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Fair Game: The incredible untold story of Scientology in Australia
by Steve Cannane.
Ruthless: Scientology, My Son David Miscavige, and Me
by Ron Miscavige.
Breaking Their Will: Shedding Light on Religious Child Maltreatment
by Janet Heimlich
Award-winning journalist Janet Heimlich exposes a dark side of faith that most Americans do not know exists or have ignored for a long time. Amazon.com paperback * Amazon Kindle edition * Author's website: http://janetheimlich.com
Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape
by Jenna Miscavige Hill
Memoir by the niece of Church of Scientology leader David Miscavige.
I Can't Hear God Anymore: Life in a Dallas Cult
by Wendy J. Duncanville
The author's inspirational memoir of leaving a Bible-based cult.
Shoes of a Servant
by Diane Benscoter
Memoir by a woman who grew up in the heartland of America in a small Nebraska town with a loving family, then joined the Unification Church, also known as the Moonies. Paperback * Kindle Edition
Cartwheels in a Sari: A Memoir of Growing Up Cult
by Jayanti Tamm
Memoir of growing up a chosen disciple of the guru Sri Chinmoy.
Not Without My Sister: The True Story of Three Girls Violated and Betrayed
Kristina Jones, Celeste Jones, and Juliana Buhring
Losing the Way: A Memoir of Spiritual Longing, Manipulation, Abuse, and Escape
by Kristen Skedgell, a former member of The Way International
Click here to go to the Bay Tree Publishing website.
Seductive Poison : A Jonestown Survivor's Story of Life and Death in the Peoples Temple
by Deborah Layton, a former member.
God's Brothel: The Extortion of Sex for Salvation in Contemporary Mormon and Christian Fundamentalist Polygamy by Andrea Moore Emmett
Amazon reader review: Anyone who believes polygamy and slavery are sins of other cultures or times, will find this disturbing collection of true stories about contemporary American women who have escaped from polygamous marriages both shocking and a call to action.
Click here to buy Servant of the Lotus Feet from Amazon.com
Written by a former Bhavananda disciple.
Mad After Krishna: My Life in a Destructive Cult
by Paul Ford
Click here to buy Mad After Krishna from Amazon.com
Miriam Williams, a former Children of God member
Heaven's Harlots : My Fifteen Years As a Sacred Prostitute in the Children of God Cult
Flor Edwards grew up in Children of God
Apocalypse Child: A Life in End Times
Steve Sanchez, a former member of the Spiritual Lights Foundation
Spiritual Perversion - Steve Sanchez chronicles his fifteen year journey in this group.
Mary Garden, experiences with various gurus and groups in India during the 1970's.
The Serpent Rising
by Mary Garden
In 1973, Mary Garden abandoned a promising academic career to spend seven years in India at the feet of such gurus as Rajneesh, Sathya Sai Baba and an enigmatic yogi in the Himalayan jungle - Swami Balyogi Premvarni. The Serpent Rising is her own story of the heaven and hell she experienced as she fell under the spell of self-appointed "god-men."
Elizabeth R. Burchard, about her experiences in a biofeedback cult.
19 Years in a New Age Cult: Torn From the Arms of Satan
by Elizabeth R. Burchard, Judith L. Carlone
Nansook Hong, the former daughter-in-law of Rev. Moon (the "Moonies").
In the Shadow of the Moons: My Life in the Reverend Sun Myung Moon's Family
by Nansook Hong
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer - explores the shadowy world of Mormon fundamentalism
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Links
At this Site - the good, the bad and the ugly - What makes a cult dangerous? * Do you need a guru? * 14 Common Characterstics of Cults (by Marcia Rudin) * Ten Points to Develop Healthy Boundaries * Born or raised in a cult * Story Matters * Nori's writing on cults.
International Cultic Studies Association a network of people concerned about cultic, manipulative, and abusive groups. As the leading professional organization in the field, ICSA strives to increase understanding and awareness of such groups and to help people that they harm.
Info Secte a non-profit charitable organization founded in 1980 based in Montreal (Quebec, Canada) that offers help and information about cults, new religious movements and related groups and subjects. Get on the mailing list to receive latest news articles about cults.
iGotOut.org #igotout - The Movement
Cult Education Institute forums - discuss cults, ask questions, answer questions.
UnderMuchGrace.com Resources for Recovery from Spiritual Abuse, Cynthia Mullen Kunsman, RN, BSN, MMin, ND
Counselling and Support Online counseling to fit around your lifestyle - Cathy Page, based in the UK
http://hjalpkallan.se Help Source, a support network in Sweden for people exiting cults, funded through the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare and the Swedish Agency for Youth and Civil Society; special thanks to Barbro Westerholm, member of the Swedish paraliament.
Infocult.org Canadian centre that tracks the cult phenomenon in society, offering information, email lists, and other resources. funded in part by the Quebec Ministry of Health and Social Services, as well as individuals, and private groups
Watson Law Firm Attorney Lori Ann Watson handles abuse cases against religious organizations, and other organizations, based in Texas.
Thomas Sheridan satire on cults, including a rant on Gurdjieff groups.
becomingfree.org - support/recovery groups for adults who have suffered previous involvement in harmful/abusive religious or spiritual environments.
