I had several friends sucked into the Mel Lyman/Avatar thing in the late sixties/early seventies, and only one of them came out of it intact. I heard thru him that it was very hard on Jim.
Fortunately for me I had the wrong sign so they didn't even try to recruit me.
You can still catch recent recordings of Maria Muldar, she's the only one of the group that I have seen still recording.
Blessings,
Barbara