Here's one that's humorous, tragic, or both, depending on one's
perspective and situation. It's from "The High Weirdness Project"
about "The Gentle Wind Project." No joke!
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"The High Weirdness Project"
http://www.modemac.com/cgi-bin/wiki.pl/Gentle_Wind_Project


Good "Bob," it's the Scientology of New Age cults! L. Ron Hubbard
developed what he called a "science of the mind" and backed it up
with ridiculous "e-meters" that are meant to measure your thetans
(or your soul).

Following in the footsteps of mighty L. Ron, the Gentle Wind Project
(located in Kittery, Maine http://www.gentlewindproject.org) has
developed what it calls "Instruments...that would alleviate most
negative human conditions, along with telepathic abilities to
transmit these healings to anyone." (Telepathic abilities?!?) What's
more, this marvelous technology "comes from the Spirit World, not
the human world." So rather than basing their technology on maudlin
human-based science, these marvelous healing devices get their
energy from the "spirit world."

And what is this great, marvelous healing technology provided by the
Gentle Wind Project? Hockey pucks! Dr. David Touretzky of Carnegie-
Mellon University has examined the "healing" devices provided by the
Gentle Wind Project, and he found that they are little more than
hockey pucks filled with sand. This doesn't mean that these healing
devices don't perform the miraculous healing that the Gentle Wind
Project claims they do ... it's just a matter of faith.
How come that little word – faith – always pops up when New
Age "holistic" idiots can't offer a reasonable scientific
explanation for what their miraculous widgets do?

You may want to look at Dr. Touretzky's "Holy Healing Hockey Pucks"
Web page http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Gentle-Wind/index.html,
though. It provides a detailed examination of these devices.

But there's another reason to compare these guys to Scientology: not
only do they produce ridiculous "healing" devices, they also file
lawsuits against their critics. A web site critical of the Gentle
Wind Project, Wind of Changes http://www.windofchanges.org, has been
sued by the Gentle Wind Project, though they are fighting back as
best they can.