Editing Share International (section)

==Reception and criticisms==
According to the American religious scholar [[J. Gordon Melton]], Creme's statements served as a catalyst for assessment of the [[New Age]] movement by [[Evangelicalism|Evangelical Christian]]s.{{sfnp|Newport|1998|pp=180–181}} A week after the advertisements in 1982, other advertisements appeared in the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' denouncing Creme as an instrument of the [[Antichrist]]. [[Constance Cumbey]] (an Evangelical Christian and a Detroit area attorney and author) holds that "Maitreya" is a pseudonym for the  Antichrist and regards Share International as an openly Luciferian movement.<ref>
She bases this on Creme's open professions of loyalty to [[Lucifer]] on various talk radio shows - some of which she has personally participated in. She also bases this on Creme's recitation of his belief in the contents of the Alice Bailey books - books which are published by Lucis Press - an organization that originally published under "Lucifer Publishing Company". {{harvp|Brown|1998|p=23}}: "Creme was agent for the AntiChrist. I had come across a pamphlet published by an organisation called the [[Christian Research Institute]] declaring its belief that Mr. Creme was indeed 'deriving his inspiration from a spiritual realm, albeit a malevolent one'."</ref><ref>
{{harvp|Barrett|2001|p=349}}: "Sensing a good offbeat story, a number of journalists search the Brick Lane area, but no one could point them at the returned Christ. Creme lost credibility and supporters, and gained some serious enemies among Evangelical Christians. An Evangelical book,''The Hidden Dangers of the Rainbow'' (1983) attacked all New Age and esoteric movements - especially Creme and the Maitreya [sic] - as a satanic conspiracy."</ref> Other Christian Evangelicals distanced themselves from  [[Constance Cumbey|Cumbey]]'s [[conspiracy theory]].{{sfnp|Newport|1998|pp=180–181}}

British journalist [[Mick Brown (journalist)|Mick Brown]] wrote "I came to enjoy my talks with Mr. Creme. His stories of the Hierarchy, of hidden retreats in Tibet, of... the cogs... guiding the planet towards an age of harmony and enlightenment ..." He described Creme's claims as fantastic and outlandish.{{sfnp|Brown|1998|p={{pn|date=February 2024}} }}