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Religious Conflict Resolution: A Model for Families

Oct

2012

Patrick L. Ryan and Michael D. Langone, Ph.D. 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 sizeable minority of those who join cultic groups are adversely affected. The families of these group members, and probably many other ...

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 ...

Group Says Movement a Cult

Oct

2012

By Phil McCombs Washington Post Staff WriterThursday, July 2, 1987; Page C03 On the eve of a “yogic flying” demonstration by followers of His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi set for the Rayburn Building of the U.S. House of Representatives next week, a group of concerned parents and others known as the Cult Awareness Network (CAN) ...

Starting Out in Mainstream America

Oct

2012

Starting Out in Mainstream America offers information about life in the USA today. Adjusting to any new culture can be slow, difficult, and painful. If you are entering or preparing for re-entry into mainstream American life after a long absence, or perhaps for the first time, you may have many questions about where to find and ...

Review: 'Meeting the Beatles in India' captures a moment in music history October 15, 2020
MICHAEL ORDOÑALos Angeles TimesOctober 14, 2020You never know whom you’ll run into on the road to enlightenment. For a heartbroken, 20-something Canadian, his sojourn to India led him to the Fab Four.The documentary “Meeting the Beatles in India” was released Friday on what would have been John Lennon’s 80th birthday. Available as a digital rental […]
The 1990s Cult 'Heaven's Gate' Has Four Remaining Followers – We Spoke to Them October 15, 2020
When I contacted the email address of a cult whose members all died by suicide in 1997, I wasn't expecting an answer.MAMarta AbromaityteViceOctober 15, 2020Heaven’s Gate hit just about every bullet point on the cult checklist.Followers believed that Earth would be “recycled” by the year 2027, and that their salvation was an alien spacecraft travelling […]
The QAnon orphans: people who have lost loved ones to conspiracy theories October 12, 2020
For those who have lost loved ones to it, QAnon is a destroyer of families and relationshipsCecilia Saixue WattThe GuardianSeptember 23, 2020 “I lay awake at night and worry if my brother’s going to shoot a bunch of protesters,” said Daniel, 36.Daniel, whose name has been changed to protect his family, always had a close […]
CultNEWS101 Articles: 10/12/2020 October 12, 2020
QAnon, Chad Daybell, Legal, Cult Murder, NXIVMBloomberg Businessweek: QAnon High Priest Was Just Trolling Away as a Citigroup Tech Executive" ... Janja Lalich, a professor emerita of sociology at California State University at Chico who's studied cults for decades, says internet movements such as QAnon have grown at an alarming rate, because of a political […]
Protester Harold 'Heshy' Tischler taken into custody for inciting a riot during Orthodox Jewish protests against New York's Covid-19 restrictions October 12, 2020
Alec Snyder, Kristina Sgueglia, Brynn Gingras and Susannah CullinaneCNNOctober 12, 2020(CNN) Outspoken protester Harold "Heshy" Tischler was taken into custody Sunday evening in connection with an alleged assault during protests against new anti-coronavirus restrictions in an Orthodox Jewish area of Brooklyn, New York police say.Some members of the Orthodox Jewish community protested in the Borough […]
Chained and locked up, why some Nigerians turn to religion first to treat the mentally ill October 12, 2020
Aisha SalaudeenCNNOctober 10, 2020Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) When Alvan Godwin suffered a psychotic episode linked to schizophrenia in November 2018, his parents took him to church for prayers. His mother was of the opinion that his illness was a 'spiritual attack' linked to evil spirits."My mum thought it was something spiritual from her side of the […]
Astrology October 12, 2020
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiDuK5FQrvE]Joseph SzimhartCults in the Occulture #9October 10, 2020"Astrology by most accounts is the queen of the occult arts of divination that include Tarot, Kabbalah, and reading tea leaves. I first seriously explored astrology in the late 1970s, getting my first professional reading of my horoscope from Alan Oken at his Voice of the Turtle […]
NXIVM Vanguard Keith Raniere Trafficked Women For Years. Some of His Followers Remain Loyal. October 12, 2020
The convicted guru and brains behind the sex cult awaits his sentencing in a Brooklyn prison.Lauren Kranc Esquire October 12, 2020Currently imprisoned on convictions for sex trafficking, forced labor, and extortion, NXIVM founder Keith Raniere’s deep-seated misogyny is not news. Still, Episode 8 of HBO’s The Vow reveals how Raniere’s ideas penetrated and influenced the greater community […]
How Clare Bronfman went from heiress to key member of the NXIVM cult October 11, 2020
