E-mail David Christopher Lane
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Author: David Christopher Lane Publisher: Alt.religion.eckankar Publication date: 1996
E-mail David Christopher Lane
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The late Charan Singh was well aware of Paul Twitchell's plagiarism of Julian Johnson's books. He never condoned and he never gave "permission" to Paul Twitchell or Eckankar to plagiarize. Indeed, Johnson's books have been copyrighted since the 1930s expressly for this purpose and have retained their copyrights until this present day. Charan Singh read my term paper on Eckankar back in 1978 and wrote me a very kind letter about it. He asked his staff to also read it, as well as his Western Representatives. Charan Singh has never "sponsorsed" any of my research in any way. What I did was entirely on my own based upon my interests/inclinations. Charan Singh did, however, read much of what I wrote. He did not approve of what Twitchell did, especially after he saw to what extent Twitchell had plagiarized from Julian Johnson. That information, especially the extensive plagiarism of the FAR COUNTRY, was brought to Charan Singh's attention in 1978. Prior to that time, the Dera was aware of the plagiarism, but not to what extent it had taken place. I hope this clarifies the issue.:
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