Soul snatchers : the mechanics of cults / Jean-Marie Abgrall ; translated by Alice Seberry.

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Mécanique des sectes. English
Main Author: Abgrall, Jean-Marie
Language:English
Language of the Original:
French
Published: New York : Algora Pub., [2000], ©2000.
Subjects:
Cults > Psychology.
Sects > Psychology.
Physical Description:296 pages ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Cults and mental manipulation
  • Cults-past and present
  • The guru
  • How cults are organized
  • Recruitment
  • Coercive persuasion
  • Conditioning
  • Psychic conditioning
  • Physical conditioning
  • Proven methods: Scientology
  • Mental pathologies pre-dating the cult
  • Pathologies induced by cult manipulation
  • Treating the pathologies.