The Tiger's Fang
Paul Twitchell is the modern-day founder of Eckankar. In 1965 he reintroduced the ECK teachings to the world and released spiritual truths from the cultural trappins which had surrounded them. He soon began conducting ECK workshops in California. In 1970 he helped establish Eckankar as a nonprofit religious organization. Paul Twitchell died in 1971 after initiating many into the ECK teachings.