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In 1969, while gathering material for a book on the Charles Manson case, journalist Ed Sanders encountered reports of a sinister Satanic cult alleged to practice human sacrifice in several parts of California, luring youthful members from college campuses throughout the western half of the United States. Calling itself the "Four Pi" or "Four P" movement, the cult originally boasted 55 members, of whom fifteen were middle-aged, the rest consisting of young men and women in their early twenties. The group's leader -- dubbed the "Grand Chingon" or "Head Devil" -- was said to be a wealthy California businessman of middle years, who exercised his power by compelling younger members of the cult to act as slaves and murder random targets on command.
Sanders also reported stories of a murder cult supposedly known as the Four Pi movement under its leader, the Grand Chingon, which among other rituals sacrificed and skinned large dogs. The theme often occurs in the movements described by Sanders. In the late 1970's, reported discoveries of skinned and mutilated dogs in the New York City area led to allegations of cult murder activity there. Four Pi, described by Terry as a "Process splinter group" was said to be linked to a number of serial murder cases, including that of California cannibal killer Stanley Dean Baker, while cultists were associated with the making of "snuff" movies. These charges have been cited as factual by a number of authors on cults and multiple homicide, including Terry, Kahaner, Raschke and Newton. Using Murder: The Social Construction of Serial Homicide by Phillip Jenkins
originally posted by: WhiteAlice
a reply to: theantediluvian
Ed Sanders' publisher of "The Family" was sued in the US for alleging the connection between the Process and 4 Pi apparently and the publisher deleted the chapter in subsequent editions due to tortious libel. The case was settled outside of court apparently and that would explain why the only thing in court record is a jurisdiction argument. Interestingly enough, The Process tried the same with the UK publisher and lost their suit.
www.leagle.com...
Did you see the bit about Scientology? Founders of the Process were former Scientologists.
Also, Harvard Crimson on the Process, 1971:
www.thecrimson.com...
originally posted by: Vasa Croe
originally posted by: WhiteAlice
a reply to: theantediluvian
Ed Sanders' publisher of "The Family" was sued in the US for alleging the connection between the Process and 4 Pi apparently and the publisher deleted the chapter in subsequent editions due to tortious libel. The case was settled outside of court apparently and that would explain why the only thing in court record is a jurisdiction argument. Interestingly enough, The Process tried the same with the UK publisher and lost their suit.
www.leagle.com...
Did you see the bit about Scientology? Founders of the Process were former Scientologists.
Also, Harvard Crimson on the Process, 1971:
www.thecrimson.com...
The Process was an early offshoot of Scientology. The guy in the pic above was the founder of it...Robert DeGrimston
www.thecrimson.com...
"People come here who are absolutely raving maniacs, and people here, higher up, are able to deal with them because they know what's wrong. They can give them acceptance, and a sense of security. If you can accept them for what they are, you can help them... Our idea is learning not to blame people, by accepting them."