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, The Source Familu, The Family, Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru.