Anti-cultists referred parents of “cult members” to deprogrammers. The latter, in turn, transferred a percentage of the honoraries to the anti-cultists.
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CAN: Anti-Cultists, Deprogramming, And Crime. 7. Sexual Abuse as a Deprogramming Tool
The most damning documents the bankruptcy of CAN put at the scholars’ disposal concerned the sexually abusive behavior of deprogrammers towards their victims.
Josef Váchal, Theosophy, and the Portmoneum
The rediscovery of a Czech Theosophical artist who decorated an extraordinary esoteric home for a friend and produced iconic woodcuts and paintings.
CAN: Anti-Cultists, Deprogramming, And Crime. 6. “If You Pay Us to Say It’s a Cult, It’s a Cult”
Basically, anti-cultists and deprogrammers regarded as a “cult” any group that had as members children of parents willing to pay for deprogramming them.
CAN: Anti-Cultists, Deprogramming, And Crime. 5. CAN and Illegal Deprogramming
Massive evidence confirmed that the anti-cultists referred parents of members of new religious movements to deprogrammers.
CAN: Anti-Cultists, Deprogramming, And Crime. 4. Anti-Cultists and Deprogrammers, An Old Association
CAN’s anti-cult predecessor, the Citizens Freedom Foundation, already got in trouble for its clandestine association with illegal deprogramming.
CAN: Anti-Cultists, Deprogramming, And Crime. 3. The Jason Scott Case
The Scott case resulted in American courts putting an end to forcible deprogramming, a criminal activity supported by leading anti-cultists.
CAN: Anti-Cultists, Deprogramming, And Crime. 2. American Anti-Cultism and Deprogramming
Based on pseudo-scientific theories of brainwashing, anti-cultists supported the criminal but lucrative business of deprogramming.
CAN: Anti-Cultists, Deprogramming, And Crime. 1. The Waterloo of the Cult Awareness Network
“Bitter Winter” serializes a historical study about anti-cultism and its illegal activities, written by an eminent sociologist and a financial expert in 2000.
Carpaccio’s “Portrait of a Knight”: The Last Hurrah of Chivalric Spirituality
The works of PierLuigi Zoccatelli, who left us last month, may serve as a guide to the greatest painting of the Venetian artist.