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Male Cross Dressing a result of Adi Da’s influence?

Posted by Joyful Failed Case on Nov-28-04

 

Sorry Randog. From my own experience, I know this isn't entirely true. The regions outside of Lake County and any place Frank lived for any length of time may not be populated with as many of Frank's insider-types, but they do have one or two or more who have had that experience and then moved to a region for whatever reason.

These devotees brought with them their grooming from being that close to Frank and his insiders and were given "celebrity-devotee" status, a term that was actually used by the group. I know of one devotee in Boston. He lives in Boston but is brought into Frank's personal circumstance to play music for Frank frequently. He brought back all that he experienced while hanging out with his old buddies from the early days and began pushing it on those in the region. He eventually got everyone in this “uptight” region to take off their clothes during the pazooza pujas that go on at exactly this time of year through the middle of January.

Boston is referred to as puritanical, so that was what he, and a few others who were sympathetic to this devotee’s sexual inclinations, used to badger students to take off their clothes during student-level parties only. "oh, you're so puritanical and uptight!" I left just before this guy, who actually left during the 70s for many years and came back, could really get everyone to engage this activity he so desired. This guy also loved to dress-up in women's lingerie and make-up during drunken pazooza pujas and parties and got other men to do the same. He had a kind of presence with others, that I never liked, but seemed to charm many. Boston, feeling kind of left out and looked down up by the Lake County folks loved having this “celebrity devotee” in their midst, elevated him to a high level, giving him more and more power to wield and push students to do things they may not really be inclined to do but would in a drunken state.

The other community I lived in just before leaving was NYC. Abel and Dina moved there during the last year I was a student. I understand Anthony Costable and Eileen McCarthy live there now, too, and make a living touring the country and outside the country spreading Franks’s word and making money doing it. I mention names of devotees who I think are as culpable as Frank only. That's my choice. Both of these two have been and remain insiders. They move in and out of Frank’s personal circumstance now as Frank has instructed these old timers to do. I can only imagine what the parties are like in NYC now.

I had not been to an Adidam party in awhile in NYC as my doubts were increasing, and I didn’t want to be around. I attended a party finally, and they had changed significantly since Abel and Dina’s arrival. The first, since taking a break, and last one I went to was a Halloween party in which several of the men came completely dressed in wigs, black teddys, black garters, black panties, black nylons, black high heels, jewelry and lots of make up. One of the alpha males started slow dancing with another man. The more alpha male of the two brought the other man's hips to his and they began rubbing their penises against each other and kissing as they danced. Each of these two men's female "life-partner" was in the room. There were three children, brought by this headcase mother, who Dina had befriended, laying on the floor asleep. I couldn't believe they were there. The whole seen was surreal. I said to my ex, what in the hell are they doing, referring to the two men? He said, "oh, they're just experimenting." I know the alpha male partied A LOT with Frank, and I'm sure he was doing what he learned to do with Frank. The guy he was doing it with had never been anywhere near Frank and was just one of those typical regional male students.

The men’s group became quite secretive and tight after Abel’s arrival. I remember one night my ex came home drunk saying he had the best night, as the men all drank, and kissed, and really bonded. I was thinking, you know what, I’m outta here.

There are other examples, but I think that gets the point across.