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Online Event: Why People Join, Stay and Leave Groups, A Cult Model - Patrick Ryan August 13, 2020
AbstractParents are likely to benefit from information about the beliefs, practices, and history of the group their loved one has joined. Research suggests that, in the West, hundreds of thousands of individuals join and leave cultic groups each year. Research studies also suggest that at least a sizable minority of those who join cultic groups […]
Building Bridges: Improving Communication Across Worldviews, How to Stay Connected with A Cult Involved Loved One - Joseph Kelly August 13, 2020
Building Bridges: Improving Communication Across Worldviews, How to Stay Connected with A Cult Involved Loved One - Joseph KellyOnline Event: Uniting the Continents: Support for the Pacific Rim -- for Families and Former Members Affected by Cultic Groups* Pacific Rim/UK: September 12/13, 2020, Saturday/Sunday* North America: September 11/12, 2020, Friday/Saturdayhttps://events.culteducationevents.com/AbstractThis talk will explain how the […]
The Restoration of Individual Ideological Power: Making Sense of the Cultic Abuse Experience - Nitai Joseph, MSc August 13, 2020
The Restoration of Individual Ideological Power: Making Sense of the Cultic Abuse Experience - Nitai Joseph, MScOnline Event: Uniting the Continents: Support for the Pacific Rim -- for Families and Former Members Affected by Cultic Groups* Pacific Rim/UK: September 12/13, 2020, Saturday/Sunday* North America: September 11/12, 2020, Friday/Saturdayhttps://events.culteducationevents.com/homeAbstractCentral to the long-term abuse experienced in cultic […]
Cult Recovery: What helps former members recover? - Dr Gillie Jenkinson, PhD August 13, 2020
Online Event: Uniting the Continents: Support for the Pacific Rim -- for Families and Former Members Affected by Cultic Groups* Pacific Rim/UK: September 12/13, 2020, Saturday/Sunday* North America: September 11/12, 2020, Friday/Saturdayhttps://events.culteducationevents.com/homeAbstractMany former cult members struggle to recover, and some take years before they are able to move on from their experiences. Gillie Jenkinson has […]
From Surviving to Thriving After Leaving - Steps to Take on the Road to Recovery - Rachel Bernstein, MSed, LMFT August 13, 2020
From Surviving to Thriving After Leaving - Steps to Take on the Road to Recovery - Rachel Bernstein, MSed, LMFTMore Information:* Pacific Rim/UK: September 12/13, 2020, Saturday/Sunday* North America: September 11/12, 2020, Friday/Saturdayhttps://events.culteducationevents.com/homeAbstractPeople who have left highly toxic environments deal with a lot of confusion, anger, sadness, fear, loss, isolation, and at times post trauma […]
Unique Ways to Help your Loved One in a Cult or Manipulative Relationship - Rachel Bernstein, MSed, LMFT August 13, 2020
Unique Ways to Help your Loved One in a Cult or Manipulative Relationship - Rachel Bernstein, MSed, LMFTMore Information:* Pacific Rim/UK: September 12/13, 2020, Saturday/Sunday* North America: September 11/12, 2020, Friday/Saturdayhttps://events.culteducationevents.com/homeAbstractUnique situations sometimes require unique approaches. When faced with a loved one in a cult or a controlling relationship, there are many ways people intervene […]
That's not me”: An Exploration of Multi-Generation Adult leavers - Jill Aebi-Mytton, BSc, MSc, CPsychol, AFBPsS DPsych August 13, 2020
That's not me”: An Exploration of Multi-Generation Adult leavers - Jill Aebi-Mytton, BSc, MSc, CPsychol, AFBPsS DPsych'UNITING THE CONTINENTS: SUPPORT FOR THE PACIFIC RIM' -- FOR FAMILIES AND FORMER MEMBERS AFFECTED BY CULTIC GROUPSAbstractIn the language in the cultic studies arena we hear the categories ‘First Generation Adult’ (SGA) and ‘Second Generation Adult’ (SGA). These […]
Witch hunts: A global problem in the 21st century August 12, 2020
Witch hunts are far from being a thing of the past — even in the 21st century. In many countries, this is still a sad reality for many women today. That is why August 10 has been declared a World Day against Witch Hunts. Charlotte Müller, Sertan SandersonDeutsche WelleAugust 10, 2020Akua Denteh was beaten to […]
Italian association publishes new handbook on exorcism August 12, 2020
John BurgerAleteia ITAugust 10, 2020International Association of Exorcists wants people to understand the practice better.An international association of Catholic exorcists has published a new manual on the practice of exorcism, and it’s being made available to the general public.That’s not to say that the association is encouraging the general public to begin performing deliverances. Quite […]
