dtmms.org/red-lodge-longhouse.htm</ref> . Its first level is comprised of a four-year training of which each year has to be booked separately. The advertising text contains extensive promises regarding the personal development of students allegedly caused by the course:

At the US site at least it becomes apparent that students will enter into a system of courses building on each other, the so-called 'Gateway Process' <ref>http://www.dtmms.org/red-lodge-longhouse.htm</ref> . Its first level is comprised of a four-year training of which each year has to be booked separately. The advertising text contains extensive promises regarding the personal development of students allegedly caused by the course:

„We teach you how to connect with your inner intent, to access different levels of consciousness, to enter heightened awareness, to have happiness, harmony, health, connection and meaning in your life. We teach you how you function as an energy field, and explain the building blocks and energy laws of different dimensional realities.

''„We teach you how to connect with your inner intent, to access different levels of consciousness, to enter heightened awareness, to have happiness, harmony, health, connection and meaning in your life. We teach you how you function as an energy field, and explain the building blocks and energy laws of different dimensional realities.''

We want you to become an inquisitive free-thinking autonomous individual who takes responsibility for your life and lives it to the fullest. We will empower you and provide a safe journey within a circle of friends who share a desire to make a difference, to take their power and grow up into their highest potential. It is a great journey – but you must do the walking. You must have the willingness to change and make the leap into the next level of human evolution.“ <ref>http://www.dtmms.org/red-lodge-longhouse.htm</ref>

''We want you to become an inquisitive free-thinking autonomous individual who takes responsibility for your life and lives it to the fullest. We will empower you and provide a safe journey within a circle of friends who share a desire to make a difference, to take their power and grow up into their highest potential. It is a great journey – but you must do the walking. You must have the willingness to change and make the leap into the next level of human evolution.“''<ref>http://www.dtmms.org/red-lodge-longhouse.htm</ref>

It is also apparent that students will be integrated into a system which facilitates their being controlled: in study groups and lodges <ref>cf.  http://www.dtmms.org/studygroups.htm</ref>. Study groups are attributed as the „nucleus family of our tribe“, while lodges are said to be the „clans of our tribe“ <ref>http://www.dtmms.org/studygroups.htm</ref>.

It is also apparent that students will be integrated into a system which facilitates their being controlled: in study groups and lodges.<ref>cf.  http://www.dtmms.org/studygroups.htm</ref>. Study groups are attributed as the „nucleus family of our tribe“, while lodges are said to be the „clans of our tribe“.<ref>http://www.dtmms.org/studygroups.htm</ref>

At the same time, interested parties are informed what lies ahead of them if they happen to fail:

At the same time, interested parties are informed what lies ahead of them if they happen to fail:

„Those that are found to be valid and in alignment with sacred law are retained and added to the even growing body of knowledge. Those that do not hold up under such rigor are discarded. So it has been for millenia within these ancient traditions of learning and journeying toward human enlightenment.“<ref>http://www.dtmms.org/lineage.htm</ref>

''„Those that are found to be valid and in alignment with sacred law are retained and added to the even growing body of knowledge. Those that do not hold up under such rigor are discarded. So it has been for millenia within these ancient traditions of learning and journeying toward human enlightenment.“''<ref>http://www.dtmms.org/lineage.htm</ref>

Reagan and DT work with a concept of human advancement which, as the above quote reveals, is not open to every person but apparently only to an elite. This does not only cause a close bond to the system, but also admonishes failure into the realm of individual responsibility. Likewise, internal critics who have developed doubts in the system may be dismissed as 'not chosen' and 'not enlightened'.

Reagan and DT work with a concept of human advancement which, as the above quote reveals, is not open to every person but apparently only to an elite. This does not only cause a close bond to the system, but also admonishes failure into the realm of individual responsibility. Likewise, internal critics who have developed doubts in the system may be dismissed as 'not chosen' and 'not enlightened'.