Thailand sex cult: Foreign tourists claim rape and sexual assault at Koh Phangan yoga retreat

[rooster59]

Thailand sex cult: Foreign tourists claim rape and sexual assault at Koh Phangan yoga retreat

 

Image: Agamayoga.com

 

Fourteen female tourists have claimed they were raped and sexually assaulted by a guru at a world renowned yoga retreat located on Koh Phangan.

 

Agama Yoga lead by Narcis Tarcau, otherwise known as Swami Vivekananda Saraswati, specialises in tantric yoga but a report by the Guardian claims a “sex cult” has been operating inside the center.

 

Tarcau who is originally from Romania, setup Agama Yoga on Koh Phangan in 2003 after he reportedly had his visa revoked by Indian authorities.

 

The female victims are understood to be from the UK, US, Brazil, Australia and Canada, while two other men say that the retreat facilitated the “brainwashing” of hundreds of women over a 15 year period into having sex with Tarcau in the name of personal enlightenment and spiritual healing.

 

Three of the women of say they were raped by Tarcau, while the other say they were sexually assaulted during during private consultations held his office at the retreat.

 

“It definitely felt like a cult, he put a spell over us and people had completely blind trust in him and his spiritual powers,” one woman told the Guardian.

 

 

Reports of the abuse first surfaced in July when some of the victims took to the blogging platform Medium to claim they were sexually assaulted at the retreat.

 

In response Agama Yoga denied apologised to the victims and denied the school was a “sex cult”.

 

A statement issued to the Guardian read:

 

“Agama Yoga is a spiritual university whose core principles are rooted in the authentic yoga tradition. Our teachings follow the principles and teachings of the tantric path. Sexual tantra is a limited part of the authentic tantric tradition and a limited part of our teachings. It is clearly separated from the main curriculum.”

 

Tarcau is understood to have fled Thailand in July just days after the reports first surfaced on Medium, exiting at the Aranyaprathet border checkpoint. His current whereabouts are unknown.

 

Earlier this week, Thai military and police carried out raids at Agama and official charges have been filed against Tarcau.

 

Footage posted to Facebook showed a number of police vehicles and officers outside the Agama resort.

 

 

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2018-09-08

 

 

 

[4MyEgo]

Yep, Yoga has so many positions, I'm told....

[Samui Bodoh]

"...Thailand sex cult: Foreign tourists claim rape and sexual assault at Koh Phangan yoga retreat..."

 

Oh Boy!

 

"...Fourteen female tourists have claimed they were raped and sexually assaulted by a guru at a world renowned yoga retreat located on Koh Phangan..."

 

This is going to be international news of the most salacious kind, especially coming on the heels of the purported rape on Koh Tao. Further, the arrests of the people who shared the story on Facebook are going to be plastered all over the stories.

 

It is sad; Thailand, had you taken the British woman's story of being raped on Koh Tao seriously and done everything possible to get to the bottom of it, this particular story wouldn't be as bad. However, as you didn't, you are going to get slaughtered. And, you deserve it.

 

Get ready for global headlines, the re-hash of all the Koh Tao stories, the re-hash of the recent alleged rape, and every salacious story editors can think of to add in.

 

If Thailand's recent focus had been the well-being and safety of tourists, especially female tourists, then perhaps the up-coming stories might have been sympathetic. However, Thailand chose a different path; shoot the messenger and protect the tourism dollar at all costs.

 

Ain't karma a b****!

 

 

[anon789561]

look at all those clowns sitting there. stupid

[BritManToo]

Did the Thai police refuse to record the original complaints?

 

[Darcula]

26 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

Agama Yoga lead by Narcis Tarcau, otherwise known as Swami Vivekananda Saraswati

 

What a cult.

[sanemax]

4 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Did the Thai police refuse to record the original complaints?

 

Did the Thai Police receive any previous complaints ?

The KPG Police refused the complaints about the rape on KT because KT is outside their jurisdiction

[sanemax]

There were also recent reports of a female leaving this "cult" and going back home , she was found dead on Kao Tao , 

[sammieuk1]

For a rapid response send in Big Joke he is excellent in rape cases with 100% clear up rate inside 24 hours?

[shadowofacloud]

So, they were practicing assanas?

[RotMahKid]

to share or not to share....

[balo]

Idiots all of them , its free to believe in a religion , but a guru ? They asked for it.

[petermik]

"lay down and let the special powers of narcis bring comfort to your body" and they did...and he did....I wonder at what stage they decided they had be used and abused.....silly silly ladies

[sanemax]

Stupid people .

Willingly joined a group , willingly participated in all the activities .

Happy there whilst it lasted , now its all over , complaining about being taken advantage of  .

Welcome to the real World boys & girls .

   Not much different to the guys who immerse themselves in the "Pattaya lifestyle" and then complain about being taken advantage of when the girls go back to Issan and leave them on their own .

[DeusExMachinaBKK]

Lol, what a bunch of retards. 

[thaiguzzi]

Weirdos....