JocelynBrewer.com former ISKCON member in Australia speaks out about her past, see: My years as a Hare Krishna in Australia's Daily Life.
Mushroom Satori: The Cult Diary, a novel by Joe Szimhart. See the book at the publisher: aperturepress.net or jszimhart.com
yogacritiques.org Critical, Historical & Secular Perspectives for Former Seekers
Miguel Perlado.com psychotherapist and exit counselor based in Barselona offers information about cult groups (en Español with translation widget)
Sarlo's Guru Rating Service written with a sense of humor, this site can help sort the helpful from unhelpful new religious groups.
AIIAP.org Latinoamerican Association on Psychological Abuse, a professional association specialized on cults and other abusive dynamics (en Español with translation widget)
Joe Szimhart cult information consultant
Chrissy Stroop: Writer, Scholar, Ex-Evangelical cstroop.com
tonyortega.org The Underground Bunker - stay up to date on news of Scientology and other cults.
Anonymous protesting the cult of Scientology and its crimes against humanity click here - Xenu.net.
SafePassageFoundation.org Help for people raised in restrictive communities (cults).
Joe Szimhart Cult Information Consultant provides consultation, education, research and non-coercive intervention that addresses controversial, high-demand groups, cults, psychotherapies, or relationships that use undue influence and thought reform techniques.
CultHelp.info Cult Awareness Information Centre
Editor's Note: Beware of any "book club" formed around the teachings of Alice Bailey, as these may exhibit the coercive characteristics of a cult that are inherent within the Alice Bailey philosophies - particularly the books, Discipleship in a New Age volumes I and II.
breaking-free.info ex-ISKCON member's site for fellow victims of brainwashing
CultRecover.com Rosanne Henry's site for ex-cult members. Help for loved ones, for people curious about cults.
WindofChanges.org Stories of former members of the Gentle Wind Project (Editor's note: GWP is trying to sue these people for speaking out.
Gospel Assembly Free Opinions on cults and religious abuse
FactNet.org Info. about cults
MovingOn.org An interactive website for children of cults. Focus on the Children of the Children of God (the Family)
Coming to Grips with My 30 Years in a Cult, by Mary Mahoney, former member of the Children of God.
religiouscultsinfo.com by John Huddle - Survivor, Writer, Blogger
Guruphiliac "Revealing Self-Aggrandizement and Superstition in Self-Realization since 2005."
MeadowHaven.org the New England Institute for Religious Research (Dir. Bob Pardon, site www.neirr.org) transitional home for people leaving high control and communal cults.
Apologetics Index - Research Resources on Religious Cults, Sects, Movements, Doctrines, Etc., sponsored by Gospelcom.Net, Online Christian Resources. Also known as apologeticsindex.org, apologeticsindex.com and countercult.com
INFORM: Information Network Focus On Religious Movements.
Freedom of Mind Resource Center Webmaster is Steve Hassan, author, exit counselor, former member of the Unification Church, Moonies.
Site includes a good database to look up info. on cults.
Ex-Cult-Support This mailing list is for anyone who has been in a cult, a high-demand or spiritually abusive group.
reFocus: Recovering Former Cultists' Support Network
My Own Mind Info. and advice on groups that brainwash.
Psychic Junkie get off the roller coaster of spending money on psychic readings
Apologia.org "Tracking spiritual trends in the 21st century"
Allen Tate Wood's Page Cult phenomenon and addiction - articles and essays.
Authentic Cult Awareness Network Webmasters are two psychotherapists with credentials in the anit-cult movement, including pre-Scientology CAN.
Cult Master 2000 Here's an anti-cult group that looks more like a cult than the cults they criticize. Check out their "CultMaster2000."
Do Cults Produce Mental Disorders? by Mark Dunlop
Is Alcoholics Anonymous a cult? Editor's note: A recent visitor and recovering 12 step victim send in the following links to show "how truly sick the 12 step movement is. It's just more of the 'chosen people' idoltry I heard in AA.": Mind Control Tactics Of Alcoholics Anonymous |
MoreRevealed.com |
addictionresource.net |
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MoreRevealed.com |
BeliefNet.com
Critique of Dahn Yoga, aka Brain & Body yoga, tai-chi
Ex-followers of Maharaj Ji speak
Free Minds ex Jehovaha's Witnesses
Sex scandals - Guru Muktananda
Multi-level Marketing Watch - they have victims, they often operate like cults
Southern Poverty Law Center The SPLC focuses on criminal cults, and hate groups, such as the KKK.
Center for Studies on New Religions (Europe)
Watchtower Information Service
Sites for betrayal Sai Baba: ExBaba.nl (mirror site: ExBaba.com) and Belief and Sai Baba
Council on Spiritual Practices Check out their "Code of Ethics for Spiritual Guides" - cult leaders would flunk this one.
Cult Education Institute, by Rick Ross
Dr. J. Gordon Melton, an academic look at cults: American Religion Collection (ARC) at UC Santa Barbara
Controversial Catholic sect: teelingthetruth.info and 2x2ministry.org.
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