International Journal of Cultic Studies ■ Vol. 9, 2018 69
Box 2, Stephen A Kent Collection on Alternative Religions,
University of Alberta.
Miller, M. (2010). Caught in the act of helping: How a government
official destroyed twenty-three years of effort aimed at producing a
revolutionary, new stress relief technology. USA: Life Insights
Publications. Copy in Box 1, Stephen A Kent Collection on
Alternative Religions, University of Alberta.
Miller, Mary A. (2005, June 3). Report of results: MVA6291
analysis of healing instrument contents. MVA Scientific
Consultants. Copy in Box 6, Stephen A Kent Collection on
Alternative Religions, University of Alberta.
Palmer, S. J., &Bird, F. (1992). Therapy, charisma and social
control in the Rajneesh movement. Sociological Analysis, 53, S71–
S85.
Shepard, C. (2004, Sept. 9). News of the Weird, p. 1, para. 1.
Retrieved online at https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/news-
of-the-weird/Content?oid=916617
Skepdic. (2014, Sept. 12). Kirlian photography
(electrophotography). The skeptic’s dictionary. Available online at
http://skepdic.com/kirlian.html
Smart Business Choices. (2004). The Gentle Wind Project
introduces the Trauma Card +Pain +Decompression. Retrieved
from http://tropitaste.20six.co.uk/tropitaste/125. Copy in Box 8,
Stephen A Kent Collection on Alternative Religions, University of
Alberta.
Smith, J. E. (1996, Fall). Humanism as a “quasi-religion.” Free
Inquiry, 17–22.
Suskind, Amy B. (1994). The Sullivan Institute/Fourth Wall
Community: “Radical” psychotherapy as a quasi-religion. In
Bromley, D. G., A. L. Greil, &T. Robbins (Eds.), Between sacred
and secular: Research and theory on quasi-religion, vol 4. (pp.
51–77). London, UK: JAI Press.
Sutcliffe, S. J., &Gilhus, I. S. (2013). Introduction: “All mixed
up”: Thinking about religion in relation to New Age spiritualities.
In Sutcliffe, S. J., &I. S. Gilhus, New Age spirituality: Rethinking
religion (pp. 1–16). Durham, NC: Acume Publishing.
Swanson, K. (2015). What the puck? The Gentle Wind Project, a
quasi-religious New Age alternative healing organization. (MA
thesis, University of Alberta.) Available online from
https://era.library.ualberta.ca/files/n296x175g
Tal, A., &and Wansink B. (2014, Oct. 15). Blinded with science:
Trivial graphs and formulas increase ad persuasiveness and belief
in product efficacy. Public Understanding of Science, 1–9.
WCNJ. (1997, January 26). The Gentle Wind Project. (Radio
program. Host: Sir Martinn guest: Mary Miller.) (Cassettes.) Copy
in Box 1, Stephen A Kent Collection on Alternative Religions,
University of Alberta.
Weisberg, D. S., Keil, F. C., Goodstein, J., Rawson, E., &Gray, J.
R. (2008). The seductive allure of neuroscience explanations,
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, (20)3, 470–477.
WERU. (1996, October 21). An ounce of prevention. (Radio
program. Host: Geri Aucoin-Behre guests: Judy Garvey, Maggie
Thomson.) (Cassette.) Copy in Box 1, Stephen A Kent Collection
on Alternative Religions, University of Alberta.
WERU. (1997a, March 17). An ounce of prevention. (Radio
program. Host: Geri Aucoin-Behre guest: Mary “Moe” Miller.)
(Cassette.) Copy in Box 1, Stephen A Kent Collection on
Alternative Religions, University of Alberta.
WERU. (1997b, March 24). An ounce of prevention. (Radio
program. Host: Geri Aucoin-Behre guest: Mary “Moe” Miller.)
(Cassette.) Copy in Box 1, Stephen A Kent Collection on
Alternative Religions, University of Alberta.
WERU. (1999, July 20). The main focus. (Radio program. Host:
Emma Finn guests: Nancy Duncan, Mary “Moe” Miller.)
(Cassette.) Copy in Box 1, Stephen A Kent Collection on
Alternative Religions, University of Alberta.
Wilhelm, R. (1967). The I Ching or book of changes. (3rd ed. C. F.
Baynes. Translator). New York, NY: Bollingen Foundation.
Wind of Changes (WoC). (2004). Wind of changes. Available
online at http://www.windofchanges.org/
WOMR. (1997, April 18). The Gentle Wind Project: Mary “Moe”
Miller with Joe Poire. (Radio program. Host: Joe Poire guest:
Mary Miller.) Provincetown, MA.) (Cassette.) Copy in Box 1,
Stephen A Kent Collection on Alternative Religions, University of
Alberta.
About the Author
Kayla Swanson, MA, earned her Master of Arts
in Religious Studies from the University of
Alberta in 2015. Her master’s thesis focused on
the Gentle Wind Project as a quasi-religion,
new-age, alternative health movement. In 2017,
as second author with senior author Stephen A.
Kent, Kayla wrote about the GWP in The
History of Credibility Attacks Against Former
Cult Members, a Special Monograph Edition of
the International Journal of Cultic Studies. She
obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Religious
Studies with a minor in Political Science from
the University of Alberta in 2012.
