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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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Solar Temple Massacre: Mystery endures 25 years later October 17, 2019
Brad HunterToronto SunOctober 5, 2019The cult members thought the baby boy was the anti-Christ.Emmanuel Dutoit was three months old and this tragic child was stabbed repeatedly. His killers used a wooden stake.That was October 1994.In a matter of days it would become clear to cops in Quebec and Switzerland the slain baby was the first […]
Dutch family 'waiting for end of time' discovered in basement October 17, 2019
BBC NewsOctober 15, 2019A family who spent nine years in a basement "waiting for the end of time" have been discovered by police in the Netherlands after the eldest son turned up at a local pub, reports say.A man, 58, and his six children - aged 16 to 25 - were living at a farm […]
Booze and cursing are at the center of a new yoga rage October 17, 2019
MEGAN DILLARD WDAFSTLtoday.comOctober 16, 2019KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Yoga is about finding your center. There's a new trend to track down tranquility, but it’s a more alternative twist to the usually peaceful exercise.Amanda Kauffman strolled into the back room at Cinder Block Brewery Monday night with a beer in one hand and a yoga mat […]
Family found at Dutch farm 'could have been held against their will' October 17, 2019
Police say family was in space that could be locked and may have been there nine yearsJon Henley Europe correspondent@jonhenleyThe GuardianOctober 16, 2019 Dutch police are questioning an Austrian man after a family of six were found in a secret room at a remote farmhouse in the Netherlands where they are believed to have been […]
CultNEWS101 Articles: 10/17/2019 October 17, 2019
LevTahor, Religion Research, Jordan Peterson, Cult Contradictions The Times of Israel: Leaders of fringe ultra-Orthodox cult Lev Tahor requested asylum in Iran"Documents presented last Thursday at a US federal court show that leaders of the fringe Hasidic cult Lev Tahor last year requested asylum from Iran and swore allegiance to its supreme leader Ayatollah Ali […]
Naval Academy Midshipmen Seeking Temple For Satanic Service on Campus October 17, 2019
Scott McDonaldNewsweekOctober 15, 2019Some midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy are looking for a place on campus to hold Satanic study services, the Military Times reported Tuesday.The group of students who study and train at the Academy requested a space where they can hold such study sessions while following the religion of the Satanic […]
Elected Scientologist, Clearwater council candidate trade explosive barbs October 17, 2019
One side accused the other of acting like a Nazi. Kirby WilsonTampa Bay TimesOctober 17, 2019CLEARWATER — It’s not every meeting of the Downtown Development Board that includes talk of pedophilia, bestiality or Nazism.But last week’s meeting included discussion of all three as City Council candidate Mark Bunker deepened his feud with the Church of […]
The Kabbalah Connection: Insiders say a celebrity-centered religious sect deeply influenced how Adam Neumann ran WeWork before its spectacular collapse October 17, 2019
Becky Peterson, Meghan MorrisBusiness Insider USOctober 16, 2019As Adam and Rebekah Neumann built WeWork into a $47 billion coworking giant, the couple relied on the teachings of the Kabbalah Centre, a spiritual organization whose high-pressure donation tactics have drained multiple former members’ bank accounts, sources told Business Insider.Kabbalah Centre Rabbi Eitan Yardeni was a regular […]
How Amazon Has Transformed the Hasidic Economy October 17, 2019
Amazon has become a lucrative place to do business for many Hasidic Jews, offering anonymity to a largely insular community and allowing women to work from home.Joseph BergerNew York TimesOctober 16, 2019They are a religious community known for clinging to 18th-century fashions and mores — strict rules that keep men and women apart and constraints […]
'I was a monster': Why Megan Phelps-Roper left the extreme Westboro October 17, 2019
