Is Albany “cult” now targeting college students through song?
Posted in Miscellaneous at 11:20 pm by Rick Ross A purported “cult” based near Albany, New York, seems to have moved from primarily targeting business executives to the potential recruitment of college students, attending singing events. NXIVM, a corporation that sells workshops also known as “Executive Success Programs” (ESP), is linked to entertainment events for A capella college singing groups. One was staged during December and another event is planned for next month (April 4-6 in) in Albany. There are reportedly 15,000 A capella singing groups at colleges across the country. NXIVM/ESP devotees are called “Espians,” and they are led by failed multi-level marketing guru Keith Raniere (photo left), whose followers call him “Vanguard.” It appears that college students, a traditional target for groups called “cults,” may have become the latest focus for NXIVM. In a paid advertisement run by the Albany Times-Union made to look like a news report Raniere proclaimed, “The event [was] int