PAUL WALDIEGlobe and MailOctober 10, 2020Clare Bronfman once had a life that few can imagine.She was an accomplished equestrian with Olympic ambitions and a US$132-million trust fund. She lived on a sprawling ranch in Virginia, trained in Europe and came from a line of billionaires dating back to her grandfather, Canadian liquor tycoon Samuel Bronfman, […]
Stronger After: Recovery From Cults – A Talk With Frances Peters October 10, 2020
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlCLfKnSUQU]Stronger After: Recovery From Cults – A Talk With Frances PetersJon Atack, Family & FriendsSeptember 5, 2020"Many challenges await survivors of destructive cults and abusive relationships, and most therapists don’t know how to help. In this must-see interview, therapist Frances Peters –a former Jehovah’s Witness – talks about the innovative Stronger After program, which […]
Meeting the Beatles in India Trailer #1 (2020) October 10, 2020
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2he26OhhJYw]Movieclips Indie"In celebration of Lennon’s 80th birthday, Gathr Films will be releasing its feature film documentary Meeting the Beatles in India chronicling the group’s iconic trip to Northern India. In 1968, The Beatles traveled to Rishikesh to study transcendental meditation with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.The life-changing trip marked the band’s most productive period of songwriting […]
Expose of Zen Master Rama October 10, 2020
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCe_pXxnANw]NBC Dateline"This is a Dateline NBC piece on Zen Master Rama, aka Atmandana, aka Frederick Lenz, noted computer guru and "American Buddhism" cult leader."
Clare Bronfman Sentenced In NXIVM Sex Cult Case October 10, 2020
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D70R_MaWm4s]CBSSeptember 30. 2020"An heiress to the Seagram's fortune will spend the next seven years behind bars for her role in the NXIVM sex cult case. She was sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty to identity theft and immigration offenses; CBS2's Andrea Grymes reports."
Raniere's teenage sex crime victim to appear at his sentencing October 10, 2020
Robert GavinTimes UnionOctober 10, 2020NEW YORK – A Mexican woman who at 15 became an underage sex crime victim of NXIVM leader Keith Raniere and later his number one "slave" is expected to attend his sentencing later this month and may deliver an in-person statement.Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn revealed in a motion Friday that the […]
CultNEWS101 Articles: 10/8/2020 October 9, 2020
Cult Psychology, NXIVM, Jehovah's Witnesses, Legal, Russia, MGTOWRefinery29: Why Did NXIVM Members Stay? An Expert On The Psychology Of Cults" ... Rachel Bernstein, a therapist who has been working with victims of cults and emotional abusers for 27 years, to explain to me how people find themselves attracted by, then ensnared by, destructive cults. The process is […]
Russia Convicts 6 Jehovah's Witnesses on 'Extremism' Charges October 9, 2020
The Moscow TimesOctober 8, 2020 A court in central Russia has handed suspended sentences to six Jehovah’s Witnesses on Thursday, its latest crackdown on the religious organization that it banned three years ago.A district court in the city of Ulyanovsk 800 kilometers southeast of Moscow found four men and a married couple guilty of organizing […]
CultNEWS101 Articles: 10/9/2020 October 9, 2020
Satanic Temple, Religious Freedom, Abortion, QAnon, Gloriavale, New Zealand, MLMAP: Satanic Temple sues company that rejected group's billboards"A lawsuit filed by the Satanic Temple alleges that an advertising company unfairly refused to display some billboards promoting a ritual offered by the group to help people bypass abortion rules in some states.The group, based in Salem, Massachusetts, […]
QAnon High Priest Was Just Trolling Away as a Citigroup Tech Executive October 9, 2020
Jason Gelinas lived a normal suburban life with a plum Wall Street gig. He also ran the conspiracy theory’s biggest news hub.William Turton and Joshua BrusteinBloomberg BusinessweekOctober 7, 2020Like many future Donald Trump voters, Jason Gelinas felt something shift inside him during the presidency of Barack Obama. Things were going OK for him generally. He […]
CultNEWS101 Articles: 10/1/2020 October 7, 2020
Japan, Catholic Church, Sexual Abuse, Legal, neo-Nazi, Cult Leaders, Cult Recovery, NXIVM, ISISAP News: Japan Catholic Church sued for damages in alleged sex abuse"A woman has filed a suit against the Roman Catholic Church in Japan alleging that a priest raped her four decades ago, as the church's unfolding worldwide sexual abuse crisis gradually reaches […]

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Religious Conflict Resolution: A Model for Families

On Using the Term "Cult"

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

Group Says Movement a Cult

Starting Out in Mainstream America

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