Category Archives: Cults

NYT: Nxivm ‘Sex Cult’ Was Also a Huge Pyramid Scheme, Lawsuit Says

Posted on September 15, 2020 by Luke Ford

From the New York Times: Mr. Raniere and Ms. Salzman built a curriculum that they falsely claimed was based in science, the lawsuit alleged. The early courses conditioned students to become emotionally dependent on a system of rewards and punishment. … Continue reading →

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Danger Signs In Large Group Awareness Training

Posted on January 2, 2014 by Luke Ford

LINK: Often people who have been on these courses are told not to say what goes on there because this will spoil the experience for others who might want to do them in the future. Rubbish! This is a means … Continue reading →

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Call of the Shofar is Scientology Without Space Aliens

Posted on January 1, 2014 by Luke Ford

Steve Sailer: “Recall Werner Erhard, the former car salesman Jack Rosenberg who renamed himself after physicist Werner Heisenberg and West German finance minister Ludwig Erhard. He founded est, the existentialist cult that swept white-collar America in the 1970s. Est was … Continue reading →

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Is Call of the Shofar Compatible With Judaism?

Posted on December 31, 2013 by Luke Ford

Shmuel Pollen, a resident of Morristown who participated in and even led “Call of the Shofar” workshops, reveals what shook him out of the “influence.” So why the radical change of heart? It occurred this past Shabbos, when I was … Continue reading →

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Cults In Our Midst

Posted on December 26, 2013 by Luke Ford

By Margaret Singer PhD: Indirect trance induction also grows out of storytelling and other verbal experiences. Cult leaders often speak repetitively, rhythmically, in hard-to-follow ways, and combine with these features the telling of tales and parables that are highly visualizable. … Continue reading →

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