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General Information
- Lifton's Criteria for Thought Reform
- Conditions for Mind Control (Margaret Singer)
- Mind Control - The BITE Model (Steven Hassan)
- A Behavioral Definition (of 'cult') (Kevin Crawley)
- Identifying a Cult (Jan Groenveld)
- Totalism & Group Dynamics (Jan Groenveld)
- Academic Research into Cults (Jeff Jacobsen)
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Groups
Also see: Links
- Amway
- ICC/International Churches of Christ/Boston Movement (Kip McKean)
- Gene Scott
- Frederick Lenz / "Zen Master Rama"
- Lifespring
- Neo-Tech
- SYDA Yoga
- Scientology and Dianetics
- United Pentecostal Church
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Resources and Organizations
Important Notice Regarding Cult Awareness Network
- International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA)
- CultsOnCampus.com
- Cult Awareness and Information Centre (Australia)
- Cult Information Service
- F.A.C.T.Net
- False Memory Syndrome Foundation
- Info-Cult (Canada)
- Knapp Family Counseling
- reFOCUS
- Resource Center for Freedom of Mind (Steven Hassan)
- Wellspring Retreat and Resource Center
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- The Boston Movement: Critical Perspectives on the International Churches of Christ, edited by Carol Giambalvo
- Captive Hearts, Captive Minds: Freedom and Recovery from Cults and Abusive Relationships, by Madeleine Landau Tobias, Janja Lalich and Michael Langone
- Coercive Persuasion: A Socio-psychological Analysis of the "Brainwashing" of American Civilian Prisoners by the Chinese Communists, by Edgar H. Schein, with Inge Schneier and Curtis H. Barker. New York: W.W. Norton, 1961.
- Combatting Cult Mind Control, by Steven Hassan
- Crazy Therapies: What Are They? Do They Work? by Margaret Thaler Singer and Janja Lalich
- Cults: What Parents Should Know, by Joan C. Ross and Michael D. Langone
- Cults in Our Midst, by Margaret Thaler Singer with Janja Lalich
- Exit Counseling: A Family Intervention, by Carol Giambalvo
- Flim-Flam! Psychics, ESP, Unicorns, and Other Delusions by James Randi
- The Guru Papers: Masks of Authoritarian Power by Joel Kramer and Diana Alstad
- How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life, by Thomas Gilovich
- In the Shadow of the Moons: My Life in the Reverend Sun Myung Moon's Family by Nansook Hong
- Influence: The New Psychology of Modern Persuasion, by Robert Cialdini
- Life 102: What to Do When Your Guru Sues You, by Peter McWilliams
- Recovery from Abusive Groups, by Wendy Ford
- Recovery from Cults: Help for Victims of Psychological and Spiritual Abuse, edited by Michael D. Langone
- Releasing the Bonds: Empowering People to Think for Themselves by Steven Hassan
- Snapping: America's Epidemic of Sudden Personality Change by Flo Conway and Jim Siegelman
- Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism: A Study of Brainwashing in China, by R. J. Lifton, M.D.
- The True Believer by Eric Hoffer
- When Prophecy Fails: A Social and Psychological Study by Leon Festinger.
- The Wrong Way Home: Uncovering the Patterns of Cult Behavior in American Society, by Arthur J. Deikman, M.D.
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Links
Also see: Resources and Organizations
General / Articles
- Jews for Judaism
- The Unlikeliest Cult in History (Michael Shermer)
- On the psychology of spiritual movements (Michael Rogge)
Amway and Multi-Level Marketing
- Amway: The Continuing Story
- Amway Sucks!
- MLM Survivors Homepage
MLM Survivors Homepage: Amway and Free Speech - The Nightmare Builders (3/98)
- The Other Side of the Plan (3/98)
- What's Wrong with Multi-Level Marketing? (Dean Van Druff)
- Also see Groups: Amway
The Bruderhof / The Society of Brothers / The Hutterian Bretheren East
Eckankar
ICC / International Churches of Christ / Boston Movement
- Triumphing Over London Cults
- Also see Groups: ICC
Jehovah's Witnesses
Large Group Awareness Trainings (LGATs) including The Forum / est / Landmark
- Usenet newsgroup alt.fan.landmark
- The Awareness Page
- Skeptic's Dictionary: Werner Erhard and est
- Skeptic's Dictionary: Landmark Forum / Landmark Education Corporation
- Skeptic's Dictionary: Large Group Awareness Training programs
- Skeptic's Dictionary: Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP)
Scientology and Dianetics
- Usenet newsgroup alt.religion.scientology
- 'Battlefield Earth' Information: The true story behind this movie
- Church of Scientology International v. Fishman and Geertz
- FACTNet: Scientology and Dianetics
- An Introduction to Scientology
- Karin Spaink's Scientology Pages
- Operation Clambake
- Also see Groups: Scientology
Transcendental Meditation / "Maharishi Mahesh Yogi"
- MINet
- Skeptic's Dictionary - Transcendental Meditation
- Why I Believe The TM Org is Dangerous (John Knapp)
- Don Krieger's Web Site
- Falling Down the TM Rabbit Hole (Joe Kellett)
- TranceNet (via archive.org)
- Behind the TM Facade
Other Groups
- No Way Out (The Way International) (via archive.org)
- Unificationism/Moonism - A Threat to democracy and freedom (via archive.org)
- Rama-Lama-Ding-Dong Page (Frederick Lenz / "Zen Master Rama") (via archive.org)
- ex-FWBO (Friends of the Western Buddhist Order in the UK)
Miscellaneous / Other Reference / Skepticism / Freethought
- CSICOP, Skeptical Inquirer and Skeptical Briefs
- Skeptics Society and Skeptic Magazine
- National Capital Area Skeptics
- Skeptical Information Links
- The Skeptic's Dictionary
- National Council Against Health Fraud
- Freedom from Religion Foundation
- Alabama Freethought Association