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Destructive cult is a term frequently used by the anti-cult movement. [18] Members of the anti-cult movement typically define a destructive cult as a group that is unethical, deceptive, and one that uses "strong influence" or mind control techniques to affect critical thinking skills. [32]
Aum Shinrikyo (called the "Aum cult") [7] In 2005, the Hate Crimes Unit of the Edmonton Police Service confiscated anti-Falun Gong materials distributed at the annual conference of the American Family Association by staff members of the Calgary Chinese Consulate (Province of Alberta, Canada). The materials, including the calling of Falun Gong a ...
Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy formed Death Cult in April 1983, enlisting Ritual members Jamie Stewart and Ray Mondo as a rhythm section to complete the band's initial lineup. [1] After the release of a self-titled debut EP , the group fired Mondo in September and replaced him with Nigel Preston of Sex Gang Children (Mondo took Preston's place in ...
From the Manson Family to Jonestown, the most infamous cults in recent history have made headlines and lasting impacts around the world. From the Manson Family to Jonestown, the most infamous ...
The group called themselves a "capitalistic commune" with a mission of making its members "healthy, wealthy, and wise." [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They were headquartered in the former Saltz Hotel at West Hanover Avenue and Sussex Turnpike in Mount Freedom in Randolph Township , which the group purchased in 1978 for US$600,000.
New religious movements and cults have appeared as themes or subjects in literature and popular culture. Beginning in the 1700s authors in the English-speaking world began introducing members of cults as antagonists. Satanists, Yakuzas, Triads, Thuggees, and sects of the Latter Day Saint movement were popular choices.
But for members of the Source Family, a group that some call a cult, it’s a way of life honed over decades of study and ritualism based in Western esotericism. ... Today, original pressings of ...
All members of Thailand's royal family, past and present, are officially venerated in a personality cult, especially beginning with King Bhumibol Adulyadej's ascension to the throne. [193] Huge portraits of Bhumibol and his son and successor King Maha Vajiralongkorn , and other members of the royal family are disseminated throughout the country.