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Think You Can't be Lured into a Cult? Think Again.
This page is under construction, but here's a tidbit
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- Dr. Margaret Singer, a psychologist who did pioneering work in the field of cult mind control, said: "Be aware, especially if you are a bright, intelligent and idealistic person. The most likely person to be caught up in this type of behavioral system is the one who says 'I won't get caught. It will never happen to me. I am too intelligent for that sort of thing.'"
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Personality Survey to test how easy a mark you would be for an unscrupulous cult leader.
1. Do people think you are smart?
2 Once in a while do you like to take a chance?
3. Are you interested in exploring new ideas and are curious about the world around you?
4. Do friends and coworkers consider you to be a leader?
5. Do you take part in a variety of activities?
6. Do you cooperate well in groups?
7. When you look at the world around you, do you sometime worry about the future?
8. Do you want to make the world a better place?
9. Once in a while do you have doubts about your worth as a person?
10. Do you feel good being with people you like and especially good when they let you know how much they like you?
- Did you answer "no" to most of these questions? If you did, you can relax.
- If you answered" yes" to at least three of these questions, though, you may be more vulnerable to joining a cult than you would like to think you are.
- This survey is modified from one listed in: Porterfield, Kay Marie. "Straight Talk About Cults." Facts on File, An Infobase Holdings Company, 460 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10016, 1995.
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Information about Brainwashing & Thought Reform
Lifton's eight 'psychological themes' that can be found in totalist groups like the Holy Rollers:
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Stanley Milgram's Obedience to Authority
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Think You Can't be Lured into a Cult? Think Again.
The Oregon State Insane Asylum in 1907
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Relevant Newspaper Articles:
October to December 1903: Holy Rollers Burn Furniture & Pets
April to June 1904: Holy Rollers are Committed to the Asylum
Chapters from
Holy Rollers: Murder & Madness in Oregon's Love Cult
Part 1: The Seduction
Chapter 1: Trust Me, Brothers And Sisters
(Life Before Creffield [B.C.])
Chapter 2: God, Save Us From Compromising Preachers
(Creffield's Preachings)
Chapter 3: The Flock
(Profiles of the Holy Rollers Were)
Chapter 4: The Holy Rollers
(Things Start to Get Wild on on Kiger Island)
Chapter 5: Housecleaning
(There's a Sacrificial Bonfire)
Chapter 6: Community Concerns
(Officers Visit)
Chapter 7: Esther, The Chosen One
(Creffield Plans to Marry 16-Year- Old)
Chapter 8: Tar and Feathers
(The Men of Corvallis Act)
Chapter 9: Sane People Don’t Go Bareheaded
(Holy Rollers are Committed to the Asylum)
Chapter 10: More Beast Than Man
( Creffield is Arrested)
Chapter 11: God Will Plead Creffield's Case
(Creffield in Court)
Chapter 12: Scandal
(Shocking Testimony at the Trial)
Chapter 13: Calm Before the Storm
(The Holy Rollers Resume their Lives)
Chapter 14: Giving Up The Ghost
(Men are Gunning for Creffield)
Part Two: The People V. Creffield
Chapter 16: The Widow Creffield
Chapter 19: An Inherited Streak of Insanity
Part Three: The Madness
Chapter 23: Seeking Reconciliation
Chapter 24: Another Holy Roller Page One Murder
Chapter 25: What Can Papa Do For You?
Chapter 26: Human Life is Too Cheap In This Community
Chapter 30: The Final Chapter
(What Happened to Everyone Afterwards)
The Epilogue
(Heaven's Gate)