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== Later groups == Neal Vahle's ''The Unity Movement'' lists nine personal growth organizations which grew out of Mind Dynamics, including: [[Erhard Seminars Training|est]] and [[Werner Erhard and Associates|The Forum]], [[Landmark Education]], [[Lifespring]], [[Lifestream Seminars|Lifestream]], LifeResults, [[LifeSuccess]], Context Training / Context International, [[PSI Seminars]], [[Personal Dynamics]] in Switzerland, [[Life Dynamics]] in Japan and Hong Kong, [[Alpha Seminars]] in Australia, [[Hoffman Quadrinity Process]], [[Dimensional Mind Approach]], [[Pathwork]], and [[Actualization]]s.<ref name="vahle">{{cite book | last = Vahle | first = Neal |author2=Connie Fillmore Bazzy | title = The Unity Movement: Its Evolution and Spiritual Teachings | publisher = Templeton Foundation Press | year = 2002 | pages = 399, 402, 403, 480 | isbn = 1-890151-96-3}} </ref> Vahle goes on to describe similar techniques used by these groups which were incorporated from Mind Dynamics' practices.<ref name="vahle" /> Berger's ''Agit-Pop'' also gives examples of EST, Lifespring and Actualizations as groups that grew out of Mind Dynamics and helped form the [[human potential movement]].<ref>{{cite book | last = Berger | first = Arthur Asa | title = Agit-Pop: : Political Culture and Communication Theory | publisher = Transaction Publishers | year = 1990 | pages = 68 | isbn = 0-88738-315-7}} </ref> The organizations cited above were founded by prior instructors from Mind Dynamics who had been trained by Alexander Everett, including [[Stewart Emery]] (who founded Actualizations), [[Randy Revell]] (who developed Context Training), [[James Roswell Quinn| James Quinn]] (who organized Lifestream/LifeResults/LifeSuccess), and [[Thomas Wilhite]] (who founded PSI Seminars).<ref name="vahle" /> [[Werner Erhard]], subsequently associated with [[Erhard Seminars Training | est]] (1971-1984), [[Werner Erhard and Associates | WE&A]] (1981-1991) and [[Landmark Education]] (founded 1991, known as [[Landmark Worldwide]] since 2013) taught in the Mind Dynamics organization,<ref> {{cite book |last1 = Tipton |first1 = Steven M. |publication-date = 18 February 2014 |date = 19 March 2014 |orig-date = 1982 |title = Getting Saved from the Sixties: Moral Meaning in Conversion and Cultural Change |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=gAyvCwAAQBAJ |publication-place = Eugene, Oregon |publisher = Wipf and Stock Publishers |page = 329 |isbn = 9781625646996 |access-date = 10 September 2023 |quote = Erhard was an instructor in Mind Dynamics (a now defunct program devised by autodidact Alexander Everett to teach people haw to control their minds more efficiently, reportedly through self-hypnosis and visualization) immediately before starting ''est'', and his delivery of the Mind Dynamics course closely resembled ''est'', according to some clients of both. }} </ref><ref> {{cite book | last1 = Lande | first1 = Nathaniel | author-link1 = Nathaniel Lande | title = Mindstyles, Lifestyles: A Comprehensive Overview of Today's Life-changing Philosophies | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=EgYrAAAAMAAJ | publisher = Price/Stern/Sloan | date = 1976 | isbn = 9780843104097 | access-date = 10 September 2023 | quote = Mind Dynamics is another major source for the est training. Not only was Werner Erhard trained as a Mind Dynamics instructor, he was selected by the organization's founder, Alexander Everett, to take responsibility [...]. }} </ref><ref> {{cite book |last1 = Ankerberg |first1 = John |author-link1 = John Ankerberg |last2 = Weldon |first2 = John |year = 1996 |chapter = Est, The Forum, and Related New Age Seminars |title = Encyclopedia of New Age Beliefs |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=SghdYBbMds0C |publication-place = Eugene, Oregon |publisher = Harvest House Publishers |page = 299 |isbn = 9781565071605 |access-date = 10 September 2023 |quote = John P. Handley [...], like Erhard, was a teacher in Mind Dynamics [...]. }} </ref> providing a link between Mind Dynamics and several subsequent [[Large-group awareness training]]s (LGATs).<ref> {{Cite journal | last = Langone | first = Michael | author-link = Michael Langone | title = Large Group Awareness Trainings | journal = Cult Observer | publisher = [[International Cultic Studies Association]] | volume = 15 | issue = 1 | year=1998 | url = http://www.csj.org/rg/rgessays/rgessay_lgate.htm | issn = 1539-0152 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190907135142/http://www.csj.org:80/rg/rgessays/rgessay_lgate.htm | archive-date = 7 September 2019 | access-date = 10 September 2023 | quote = In the 1960s the encounter group movement was born. Advocating enhanced communication and intensified experience, this movement evolved into something that was part psychotherapy, part spirituality, and part business. In some scholarly articles, these groups were referred to as "large group awareness trainings" or LGATs. Erhard Seminars Training (est) was the most successful of these groups, and it has been widely imitated. Even though it no longer officially exists, in the minds of many est is identified with the entire LGAT movement. It is in a sense the progenitor of a myriad of programs that have been marketed to the public and the business community.}} </ref> Former MDI President Robert White founded Lifespring and ARC International<ref> [https://robertchaen.com/2020/04/01/66811/ "[...] Life Dynamics/ ARC International), a pioneer personal growth firm which was established in Tokyo around 1977 by Robert White."] </ref>{{better source needed|date=September 2023}} which delivered the Life Dynamics seminars in Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Sydney.
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