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Kim Jong-un shuns traditional calendar to bolster personality cult

Published November 7, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Kim Jong Un, North Korea, personality cult

Despots around the world have often tried to impose themselves on their societies’ systems for reckoning time. Now North Korea has abandoned its unique calendar, in a further indication of the growing confidence of its supreme leader, Kim Jong-un. The…[Continue Reading...]

Inside the bizarre world of ‘cult’ leader and self-styled judge who claimed he could cure cancer and malaria… but is now behind bars for trying to kidnap a coroner at a council office in Essex

Published November 7, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged criminal conviction, cult leader, Mark Christopher, sentencing, UK

As the leader of an anti-establishment cult who built a devoted following based on his ability to defy the authorities, Mark Christopher has had a very bad week or so. Last Monday, the self-appointed Chief Judge Of England And All…[Continue Reading...]

How to make sure you don’t get drawn into a cult

Published November 6, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged coercive control, cults, warning signs

From self-help to religious groups, cults can take many forms – and the psychological techniques they use can make them hard to leave. Here's how to spot the warning signs... Watch the video https://www.bbc.com/videos/cp81y12475mo?fbclid=IwY2xjawGVn29leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHeIoAEiQYWtzzL-Pr84_czBOXexi89gDpLPMBacWU8TCjvhvQNlUno54SQ_aem_UYP9P47zLC6efPezfPqKQA[Continue Reading...]

Taiwan-born toxicologist Anthony Tu, investigator of AUM sarin attacks, dies at 94

Published November 6, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Aum Shinrikyo, doomsday cult, Japan, sarin attack, Tokyo

TAIPEI (Kyodo) -- Anthony Tu, a Taiwan-born toxicologist known for aiding investigations into sarin attacks involving the AUM Shinrikyo cult in Japan, has died in Hawaii, his family said Wednesday. He was 94. The professor emeritus at Colorado State University…[Continue Reading...]

New “Not A Cult: The Musical” is a darkly humorous, retro journey to ReJoyce Camp Retreat

Published November 6, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cults, gurus, play, self -help gurus, self-help, wellness, wellness movement

Get ready to step back into 1982, when leg warmers were hot, love bombing was part of the wellness routine, and a retreat for the “depressed and downtrodden” might seem like a good and helpful idea. Toronto’s Small but Mighty…[Continue Reading...]