Hi Stacie, I know a bit about this lot. I came across them in Glastonbury a few years ago (where else!!) and ended up doing some of their ceremonies before pulling away.
One of the reasons was I didnt feel comfortable with the way that Juliet Carter publicly and vociferously harangued people if they were not towing the party line exactly (people HAD to be veggie, they MUST NOT believe in religions etc). They were very big on steering people away from the control of organised religions but it seemed to me that they were trying to replace it by controlling their followers themselves.
There was also the pressure to attend ceremonies and keep repeating them (initial ones were £75, repeats less). They went on about the 'Template Family' and trying to get our friends and family 'Templated' (ie to also attend the ceremonies).
They tend to come over to the UK annually, usually at this time of year. Each time it is hyped as 'A rare opportunity' to attend ceremonies with Juliet and Jiva and each ceremony is supposed to be the last; when I came across them first they only had 4 ceremonies, then rapidly 'downloaded' through another couple which were also billed as being 'the last'. They are now up to number 13 (surprise, surprise).
They have other people to lead some of the ceremonies in their absence that they refer to as 'Ambassadors'. These ambassadors have been taught and can lead up to ceremony 6 at the most, but after that only Juliet and Jiva can lead the newer ones; so when they are in the area leading these newer ceremonies there is a high demand from people wanting to attend, so J and J pocket a large sum each time.
When the ambassadors train to lead each ceremony they have to purchase from J and J the geometry that goes with that particular ceremony - they are large pieces and the costs can run into hundreds.
There are around 7 or 8 ambassadors and they are living in or performing ceremonies in the UK, France, Greece, the US and Australia, and probably other countries.
Besides performing ceremonies and selling large pieces of ceremonial geometry to the ambassadors, there is also the income from books, dvds, cds and smaller pieces of geometry and jewellery (the latter produced in their workshops in Bali and Australia). Another former Templater remarked ruefully to me that it is '...a nice little family business they have running there'. People are also encouraged to donate.They are always wanting more money.
The newsletters are interesting. Besides the usual wanting money, the language is weirdly hypnotic - you can get drawn in by it, but by the end of the piece have no idea about what you have just read. Odd.
They are secretive and the only way that the whole truth will come out about them is if members of their very tight inner circle finally break away and spill the beans, I think it is long overdue.
In short, there are some very culty elements to their operation and behaviour and I'd advise to steer well clear. I've cut myself off from all of their members and hope that eventually they will see what I saw and pull away.
If nothing else they provided me with an excellent (but very expensive!) lesson in discernment.
One of the reasons was I didnt feel comfortable with the way that Juliet Carter publicly and vociferously harangued people if they were not towing the party line exactly (people HAD to be veggie, they MUST NOT believe in religions etc). They were very big on steering people away from the control of organised religions but it seemed to me that they were trying to replace it by controlling their followers themselves.
There was also the pressure to attend ceremonies and keep repeating them (initial ones were £75, repeats less). They went on about the 'Template Family' and trying to get our friends and family 'Templated' (ie to also attend the ceremonies).
They tend to come over to the UK annually, usually at this time of year. Each time it is hyped as 'A rare opportunity' to attend ceremonies with Juliet and Jiva and each ceremony is supposed to be the last; when I came across them first they only had 4 ceremonies, then rapidly 'downloaded' through another couple which were also billed as being 'the last'. They are now up to number 13 (surprise, surprise).
They have other people to lead some of the ceremonies in their absence that they refer to as 'Ambassadors'. These ambassadors have been taught and can lead up to ceremony 6 at the most, but after that only Juliet and Jiva can lead the newer ones; so when they are in the area leading these newer ceremonies there is a high demand from people wanting to attend, so J and J pocket a large sum each time.
When the ambassadors train to lead each ceremony they have to purchase from J and J the geometry that goes with that particular ceremony - they are large pieces and the costs can run into hundreds.
There are around 7 or 8 ambassadors and they are living in or performing ceremonies in the UK, France, Greece, the US and Australia, and probably other countries.
Besides performing ceremonies and selling large pieces of ceremonial geometry to the ambassadors, there is also the income from books, dvds, cds and smaller pieces of geometry and jewellery (the latter produced in their workshops in Bali and Australia). Another former Templater remarked ruefully to me that it is '...a nice little family business they have running there'. People are also encouraged to donate.They are always wanting more money.
The newsletters are interesting. Besides the usual wanting money, the language is weirdly hypnotic - you can get drawn in by it, but by the end of the piece have no idea about what you have just read. Odd.
They are secretive and the only way that the whole truth will come out about them is if members of their very tight inner circle finally break away and spill the beans, I think it is long overdue.
In short, there are some very culty elements to their operation and behaviour and I'd advise to steer well clear. I've cut myself off from all of their members and hope that eventually they will see what I saw and pull away.
If nothing else they provided me with an excellent (but very expensive!) lesson in discernment.