I live in a high-rise in downtown Chicago, and I park my car on the third floor. There's an office (really more of a ballroom) called "The Wright
Institute for Lifelong Learning" that I walk past, sometimes at odd hours of the night.
Every time I go by this place, it seems like something weird is going on. Everybody is dressed in business attire, yet there are candles burning at
3AM. They have another bank of offices down the hall with titles like "The School of Exceptional Living". I always wondered what this place is
about.
I saw an advertisement today about a speech from this woman, Judith Wright. The ad wouldn't really say what she'd be speaking about.
I did a search for all of this, and came up with her website:
The Wright Institute
Still doesn't tell you much about what they do.
Then I found this on factnet:
Factnet Thread
They make some really serious allegations there - sleep deprivation, not being able to leave, inflicting emotional distress, etc. Some weird stuff
too - like forcing members to lie naked & blindfolded while rats & snakes are placed on them.
Someone at the Institute actually posts a post-by-post rebuttal on the Institute's website (Imagine if Bill Ryan did that during the Serpo
debacle).
Check it out -
Rebuttal
After reading through all of this, I'm still under the impression that they're a cult. It really seems like they're just providing endless
'coaching' for huge amounts of cash, a la Scientology. Of course, everything that's done on these weekends is confidential...
Has anybody had any experiences with this group? I see the 'clients' on smoke breaks outside sometimes - they seem like nice people that are being
taken for a ride. There's always a chance that this place is legit too...
[edit on 7/21/2006 by chiS2000]