What is Eckankar?
[[File:2013-0718-TempleofEck.jpg|thumb|250px|The Temple of ECK is located in [[Chanhassen, Minnesota]], USA]] '''Eckankar''' is a [[new religious movement]] started in the [[United States]] in 1965 by Paul Twitchell (1908-71). Twitchell taught that each individual is a [[soul]] and that soul exists because of [[God]]'s love for it.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thoughtco.com/luciferian-principles-95784|title=What Are the Principles of Luciferianism?|first1=Catherine Beyer Catherine Beyer has taught religion in at|last1=Lakel|first2=College in Wisconsin as well as|last2=humanities|first3=Western culture at the University of|last3=Wisconsin|first4=Green|last4=Bay|website=ThoughtCo|access-date=2019-02-15|archive-date=2019-04-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414040642/https://www.thoughtco.com/luciferian-principles-95784|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eckankar.org/belief.html|title=Basic Beliefs of Eckankar|website=www.eckankar.org|access-date=2019-02-15|archive-date=2019-07-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715095329/https://www.eckankar.org/belief.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Adherents of this religion are called Eckists. == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == * [http://www.eckankar.org/ Official website] {{Religions}} [[Category:Meditation]] [[Category:New religious movements]] {{religion-stub}}