Cult Psychology

Blog: http://psychreviews.org/cult-psychology/

This is a phenomenological study on how Cults work and what to look for when they are influencing you. Like a virus, Cults create fronts to disguise their exploitative agendas. After this video, you'll be able to detect them, even if they are operating in legal operations.

Intro: 0:00
Cults in our midst: 0:52
How much are we brainwashed and how much are we brainwashing ourselves?: 3:16
Choice or momentum?: 5:36
What people are like before they join a cult: 8:33
Exploiting your ambition to improve the world: 13:18
Times of social change: 15:36
Cult methods: 17:51
Deprogramming: 30:37
How cults remember you: 34:33
Outro: 36:45

Resources:

Cults in Our Midst: The Continuing Fight Against Their Hidden Menace - Margaret Thaler Singer: Paperback: https://amzn.to/3o4GhPa Hardcover: https://amzn.to/2HUYaAE

Cults: A Reference Handbook - James R. Lewis: Hardcover: https://amzn.to/33uDLd0

Misunderstanding Cults: Searching for Objectivity in a Controversial Field - Editor-Benjamin Zablocki, Editor-Thomas Robbins: Kindle: https://amzn.to/39owajZ Paperback: https://amzn.to/33oFG2H

Cults: Faith, Healing and Coercion - Marc Galanter: Kindle: https://amzn.to/2VfC12R Paperback: https://amzn.to/36jyU05

Self-efficacy: the exercise of control - Albert Bandura: Paperback: https://amzn.to/33si65m Hardcover: https://amzn.to/2JnE7v4

The Empathy Trap: Understanding Anti-social personalities - Jane and Time McGregor: Paperback: https://amzn.to/3obiXiz

The Canadian Man Who Commands a Cult with His Gaze - Stephen A. Kent: https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/xd5eqz/inside-a-canadian-staring-cult-224

Out of the FOG - Intermittent Reinforcement: https://outofthefog.website/what-not-to-do-1/2015/12/3/intermittent-reinforcement

Daniel Paul Schreber: https://rumble.com/v1gu84v-case-studies-daniel-paul-schreber-freud-and-beyond.html

Stalking: https://rumble.com/v1gvhk1-stalking-world-narcissistic-abuse-awareness-day.html

Saints and Psychopaths: https://rumble.com/v1gosbb-saints-and-psychopaths-by-william-l.-hamilton.html

Videos, photos and music from Storyblocks, Pexels and Wikipedia

Music:

Beethoven - Violin Sonata no. 9 'Kreutzer', Op. 47 - II. Andante con Variazioni - Edward Auer

Bartók - String Quartet no. 2, Op. 17 (Sz. 67) - Luis Sarro

Bartók - 2 Romanian Folk Dances, Op. 8a Dance No. 1 - Glen W. Prillaman

Mangore - Don Perez Freire (Tango) - Edson Lopes

Bach - The Well Tempered Clavier, Book I, BWV 846-869 - Prelude in Fugue No.4 in C sharp minor - European Archive

Photos:

Brainwashing: By Cesarleal - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9952197

The entrance to Jonestown By Jonestown Institute, Attribution, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12374156

耶和华见证人传道员在台北市北投公园传教摊位。当事人脸部已做特殊处理。- 方圣闵 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=71153758

The Fall of the Berlin Wall, 1989. - Lear 21 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3692038