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Aspects of Recovery

Jan

2013

Recovery from cults is a multifaceted process; initially it is the separation from the group, group practices, and meetings that bound us to the group. Therapy helps address the emotional aspects of group involvement – feelings of betrayal, abuse and vulnerability to recruitment. It helps to develop and understanding of how the group’s doctrine ...

“Cults” and Globalization: Reflections and Questions

Jan

2013

Mike Kropveld Revised from a presentation at the International Symposium on Cultic Studies (Bangkok, Thailand), organized by Graduate School of Philosophy and Religion, Assumption University, Thailand and the Institute of Religious Studies, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, China, December 15–16, 2011. In my presentation today, I will give an overview of definitions for cult. Then I will ...

Characteristics Associated with Cultic Groups – Revised

Jan

2013

Michael D. Langone, Ph.D. & Janja Lalich, Ph.D. Concerted efforts at influence and control lie at the core of cultic groups, programs, and relationships. Many members, former members, and supporters of cults are not fully aware of the extent to which members may have been manipulated, exploited, even abused. The following list of social-structural, social-psychological, and ...

On Using the Term "Cult"

Oct

2012

Herbert L. Rosedale, Esq.Michael D. Langone, Ph.D. Even though we have each studied cults and educated people about this subject for more than 20 years, neither of us has ever felt completely comfortable with the term “cult.” No other term, however, serves more effectively the linked educational and research aims of ICSA (International Cultic Studies ...

The Definitional Ambiguity of “Cult” and ICSA’s Mission

Oct

2012

Michael D. Langone, Ph.D. (This essay is a follow-up to “On Using the Term Cult.”) A central component of ICSA’s mission is to study psychological manipulation and abuse, especially as it manifests in cultic and other groups. Different people, however, attach different and usually imprecise meanings to the term “cult” (On Using the Term Cult). Those ...