CultNEWS101 Articles: 8/12/2020 August 12, 2020
Stockholm Syndrome, Sexual Abuse, Online Event Chad Daybell Oxygen: 'He Was A Master At Manipulating The Mind,' Real Woman Behind Lifetime Movie On Being Kidnapped And Brainwashed" ... The term "Stockholm Syndrome" refers to a psychological condition in which the victim develops a perceived connection with their captor. It's a phrase that was popularized following a 1973 Swedish […]
Following My Heart out of a Twin Flame Cult August 11, 2020
Jessi HerseyMediumJuly 12, 2020"It began with a Tantrum, with only those close to the twin flame cult leader. He wrote in all capital letters “ IF YOU CANT SELL THE LOVE TO THE PEOPLE, I WILL JUST TAKE MY BODY OF WORK ELSEWHERE.” This was a normal protocol. A fear-based threat to take away the […]
Online Event: The Neurobiology of 'Awe' in Cult Recruitment - Yuval Laor, PhD August 11, 2020
Abstract: Awe is an unusual emotion. When a strong awe experience is combined with the right expectations, assumptions and context, the consequences can be a sudden religious conversion. This is why understanding this emotion is critical to understanding the process of cult recruitment.This lecture will focus on insights about awe that can be drawn from […]
Monk’s parents restart efforts to prosecute bishop August 11, 2020
Elias HazouCyprus MailJune 22, 2020Bishop Athanasios of LimassolThe parents of a monk have filed an appeal with the supreme court against a prior court decision that had acquitted Limassol Bishop Athanasios and others of proselytising their son some 18 years ago.The family of Giorgos Theodoulou, 44, had sued the Church of Cyprus for €2m claiming […]
Demystifying Freemasonry August 10, 2020
Dominic GreenSpectatorFrom magazine issue: 8 August 2020 John Dickie presents the movement as egalitarian and democratic rather than as a sinister secret organisationThe Craft: How the Freemasons Made the Modern WorldJohn DickieHodder & Stoughton, pp. 456, £25The history of rubbish can be scholarship, but the history of scholarship is often rubbish. Hindsight diminishes earlier habits […]
Former Exclusive Brethren members hit with dawn raids, legal suits after speaking out against the secretive Christian sect August 10, 2020
Bevan HurleyStuffAugust, 9 2020A former Exclusive Brethren who was once told to drink rat poison by the church’s Supreme Leader is one of several former members fighting legal action after speaking out against the church. Bevan Hurley reports.On June 30 this year, Braden Simmons attended an informal session with the Royal Commission of Inquiry into […]
Former Jehovah's Witness elders call for mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse August 10, 2020
Two ex-members tell independent inquiry the church believes it is ‘answerable only to God’Harriet SherwoodThe GuardianAugust 10, 2020Two former Jehovah’s Witness elders have called for mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse, saying the organisation believes it is “answerable only to God”.Duncan Corbett, who was an elder for 18 years, told the independent inquiry into child […]
Can unpopular sect expect justice? August 10, 2020
Michael BreenKorea TimesAugust 5, 2020The current investigation into Lee Man-hee, founder of the Shincheonji sect, moved a step forward last week with prosecutors applying to the court for an arrest warrant.As readers will recall, the issue here goes back to February when a large number of sect members in Daegu caught the coronavirus. At the […]
Online Event: CULTS and DEATH: A new look at Ernest Becker’s 1973 book, The Denial of Death August 10, 2020
Joe SzimhartJoseph SzimhartCULTS and DEATH: A new look at Ernest Becker’s 1973 book, The Denial of DeathAbstractThe authors of The Worm at the Core (2015) proved through decades of experiments Becker’s breakthrough insights into the essential impact that human awareness of death has on human cultures. Becker won a Pulitzer Prize for Denial of Death […]
CultNEWS101 Articles: 8/10/2020 August 10, 2020
Events, Religious AbuseEvents: CIFS Australia, Cult Mediation/Intervention101, ICSA, IndoctriNation, MSc Psychology of Coercive Control program at the University of Salford, RETIRN are offering an online event:for those leaving high control groups, abusive churches, those who have experienced spiritual abuse, extremist groups, and cults, to help families and friends understand and effectively respond to the complexity of […]

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