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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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How We Survived Growing Up in Apocalyptic Cults March 6, 2021
When you’ve been preparing for doomsday your whole life, and the world doesn’t end, how do you go on living?DAVID EPSTEINSlate MARCH 06, 2021Pop culture is obsessed with cults, but what does it actually feel like to grow up in one? On a recent episode of How To!, two former cult members opened up about their […]
Sydney party mum on escaping Jehovah's Witness religion March 6, 2021
At 40, Sydney woman Trish Carr had slept with one man but after an “epiphany” she escaped into a new world of parties.Gary NunnNEWS.com.auMARCH 6, 2021For decades Paul Grundy and Trish Karr lived under a culture of indoctrination, oppression and control.Both were brought up in the Jehovah’s Witness religion which, they say, kept them naive, […]
Mexico Ruling Party Denies Leader Was Part of Sex Cult March 5, 2021
Max De HaldevangBloomberg March 4, 2021Mexico’s ruling party denied a report in a local investigative publication that its leader, Mario Delgado, had been part of a notorious sex cult.The Morena party’s press office contested on Thursday the investigation by Animal Politico, which alleged that Delgado was a member of NXIVM, a society whose leader was jailed […]
Indian man accused of beheading teen daughter in apparent "honor killing" March 5, 2021
MARCH 4, 2021CBS NEWSIndian police have arrested a man and accused him of decapitating his own teenage daughter in a rage over her relationship with another man he didn't like, BBC News reported on Thursday, in what appears to be the latest gruesome case of so-called "honor killing" in the Asian nation. Police in the […]
Jehovah’s Witnesses to join redress scheme for child sexual abuse survivors March 5, 2021
Rebecca GredleyNews Daily Mar 3, 2021Authorities are urging the Jehovah’s Witnesses to contact them to get the ball rolling on the religious group’s decision to join the national redress scheme for child sexual abuse survivors.The organisation says it will sign up because of new rules introduced by the federal government, which mean it would lose its […]
She Was Seen as a Victim in the Sarah Lawrence Cult Case. Now She's Charged. March 2, 2021
Isabella Pollok was one of the students at Sarah Lawrence College who prosecutors said was exploited by a classmate’s father, Lawrence V. Ray. Now she is under indictment, too.Benjamin Weiser and Ezra MarcusThe New York TimesMarch 1, 2021A year ago, Isabella Pollok was portrayed by prosecutors as the victim of a Svengali-like older man who […]
Experts In Cult Deprogramming Step In To Help Believers In Conspiracy Theories March 2, 2021
Experts In Cult Deprogramming Step In To Help Believers In Conspiracy TheoriesAll Things ConsideredNPRMarch 2, 2021With disinformation spreading on an unprecedented scale, experts in cult deprogramming are turning their expertise to those who have fallen down the rabbit hole of conspiracy theories.https://www.npr.org/2021/03/02/972970805/experts-in-cult-deprogramming-step-in-to-help-believers-in-conspiracy-theories
NXIVM WHISTLEBLOWERS LAUNCH NEW PODCAST: A LITTLE BIT CULTY February 27, 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:As whistleblowers documented in the critically-acclaimed HBO series The Vow, Sarah Edmondson and Anthony “Nippy” Ames have a lot to say and burning questions for people who’ve been through similar experiences. With the launch of their new A Bit Culty podcast, the husband and wife co-hosts explore life after NXIVM and discuss the […]
Can Cult Studies Offer Help With QAnon? The Science Is Thin. February 24, 2021
Many families have become divided over online political conspiracy theories, but the science on “brainwashing” is weak.MICHAEL SCHULSONUndarkFebruary 24, 2021DAYS BEFORE THE inauguration of President Joe Biden, at a time when some Americans were animated by the false conviction that former President Donald J. Trump had actually won the November election, a man in Colorado […]
Here's What We Know About Convicted NXIVM Sex Cult Leader's Legal Strategy to Appeal 120-Year Sentence February 22, 2021
COLIN KALMBACHERLaw & CrimeFebruary 19, 2021Convicted NXIVM sex cult leader Keith Raniere is planning to appeal his 120-year prison sentence based on alleged courtroom error and complaints that he didn’t receive a fair trial.Defense attorney Steven Metcalf made the case for his client, who is currently recovering from COVID-19, during a Thursday appearance on the […]
