Eleven Naked Emperors: The Crisis of Charismatic Succession in the Hare Krishna Movement (1977-1987)

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Abhay Charanaravinda’s writings are recognized by the Gaudiya Vaishnava Society of India, and he is awarded with the honorific name “Bhaktivedanta.” Using her powers takes a physical toll on her body. When using her powers to perform more menial tasks, Eleven usually only suffers from nosebleeds. Based on how her powers are executed, it is likely the source of this blood is actually her brain. When accomplishing more daunting tasks, however, she would become physically exhausted, often to the point where she'd be unable to walk. Her most extreme acts caused bruising on her face, her eyes to become bloodshot, her ears to bleed, and fainting. However, if Eleven was sufficiently satiated, this physical toll could be alleviated. Eventually, Eleven’s body had grown accustomed to the recurrent use of her powers, able to go longer durations without succumbing to complete exhaustion.

Dr. Martin Brenner had experimented on Terry Ives, who volunteered as a MKUltra test subject. While undergoing these tests, Terry mysteriously became pregnant. After discovering the pregnancy, Brenner took the child away directly from birth, raising her at Hawkins Lab under the name Eleven. In 1984, Mike told Max that El was a girl who'd once been in the Party, but had "moved away" (though Lucas later divulged the full story to Max). Moments later, Mike, Will, Jonathan and Argyle, who had independently discovered Eleven's location, arrived at the scene in Argyle's Pizzamobile. Eleven, still recovering from having exerted her powers, was pleasantly surprised to reunite with her friends. Before departing, Eleven granted a dying Dr. Brenner one last conversation, though denied him the complete forgiveness he asked for. After the group of five escaped what remained of Sullivan's forces, Eleven informed the others they needed to travel to Hawkins immediately, if she were to have any hope of stopping Vecna. Worried about how to support a young person who has had a sexual image or video of themselves shared online? If they’re under 18, they can use

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Millie Bobby Brown tries himself in different directions. She starred in TV shows and films, and even tried her hand as a producer. But the girl does not stop there – Millie Bobby Brown also worked as a model. She has also been called one of the most influential teenagers in the world. And she became one of the youngest girls to be included in this list. I came here to try and understand who I was. To see if ... I was the monster. And I know the truth. It is not me. It is you. You are the monster."

The ring Eleven wears in the fourth season was a gift given to her by Mike sometime in between 1985-86. [39] Jane Ives was born with special psychokinetic abilities; Jane’s mother, Terry, was experimented upon in the controversial government program known as ”MKUltra”, which, by accident or by Dr. Martin Brenner’s design, affected Jane in the womb. Upon her birth, Jane was immediately kidnapped by Dr. Brenner, and brought to Hawkins National Laboratory. Jane was re-designated “Eleven”, being the eleventh of Brenner’s series of child test subjects. Throughout her childhood, Brenner tested Eleven and the others’ abilities at the lab, all the while denying her access to the outside world.

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Her abilities are somewhat linked to her emotional state, generally being at their strongest when influenced by her anger and fear. Being in distressing situations would occasionally cause Eleven to unleash her powers involuntarily. This was a possible factor at play when Eleven had opened the Gate; her fear of witnessing the Demogorgon may have inadvertently magnified her powers. In a similar case, she unintentionally flung Lucas across the junkyard during his fight with Mike. Following an intense argument with Hopper, Eleven had a kind of "psychic tantrum", causing her to accidentally break all of the surrounding windows. After receiving advice from Kali, Eleven learned to harness her anger at will, gaining more precise control over her powers. She went on to employ this tactic while closing the Gate, even causing her to levitate as she fended off the Mind Flayer.

Shortly after reuniting, El collapsed due to her leg; the group realised a piece of the Spider Monster was still lodged under her skin. After Jonathan attempted to cut it out with a knife, El opted to do it herself. Using a tremendous amount of power and force, she was able to remove the piece from her leg and throw it across the room. The piece was subsequently stepped on by Hopper, who had just arrived with Joyce and Murray. While Eleven's age is never explicitly stated, it was mentioned that Terry had been looking for her daughter for twelve years, indicating she is 12 years old during the events of the first season, placing her birth in 1971, alongside the rest of the five kids. However, the book Suspicious Minds gives conflicts with what is suggested in the show, instead placing her birth in June 1970. Eleven employed a similar strategy while trapped in Vecna's mindscape, albeit less successfully. Seeking to stall for time and stop Vecna from killing Max, she brought up their shared history dealing with Dr. Brenner at Hawkins Lab. Eleven made a point to call Brenner, and not Vecna, the "monster", telling Henry (Vecna) that Brenner had failed him. Vecna wasn't distracted for long, but Eleven's strategy nevertheless bought Max some precious time. In an interview published on June 2, 2022, the Duffer Brothers claimed Eleven is 11 years old during Season 1, suggesting she was born in 1972. [28] A: Thank you. It’s such a comfort when loved ones rise to the challenge and surprise you in a good way.It is said, “Ignorance is bliss,” and we were certainly blissful (as well as ignorant), but was the ephemeral bliss we felt worth all the deception? I don’t think so, and I, for one, am glad that sad chapter of ISKCON history has ended (or so I have heard from ISKCON leaders). When my first book about the Hare Krishnas, “ Killing For Krishna—The Danger of Deranged Devotion” (2018)—was published, I received many, many letters of laud from current and former ISKCON godbrothers and sisters thanking me for documenting an important chapter in ISKCON history which had been hidden from most of the world for thirty years. As of August 2023, Eleven and Dustin have the most variants in Stranger Things: Puzzle Tales, each having four. Seeing that the Spider Monster was headed toward the cabin, the group prepared for battle. The Spider Monster infiltrated the cabin using several of his mouthed tentacles, all of which were successfully stopped by El. Suddenly, the monster burst through the ceiling and grabbed El by the leg with a tentacle protruding from his mouth. After being freed from the creature’s grasp thanks to Lucas cutting off the tendril with an ax, El severed the Spider Monster’s head in half, temporarily incapacitating him and allowing the group to escape. In the first season, the first night El stayed at the Wheeler house, Mike gave her his sweater and sweatpants he wore the night before. The pink dress she wears throughout the rest of the season originally belonged to Nancy. The initial basis for Eleven's character was formed when the Duffers imagined an escaped MKUltra test subject heavily influenced by E.T. [21] However, they also wanted to keep an underlying sense of danger and instability, saying that "Eleven isn' a normal girl, and she's no gentle plant-collecting alien either. She has unpredictable supernatural powers that will most definitely put our boys in jeopardy." As a result, they also incorporated elements from the anime Elfen Lied as well as the 1988 anime film Akira into her character, though with "less bloodshed." [22] It's also highly likely Eleven was inspired by characters from the works of Stephen King, such as Carrie White from Carrie and Charlie McGee from Firestarter, although these have not been cited as specific influences.