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"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good
men to do nothing."
General Articles and Information
On this site:
Mind Control - The BITE Model
SPIRITUAL RESPONSIBILITY: Avoiding
Abuses and Pitfalls Along the Spiritual Path, by Steven Hassan and
Lama Surya Das (La Responsabilidad
Espiritual )- highly recommended
Hassan Media
Appearances
"What Messages are Behind Today's Cults?"
- Philip G. Zimbardo, Ph.D., Professor of psychology at Stanford
University and APA President for 2002 (apa.org )
Letter from Steve Hassan to John J. Dilulio
Jr., of the Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives at
the White House
Common Psychological Problems in Victims
of Cult Mind Control
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
PTSD in Cult Victims - an IRP by Ilona
Cuddy
The Devil and John
Walker by Attorney Paul Morantz
Extensive Information on
Moon Organization
WACO: The Government's Failure
to Understand Destructive Cults
12 Rules Of Con Men
"Millennial Fears in the Year 1000:
Apocalypse Forever"
"Multilevel Marketing
Plans"
"Madman In
Our Midst: Jim Jones and the California Coverup"
"I Was Trapped in a Therapy Cult"
by Brittany Morgan, Mademoiselle
Credentialing: It May Not Be the Cat's Meow
The Bystanders Dilemma : The Banality of Heroism by Zeno Franco & Philip Zimbardo (opens in new window)
When Good People Do Evil by Philip Zimbardo (opens in new window)
On other sites:
Article
about the difference between "sects and "non-sects"
in the Norwegian periodical "Kirke og kultur" (Church
and culture). English version in Word document file.
"Power of Belief" - ABC News Special, courtesy
of Mark Bunker at XenuTV.COM
(Note: RealPlayer required) 1 |
2 | 3
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"From
Jesus to Christ": a PBS Special
The
Thriving of Greed and Power", Time Magazine, 1991
Destructive
Cult Evaluation Guides
Articles on Children and Faith Healing from The Oregonian
"Freedom
of Religion Shouldn't Endanger Children" - 5/28/99
"Balancing
Rights Makes Faith-Healing Bills Thorny" - 6/28/99
"Praying
over Ailing Children Won't Be Enough Under Bill" - 7/23/99
"Parents
Lose Legal Defense for Using Faith Healing" - 8/17/99
"Couple
Faces Charges in Faith-Healing Death" - 12/3/99
Cult Awareness Groups (Websites)
Cult
Information Service
Lisa McPherson
Trust (Scientology-specific)
The American Family
Foundation
AFF Bookstore
AFF Online Journal - Cultic
Studies Review
FACTNet
trancenet.org
Society (note: Trancenet was discontinued in 2004. This is a mirror/copy of the original site).
Counseling
/ Rehab Center for Former Members - Wellspring
Meadowhaven
International Resources (Websites)
EUROPE
FECRIS (European
Federation of Centers of Research and Information on Sectarism)
U.K.
FAIR (Family Action
Information & Resource)
CIC
(Cult Information Centre)
RUSSIA
YEVGENIY N. VOLKOV
Ph.D
GERMANY
Kulte.de -
cult resource in German, maintained by Dieter Rohmann Two English-language contributions: http://www.kulte.de/studie_e.html
http://www.kulte.de/e_emp.html
Ex-Site,
A German Resource
AUSTRALIA
Cult
Information Centre
JAPAN
Pascal
Zivi Home Page - Japan
Cult-Info - Canada
(English and French)
Relgioscope
(site mainly in French, though it contains English content)
European-American
Citizens Committee for Human Rights and Religious Freedom in the
USA
Raffaella
DiMarzio's Web Site on Sects, Religions & Spirituality (in
Italian and English)
Articles of particular interest on above site:
Mind
Control in New Religious Movements: Clarifying Some Issues
BLIND,
OR JUST DON'T WANT TO SEE? Brainwashing, mystification and suspicion
OVERCOMING THE BONDAGE OF REVICTIMIZATION : A RATIONAL/EMPIRICAL
DEFENSE OF THOUGHT REFORM
(In Response to "Overcoming the Bondage of Victimization"
By Bob and Gretchen Passantino) Paul R. Martin, Ph.D., Lawrence
A. Pile, Ron Burks, M.A. & Stephen D. Martin, M.Div. Wellspring
Retreat and Resource Center
Part
I
Part
II
Religious / Philosophical Cult Awareness Groups (Websites)
New England Institute
of Religious Research
Watchman Fellowship
Apologetics
