Mr. Ramtha, tear down this wall!

After twenty years, the public is given a (limited) look into the mysterious confines of the Ramtha "School" of "Enlightenment," chaired by one JZ Knight. Why did it take two decades? Probably because its kooky New Age claptrap wouldn't have been as controversial without all the artificially injected bubbles of what's-behind-the-wall.

Kudos to JZ for her decades-old BS operation which has netted her millions. (She goes to the bank every time she channels Ramtha, a crusty old spirit guide from Lemuria or whatever. Like it really matters.) That kind of entrepreneurial spirit is one I'd gladly channel.

Added: This follow-up article ought to be retitled "Striving for cash."

Then Knight takes the stage. She's slight and feminine - students say she seems like a completely different person when she channels Ramtha.

After some introductions, she asks people to turn to their partner and ask, "Why would you want to be wealthy?" and "If you don't want to be wealthy now, then when?"

Sometimes, people feel unworthy of wealth, but they shouldn't, Knight said.

"The idea of fabulous wealth is not bad," she added. "It's not evil. It's what we're supposed to do...."

During the exercise, people walk up and down a field, and quietly chant aloud their goals and dreams.

Klein said it's designed to help the brain become more open to the idea of concepts such as fabulous wealth so that people can make their dreams happen.

Consider it the New Age version of the "prosperity gospel."