"Many think of a cult as a group that uses high-pressure recruiting tactics, or gets members to commit suicide, sell flowers in airports, get married in mass weddings, or pursue its opponents with lawsuits. TM and many other groups do NOT operate this way, so few people recognize them as a cult. They use more subtle but equally destructive mind control techniques."
2005
Media Alert: Bobbi Parker case not Stockholm Syndrome (April)
Renowned mind-control and cult expert explains the strange case of Bobbi Parker (Randolph Dial) is "not Stockholm Syndrome but rather is similar to Elizabeth Smart."
"Parker’s profile and situation does not fit the so–called Stockholm Syndrome."
2003
Media Alert: Kabbalah Learning Center a destructive cult (May)
America’s leading cult expert Steven Alan Hassan warns the public that the Kabbalah Learning Centre is very different from the teachings of Kabbalah.
Among others, Hassan has extensively counseled a young woman who was a staff member at The Kabbalah Learning Centre and involved for three years.
Media Alert: Avoid cult recruitment (February, 3)
What to watch out for in a spiritual group. Thousands of these groups, which appear good and innocent in nature, are actually dangerous cults.
How to Counsel Jailed Terrorists (October 2)
Statement from cult counselor Steven Hassan on how to approach counseling jailed terrorists, and others who
may be affected by the mind control techniques as practiced by terrorist
organizations such as Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda.
Cult Mind Control Techniques May Have Fueled Terrorists (September 17)
&uot;Terrorist cult organizations apparently employ many of the same mind control techniques used by such destructive groups as Scientology. These include isolation, hypnosis, sleep deprivation, dietary manipulation and the programming of phobias in the minds of members."
Understanding today's horrific events (September 11)
"Members of terrorist organizations are in fact members of a destructive mind control cult. The use of influence techniques to create a fanatic are essentially the same. There are many similarities between the way people are programmed in a cult which can result in an act of suicide bombing. Many people while in a destructive cult, including myself, can tell you that we were ready to die for the cause, if necessary."
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freedom and the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The fact that a person’s name or group appears on our website
does not necessarily mean they are a destructive mind control cult.
They appear because we have received inquiries and have established
a file on the group.
The Freedom of Mind Resource Center Inc. was established by cult expert Steve Hassan.
