Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Anthony Pearson and I am an artist and instructor at the University of California Riverside in the Department of Art.
I am posting tonight because I am interested in the study of aesthetics used in the promotion of a cult agenda. In examples some of the types of graphing excerpts from this informative Synanon website...
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www.synanon.org]
The type of imagery and visual content used by cults is of great interest to me.
I understand that this site is often used as a support group and a personal information based resource. My interest is in material (paper, books, flyers, pamphlets) that I can use in my research of this sort of visual and aesthetic language that I find to be very specific and powerful.
In my studies and work I am doing a great deal of research on this kind of material.
If anyone has a web resource I would be grateful.
More importantly I want to say that I am interested in acquiring any sort of vintage published material by cults or cult-like groups of any kind. My interest is in purchasing this kind of material for an archive I am assembling. Material from the 50's through 80's is very desirable to me.
Please keep in mind that mine is an academic and educational venture and any help is very much welcome.
I am based in Los Angeles and welcome any contact regarding this inquiry.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Anthony Pearson