Cults

A lot of the methods describe in this website are used by cults to do horrible things to people. If you're serious about this community-building work, it's a good idea to learn how cults work. Here are some starting points:

• 🎥Watch this 40 minute interview with Jamie Wheal​

• 📄Read The Toxic Power Dynamics of Oneness, David Chapman's review of Diana Alstad & Joel Kramer's book The Guru Papers: Masks of Authoritarian Power​

• 📖Read Alexandra Amor's book Cult, A Love Story: Ten Years Inside a Canadian Cult and the Subsequent Long Road of Recovery​

• 🎥Watch cult-exposing documentaries like Wild Wild Country, [Holy Hell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Hell_(film)), The Source Familu, [The Family](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Family_(miniseries)), Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru.