Perhaps I wasn't clear enough. I completely agree with TAC about the importance of hypnosis (and I do understand hypnosis to be a form of focussed attention and increased suggestibility) in lgat recruitment and maintenance.I know perfectly well TAC wasn't exaggerating. When I said experts, I meant experts who write about cults, not experts in separating people from their money, like
Forum: "Cults," Sects, and "New Religious Movements"

I read it. Walsch was talking to himself. Or to one of the voices in his head. It's drivel. Here's an excerpt from the New York Times Article written after Walsch resigned from Beliefnet on December 28, 2008 amid charges of plagiarism. Note especially Walsch's failure to take responsibility for stealing the words of another author and claiming them as his own: "In a stat
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WOW. Class is in session here at Rick Ross, that's for sure. Outraged commentary, questions, comments and suggestions: I've read the last few pages of this thread with increasing horror, and I'm not exaggerating. My first exposure to the role of hypnosis in lgats and cults was The Anticult's seminars on hypnosis on this thread, months ago. I have read at least 100 books
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I'm not sure this is the right section for this question, and I'm not sure John Veltheim is a guru. Although he might be a quack. I did 12 sessions of this work with someone who learned his system at a series of workshops (red flag#1) and absolutely NOTHING happened. (red flag#2) Well, I wasted money; that happened. (red flag#3) On the legendary Byron Katie(the work)/Eckhart Toll
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A very quick note-- a point of information, really-- on this most epic thread. ******* "The book has been endorsed by Jack Canfield*, Lama Surya Das, Byron Katie, Rodney Yee, Raphael Cushnir, Krishna Das, Susan Piver, Sharon Salzberg, Helen Palmer, Mark Matousek, and featured in such publications as Time Magazine, O the Oprah Magazine, Tricycle: the Buddhist Review, and Shambhala Sun.
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Thanks, corboy! Great idea to initiate this review session. I completely remember the time period when jj52 was posting. I was thinking, this is really what the Internet's all about. We don't know each other, we're scattered across the globe, yet we can all be here on this thread, learning, teaching, healing, making common cause against thought reform and money-grabbing gurus.
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I've pored over the articles and forums at this site for several years, and I guess this is as good a point as any for me to jump in to make a small point. Before I do that, though, I want to thank all of the posters, and most especially Rick Ross, corboy, and The Anticult, for the thoughtful, informative posts that have been vital to my healing from my experiences with a psychotherapy c
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