This person reportedly grew up in Landmark. Quote Open menu Go to Reddit Answers Expand search Create post Open inbox 40 Expand user menu r/cults icon Go to cults r/cults 7 days ago Independent-Range-85 Join Landmark Education: My story growing up in a high-control self-help group Personal I grew up in Landmark Education. I did the Forum for Young People at seven, st
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Some cult apologists claim they were not harmed. Their utter indifference to the welfare of their fellow devotees IMO demonstrates they were harmed.
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Landmarkese
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Longbranch Cafe Owner Ordered to Pay Nearly 100K Back Wages to 31 Employees
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I Just Left a Cult After 23 Years Facebook
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Swissalyst wrote: QuoteAbsolutely! Pretending that nothing really exists is a completely neurotic way to respond to life's challenges. It inevitably leads to indolence and ineffectiveness. This is also eagerly grasped and exploited by predators to assert that any distinction between right and wrong is meaningless, any distinction between perpetrator of abuse vs victim of abuse is meanin
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The Dark Side of Dharma: Meditation, Madness and Other Maladies on the Contemplative Path Anna Luktajdis
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Inside Sadhguru's Cult Empire
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One Taste Orgasmic Meditation Compound For Sale
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Sometimes one year isn't enough time to discern someone's character. It took 18 months for some people I knew (a friend, and a manager) to reveal their true natures.
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Let us hope that in Tulsi's case, the Peter Principle kicks in before she does too much damage. :( Quote"...people in a hierarchy tend to rise to "a level of respective incompetence": employees are promoted based on their success in previous jobs until they reach a level at which they are no longer competent, as skills in one job do not necessarily translate to another.&quo
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How Did A German Math Genius Get Drawn Into A ‘Cult’ Accused In Coast-To-Coast Killings? February 8, 2025
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The Silicon Valley Genius At The Center Of The Zizian Trans ‘Death Cult’ Tied To Six Killings February 6, 2025
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Possible Cult Leader 'Ziz,' Who Faked Her Own Death and Was Questioned In Pennsylvania Double Murder, Still at Large Jay Barmann 31 January 2025 SF News
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Who Are the Zizians? Radical Trans ‘Cult’ With Ties to Border Agent Killing
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February 2, 2025 Tangled web of ‘Zizian cult’ duo who planned to marry and were both netted for separate murders in same week
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In 2007, unfortunately for the Gospel, the Russion Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR) and the Moscow Patriarchate restored "fullness of communion". MEA CULPA 2007: Untie the knot of the ROCOR-MP Unification Act Lena Zezulin Attorney Published on: 20 April, 2022 QuoteI have nothing but veneration for the leaders of the Reunification effort, Patriarch Alexey I
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String of recent killings linked to Bay Area 'death cult' By Andrew Chamings, Editor-at-Large Jan 29, 2025 QuoteMany of the people linked to the violence are connected to a fringe online community known as the “Zizians,” the investigation found. The group is a radical offshoot of the Rationalism movement, focusing on matters such as veganism and artificial intelligence destroy
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Suspects in Recent Murders Are Two Young Computer Nerds That Reportedly Have Ties to a Techno-Cult Published January 29, 2025 Two Linked to Alleged Vallejo Vegan Cult With Violent History Arrested For Murders In Vermont and Vallejo Published January 29, 2025
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I Thought I Was Moving Into a Flat -- It Ended Up a Vegan Cult Link to news story here:
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A lot of bad gurus and groups manipulate search engine optimization (SEO) to ensure that positive reassuring info is readily findable on Google while warnings from former disciples are made harder to find. A lot of successful recruitment is done through recommendations from people we already trust and from whom we seek advice when we are going through a rough spot. Worst of all, therapists
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Daedone One Taste The Land -- reportedly a One Taste commune cited in the article One Taste Felt Like an 'Orgasm Cult' Here's How I Escaped
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Thanks, swissalyst - I corrected the link. Here are other Google citations for David Sullivan and his work.
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QuoteNbody ever joins a cult. One joins a nonprofit group that promotes green technology, animal rights, or transcendental meditation. One joins a yoga class or an entrepreneurial workshop. One begins practicing an Eastern religion that preaches peace and forbearance. The first rule of recruitment, writes Margaret Singer, the doyenne of cult scholarship, is that a recruit must never suspect he or
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Game Of Thrones” Actor Jerome Flynn Once Gave Up Everything For His Guru Andrew Cohen Link to Daily Mail news story: "He was introduced to the works of the American spiritual guru Andrew Cohen and Enlightenment movement by actor pal Linus Roache - the son of Coronation Street actor William Roache - with Jerome's life changing almost overnight. "Jerome was fascinated
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Wellness Culture: How the Wellness Movement has been used to Empower, Profit and Misinform
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If anyone objects to this article, contact Honolulu Civil Beat.
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Former cult leader’s name still on public art in downtown Little Rock
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Part 2: My Battle with Tulsi Gabbard’s Cult Followers in Hawaii Christine Gralow faces surveillance, cyber attacks and legal harassment after exposing Gabbard’s ties to the Part 2: My Battle With Tulsi Gabbard’s Cult Followers In Hawaii Science of Identity cult. DEC 04, 2024 Yesterday Christine Gralow described how whispers of a Hawaii-based (Posted on Cultnews)
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My Battle with Tulsi Gabbard’s Cult Followers in Hawaii Christine Gralow had left investigative reporting behind, but rumors of a money-laundering cult in her Oahu community prompted her to look into Tulsi Gabbard and her guru Christine Gralow Spy Talk December 4 2024 (Also listed in today's Cultnews by Rick Ross - Corboy)
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