Box 2, Stephen A Kent Collection on Alternative Religions,
University of Alberta.
Miller, M. (2010). Caught in the act of helping: How a government
official destroyed twenty-three years of effort aimed at producing a
revolutionary, new stress relief technology. USA: Life Insights
Publications. Copy in Box 1, Stephen A Kent Collection on
Alternative Religions, University of Alberta.
Miller, Mary A. (2005, June 3). Report of results: MVA6291
analysis of healing instrument contents. MVA Scientific
Consultants. Copy in Box 6, Stephen A Kent Collection on
Alternative Religions, University of Alberta.
Palmer, S. J., &Bird, F. (1992). Therapy, charisma and social
control in the Rajneesh movement. Sociological Analysis, 53, S71–
S85.
Shepard, C. (2004, Sept. 9). News of the Weird, p. 1, para. 1.
Retrieved online at https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/news-
of-the-weird/Content?oid=916617
Skepdic. (2014, Sept. 12). Kirlian photography
(electrophotography). The skeptic’s dictionary. Available online at
http://skepdic.com/kirlian.html
Smart Business Choices. (2004). The Gentle Wind Project
introduces the Trauma Card +Pain +Decompression. Retrieved
from http://tropitaste.20six.co.uk/tropitaste/125. Copy in Box 8,
Stephen A Kent Collection on Alternative Religions, University of
Alberta.
Smith, J. E. (1996, Fall). Humanism as a “quasi-religion.” Free
Inquiry, 17–22.
Suskind, Amy B. (1994). The Sullivan Institute/Fourth Wall
Community: “Radical” psychotherapy as a quasi-religion. In
Bromley, D. G., A. L. Greil, &T. Robbins (Eds.), Between sacred
and secular: Research and theory on quasi-religion, vol 4. (pp.
51–77). London, UK: JAI Press.
Sutcliffe, S. J., &Gilhus, I. S. (2013). Introduction: “All mixed
up”: Thinking about religion in relation to New Age spiritualities.
In Sutcliffe, S. J., &I. S. Gilhus, New Age spirituality: Rethinking
religion (pp. 1–16). Durham, NC: Acume Publishing.
Swanson, K. (2015). What the puck? The Gentle Wind Project, a
quasi-religious New Age alternative healing organization. (MA
thesis, University of Alberta.) Available online from
https://era.library.ualberta.ca/files/n296x175g
Tal, A., &and Wansink B. (2014, Oct. 15). Blinded with science:
Trivial graphs and formulas increase ad persuasiveness and belief
in product efficacy. Public Understanding of Science, 1–9.
WCNJ. (1997, January 26). The Gentle Wind Project. (Radio
program. Host: Sir Martinn guest: Mary Miller.) (Cassettes.) Copy
in Box 1, Stephen A Kent Collection on Alternative Religions,
University of Alberta.
Weisberg, D. S., Keil, F. C., Goodstein, J., Rawson, E., &Gray, J.
R. (2008). The seductive allure of neuroscience explanations,
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, (20)3, 470–477.
WERU. (1996, October 21). An ounce of prevention. (Radio
program. Host: Geri Aucoin-Behre guests: Judy Garvey, Maggie
Thomson.) (Cassette.) Copy in Box 1, Stephen A Kent Collection
on Alternative Religions, University of Alberta.
WERU. (1997a, March 17). An ounce of prevention. (Radio
program. Host: Geri Aucoin-Behre guest: Mary “Moe” Miller.)
(Cassette.) Copy in Box 1, Stephen A Kent Collection on
Alternative Religions, University of Alberta.
WERU. (1997b, March 24). An ounce of prevention. (Radio
program. Host: Geri Aucoin-Behre guest: Mary “Moe” Miller.)
(Cassette.) Copy in Box 1, Stephen A Kent Collection on
Alternative Religions, University of Alberta.
WERU. (1999, July 20). The main focus. (Radio program. Host:
Emma Finn guests: Nancy Duncan, Mary “Moe” Miller.)
(Cassette.) Copy in Box 1, Stephen A Kent Collection on
Alternative Religions, University of Alberta.
Wilhelm, R. (1967). The I Ching or book of changes. (3rd ed. C. F.
Baynes. Translator). New York, NY: Bollingen Foundation.
Wind of Changes (WoC). (2004). Wind of changes. Available
online at http://www.windofchanges.org/
WOMR. (1997, April 18). The Gentle Wind Project: Mary “Moe”
Miller with Joe Poire. (Radio program. Host: Joe Poire guest:
Mary Miller.) Provincetown, MA.) (Cassette.) Copy in Box 1,
Stephen A Kent Collection on Alternative Religions, University of
Alberta.
About the Author
Kayla Swanson, MA, earned her Master of Arts
in Religious Studies from the University of
Alberta in 2015. Her master’s thesis focused on
the Gentle Wind Project as a quasi-religion,
new-age, alternative health movement. In 2017,
as second author with senior author Stephen A.
Kent, Kayla wrote about the GWP in The
History of Credibility Attacks Against Former
Cult Members, a Special Monograph Edition of
the International Journal of Cultic Studies. She
obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Religious
Studies with a minor in Political Science from
the University of Alberta in 2012.
