Editing Energo-Chromo-Kinese (section)

==Reception==
ECK was listed as a [[cult]] in the [[List of groups referred to as cults or sects in government documents|1999 parliamentary report]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Rapport fait au nom de la Commission d'enquête sur les sectes - ''Les sectes et l'argent'' |url=http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dossiers/sectes/r1687anx.asp |publisher=Assemblée Nationale |language=French |year=1999 |accessdate=16 September 2009}}</ref> established by the [[Parliamentary Commission on Cults in France]] and also appeared in the 1997 Belgian parliamentary report.{{citation needed|date=July 2021}} 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<ref>{{cite web |title=Energo-Chromo-Kinese, ECK  |url=http://www.info-sectes.ch/index-eck.htm |publisher=Info-sectes |language=French |accessdate=16 September 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Energo Chromo Kinese et aussi OTCJ (Temple de la Jérusalem Celeste et SARL NEOM |url=http://www.prevensectes.com/eck.htm |publisher=Prevensectes |language=French |accessdate=16 September 2009}}</ref> and former members.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sectes: en sortir, disent-ils |url=http://www.esj-lille.fr/atelier/magan2/teo/explorer/secte.html |publisher=École supérieure de journalisme de Lille |language=French |accessdate=16 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090817131438/http://www.esj-lille.fr/atelier/magan2/teo/explorer/secte.html |archive-date=17 August 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2007, an academic thesis about the dangers of cults for health contained a large analysis of ECK beliefs and practices.<ref>{{cite web |author=Armelle Guivier |title=Les risques d'atteinte à l'intégrité physique encourus par les adeptes de sectes |url=http://www.info-sectes.ch/pdf/these-medecine-armelle-guivier-07-protegee.pdf |publisher=Info-sectes |language=French |pages=145–60 |year=2007 |accessdate=19 September 2009}}</ref>