CULTS RESOURCES

 

ORGANIZATIONS

American Family Foundation
P.O. Box 2265, Bonita Springs, FL 33959. Tel: (212) 533-5420. aff@worldnet.att.net

. AFF is a secular, non-profit, tax-exempt research center and educational organization founded in 1979. AFF’s mission is to study psychological manipulation and cultic groups, to educate the public and professionals, and to assist those adversely affected by a cult experience.

 

Citizens’ Freedom Foundation
Box 86, Hannacroix, NY 12087. Tel: (528) 756-8014 - A parents’ volunteer organization with over 50 affiliates nationwide, this foundation offers consultation, referrals, and newsletters.

Personal Freedom Outreach

P.O. Box 26062, St. Louis, MO 63136. Tel: (314)388-2648. This organization offers cult information, education, and recovery assistance.

 

BOOKS

 

Galanter, M. (1989). Cults: Faith, healing & coercion. New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press -This book is a result of ten years of experience and research on the part of the author. He examines Jonestown, The Moonies (Unification Church), and over-zealous religious groups and self-help groups describing their basic characteristics of an isolated close-knit group with an authoritarian leader.

 

Giambalvo, C. (1992). Exit counseling: A family intervention. Bonita Springs, FL: American Family Foundation.

 

 

Hassan, S. (1988). Combating cult mind control. Rochester, VT: Park Street Press.

http://virtumall.com/mindcontrol/

 

Langone, M. (ed.). Cultic studies journal: A journal on cults and manipulative techniques of social influence. Weston, MA: American Family Foundation.  This semi-annual publication is an interdisciplinary study of the variety of manipulative techniques of social influence that are frequently associated with certain religious, psychotherapeutic, political, or commercial groups. It includes a good variety of studies, articles, and letters of response. Contact the American Family Foundation at P.O. Box 336, Weston, MA 02193.

Langone, M.K. (ed.). (1993). Recovery from cults: Help for victims of psychological and spiritual abuse. Norton. A remarkable and trustworthy guide to a broad range of cults and cult issues including brainwashing, Satanism, ritualistic abuse, post-cult distress, deprogramming, recovery, and more. This is not written from a particular religious point of view.

Langone, M.D. & Blood, L.O. (1990). Satanism and occult-related violence: What you should know. American Family Foundation. Available at AFF,

P.O. Box 2265

, BonitaSprings

, FL, 33959. This is one of the most broadly respected books on this complex and controversial topic. It deals in a scholarly manner with definitional and historical issues, modern Satanism, causes and effects of involvement, sexual abuse of children in Satanism, with a helpful bibliography and list of resources around the U.S.

Lifton, R.J. (1961). Thought reform and the psychology of totalism: A study of brainwashing in China. New York: W.W. Norton.

 

 

 

Ross, J.C. & Langone, M.D. (1989). Cults: What parents should know. Lyle Stuart, Inc.

 

Rudin, J. & Rudin, M. (1980). Prison or paradise? The new religious cults. Philadelphia, PA: Fortress.

 

Rudin, M. (ed.). (1991). Cults on campus: Continuing challenge. AFF/International Cult Education Program Book.

Sakheim, D.K. & Devine, S.E. (eds.). (1992). Out of darkness: Exploring Satanism & ritual abuse. Lexington

Books of Macmillan. Important scientific analysis of various therapeutic responses to satanic ritual abuse survivors—from the refusal to believe to encouraging any kind of report. Recommended by secular experts in the field, this book explores the correlation between Satanism and child abuse, the resulting trauma including multiple personality disorder, and treatment responses.

Singer, M.T., Lalich, J. & Lifton, J. (1996). Cults in our midst. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Press - A clinical psychologist, former cult member and writer team up to produce this well-rersearched and experientially based analysis into the nature and practice of cults. Here they describe a continuum of persuasion from education to propaganda to cultic thought manipulation and reform.

St. Clair, D. (1987). Say you love satan: Story of a teenage Satanic dabbler who kills a friend in the name of Satan in Northport, Long Island

. Dell Publishing.

 

Wright, L. (1994). Remembering Satan. Knopf. A chilling account of a family destroyed by false memories of satanic ritual abuse. Analysis of the phenomenon of hysteria and one-sided dogmatism of police, pastor, and psychologist.

 

REPORT

Kinnaman, David. (Jan2006). Ministry and Mosaics: Teens and the Supernatural. The Barna Group, 37pp.

VIDEOS

 

AFF. (Producer). After the cult: Recovering together. Project Recovery. VHS format.

 

AFF. (Producer). with Singer, M.T. (1995). Leaving a cult: Exiting & recovery information for ex-members, families and friends. VHS format.

 

AFF. (Producer). with Singer, M.T. (1994). What is a cult? And how does it work? VHS format.

 

Instructivision, Inc. (Producer). Developed by International Cult Education Program & In Service Video Network of the National Association of Secondary School Principals. Cults: Saying no under pressure. VHS format.