Avatar Course

Harry Palmer ( born April 3, 1944) is an American author and founder and owner of Star's Edge International, which markets developed by him -rate system in Avatar world. Avatar provides students according to the official German site Avatar "a series of mental processes ". " And as the process developed, they were literally a key to the mysteries of the universe. "

Study

Harry Palmer visited 1962 Clarkson College of Technology in Potsdam in upstate New York, the engineering degree but broke off. He received in 1969 from Ithaca College in upstate New York with a Bachelor of Art in English. He earned the right to teach English at a high school and worked as a teacher. In the autobiographical part of Palmer's masterpiece " The Deliberately life " is on page 22: " I made 69 Exam Master with the core subjects of English, history, philosophy and educational psychology. ".

Scientology Mission in Elmira

From 1972, Harry Palmer ran a Scientology mission in Elmira. He founded in 1975 the company The Elmira Mission of the Church of Scientology and was awarded the following year by Scientology a license that allowed him to use materials and brand names, where L. Ron Hubbard held the rights. In addition to the company name Scientology Elmira Palmer also offered under the name Center for Creative Learning at Scientology courses and auditing.

The mission had to first pay as royalties to Scientology 10 % of the revenue. Later, the license fees were increased to 15 %. When Palmer in 1984 stopped the payments to Scientology was his license which he had received from Scientology revoked. Since Palmer continue to make royalty payments without Scientology courses offered, he was sued by the Church of Scientology because of unauthorized use of the brand name Scientology. Scientology won the case on appeal and it came to the insolvency of the Elmira Mission. In May 1987, finally, Palmer and the Church of Scientology agreed. The exact content of the agreement were not disclosed.

According to statements by former employees Palmers Palmers were the followers, when the mission was nearing the end prompted to obtain bank loans and to purchase course packets to a " special price ". The trailer Palmers would have paid an average of $ 60,000 for such a package, a customer over $ 160,000. When Palmer Elmira left and founded the company in Orlando Star's Edge, was in Elmira part of his former supporters from financial ruin.

Avatar

Palmer began to develop the course system Avatar 1986. He founded the company Star 's Edge, marketed the Avatar world. According to Palmer, that which a person experiences, by his beliefs (English " belief" ) or determined by what he believes fervently. If a person wants to change something in his life, he may, according to Palmer by the fact that he changes his beliefs. Avatar is the student permit, required and desired beliefs or realities to "create" and unwanted beliefs " discreate ". Who have reached the stage of "Wizard " at the end of the complete course of the series, Concerning operative on " such understanding and such control over the creation" that his " skills seem magical or supernatural ."

The first version of the course used Scientology lingo. Palmer Avatar marketed initially as a " Rundown " which was the " final closure of the case ." The Rundown blanket " the entire span of the Scientology Bridge " settings, as " the way of Buddha ." The term is used within Rundown of Scientology for a series of thematically related so-called auditing steps to close the case is to be reached for a Scientologist at the target and do not require further auditing more. The course was later revised linguistically and Scientology typical terms removed. Star ' Edge marketed the course today as "a series of experiential exercises that will help you to develop the knowledge that is contained in your mind already and align your awareness on what you want to achieve. "

The Avatar Course system consists of Avatar Course to Master and Wizard Course, the Avatar course of three and the master course consists of two course sections. The individual parts of the course cost between EUR 267.75 and $ 7,500. The Avatar Course is offered by Avatar licensees who pay 15-25 % of their price - revenue as license fee to Star's Edge. Provider of the remaining parts of the course is Star's Edge.

Course participants will receive a short description of the main technology of The Avatar Course, called the Creation Handling Procedure ( CHP), which they can take home. The other course materials must be returned at the end of a course to the trainers. All participants must sign a contract in which they agree not to copy the course materials, do not take legal action against Star's Edge and acknowledge that no employee or representative of Star's Edge has promised that to achieve certain results through participation in a course were. According to students extensive notes about the content of the course materials are undesirable. The secrecy of the course content is loud Harry Palmer for economic reasons, continue to to the course content to be protected from profanation ensure that only qualified trainer can offer the Avatar content, as well.

Protagonists on German sites are uA Uwe Bühler, Lindau in Germany. What is striking is their claim to cover without appropriate support and medical / psychological issues, which could correspond to the universal claim of Scientology.

Avatar is seen by former students and Avatar Masters, cult experts and media critical. Some are of the opinion that Avatar sell old wine in new bottles at inflated prices, while others see Avatar a "psycho cult" or see similarities between contents of the "Wizard - course" and contents of the Operating Thetan levels of Scientology. Relatives and disillusioned students often report disturbances in the perception of reality and serious conflicts with the social environment, which does not appear to occur rarely after attending Avatar courses.

Harry Palmer, Star's Edge versus Eldon Brown

In 2000, Harry Palmer began to take legal means against the former Avatar Master and Palmer critic Eldon Braun. Brown offered since 1989 as Avatar licensees the Avatar Course. In 1991 there was a split between Palmer and Brown. Brown was the license which is valid for offering Avatar- courses withdrawn. Brown published as a result of a Palmer - critical article on the Internet and developed a competing product in the Avatar course, a course for self-study by the name of The Source Course. In contrast to the Avatar course whose contents are kept secret, The Source Course was designed for the general public. For people who could not afford the course, Brown The Source Course offered free of charge.

Palmer Brown sued for copyright and trademark violations, unfair competition, breach of contract, interference with business relationships and defamation. After several instances Brown was finally sentenced in 2005 to pay damages of 56000 USD. Furthermore, Palmer made ​​legal fees of over 350000 USD asserted. In July 2005, it came to the insolvency of brown.

Missing license as a psychologist in Florida

In February 2006 the Department of Health led the U.S. state of Florida an investigation by, among other things because of title abuse. Harry Palmer was succeeded by his critics Eldon Braun ( see above) accused to call himself a psychologist without a valid Florida license to possess. Palmer signed a Cease and Desist Agreement. Nevertheless assert German Avatar Master on their websites as before, Palmer had " discovered" the so-called technology (see Scientology ) as a psychologist.

Works by Palmer

  • The Art of Living Deliberately - The Discovery and Development of Avatar, ISBN 3-933496-19-5, Kamp -hausen,
  • Resurfacing - Techniques for Exploring Consciousness, ISBN 3-933496-22-5, Kamp -hausen,
  • Collected Wisdom - Love Precious Humanity, ISBN 3-933496-57-8, Kamp -hausen,
  • Inside of Avatar - The Book, ISBN 1-891575-16-3,
  • The Thought Storm Handbook - An evolution of human thought, Kamp -hausen, ISBN 3-933496-51-9.

Sources

  • United States District Court: CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY INTERNATIONAL vs. Harry Palmer ( August 1985) - ruling in motion in case CIV -85- 412T, United States District Court, WD New York, ruled August 1, 1985
  • United States Court of Appeals: CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY INTERNATIONAL vs. Harry Palmer ( June 1986) - final ruling in case CIV -85- 412T, United States District Court, WD New York, argued December 6, 1985, DECIDED June 23, 1986
  • U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ( April 9, 2002 ): v PALMER BROWN
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