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Jerusalem cult investigation compromised by leaks before arrests began January 16, 2020
Rabbi Aharon Ramati's impending arrest was leaked even before operation, interrupting investigative proceedings, allowing Ramati to prepareArutz ShevaMordechai SonesIsrael National NewsJanuary 16, 2020The police investigation into the compound in Jerusalem suspected of housing a cult was compromised by leaks before arrests commenced, reports Channel 13 News reporter Yossi Eli.The suspicion is that dozens of women […]
Warsaw Man Details Life Inside The Twelve Tribes January 16, 2020
County ReporterBenton County EnterpriseJanuary 15, 2020A Twelve Tribes community moved to Warsaw in the late 1990s and opened up a Common Ground restaurant on Main Street. In the twenty plus years that they have been settled in the area, they have quietly worked at providing a comfortable and tasty place to eat, and at the […]
CultNEWS101 Articles: 1/15/2020 January 16, 2020
Event, UK, Netherlands, Brahma Kumaris, Legal, Malaysia, Sexual AbuseThe Family Survival Trust: Manchester Coercive Control Survivor Support Group (Cults/Extremist Groups)"Psycho-educational Support Group for those whom have been affected by a wide variety of cults or extremists groups.Date And Time: January 28, 2020, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM GMTLocation: Manchester Town Hall, Albert Square, Manchester, M2 5DB, United KingdomThe Family Survival Trust invites you to […]
Workshops for Former Members, Helping Professionals, and Families January 16, 2020
When: February 8th and 9th, 9:30-5:30Where: Sofitel Hotel, 120 S 17th St., Philadelphia, PAParticipants also have the option to attend virtually! Click here to register for this workshop: https://icsahome.networkforgood.com/events/17800-recovery-workshops-for-survivors-of-cultic-and-high-control-groupsPlease email ICSA at mail@icsamail.com if you need financial assistance to attend this event.Workshop Day 1 Schedule:Workshop Day 1 -- Saturday, February 8th -- Recovery Issues After […]
Aharon Ramati named as rabbi arrested for alleged enslavement of women January 16, 2020
"They would put the girls' fingers into the fire to make them understand what hell is."LEON SVERDLOV Jerusalem PostJANUARY 14, 2020 Aharon Ramati, 60, was named on Tuesday as the rabbi arrested one day earlier after a police raid in Jerusalem found roughly 50 women and children kept in near slavery-conditions in a residential facility, […]
CultNEWS101 Articles: 1/16/2020 January 16, 2020
Event, Coercive Control, Shambhala Mountain Center, Video, Sexual Abuse, Ram Dass, Mormon, Legal, Bentinho MassaroEvent: Coercive Control, Cults, and Community Conference in Nashville, TN, February 22, 2020Earn 6 CE hours and learn how we can heal and protect our communities. Join host Debby Schriver and Steve Eichel, Dylesia Barner, Lorna Goldberg, Alsandria R., Bill Goldberg, and Ragan Schriver […]
CultNEWS101 Articles: 1/14/2020 January 16, 2020
Westboro Baptist Church, Video, Workshop, Jehovah's Witnesses, Abusive Therapies, LGAT, Shincheonji Church, Korea, Deprogramming, Human Rights, Counter-extremism, UKTedEx: I grew up in the Westboro Baptist Church. Here's why I left - Megan Phelps-Roper"What's it like to grow up within a group of people who exult in demonizing... everyone else? Megan Phelps-Roper shares details of life inside America's […]
Belgium probes alleged killing in right-wing cult January 14, 2020
Business RecorderJanuary 10, 2020Belgian authorities have opened an investigation into the 2011 death of a member of a cult led by the manager.On Thursday, a spokeswoman for the the state prosecutor in the southern Belgian city of Namur confirmed the investigation. BRUSSELS: Belgian authorities have opened an investigation into the 2011 death of a member of […]
Israeli police raid religious cult-like group in Jerusalem January 14, 2020
My NorthwestJANUARY 13, 2020JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police said Monday they had raided a cult-like group in an ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Jerusalem in which dozens of women and children were being held and abused under extreme “slavery” conditions.The police’s undercover investigation learned details from women who had escaped the group that authorities described as a […]
Suburbia's Dirty Little Secret January 12, 2020
Jen Robison, artist, mother, and activist, speaking out on her experience in the Troubled Teen Industry. Learn more about the #breakingcodesilence movement at www.breakingcodesilence.net
CultNEWS101 Articles: 1/11-12/2020 January 12, 2020
Events, New Book by Joe SzimhartEvent: Immortality: Beliefs and PracticesWHEN: Saturday 1st February 2020, 10am-5pm (registration at 9.30).WHERE: Bush House Lecture Theatre 1, King's College, London, 30 Aldwych, London, WC2B 4BG.The lure of immortality has been an inspiration for many people in both religious and secular contexts. But what does immortality mean? This seminar will […]
Raniere questions victim status of speakers at his sentencing January 12, 2020
Robert GavinAlbany Times UnionJanuary 10, 2020NEW YORK -- NXIVM leader Keith Raniere is disputing the victimhood of a number of people expected to give impact statements at the convicted sex trafficker’s sentencing later this year.Albany lawyers Paul DerOhannesian and Danielle Smith wrote a letter to Senior U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis on Friday opposing prosecutors’ […]
Man's escape from 'cult' that stopped members from keeping pets or speaking to family January 12, 2020
The Wavertree man rarely saw his mum again but the church firmly denies it is a cultMax ClementsLiverpool EchoJanuary 11, 2020A man who claims he 'escaped a cult' practising in Liverpool revealed the strict control it exercised over his daily life, and how it has left him unable to visit his family.John Spinks, 53, originally […]
Breaking Code Silence January 12, 2020
"#Breakingcodesilence is a movement organized by a network of survivors and advocates to raise awareness of the problems in the Troubled Teen Industry, and the need for reform. By using our many voices to tell our stories, we aim to create change and protect vulnerable youth from abuse.Each year, thousands of teenagers are held, most […]
The Christian Withdrawal Experiment January 12, 2020
Feeling out of step with the mores of contemporary life, members of a conservative-Catholic group have built a thriving community in rural Kansas. Could their flight from mainstream society be a harbinger for the nation?Bryan SchutmaatStory by Emma GreenJANUARY/FEBRUARY 2020 ISSUEHalf an hour down the highway from Topeka, Kansas, not far from the geographic center […]
Counsellor Training: Recognising Spiritual Abuse: What is it, what should you look out for, what helps with recovery? January 12, 2020
Hope Valley CounsellingThis training event will provide an introduction to the issue of spiritual abuse and cults, a broad overview and understanding of the field, and resources for investigating the subject more fully.We will explore the continuum from healthy to unhealthy spirituality; discuss what spiritual abuse is; and define spiritual abuse and cult.We will explore […]
When a Psychic Reading Costs You $740,000 January 12, 2020
How much would you pay to protect your family from forces seemingly beyond your control? Is any price too high? Inside the strange, predatory, and lucrative world of psychics who have successfully scammed customers out of their life savings, and the private investigator who's trying to put a stop to it.SYLVIA VARNHAM O’REGANGQJanuary 9, 2020In […]
My Experience Living In A Cult For 20 Years - Here's How I Broke Free January 12, 2020
As the cult took hold, 1,000 of us moved across the world - squandering our fortunes - to meditate in a bid to prevent certain global annihilationSusan ShumskyTHE INDEPENDENTHUFFPOST UKOctober 17, 2018For over two decades, I lived in the ashrams of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, founder of Transcendental Meditation (TM) and guru of the Beatles, the […]
The So-Called Prophet from Pittsburgh is Gabriel of Urantia (Podcast) January 12, 2020
Joseph L. FlatleyPodcast. New episodes released on Tuesdays in January and February 2020."The So-Called Prophet from Pittsburgh is Gabriel of Urantia, a self-proclaimed holy man who currently presides over a spiritual community (some call it a cult) in the desert of Southern Arizona. In a fenced-in compound, three generations of spiritual seekers soak in Gabriel's […]