Index (maintained by Anton Hein) Also, please see below resources for latest news
Religion News Blog
Christ's
Church of Restitution: Information, Stories and Links
Jewish Task Force
on Missionaries and Cults
Jews for
Judaism
Dialog Center International
Free Minds
Jack's
Web - Cult and Sub Culture Research
Doomsday,
Destructive Religious Cults
Damaged
Disciples, Vicki Burks
Spotlight
Ministries
Online Community
for Former Members of ICC
People
United for Religious Freedom
TLEM: True Light
Educational Ministry
Militia / Hate Groups
Southern Poverty
Law Center
Larry
Zilliox's site, ExtremistGroups.com
Tabernacle
of Hate: Why They Bombed Oklahoma City , by Kerry Noble - former
member of "The Covenant, The Sword and the Arm of the Lord"
group
About Kerry Noble
Understanding the Identity
Movement (MS Word document)
Multi-Level Marketing
Network Marketing
- No Hype, Just the Facts (Dr. Jon Taylor)
MLM Survivors
Homepage
MLM Watch: A
Skeptical Guide to Multilevel Marketing
Ex-Member Support
Bill and Lorna
Goldberg
Ex-Cult Resource
Center
REFOCUS
"Wounded
Pilgrims" resource site
Human Rights
United Nations Universal Declaration of
Human Rights
Mental Health Bill of Rights for Patients
Amnesty International
Human Rights Organizations Email addresses
American Association for the Advancement
of Science (AAAS), Science and Human Rights Program
Amnesty Int'l - London
Amnesty Intl - US
Amnesty - Germany
Human Rights Watch
Human Rights
International Alliance, Human Rights Education
Human Rights Research and Education
Centre, Ottawa Canada
Human Rights Web
Canadian Office of Human
Rights
Scientology News (Germany)
In Memoriam
Daniel Pearl
Foundation
Terrorism and Terrorist Cults
International
Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism
Muslims Against
Terrorism
American
Islamic Congress
Cult Apologists
Cult
Apologist FAQ (Tilman Hausherr) (please check from time to
time, as it updates often)
What
You Should Know about Pro-Cult Apologists (from the Apologetics
Index )
Other Resources
Steve
Hassan and Jonestown survivor Deborah Layton appear on program about
cults - courtesy lisatrust.freewinds.cx
Also on the People's Temple group:
Excerpt
from: REPORT OF A STAFF INVESTIGATIVE GROUP TO THE COMMITTEE ON
FOREIGN AFFAIRS U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, ON THE ASSASSINATION
OF REPRESENTATIVE LEO J. RYAN AND THE JONESTOWN, GUYANA TRAGEDY.
allentwood.com
-- Jail educator, addiction counselor, cult expert, and author.
Allen Wood is a compelling public speaker who has been engaged in
cult awareness education for the last 25 years. He has addressed
numerous audiences throughout the United States, Europe, and Mexico.
Article on parallels between cult victims, addicts, and all survivors
of ritual abuse.
"Five Elements of Cult Counseling"
The American
Anti-Slavery Group
American Counseling
Association
The
ACA's Code of Ethics
Center for Millennial
Studies
opensecrets.org (politics)
Insights
to a cult leader's personality and patterned behavior
CESNUR
- Critical Page
Coalition Against
Unsolicited Bulk Email, Australia
Dr. Philip Zimbardo's
Home Page
Homeless - Missing
Persons Project
Institute for First
Amendment Studies
Institute
for Democracy Studies
International
Society of Hypnosis
The National Association
of Cognitive - Behavioral Therapists
National Institute
for Mental Health
Ontario
Centre for Religious Tolerance
Purple
Peak Consulting and Counseling Group
Skeptical
Works on the Occult, Witchcraft, & Miracles
Center for the
Study of Psychiatry and Psychology
Working
Psychology - Cults: Questions & Answers
James Randi Educational
Foundation
Helpful Video's to watch on-line
The
WAVE (July 9, 1991)
The
Children's Story (James Clavell's 1963 story done for TV)
The
Power of Belief September 6th 1998
Captive
Minds: Hypnosis and Beyond (1983)
Mission:
Mind Control 1979 special on CIA experiments
Steve
Hassan lectures at Harvard about Waco Aftermath (Feb. 27th 1994)
PBS-
The Group Waco: Before and After March 29 and April 14, 1993
Nightline-
After Suicides of Order of Solar Temple
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