Basic Cult Education & Awareness

A collection of helpful introductory documents for recognizing the basic characteristics of destructive cults, and building an understanding of the harm they can inflict. See also: http://cofsexit.blogspot.com/2010/11/margaret-singer-cults-in-our-midst.html

Cults 101: Checklist of Cult Characteristics

Characteristics Associated with Cultic Groups - Revised, by Janja Lalich, Ph.D. & Michael D. Langone, Ph.D. The modern day defacto standard for academically determining if a group qualifi...

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Cults 102: Commonly Used Thought Reform Tactics

An summary of the academic methodologies used to identify the coercive tactics used by destructive cults, and common traits associated with mind control, brainwashing, and thought reform...

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Profile of Cult Leaders (Keller on Tobias & Lalich)

Rod Keller, former anti-cult advocate, Scientology activist and writer summarizes chapter 5 Characteristics of a Cult Leader from the highly recommended book "Captive Hearts, Captive Mind...

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Escape From The Nightmare (Dangerous Cults)

By Andres T. Tapia & reprinted from strang.com :: Meet seven people who found freedom in Christ after years of bondage to counterfeit religions.

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Power and Control Wheel of Abusive Behavior

This model was developed by the Domestic Abuse Intervention Project and helps identify characteristics of an abusive relationship. Although geared towards domestic abuse, this also releva...

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Educating Youth About Cults (Haworth)

Essay from Ian Haworth, a specialist in cultism since 1979. He was a co-founder of the ‘Council on Mind Abuse (COMA)’ charity in Toronto Canada, ‘Former Cultists Support Network’ in the U...

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Cult Watcher Handbook (CIFS)

This booklet is a collection of papers and articles designed to give you an overall idea of the identifying marks of a cult , and to impart some strategies should you in some way be aff...

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The Use of Mind Control in Scientology (Pignotti)

An essay written by Monica Pignotti, MSW. A Former scientologist who left the organization after 5 years and went on to become a respected expert and Cult Intervention Specialist. See al...

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Brainwashing In Scientology's Rehabilitation Project Force (Kent)

Revised Version of a Presentation at the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, San Diego , California November 7, 1997 by Dr Stephen Kent University of Alberta , Canada

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Denise Winn - The Manipulated Mind

Hi, everybody ! I find the book elsewhere and I downloaded it, so to we have here on Scribd. Now you can download it if you wish. Enjoy it !

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Cult Mind Control: Recommended Reading List

Recommended books for those seeking to understand coercive persuasion techniques destructive cults typically employ as a means of mind control over their members. See also: http://tiny.l...

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