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INDEX
abandonment issues 49
abuse see child abuse; child labor; sexual abuse
acceptance 118, 119–120
accessible resources 121
addiction 7, 9n10
Aesthetic Realism 35–36, 54–55
aftereffects 112–114
alienation and loss, sense of 107–109
all-encompassing belief systems 32
all-exclusive belief systems 32
all-or-nothing belief systems 93
alternative social structures 37–38
American Buddhist Movement 4
anger 24, 59–60n1, 66, 124n6
anxiety 15, 16, 89, 97, 115, 158
apocalyptic groups 93, 103n7 see also end-times predictions
Arizona, Fundamentalist Mormons in 12
Arquette, Alexis 1, 9n1
Arquette, David 1, 9n1
Arquette, Patricia 1, 9n1
Arquette, Richmond 1, 9n1
Arquette, Rosanna 1, 9n1
Assemblies of God 90–91
Asylums (Goffman) 63
atheist cults 4
attachment behavior system 47
attachment theory 46–47
Aum Shinrikyo 103n7
authoritarianism 51
authority 6, 87 see also charismatic authority
bankruptcy metaphor 125–126
Bardin, Livia 121
Beatles 14
behavioral modification processes 93
belief issues, post-cult 114–115
believe in yourself 137
Berg, David “Moses” 20, 21, 35–36, 45–46, 54, 124n6
bonding: healthy 7, 46–47; with parents, not permitted 10, 19, 21, 25, 34–35, 34–35n10, 46, 55–56, 68
boundaries, loss of 94
boundary violations 52
bounded choice 3, 8, 9n4, 58; four dimensions 5–6, 11, 24, 31–33, 39–40; see charismatic authority; systems of control; systems of influence; transcendent belief system
Bounded Choice: True Believers and Charismatic Cults (Lalich) 9n4, 40n6, 59n13, 59n14, 60n24, 103n4, 144
bounded reality 7, 45
Bowlby, John 46
brainwashing 88
Branch Davidians 68
Braxton, Toni 1, 9n1
Brotherhood of the Spirit/Renaissance Community 45, 53
Buddhism 4
Camping, Harold 2, 9n2
capturing and retaining followers 33–37
career issues 120–121
caregiving system 47
Celestial Kingdom 12
Celestial Marriage (plural marriage) 12
Centennial Park (FLDS) 104, 123
changing the world 3
charisma, concept of 42–44
charisma by proxy 6, 54–55
charismatic authority 5, 6–7, 31, 41–60; coping mechanisms for surviving 55–56; defined 42; dynamics 52–53; egotism of leader 43–44, 51–54; evaluating in your own life 56–58; followers required 43; healthy 58; how charism becomes toxic 44–48; narcissism in 51–54; toxic narcissism of cultic groups 54–55; Weber on 42–44
Charney, Dennis 127
checks and balances, lack of 44, 57, 58, 80, 90
child abuse 68, 75
childcare duties 10, 15
child labor 16, 75, 76–77
child protection agencies 26
children of cults 1; caretaking roles assumed by 34, 37; children of cult leaders 48–50; not there by choice 10 see also sexual abuse of children
The Children of God (The Family) 20–22, 30, 35, 56
ChildTrauma Academy (Houston) 68
China 103n7
Chinese Communist schools 93
Chopra, Deepak 123
Christian groups 2, 9n2 see also Children of God; Church of the Living Word; Fundamentalist Mormons (Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, FLDS); New Early Christian Church; Worldwide Church of God
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS) 12
Church of the Living Word 36–37, 90, 131–132
Cialdini, Robert 86–87, 97
Close, Glenn 1, 9n1
closed high-demand groups (CHDGs) 132
codes, secret 37, 38
cognitive dissonance 97
collective homes 10
College of Learning (Jung SuWon martial arts) 25–27, 34, 44, 45, 46, 55–56, 74; escape from 108, 116–117, 121; families separated 69–71; system of control 79
Colorado City (FLDS) 104, 123, 134
commitment 97, 101; testimony of 32
communal intimacy 88
communication, control of 63, 93, 100, 101
compartmentalization 129
Complex-PTSD (C-PTSD) 127–128, 132
compliance 91; hyper-compliance 96–97
confession, public 89, 94, 100
conscience 138
consistency 87, 97
control 38 see also systems of control
coping mechanisms for survival: charismatic authority 55–56; systems of control 78–79; systems of influence 98–99; transcendent belief system 37–38
core self 95
corporal punishment 19, 20, 21, 26, 35; touted as benefit 36–37
corporate cults 5, 31, 63
countries, as cults 52
