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Information on cults, cultic groups, psychological manipulation, psychological abuse, spiritual abuse, brainwashing, mind control, thought reform, abusive churches, extremism, totalistic groups, new religious movements, alternative and mainstream religions, group dynamics, exit counseling, recovery, and practical suggestions for those affected by or interested in these subjects.

Information on cults, cultic groups, psychological manipulation, psychological abuse, spiritual abuse, brainwashing, mind control, thought reform, abusive churches, extremism, totalistic groups, new religious movements, alternative and mainstream religions, group dynamics, exit counseling, recovery, and practical suggestions for those affected by or interested in these subjects

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Giambalvo, Carol: "From Deprogramming to Thought Reform Consultation"
Isser, Natalie, Ph.D. & Schwartz, Lita L., Ph.D.: "Charismatic Leadership: A Case in Point" - abstract
Isser, Natalie, Ph.D.: "Why Cultic Groups Develop and Flourish: A Historian's Perspective" - abstract
Langone, Michael, Ph.D.: "Cult Awareness Groups and NRM Scholars: Toward Depolarization of Key Issues" - abstract
Langone, Michael: "History of the American Family Foundation"
Rudin, Marcia M.A.: "Twenty-Five Years Observing Cults: An American Perspective"

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A time to go with our heads as well as our hearts

Archbishop assails Irish orders over child abuse

Are we all capable of violence?

At 75, Charles Manson still has power to influence others

Aum cult member's death sentence upheld over Tokyo subway gas attacks

Austrian Murder Sparks Protests in India

Battle over legal costs could derail B.C. polygamy case

Behind the closed doors on C Street

Being photographed, video taped is un-Islamic: TNSM chief

Benedict Undermining His Own Legacy

Blaming gay men for abuse gets us nowhere

Blood miracle protects Naples

Bloomberg's Loyal Cult: The Independence Party

Boy chosen by Dalai Lama turns back on Buddhist order

Boy George rejected to be part of Hare Krishna

Bozek’s authority, the Reformed Catholic Church, dissolves

Cai cult linked by the internet

Calif. High Court Justices Push Past Krishnas' Airport Appeal

Church disunity, recession worry Moon followers and operations

Clark Fund for Ex-Cult Members

Convent Life in Colonial Mexico

Cult boss on 14 sex charges

Cult program in NYC schools

Ending polygamy one man at a time

Ex-TV evangelist Schuller buys cable network AmericanLife

Former cult abductee graduates

Frank Blasts Nazi Comparisons From LaRouche Backers

Freedom Foundation leader leaves city questioning his motives, calls Baptist doctrine ‘crappy’

From mantras to lucky charms, anxious students do it all

From the '60s to the '90s - Changes We've Seen

Growing up J.W.

Hindu Americans facing growth, challenge

History of the American Family Foundation

How English Heritage snubbed the Scientologist founder L Ron Hubbard

How Scientology got to Bob Minton

In wake of court ruling, Hutterites contemplate leaving Alberta

Ireland's Christian Brothers in U-turn on compensation

Is congressional boardinghouse a cult?

Is There a Chiropractor in the House?

Judge grants transfusion for baby

Keeper of Lighthouse cult cried wolf too often

Legionaries' future in the balance

Lia Eden sentenced to prison, again

Lord Krishna is still all-time favourite on TV, movies

Media, Money and Sun Myung Moon

Medjugorje - a shrine to the Virgin Mary or a sham?

Medjugorje bishop emphasizes: don’t view alleged apparitions as 'worthy of faith'

Mission From Africa

Most members of Dalit sect don't follow Sikh tenets

My year in the life of The Beatles - Hunter Davies

New moons are rising

Nigerian Troops Storm Sect Compound

Ohio's Amish a throwback to an earlier era

Pagan veterans coming out of the 'broom closet'

Polygamist Sect Leader Convicted of Sexual Assault

Polygamous fundamentalists baptized by proxy into LDS Church, researcher says

Portland pastor faces three years in tax case

Renowned rabbi advises students

Restoration Of Lost Scientology Materials Complete

Russia's Educational Perspective on Religion is Very Different from that of the United States or Europe

Scientology chiefs make €270,000 from Irish wing

Scientology's response

Singapore’s Lee warns on religion

Space aliens, Satanists, and those who try to control minds

Spurned by Hub hall, supremacist group holds rally in N.H.

TAHOE BOY: Nevadan recounts his life as wandering son

That Girl: The Captivity and Restoration of Patty Hearst

The 12 Tribes at a glance

The coming evangelical collapse

The Island Pond Raid: 25 Years Later, Part 1

The man who never was

The Perils of "Past Life Regression"

The Scary Yoga Obsession

The Terrorist Mind: An Update

Three of Scientology's elite parishioners keep faith, but leave the church

Turkish Blasphemy Trial Begins Against French-Turkish Author

Twenty-Five Years Observing Cults: An American Perspective

U.S. FAILS TO PRESS CHILE ON BORIS WEISFEILER CASE

Unification church passes to a new generation as sun sets on Moon

USDA suspicious of Danish aid organisation

Vatican investigates Legionaries of Christ

Was Nancy Garrido a victim or accomplice?

White-Supremacist Activity Is on the Rise in Sand Land, and One Latino-American Family Is the Victim of a Vicious Hate Crime in North Phoenix

Why is the Mormon church a viable religion and not a cult?

With affiliation, Catholic college to yield some power

Yoga guru Pattabhi Jois dies at 93

Youth for Western Civilization group at Vanderbilt stirs furor

Zen master's followers allege Vietnam persecution

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