Combatting Cult Mind Control: The #1 Best-selling Guide to Protection, Rescue, and Recovery from Destructive Cults Summary and Reviews

Combatting Cult Mind Control: The #1 Best-selling Guide to Protection, Rescue, and Recovery from Destructive Cults
by Steven Hassan

Combatting Cult Mind Control: The #1 Best-selling Guide to Protection, Rescue, and Recovery from Destructive Cults
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Author: Steven Hassan
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1990-10-01
ISBN: 0892813113
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: Park Street Press

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Book Review: A MUST read if concerned about a loved one
Summary: 5 Stars

What if a loved one has started to act differently? They speak with a strange new vocabulary of religious or New Age psychobabble. They pressure you - all the time - to join a wonderful group they've found. They claim to be part of an elite that has "found the truth". They spend enormous amounts of time with this group, and always seem short of money. You've tried arguing with them, challenging them, even being abusive to them. Maybe it's just a phase, rebellion, some kind of infatuation with a group member. Surely it couldn't be a cult! Don't they wear weird clothes, live in communes and chant on street corners? Didn't they fade away in the 70s or 80s?

You need to read Steve Hassan's book. Cults are here, and they are more sophisticated than ever. But even though you may start to panic, Steve Hassan doesn't. His book is sober, serious and even-handed. He points out that many organizations with "strange" ideas are not cults and have a Constitutional right to their beliefs. However, others use deceptive practices and psychological intervention techniques - especially "group therapy" - to recruit, retain and control new members.

The real strength of "Combatting Cult Mind Control" is its authority. Hassan is a former cult member, and has interviewed many others. That makes the book believeable, and helps the nightmarish quality of your fears harden into something real - something you can deal with. Hassan provides lots of practical advice. However, in the end his central message is sobering - you're going to need help to help your loved one.

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