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Dr. Robert J. Lifton on Destructive Cults

Feb

2018

March 2, 2000 – One of the leading experts in mind control, Dr. Lifton addressed the issue of doomsday cults such as Aum Shinrikyo.

The Manipulation of Spiritual Experience: Unethical Hypnosis in Destructive Cults

Feb

2018

Linda Dubrow, Ph.D. & Steve K. Dubrow Eichel, Ph.D. Abstract The process of cult and mass therapy indoctrination may involve repeated inductions of trance-like states of consciousness similar to hypnosis. Environmental (milieu) control, social manipulation, isolation and the use of prescribed consciousness-altering techniques (e.g. repetitive and/or continuous chanting, meditating, or praying) are some of ...

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Followers of sex convict rabbi Berland held on graft suspicions December 7, 2019
Police move thought to be tied to investigation into faulty advice given to cancer patient that led to her deathTimes of IsraelTOI STAFFDecember 2, 2019Six followers of Hasidic rabbi and convicted sex offender Eliezer Berland were reportedly detained Sunday evening over suspicions of fraud and money laundering.In a series of raids, police searched the suspects’ […]
Abby Stein went from being an ultra-Orthodox rabbi to a transgender activist. Her new book tells her story December 7, 2019
Stein felt a disconnect between her faith and her identity from a very young ageCBC RadioDecember 04, 2019 Listen24:57Read Story TranscriptAs a young child in an isolated Hasidic Jewish community, transgender activist and writer Abby Stein collected newspaper clippings of organ transplants — "heart, lung, kidney, hands and legs.""My idea was that I will collect […]
China monitoring mobile phones, blocking 'harmful' words like 'Almighty God' December 7, 2019
Leah MarieAnn Klett, Christian Post Reporter December 04, 2019A former employee of one of China’s largest tech firms has revealed how the Communist regime is manipulating public opinion by monitoring citizens’ mobile phones, blocking any words deemed “sensitive to the state” — such as “Almighty God.” Mr. Li, a former employee of China Mobile Online […]
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Nithyananda, Jehovah's Witnesses, Legal, Exorcism, Proud Boys, Neo-nazi, GaslightingRepublic World: Nithyananda Case: Republic TV Accesses Inside Details Of Gujarat Police Probe"Republic TV has accessed inside details of the Gujarat police probe in the Nithyananda case. As per the sources, when the police had raided the Ahmedabad ashram, they had found out that at least two […]
NXIVM prosecutor renews bid to see Seagram's heiress' documents December 6, 2019
U.S. Attorney's office argues Clare Bronfman's emails should no longer be shielded from disclosure because NXIVM is defunctRobert GavinAlbany Times UnionDecember 5, 2019 NEW YORK – Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn say privileged documents in the email account of Seagram’s heiress Clare Bronfman should no longer be shrouded in secrecy because NXIVM’s own lawyers and a […]
CultNEWS101 Articles: 12/5/2019 December 6, 2019
Neo-Nazi, Muslim Uighur, Bikram Yoga, Scientology, LegalBBC News: Durham teen neo-Nazi became 'living dead'"The youngest person to be convicted of planning a terrorist attack in the UK identified potential targets in his hometown, began drafting a "guerrilla warfare" manual and tried to obtain a chemical used in terrorist bombings. But the case also focused on […]
Fugitive Indian guru establishes 'cosmic country off Ecuador' December 6, 2019
Nithyananda, who faces charges of rape and abduction, trumpets ‘world’s purest Hindu nation’Hannah Ellis-Petersen South Asia correspondentThe GuardianDecember 5, 2019 A fugitive guru and self-anointed “godman” who is facing charges of abduction and rape in India has established his own island nation, reportedly off the coast of Ecuador.Nithyananda, who built up a huge spiritual following […]
Short Creek starts to move beyond its past as a fundamentalist fief December 6, 2019
A small community straddling the Utah-Arizona border charts a new courseThe EconomistDecember 7, 2019Judging by its shops, Short Creek seems more like a trendy suburb of somewhere like Portland than a small town on the Utah-Arizona border with just shy of 8,000 people. There are two health-food stores, a bakery and a vape shop. The […]
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Mormon, BYU-Idaho, Sexual Abuse, Tony Robbins, Bikram YogaThe Salt Lake Tribune: BYU-Idaho no longer accepts Medicaid, and some students are dropping out of school" ... Casey Wilson took some time off from school last year when she found out she was pregnant with her second baby boy.The young mom had hoped to miss only a […]
