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World Sleep Day: What do different religions believe about sleep paralysis?
Faima BakarMetro UKMarch 16, 2018Sleep paralysis is a b*tch. If you’re lucky enough to have never experienced it, it’s when you’re conscious but unable to move or speak. It can be extremely frightening...
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The doc 'Wild Wild Country' is a twisty tale of sex, scandal and a...
Ma Anand Sheela, left, and Bhagwan Shree RajneeshROBERT LLOYD LA Times March 16, 2018"Wild Wild Country," a highly pleasurable new documentary series premiering Friday on Netflix, is a dippy tale of...
View ArticleCBC , Documentary Channel - The Devil's Trap (Exclusive Brethren)
Lane Admiraal, 23-years-old and on a three-week leave from his post in the Navy, attempts to reunite with his estranged family, members of a cult called The Exclusive Brethren. On a lengthy road trip...
View ArticleB.C. Supreme Court decision in polygamy case raises due process issue: law...
Ian BurnsThe Lawyer’s DailyMarch 16, 2018 A B.C. Supreme Court justice has rejected a stay of proceedings for two men convicted of having multiple wives, rejecting arguments that the government’s lack...
View ArticleSchool board will debate settlement in teachers-cult lawsuit
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AVONMarch 17, 2018A school board will debate a proposed settlement of a lawsuit that accuses four educators of "indoctrinating" three sisters into a religious cult that celebrates...
View ArticleThe Beatles reinvented themselves in Rishikesh
IANSNew Delhi March 17, 2018In February 1968, members of the legendary rock band, The Beatles, arrived in Rishikesh for a "momentous" sojourn. A teenage rebel -- a diehard Beatles fan himself --...
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Brazilian Prosecutors Sue to Shut Church Over Forced Labor
Word of Faith FellowshipPeter Prengaman, Sarah Dilorenzo and Mitch WeissTHE ASSOCIATED PRESSMARCH 9, 2018SAO PAULO — Brazilian labor prosecutors have filed suit to shut down a church and school with...
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People who go to cult churches are not stupid, says religious studies expert
KGAUGELO MASWENENGTimes LiveMarch 16, 2018 People who go to cult churches are not necessarily stupid or gullible but desperate‚ says an expert on the sociology of cults and sects.Professor Maria...
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Utah company that used child labor from polygamous sect to pick pecans must...
Nate CarlisleSalt Lake TribuneMarch 15, 2018A federal appeals court has upheld most of the ruling against a company affiliated with a polygamous church and which was found to have used child labor,...
View ArticleWho Are The Jehovah's Witnesses? - Part 3: Beliefs And Practices
Paul H Williams/Gleaner WriterJamaica GleanerMarch 17, 2018Some of the beliefs, practices and observances of Jehovah's Witnesses set them poles apart from other Christian denominations, and it has...
View ArticleJehovah's Witness note-taking challenged at EU's top court
DWMarch 17, 2018Notes on door-to-door visits made by members of Jehovah's Witnesses breach EU data privacy law, according to the advocate general of the EU's top court. His finding backs the view of...
View ArticleA MOTHER’S HEARTBREAK – How Scientology Destroyed My Family
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Barbara Kindness 206-473-9416A MOTHER’S HEARTBREAK – How Scientology Destroyed My FamilyLakeport, CA. In this gut-wrenching...
View ArticleTrial set for Berks couple in death of 2-year-old daughter
The girl died after they didn't seek medical attention for her pneumonia, prosecutors say.STEPHANIE WEAVERReading EagleMarch 17, 2018The trial for an Upper Tulpehocken Township couple who didn't seek...
View ArticleHow to survive gaslighting: when manipulation erases your reality
Ariel Leve offers strategies to stay resilient in the face of psychological abuse that distorts the truth – much like what’s coming from Trump’s administrationAriel LeveThe Guardian March 16, 2017Right...
View ArticleSGA Study
If you identify as someone who was born or grew up in a high demand religious organization, a high intensity faith group, or a cult, and had counseling while either in or after you were in that group,...
View ArticleI Covered The Rajneesh Cult. Here's What 'Wild Wild Country' Leaves Out
Jim PopkinHuffington PostMarch 21, 2018I Covered The Rajneesh Cult. Here’s What ‘Wild Wild Country’ Leaves Out.Reconnecting with the Burrows family, who went looking for nirvana in Oregon and found a...
View ArticleEuropean court upholds German move to take kids from sect
David RisingAPMarch 22, 2018BERLIN — The European Court of Human Rights on Thursday upheld Germany’s decision to take away the children of families in a Christian sect to protect them from being...
View ArticleLas Vegas man charged with raping teen member of his church
Blake Apgar Las Vegas Review-JournalMarch 24, 2018A Las Vegas man was arrested last week after authorities accused him of raping a teenage member of his church, police and court records show.Carlos...
View ArticleTokyo residents protest against doomsday cult’s successor group
South China Morning PostMarch 24, 2018Renamed Aum Shinrikyo group target of angry demonstration to mark anniversary of subway sarin gas attack.More than 200 people living near a Tokyo base of the main...
View ArticleReligion, Libertarian Cults And The American West In 'Wild Wild Country'
Heard on All Things ConsideredSARAH MCCAMMONALEXI HOROWITZ-GHAZIEMILY SULLIVANNPRMarch 24, 2018What began as a hopeful experiment spiraled into a historic battle between a new-age spiritual group,...
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