Energo-Chromo-Kinese, also named ECK, was a pseudo-scientific and esoteric-oriented new religious movement founded in October 1987 in Villefranche-sur-Mer by Patrick Véret, a former acupuncturist and homeopath, and his wife, Danièle Drouant.

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  • Energo-Chromo-Kinese, also named ECK, was a pseudo-scientific and esoteric-oriented new religious movement founded in October 1987 in Villefranche-sur-Mer by Patrick Véret, a former acupuncturist and homeopath, and his wife, Danièle Drouant. ECK used many associations and societies (including Connaissance ontologique universelle et recherche biologique énergétique, Energo 8 international, Energo conseils, Jéricho 3000, Association pour la recherche en médecine énergétique and SOS Spasmophilie) and was particularly active in the therapeutic and medical fields. Centers and schools were subsequently established to teach the beliefs of the group, which won over business executives and major corporations, but especially doctors, dentists and kinesiotherapists. Customers who attended these four-degree courses become "kinergists". The doctrine was a "gnostic pantheism" and was explained in two books written by Patrick Véret: La Médecine énergétique and La spasmophilie enfin vaincue, respectively written in 1981 and 1985. On 22 February 1993, the French branch of the organization was dissolved by a court decision of the Tribunal de commerce de Paris and the founders split off. Véret founded the Nutrition énergétique des organes et des méridiens (NEOM), and his former wife led the Ordre du temple de la Jérusalem céleste (OTJC). The movement is currently active in France, Switzerland, Spain, Italy, Canada, the United States, Portugal, Australia... In France, the group seems to be in the decline. ECK was listed as a cult in the 1999 parliamentary report established by the Parliamentary Commission on Cults in France and also appeared in the 1997 Belgian parliamentary report. It was considered as dangerous because of its pseudo-medical speech which could be harmful to members' health, exaggerated requests for money, and indoctrination of the members who became dependent to the group. It was also criticized by anti-cult groups and former members. In 2007, an academic thesis about the dangers of cults for health contained a large analysis of ECK beliefs and practices.
  • L’Energo-Chromo-Kinèse (ECK) est une discipline ésotérique et pseudo-scientifique, utilisée par l'Ordre nouveau des templiers opératifs (ONTO) et Ordre du Temple de la Jérusalem céleste (OTJC), reconnue comme secte dans le rapport n°1687 de la Commissions d'enquête parlementaires sur les sectes en France du 10 juin 1999.
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  • Energo-Chromo-Kinese, also named ECK, was a pseudo-scientific and esoteric-oriented new religious movement founded in October 1987 in Villefranche-sur-Mer by Patrick Véret, a former acupuncturist and homeopath, and his wife, Danièle Drouant.
  • L’Energo-Chromo-Kinèse (ECK) est une discipline ésotérique et pseudo-scientifique, utilisée par l'Ordre nouveau des templiers opératifs (ONTO) et Ordre du Temple de la Jérusalem céleste (OTJC), reconnue comme secte dans le rapport n°1687 de la Commissions d'enquête parlementaires sur les sectes en France du 10 juin 1999.
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  • Energo-Chromo-Kinese
  • Energo Chromo Kinèse
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