[ezzra]

You would have thought that such stories belongs to the 70' and 80' where lost and gullible people were looking for nirvana and got sexually molested and raped by the thousands in style of yogi Maharishi and his ilks, but reading this, it seems that what changes is only time, the gullible and easy people to prey on are still around...

[AlexRich]

I think the clue is in the word "tantric" ... a sexually deviant wolf in sheep's clothing. Why people fall for all that mystic crap is beyond me.

[petermik]

7 hours ago, sanemax said:

 

   Not much different to the guys who immerse themselves in the "Pattaya lifestyle" and then complain about being taken advantage of when the girls go back to Issan and leave them on their own .

No complaints from me....as one door closes another one opens with a smiling lady saying "I take good care you" and I always reply ok we can give it a try teerak......

why make one lady miserable when you can make so many happy.....spread the seed far and wide I say....makes for a much better crop....

[TPI]

One born every day! It's no good going to the RTP they don't understand what the problem is and if they did how to fix it!    ?

[Nyezhov]

37 minutes ago, DeusExMachinaBKK said:

Lol, what a bunch of retards. 

Hell yeah, sex cults are great arent they...all sorts of rituals and brandings and maybe like wierd invented words and loads of groping.....wonder if they wore goat leggings....

[marko kok prong]

Tantric yoga does have a sexual element to it,so i am led to believe, well it certainly did in this case.

[lanista]

Some of those idiots look like  professional street protestors from Sydney and Melbourne.

No doubt we'll be seeing more of them in the months ahead before the next election.

Conned by guru turds in Asia and by trade unions back home.

Wasnt Jim Jones a used car salesmen before he murdered his flock of 800 or so?

[PoorSucker]

1 hour ago, sanemax said:

Did the Thai Police receive any previous complaints ?

The KPG Police refused the complaints about the rape on KT because KT is outside their jurisdiction

Koh tao is a subdistrict of Koh phangan. 

 

[rumak]

1 hour ago, Darcula said:

Agama Yoga lead by Narcis Tarcau, otherwise known as Swami Vivekananda Saraswati

nar·cis·sis·tic    READ THE FINE PRINT !

ˌnärsəˈsistik/      

adjective

 

1. having an excessive or erotic interest in oneself and one's physical appearance.

   "a narcissistic actress"

   synonyms:

   vain, self-loving, self-admiring, self-absorbed, self-obsessed, conceited, self-centered, self-regarding, egotistic, egotistical, egoistic;  informalfull of oneself "she was never happy in the narcissistic life that her press agent and manager had crafted for her"

   • relating to narcissism.

[BobBKK]

Anyone who think traditional Yoga is in anyway related to a 'sex cult' or this sham organisation is an idiot. Yoga is rooted in Hinduism for 5000 years and deserves respect not ridicule. It is peaceful, philosophical and insightful.

 

Tantric Yoga is a very small branch and practiced by very few. It seems it was abused here but that is no reason to throw the Yoga baby out with the dirty bath water.

[scorecard]

2 hours ago, balo said:

Idiots all of them , its free to believe in a religion , but a guru ? They asked for it.

Guru banned from India.

[AGareth2]

1 hour ago, marko kok prong said:

Tantric yoga does have a sexual element to it,so i am led to believe, well it certainly did in this case.

they were being initiated into the higher levels of enlightenment

not raped or molested

and they were paying good money

[sanemax]

Just now, AGareth2 said:

they were being initiated into the higher levels of enlightenment

not raped or molested

and they were paying good money

It gets even worse !!!!!!!

I've spent the last few years paying Asian girls for some action............and THAT Guru has been getting paid to service Western girls !!!!!!!!!

   Knew that I should have gone to KPG , rather than Pattaya.............things may have been so much different?

[rumak]

3 hours ago, Samui Bodoh said:

"...Thailand sex cult: Foreign tourists claim rape and sexual assault at Koh Phangan yoga retreat..."

 

Oh Boy!

 

"...Fourteen female tourists have claimed they were raped and sexually assaulted by a guru at a world renowned yoga retreat located on Koh Phangan..."

 

This is going to be international news of the most salacious kind, especially coming on the heels of the purported rape on Koh Tao. Further, the arrests of the people who shared the story on Facebook are going to be plastered all over the stories.

 

It is sad; Thailand, had you taken the British woman's story of being raped on Koh Tao seriously and done everything possible to get to the bottom of it, this particular story wouldn't be as bad. However, as you didn't, you are going to get slaughtered. And, you deserve it.

 

Get ready for global headlines, the re-hash of all the Koh Tao stories, the re-hash of the recent alleged rape, and every salacious story editors can think of to add in.

 

If Thailand's recent focus had been the well-being and safety of tourists, especially female tourists, then perhaps the up-coming stories might have been sympathetic. However, Thailand chose a different path; shoot the messenger and protect the tourism dollar at all costs.

 

Ain't karma a b****!

 

 

Sounds like you ate too many magic mushrooms.    nothing going to change .   all the global headlines ?   you are hallucinating...