critical judgment 96–97
critical-thinking capacities 94
criticism 30, 38, 52, 84, 88–89, 92; self-criticism 40n6, 88, 89
Cult Awareness Network (CAN) 138, 142n20
cult behavior, as human behavior 1, 8
cults: defined 5–8; as term 3–4; what cults are not 4–5
Cultural Revolution 103n7
daily rules 64, 73–78
Deadheads 17, 88
“death-to-outsiders” feature 6, 9n9
dedication/devotion 14, 31, 93–94, 101
defense mechanisms 95
defiance 56
“Deliverance Ministry” 74–75
Delphi (Scientology school) 88–89, 135
Democratic Worker’s Party 81n3, 103n4
denial 33
deprogramming 130–131
deviance, inner 52
dialectic of freedom and necessity 92
disability 19–20, 21, 65–66
discipline 19, 20, 33, 57; corporal punishment 19, 20, 21, 26, 69–70, 74; systems of control 69
discretion 125
disfellowshipping 78
dispensing of existence 96
dissociation 37, 60n30, 112, 131
doctrine over person 94
double and triple standards 51
Durkheim, Emile 40nn2, 4, 5
duty and obedience 43–44, 64; systems of influence 91
education/schools: after escape 118, 119–120; College of Learning 27; Exclusive Brethren 23–24; for healing 134–135; public, Fundamentalist Mormon 15; re-indoctrination of public school students 66; Transcendental Meditation 15–16
The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life (Durkheim) 40nn2, 4, 5
end-times predictions 2, 9n3; Children of God 20, 35; The Family 36; Twelve Tribes 18
Enron 5, 31, 63
entrapment 38, 40, 42, 45, 56, 64, 73
escape from cults 16, 19, 104–124; acceptance 118, 119–120; alienation and loss 107–109; helpful resources 117–120; identity and self-esteem 114–117; plan for leaving 125; reading supportive literature 118; roller-coaster of world outside 109–112; second-and third-generation cult members 106–107; stigma about cults 106, 107, 108, 109; what would have helped 120–121; work experience 111, 114 see also surviving and thriving
evaluation: charismatic authority 56–58; systems of control 79; systems of influence 99–101; transcendent belief systems 38–39
exceptionalism 32
exclusion 39; disfello
wshipping 78
Exclusive Brethren 22–24, 28n12, 29, 32, 41, 46, 56, 61–62, 66; escape from 104–105, 107, 110, 114–115, 119, 120, 122, 133, 139; social restrictions 72
excommunication 22, 24, 41; after escape from group 105, 107
“exorcism” 74–75, 95
expulsion, threats of 15, 16, 53, 57, 77–78
extremism 93, 96
Fairfield, Iowa 15
false sense of freedom 7
The Family International, The Family, Children of God 20–22, 30, 35, 46, 56, 61; child labor 75; education 65; escape from 104, 109–113, 121, 122, 132–133, 134, 137; “Flirty Fishing” 20; Law of Love 20, 21, 75; murder/suicide 112, 124n6; rebellion 79; social restrictions 72; system of influence 85, 95; teen training camps 67; Turkish compound 69–70
family life: control of 64; restrictions on 68–71 see also parents
Family Radio station 9n2
family units, as cults 5
fatigue, debilitation through 63
“favorites” not allowed 76, 110
fear, state of 73, 91–92
Fellowship Tabernacle 66
first-, second-, third-, and fourth-generation members 140
First Amendment rights 4
“Flirty Fishing” 20
food stamps 12, 27n3
foster families 104
four dimensions of bounded choice 5–6, 11, 24, 31–33, 39–40
freedoms, restriction of 66–67
free will 96
friends 16, 18; contact not allowed or difficult 25, 26, 36, 71–72, 83–84; loss of through excommunication 83; as recruits 86
friendship communities for child raising 118
Fromm, Erich 52, 60n27
fundamental attribution error 59n7
Fundamentalist Mormons (Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, FLDS) 11–14, 27n3, 30, 34, 56, 61; escape from 104, 109, 123, 129–130; increase in groups 13–14; systems of influence 89–90
Furnari, Leona 132
Gabriel of Sedona 45
Gallaudet University for the Deaf 20
GED (General Educational Development) 120, 121
“gentile world” 30
Germany, Nazi 52
Goffman, Erving 63
goodness, cult’s definition of 47
Grandmaster Kim (Tae Yun Kim) 25, 41, 44, 45, 55–56, 65, 74, 108
Grateful Dead 17, 88
Greater Bethel Temple 51, 53–54
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