Thomas Keiser, Ph.D., J.D., passed away
Feb 24th, 2005 after a long illness. Dr. Keiser, with his
then wife Jacqueline Keiser, M.S.W., was the author of
The Anatomy of Illusion: Religious Cults and Destructive
Persuasion (Charles C. Thomas), one of the best early
books on the cult phenomenon. Dr. Keiser was one of the
first professionals to join the then AFF's advisory board in
the early 1980s. He attended and contributed to AFF
conferences and worked with families and ex-members. He
worked as a psychologist at the Lafayette Clinic in Detroit
and the Horsham Clinic in Ambler, Pennsylvania.