Melanie KembreySydney Morning HeraldOctober 18, 2019For the first time Megan Phelps-Roper wasn't the ex-cult girl. She was not introduced as a former member of the extreme Westboro Baptist Church, the fanatical religious group infamous for claiming "God hates fags", celebrating September 11 and picketing the funerals of US soldiers killed in combat.When we speak, Phelps-Roper […]
Polyamorous families face discrimination from health care providers during pregnancy: study October 16, 2019
Mariam MattiCTVNews.ca StaffOctober 15, 2019:Families in polyamorous relationships experience health care barriers and discrimination during pregnancy and birth, but hospitals could mitigate the stress with some changes, according to a new Canadian study.The challenges polyamorous couples face vary from lack of acknowledgement of all partners to negative judgement when the relationship status is disclosed, and […]
CultNEWS101 Articles: 10/16/2019 October 16, 2019
Podcast, Scientology, Doomsday Cult, Legal, China, Zoroastrianism, NXIVM, Children of GodTalk Beliefs: The Warning Signs of Cults & the Power of Prevention ~ with ex Scientologist Jon Atack"JON ATACK was a member of Scientology for nine years, finally leaving in 1983. Since then Jon has been speaking out against ... the practices of coercive groups.MARK from Talk […]
Let's Talk About Sects: Universal Medicine October 16, 2019
Let's Talk About Sects is an award-winning monthly podcast focusing on a different cult each episode."Universal Medicine teaches that entities known as The Four Lords of Form rule over 9-foot-tall spirits that are all around us, and that most people have lived at least 2,300 lives before.Former student Matt Sutherland told Sunday Night journalist Matt Doran […]
Let's Talk About Sects October 16, 2019
"Let's Talk About Sects is an award-winning monthly podcast focusing on a different cult each episode. Sarah takes a storytelling, deep dive approach, looking at the history of a sect's leaders, the recruitment of members, their experiences, psychological aspects, and notable incidents during its existence."https://www.ltaspod.com/home
Bad Vibrations October 15, 2019
The implosion of a New Age CultSteve Kilgallon and Tony WallStuff.co.nz-July 29, 2018Followers of a woman living in suburban Auckland believe she is the reincarnation of an Indian deity, who can tune into people's souls through special frequencies. But two former volunteers for her group, Kosmic Fusion, have described a frightening experience where they were […]
Rethinking Polygamy: An Interview with Sarah M.S. Pearsall October 14, 2019
Kyla SommersHistory News Network (HNN)October 13, 2019Kyla Sommers is the editor of the History News Network. Sarah M. S. Pearsall teaches the history of early America and the Atlantic world at the University of Cambridge. She is the author of the prizewinning Atlantic Families: Lives and Letters in the Eighteenth Century. She lives in Cambridge.Her […]
CultNEWS101 Articles: 10/14/2019 October 14, 2019
Grooming, Manipulation, Devadasis, FLDS, Child Sexual Abuse, Magical Thinking, HIV, Podcast, Jehovah's Witnesses, Grace Church, Wicca Aggression and Violent Behavior: The grooming of children for sexual abuse in religious settings: Unique characteristics and select case studiesSusan Raine(a) and Stephen A. KentAggression and Violent BehaviorVolume 48, September–October 2019, Pages 180-189Abstract"This article examines the sexual grooming of children […]
The Latest: Mormons leader warns of Satan's temptations October 13, 2019
ABC NewsOctober 5, 2019The Latest on The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints conference (all times local):2:45 p.m.A leader with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is cautioning people to be aware that Satan tries to tempt them to use their bodies improperly and "love as we should not love."David A. Bednar […]
CultNEWS101 Articles: 10/7/2019 October 13, 2019
Thailand, Animal Abuse, Transcendental Meditation, Marianne Williamson, Documentary, Pastafarians, NXIVMRNS: Half the tigers rescued from Thai temple reported dead"More than half the tigers rescued three years ago from a Buddhist temple in Thailand where they served as a popular tourist attraction have died of disease, wildlife officials said Monday.The tigers were vulnerable to illness because […]