Talons of Time
When Paul Twitchell made Eckankar known to the modern world in 1965, he separated spiritual truths from the cultural trappings which had surrounded them. Average people could begin to experience the Light and Sound of God while still living a happy, steady, and productive life. <P>Paul Twitchell was born in Kentucky in the early part of this century, Paul Twitchell served in the U.S. Navy during the Second World War. <P>A seeker from an early age, he was introduced to a group of spiritual Masters who would change the course of his life. These were the Vairagi ECK Masters. While they trained Paul to become the Living ECK Master, he explored a wide range of spiritual traditions under many teachers. The high teachings of ECK had been scattered to the four corners of the world. Paul gathered these golden teachings and made them readily available to us. <P>It was these God experiences he chronicled in his book The Tiger's Fang. Paul Twitchell eventually joined the Vairagi Order and was given the task of bringing Eckankar to the world. He became the Living ECK Master. <P>By 1965, Paul was giving Soul Travel workshops in California and offering discourses on the teachings of Eckankar. A community of ECKists began to grow. In 1970, Eckankar was established as a nonprofit religious organization. Paul Twitchell died in 1971, but not before he initiated many into the ECK teachings. <P>The present Living ECK Master is Sri Harold Klemp. He continues in Paul Twitchell's footsteps, giving new life to the age-old spiritual teachings of ECK.