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Blogs About All Things Cultish And Coercive Control


Are All Cult Leaders Psychopaths?
There, I've said it. The silent question people refrain from due to politeness. And that is what these people rely on, polite people not...

Renee Spencer
Jun 303 min read
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Spiritual Abuse in Cult Recruitment: How Faith Can Be Twisted into Coercion
The recent Victorian Inquiry into Cults and Fringe Groups made an important distinction: the state has no interest in policing beliefs. It is behaviours—particularly coercive, deceptive, and controlling behaviours—that are the concern. Still, the grey area where faith transitions into manipulation is where many people get trapped. Understanding how spirituality can be used both to heal and to harm is a critical step forward. This grey area is often where spiritual abuse in cu

Renee Spencer
Jun 274 min read
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Parents As Witnesses & Victims of Cults
Struggles of Parents of Cult Victims often goes unrecognised. We watch powerless to help those we love be whisked away in a smoke storm of coercion & exploitation.

Renee Spencer
Jun 174 min read
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