From the Back Cover
If you buy only one book on cults, make it . . .
CULTS & CONSEQUENCES
This definitive resource guide offers an honest, objective and comprehensive look at all aspects of the cult issue. It answers the questions we are most often asked, including:
- Why do cults continue to attract new members?
- What recruiting techniques should I be aware of?
- Our child has cut us off completely, what do we do?
- My spouse has custody of our child and is in a cult, what are my legal rights?
- I just left a cult, where can I find help?
A comprehensive and potent presentation of one of the most tragic phenomenons of the 20th Century. Anyone who has been touched by cults MUST reach this book cover-to-cover.
Jackie Speier, California State Assemblywoman
Former Aide to the late Congressman Leo J. Ryan
Wounded in Jonestown while investigating the People's Temple
This excellent overview of the entire cult phenomenon draws on the wisdom of experts from every discipline. It offers useful, practical advice for families and former cult members. It will be indispensable to those who educate the public about destructive cults.
Marcia Rudin, Director, International Cult Education Program;
Author, Prision or Paradise: The New Religious Cults
Cults are a threat to individual freedom and family integrity, especially on college campuses. CULTS & CONSEQUENCES provides invaluable information which could prevent someone from joining a cult. It will also help those who are dealing with a cult problem. An essential book to own!
Ron Loomis, Director of Student Activities, Cornell University;
President, Cult Awareness Network
From the Contents
Part 1: Cults & Society
What is a Cult?
How does it differ from a religion?
What is the difference between a destructive and benign cult?
Cults, Quacks and Nonprofessional Psychotherapies
The Reign of the Religious Fanatic...
Part 2: Entry
How could I/someone in my family, join a cult?
Why do cults attract?
Who is approached by cults?
Most common places to be approached by cults
The most common approach techniques
-- Do they work on everyone?
What personality type makes a good recruiter?
What if you are approached by a recruiter?
Ways to stop recruitment in public places
How effective is recruitment?
Part 3: Staying Put
What is cult indoctrination?
How do cult indoctrination techniques differ?
What is mind control/brainwashing?
Cult leaders -- why do they do it?
How do some long-term members simply walk away?
Part 4: On the Outside...Looking In
How does it feel?
How can you be sure an organization is truly a destructive cult?
What can parents do when their child becomes involved in a cult?
Are destructive cults physically dangerous?
Part 5: Getting Out
Deprogramming -- How does it apply to cults?
Exit counseling -- Does it differ from deprogramming?
Why would deprogramming or exit counseling fail?
The legal aspects of deprogramming
What factors influence voluntary departure from a cult?
Part 6: Staying Out
What is rehabilitation?
Is there a need for rehabilitation?
What happens during rehabilitation?
Part 7: Looking Back
Former Cult Members Speak Out
From Part 9: Closing Comments
...Anyone can be recruited into a cult, if that person is caught in a particular way and that person is at a particular point in life. The desires that lead people to join cults are desires that each of us has: to feel loved; to be included; to be part of a committed community; working to improve the world; to have a sense of life's meaning; and to feel closer to God. The major difference between individuals in cults and those outside cults is the way those desires have been fulfilled. A person may have entered a cult with a profound committment to bettering the world and improving oneself -- without realizing the potential dangers of the path chosen...the pressures that drive individuals to take refuge in religious cults will not abate, since they are, a product of natural desires for social support and religious meaning.
The success of cults must indicate that there is a significant problem to which they are offering a solution...Granted that the cults use deceptive practices to attract members the fact remains that they strike a responsive chord in people when they speak of leading a religious life, a life of adherence to fundamental moral values, a life of committment to community and service.
This book may be obtained from www.amazon.com.
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