My first ever blog post here will be an attempt to share and explain my personal journey into the field of cultic studies and cult related activism/work that I have recently become more publicly involved with, especially in regards to…[Continue Reading...]
Enlightenment, freedom and belonging were just three of the promises Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh promised his thousands of followers. But in return, they had to pay several thousand dollars to take his courses or for the privilege of living and working…[Continue Reading...]
Yoon, a former senior official of the Unification Church (Family Federation for World Peace and Unification), who is accused of attempting to deliver a Chanel bag and a diamond necklace to First Lady Kim Keon-hee through Jeon Seong-bae, commonly known…[Continue Reading...]
Isabella* would drag herself to prayer gatherings and Bible study at 7am every morning. From 9am to 5pm she would cold-call Christian pastors across Victoria, and evenings brought more recruitment activity, team meetings and Bible studies. Most days she would…[Continue Reading...]
Parvati Shallow was learning survival skills long before she just stepped on the Cook Islands for her first appearance on Survivor in 2006. In her new memoir, Nice Girls Don’t Win, Shallow — who would go on to play Survivor…[Continue Reading...]
The bizarre case of Allison Mack thrust sex cults back into the public eye, with the Smallville actress arrested and jailed over her role in the dark NXIVM DOS group and ended up serving two years for her role in…[Continue Reading...]
The Anambra Police Command has confirmed that two persons have died, while another two were abducted in an alleged cult war in Oko, Orumba-l North Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP…[Continue Reading...]
El Salvador has extradited two members of an extremist Jewish sect under investigation for alleged child abuse to Guatemala and Israel, authorities announced yesterday. Lev Tahor, described by an Israeli court in 2017 as a “dangerous cult,” adheres to an…[Continue Reading...]
The Victorian parliament has launched a long-overdue inquiry into abuse and coercive control within cults and religious fringe groups. It is a welcome acknowledgement of the damage that can flourish under the guise of faith, and the unquestioning obedience to…[Continue Reading...]
On the whole, cults are a contentious business. Their insular worlds most often give rise to highly problematic – if not illegal – ideologies, and no matter where you are in the world, there always seems to be at least…[Continue Reading...]
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