Editing Atman Foundation (section)

== Aftermath ==
In Germany police investigations of the group failed to turn up evidence that the group had planned a mass suicide, although the accusation still remained in Spain as of 2004 with no trial scheduled.<ref name="Lutzardo2004">{{Cite news |last=Lutzardo |first=Maile |date=2004-04-21 |title=Suicidio colectivo con zumo de frutas |trans-title=Mass suicide with fruit juice |url=http://archivo.diariodeavisos.com/epoca1/2004/04/21/hoy/noticias/tenerife/P40252A.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303201816/http://archivo.diariodeavisos.com/epoca1/2004/04/21/hoy/noticias/tenerife/P40252A.html |archive-date=2016-03-03 |access-date=2014-10-20 |work=Diario de Avisos |language=es-IC}}</ref><ref name="TheIrishTimes1998">{{Cite news |date=1998-01-14 |title=Judge frees spaceship cult |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/judge-frees-spaceship-cult-1.124111 |access-date=2015-06-23 |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |language=en-IE}}</ref>{{sfn|Richardson|Introvigne|2004|p=157}} In Spain all charges were eventually dropped against members of the group due to lack of evidence. The acquittal of Fittkau-Garthe in Spain received almost no attention in the news.{{sfn|Palmer|2011|p=54}}

Later articles in ''Tenerife News'' and ''Diario de Avisos'' disputed the earlier story, saying there was no intention to commit suicide by the group.<ref name="TenerifeNews" /><ref name="Lutzardo2004" /> When interviewed by a local daily newspaper, Fittkau-Garthe claimed that the group was not a cult, and that a daughter of a member of the group had contacted Interpol and accused them of plotting a mass suicide after a family row.<ref name="TenerifeNews" /> The rumor that it was mass suicide possibly stemmed from Fittkau-Garthe's estranged brother.{{sfn|Palmer|2011|p=54}} 

[[Susan J. Palmer]] viewed the group as an example of rumors leading to a [[miscarriage of justice]] around cults,{{sfn|Palmer|2011|p=54}} while German researchers George Schmid and Oswald Eggenberger viewed of the concerns of the police as understandable, arguing the group had many similarities to those that had committed mass suicide in the past. They particularly noted the small size of the community as a cause for concern, arguing that those are susceptible to radicalizing in that sense more so than larger groups.{{sfn|Schmid|Eggenberger|2003|p=271}}