Cult Mediation: Influence
Cult Mediation: Influence"6 fundamental social and psychological principles underlying the individual tactics that successful persuaders or compliance practitioners use every day to get us to say...
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CultNews101.com: news, links, resources.Cults101.org: resources about cults, cultic groups, abusive relationships, movements, religions, political organizations and related topics.CultMediation.com:...
View ArticleHow to Get Someone Out of a Cult
Malia WollanNew York TimesSeptember 26, 2018“Do everything you can to stay in touch,” says Janja Lalich, a sociology professor and consultant who studies cults and coercive influence and control. If...
View ArticleBrooklyn Center pastor convicted of sexual assault under the guise of exorcism
Star TribuneOctober 03, 2018A Brooklyn Center pastor sexually assaulted an unconscious woman under the guise of performing a “deliverance” session to exorcise a demon from her body, a jury found...
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Documenting Hate
CBC News NetworkOctober 6, 2018Documenting Hate exposes the white supremacist and Neo-Nazi movements in the U.S. The result of a year-long investigation, the documentary shows how some of those behind...
View ArticleThe Brotherhood (as shown on: Compass, ABC TV)
The Brotherhood (as shown on: Compass, ABC TV) from The Swell Creative on Vimeo.The Universal Brotherhood was Australia's most celebrated alternative community. Born in the 1970s, it flourished in lush...
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Group aims to help educate women, men who left polygamy
Brian Mullahy KUTVOctober 8th 2018A group, just several months old, is about to give its first scholarships to young people who have left polygamy. The money is modest, but the aims are much larger.“I...
View ArticleCon Man Claimed to 'Cure' Childless Women. Blackmail Followed, Then Bodies.
Najim Rahim and Mujib MashalThe New York TimesOctober 6, 2018MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan — For years, Rasool Landay went from place to place in northern Afghanistan, offering a very specialized and...
View ArticleExorcisms: The Battle for Young Minds
RC Catalyst2018STORYLINEIs Padre Manuel Acuna a legitimate faith healer or a charlatan? In the early moments of the stimulating documentary Exorcisms: The Battle for Young Minds, we witness him...
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Secretive, unconventional cult: Durham talk pulls back the curtain on...
Jocelyn Van SaunThe ForecasterOctober 9, 2018DURHAM — People passing by the historic Shiloh Chapel might notice its peculiar architecture, a four-story square structure with a tall cupola, resembling...
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One dead as suspected cult groups clash in Delta community
Matthew Omonigho Daily PostOctober 9, 2018 DAILY POST gathered that latest clash broke out between the Aye, Dominion and Aro-Bagger confraternities.Details of what led to the bloody clash remain...
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Polygamists and other fundamentalists are happy to embrace and own the term...
Nate CarlisleSalt Lake TribuneOctober 10, 2018When Benjamin Shaffer left The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to join a fundamentalist group, his old friends made jokes about how he wasn’t a...
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Bishop is setting up team of exorcists, warns against evil spirits in Reiki...
Conor KaneIrish ExaminerOctober 09, 2018 A Catholic bishop has said he is establishing a "delivery ministry" group of people who will be attempting to rid people of the devil and warned against the...
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Jehovah's Witnesses 'use the Bible to victim-shame,' sex abuse survivor says
On the heels of a $35 million jury award to a woman who alleged the congregation mishandled her childhood abuse, other survivors say there's a pattern of cover-ups.Elizabeth ChuckNBCNews.comOctober 7,...
View ArticleNarcissists and Cult Leaders: Are You Being Controlled by One?
Rachel BernsteinHow do narcissists and cult leaders get people under their control? How can you know if you are connected with someone who is unhealthy for you and is just using you? I break this down...
View ArticleAum's former poster boy Joyu finds a new gig
Japan TodayOctober 3, 2018Aum Supreme Truth guru Shoko Asahara and a dozen other top leaders of the doomsday cult went to the gallows during the summer, but one prominent cult member remains among the...
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Jehovah's Witnesses detained 'for extremism' in Russia
BBC NewsOctober 10, 2018Five members of the Jehovah's Witness religious group have been detained in Russia on weapons and extremism charges, investigators say.The Christian denomination has faced...
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Hillsong: the evangelical megachurch that helped save Justin Bieber's soul -...
How Hillsong Church transformed Justin Bieber from a bad boy into a Christian family man.Tara IsabellaVOXOctober 1, 2018Justin Bieber may now be a family man.The pop star and his fiancée, model Hailey...
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How Much Would You Pay for a Prayer?
In India, thousands are embracing apps that allow them to pay for a ritual to be performed on their behalf.SIGAL SAMUELTHE ATLANTICNOVEMBER 2018 ISSUEHow can i get a divine intervention for my career?...
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Call for Papers – ICSA International Conference - Manchester, UK - 2019
Call for Papers – ICSA International ConferenceSubmission Deadline: October 31, 2018.Coercive Control and the Psychology of Influence across Comparative Contexts – Implications for Policy, Practice and...
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