PPT-Cults and Brainwashing

Using the tools of Social Psychology to Manipulate The Manson Family Lead by Charles Manson Lived on a Ranch together Charles Manson believed he was interpreting special meanings from The Beatles The White Album. You will have at your 57374ngertips over twenty years of research to answer your questions strengthen your faith and improve your witness to others Over 100 Pro57374les Over 400 pages of in formation 57375e history and pri mary teachings of each gro 1)W.Burkert, Ancient Mystery Cults (Cambridge 1987) 18 Higgins O’Brien. Spring 2012. The authors define a cult as a “loosely structured and unconventional form of religious group, whose members are held together by a charismatic leader who mobilizes their loyalty around some new religious cause”. Stuart W. Twemlow,MD Frank C. Sacco, Ph.D. George Hough Ph.D * Modified from a chapter entitled “Reflections on the Making of a Terrorist 1. our terms. please keep in mind: . religious culture & social organization our terms (etic) to analyse something else. analytical terms do not necessarily represent the entire phenomenon, just a dimension. Vas rs cults have long depended upon emotionalism to fill their buildings and billfolds. Mrn fake healer, erronly labeled fith heal- , are profional frenzy experts. Protesant de- sm has dabbled in e CULTS. b. y June Hunt. What Is a Cult. ? . A cult is a . sect or group of people. that holds to deviant . doctrines. A cult is a . system of religious beliefs. that distorts orthodox Biblical doctrine. NTRODUCTON intrinsically connected with cults, divination, and religion. Proper observance of rituals throughout the year at various festivals and holidays, both public and private, and including be “brainwashing,” mind control, cult conversion, and deprogramming. Roots of cultic research. POW camps in the Korean war: emergence of the term “brainwashing”. “. When Prophecy Fails. : . Festinger. in the Roman World. a Thomas Barto presentation. The Origins of the Cult. Like many mystery cults, considered an “Eastern religion”. Connections to the Indo-European . Mitra. , worshipped in Persia and North India. “Priapus”, . House of The Vetti. , Find Target, . http://reference.findtarget.com/search/Priapus/. . Household Gods. Kamm. A, “Vesta”, . Worship in the Home. , The Romans, . http://www.the-romans.co.uk/home.htm. What is the difference between:. A church. A denomination. A sect. A cult. Roy Wallis (1976) - . divided organizations into respectable (uniquely legitimate or pluralistically legitimate) or deviant. -Leadership structure of the group/ military leadership . -Levels of leadership . -Abducting and Brainwashing tactics within leadership . -Weakness created by the groups’ dependence on their supreme leader . . AND. THE MYSTERY CULTS. The term “mystery cult” is used to refer to certain religious organizations which flourished in Ancient Greece and Rome. Membership in these organizations was closed, with proceedings only open to chosen initiates, and these groups were extremely secretive by nature. .