Winocur, Nadine & Weathers, Robert, Ph.D.: "The False Transformational Promise of Bible-Based Cults: Archetypal Dynamics"

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This article is an electronic version of an article originally published in Cultic Studies Journal, 1990, Volume 7, Number 2, pages 160-173. Please keep in mind that the pagination of this electronic reprint differs from that of the bound volume. This fact could affect how you enter bibliographic information in papers that you may write.

The False Transformational Promise Of Bible-Based Cults: Archetypal Dynamics

Nadine Winocur Craig, M.A.
Robert Weathers, Ph.D.

Abstract

People who join Bible-based cults are sold on the promise that they will be transformed spiritually through their membership. This paper analyzes universal psychological variables of cult induction and organizational dynamics. Human vulnerability to cults is examined from the perspective of Jungian archetypes. The lack of spiritual growth in cult members is explained according to transpersonal development theory. The symbiotic relationship of cult leaders and followers is also explored.

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