CultNEWS101 Articles: 2/22/2021 (NXIVM, Legal, Polygamy, QAnon, Anti-Vax) February 22, 2021
NXIVM, Legal, Polygamy, QAnon, Anti-VaxxAlbany Times Union: NXIVM leader Keith Raniere recovering from coronavirus"NXIVM leader Keith Raniere is recovering from COVID-19 in his Arizona prison.And the convicted sex trafficker has some new attorneys to help him attempt to legally recover from his federal convictions and 120-year prison sentence.The new lawyers, who will be working on […]
The Original Plandemic: Unmasking The Eerily Familiar Conspiracy Theories Behind The Russian Flu Of 1889 February 22, 2021
Alex Knapp Forbes StaffCovid-19 truthers believe that 5G technology is dialing up the disease. More than a century ago, telegraph poles and other mysterious causes were blamed for influenza. And each gave rise to dubious cures.As the Covid-19 pandemic swept the globe in early 2020, a conspiracy theory about the disease went viral on social media: […]
Disinformation Fuels A White Evangelical Movement. It Led 1 Virginia Pastor To Quit February 22, 2021
DALIA MORTADARachel Martin.RACHEL MARTINNPRFebruary 21, 2021Jared Stacy is still processing his decision to leave Spotswood Baptist Church in Fredericksburg, Va., last year. Until November, he was ministering to young parishioners in their 20s and 30s.But in the four years since he had joined the church as a pastor, Stacy had found himself increasingly up against […]
QAnon followers are drawn to conspiracy theories by these personality traits -- according to psychologists February 20, 2021
Raw StoryTravis GettysFebruary 19, 2021After the U.S. Capitol insurrection, tens of thousands of Reddit users joined a support group for people who've lost loved ones to the QAnon conspiracy theory.The group that was created in 2019 ballooned from just under 60,000 members on Jan. 6 to more than 133,000 this month, and psychologists have catalogued […]
Conspiracy theories — unmasked! From Winston Churchill to QAnon in a few easy steps February 20, 2021
SalonDo we live in a golden age of wacko paranoia? No, says German scholar Michael Butter: It's always been with us "Many people may believe that we live in a golden age of conspiracy theories. That's not really the case, according to German academic Michael Butter, who teaches American literature and culture at the University of […]
Family Caring Research Study February 20, 2021
Request for participants who have/had family members in controlling/abusive groups - for “Family Caring Research Study” If you are interested in cooperating with the research request below, keep in mind that, unless you have made a legal commitment to the contrary, you may withdraw your participation at any time and for any reason. Occasionally, participation in […]
Queensland moves to criminalise coercive control after murder of Hannah Clarke and her children February 19, 2021
Exclusive: Hannah Clarke’s parents welcome Annastacia Palaszczuk’s appointment of a taskforce to investigate how to legislate coercive controlAmanda GearingThe Guardian February 17, 2021The parents of Hannah Clarke have welcomed moves to criminalise coercive control in Queensland as they approach the first anniversary of their daughter’s murder by her husband.The Queensland premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk, announced the formation […]
Another South Korean religious group investigated over Covid-19 outbreak February 19, 2021
La Prensa Latina MediaOnline News Editor Online News February 15, 2021Seoul, Feb 15 (efe-epa).- South Korean police searched the headquarters of a missionary organization Monday for being behind an outbreak of Covid-19, a new case in the country of a Christian group being accused of violating health emergency laws.Authorities stormed the International Mission headquarters in […]
Unwelcome On Facebook And Twitter, QAnon Followers Flock To Fringe Sites February 19, 2021
Shannon BondNPRJanuary 31, 2021January brought a one-two punch that should have knocked out the fantastical, false QAnon conspiracy theory.After the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, the social media platforms that had long allowed the falsehoods to spread like wildfire — namely Twitter, Facebook and YouTube — got more aggressive in cracking down on […]