Tzu Chi Foundation December 4, 2019
Links to stories on Tzu Chi:TAICHUNG RELIGIOUS CULT RAID POINTS TO LARGER SOCIAL ISSUE (https://newbloommag.net/2019/10/03/religious-cult-bust/)ROLLS-ROYCE PURCHASES PROMPTS MOCKERY, CRITICISM OF RULAIZONG SPIRITUAL LEADER (https://newbloommag.net/2017/09/29/rulaizong-rolls-royce/)Glass Door (https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Buddhist-Compassion-Relief-Tzu-Chi-Foundation-Reviews-E799001.htm) Universal Love, For Some? – A Closer Look at Tzu Chi (https://jacobtischer.wordpress.com/2015/09/18/a-closer-look-at-tzu-chi/)A Curious Case In Tzu Chi Foundation’s Recent Scandal (https://partnews.mit.edu/2015/03/17/a-curious-case-in-tzu-chi-foundations-recent-scandal/)
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Tajul Khalwatiyah Syekh Yusuf School, Robert Jay Lifton, Jehovah's Witness, Church of Almighty GodCoconuts: Sect leader who claims to be a prophet and able to extend followers' lives by 15 year"Police in Gowa, South Sulawesi recently arrested an elderly man named Puang Lalang on suspicion of blasphemy over his leadership of a sect that was considered […]
Guest Commentary: Reporting on the La Mora massacre has harmed efforts to normalize Latter-day Saints November 24, 2019
JACKSON DEAKINSDenver PostNovember 20, 2019 It’s time to be candid about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), or the Mormons. The massacre of nine U.S. citizens in the mountains of northern Mexico on Nov. 5, has drawn the international spotlight onto an enclave of Fundamentalist Latter-day Saints (FLDS) in Sonora. Headlines locally […]
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Falun Gong, Timothy Leary, Psychedelics, Bikram Yoga, Unification ChurchSydney Morning Herald: 'Crimes against humanity': is China killing political prisoners for their organs?"One day in November, 2006, Jintao Liu, a 26-year-old chemical engineering student at the China University of Petroleum in Beijing, got a phone call from his lecturer, asking if he could come to the chemistry […]
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Christian Identity, Ku Klux Klan, George Lincoln Rockwell's American Nazi Party, Cult Characteristics, World Mission Society Church of God, Law of Attraction, AmazonSmile, Polygamy, Kingston Group, MormonStraight: Radical compassion helped Tony McAleer revise his outlook and discourage kids from joining hate groups"Vancouver antiracist educator Tony McAleer is astonishingly transparent about his past life as a neo-Nazi activist.In […]
Beck Reveals 'I'm Not a Scientologist' in New Interview November 24, 2019
“I don’t have any connection or affiliation with it,” singer says of controversial organizationDANIEL KREPSRolling StoneNOVEMBER 22, 2019Beck, long considered one of the most prominent musicians associated with the Church of Scientology, has revealed in a new interview that he no longer is a member of the controversial organization.Speaking to the Sydney Morning Herald on […]
Durham teen neo-Nazi became 'living dead' November 24, 2019
Daniel De SimoneNovember 22, 2019BBC NewsThe youngest person to be convicted of planning a terrorist attack in the UK identified potential targets in his hometown, began drafting a "guerrilla warfare" manual and tried to obtain a chemical used in terrorist bombings. But the case also focused on the radicalisation process itself, hearing the 16-year-old's preparations […]
We Spent a Wild Weekend with the Gun-Worshipping Moonie Church That's Trying to Go MAGA November 24, 2019
“Jesus is an assault weapons manufacturer.”Tess OwenViceOctober 31, 2019GREELEY, Pa. — Pastor Hyung Jin “Sean” Moon took the stage in rural Pennsylvania wearing his trademark green camo blazer, a crown made of empty bullet casings, and a gold AR-15 slung over his shoulder.“Good morning, patriots and freedom-loving people made in the image of God,” Moon […]
Brother Julius follower pleads no contest in killing, dismemberment of cult's 'chief apostle' November 22, 2019
DAVID OWENSHARTFORD COURANT November 21, 2019 One of two men charged in the 2004 killing of the self-proclaimed “chief apostle” of the infamous religious cult known as “The Work” that was led by the late “Brother Julius” pleaded no contest Thursday to conspiracy to commit murder and is expected to cooperate in the prosecution of […]
The man who gave Scientology $360 million actually answered the phone November 22, 2019
Absent from Scientology publications since his 2017 divorce, Bob Duggan had a lot to say. He tells the Times he’s still a dedicated member and donor.Tracey McManusTampa Bay TimesNovember 22, 2019For the last several years, the man who has given more money to Church of Scientology causes than anyone else has been conspicuously missing from […]