Cult
Psychology
.
Doctrine is Reality
.
Reality is Black and White/ Good vs. Evil
.
Elitist Mentality
.
Group Will over Individual Will
.
Strict Obedience: Modeling the Leader
.
Happiness through Good Performance
.
Manipulation through Fear and Guilt
.
Emotional Highs and Lows
.
Changes in Time Orientation
.
No Way Out!
(Bullet
points from Releasing the Bonds Video 6)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ1-JfYTAo8
Lifton’s
Thought-reform Model
Robert
Jay Lifton’s eight criteria (From chapter 22 of Thought Reform
and the Psychology of Totalism, Norton, 1961)
.
Milieu Control
.
Mystical Manipulation
.
The Demand for Purity
.
The Cult of Confession
.
The Sacred Science
.
Loading the Language
.
Doctrine Over Person
.
The Dispensing of Existence
(Bullet
points from Releasing the Bonds Video 6)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ1-JfYTAo8
For an extensive description of Lifton's Eight Criteria see Appendix
in “Combatting Cult Mind Control” by Steven Hassan M.Ed. LMHC,
available on amazon books.com
http://www.amazon.com/Combatting-Cult-Mind-Control-Best-selling/dp/0892813113/####?ie=UTF8&qid=1356030212&sr=1-1
and amazonbooks.co.uk
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Combatting-Cult-Mind-Control-Best-selling/dp/0892813113/####?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1356192854&sr=1-1
Cheers
The Fellas (Friends of Alcoholics Anonymous)
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