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S2 - Internet Bluejay, Michael. "The Cult Aspects of Aesthetic Realism - by a Former Member." Aesthetic Realism Is a Cult. N.p., Dec. 2004. Web. 15 Jan. 2018. C-2 ; Cult Information
S2 - Internet Common Characteristics of a Cult 1.Belief that they have the only answer to universal happiness. 2. Fanatical devotion to their founder/leader. 3. Unquestioning acceptance of the group's teachings. 4. Ultimate purpose is to recruit new believers. 5. Belief that they're being persecuted or censored by the world. 6. Hysterical reactions to criticism. 7. Members discouraged from having relationships outside the group. 8. Shunning those who leave the group. (Rest Of The List Is On The Next Card) C-2 ; Cult Information
S21 - Internet Surugue, Léa. "Cult Leaders: What Makes People like David Koresh so Successful at Getting People to Follow Them?" International Business Times UK. N.p., 19 Apr. 2016. Web. 09 Jan. 2018. C21 - Cult Leader Psychology
S21 - Internet "It is very hard to get a straight story from a cult leader because they lie a lot. On top of that they see people as dispensable, as either against them or with them. They see the world in terms of absolutes, and believe their ideology is the only answer to everything", [Dr. Alexandra Stein] concludes. "Recognising this and understanding that these personality traits are the reason why a cult is the way it is the first step to prevent people from joining it." C21 - Cult Leader Psychology
S1 - Book Koopmans, Andy. Charles Manson. Detroit: Lucent, 2005. Print. Heroes and Villains. C1 - Charles Manson
S1 - Book Manson had an extremely troubled childhood. His mother was only 16 when she had him. He was with her on and off, and was abandoned by her when he was 12 years old. He was placed in reformatory Catholic schools, and another school where he was physically and sexually abused by both guards and other boys. He beat another boy with a heavy metal crank, and then placed the weapon under another boy's bed so he did not take the blame. He was finally placed in a federal reformatory school before being moved to more high-security reforms. His behavior improved, and he was given parole at age 19. C1 - Charles Manson
S12- Book Musser, Rebecca, and M. Bridget Cook. The Witness Wore Red: The 19th Wife, Who Brought Polygamous Cult Leaders to Justice. New York: Grand Central, 2013. Print. C11 - Cult Information
S12 - Book The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is considered, by many, to be a cult that believes in polygamy. It forces its young girls, such as Rebecca Musser, to marry before it's legal and to a man with many previous wives. C11 - Cult Information
S12 - Internet Bluejay, Michael. "The Cult Aspects of Aesthetic Realism - by a Former Member." Aesthetic Realism Is a Cult. N.p., Dec. 2004. Web. 12 Jan. 2018. C13 - Cult Information
S12 - Internet "[The Aesthetic Realists] should be considered liars. I made my appraisal of Aesthetic Realism only after extensive thought, research, and field trips. I could only conclude that as philosophy it is primitive and, as religion, worse than having none at all. I sadly decided most people who think about aesthetics, ethics, or the cosmos do far better than the AR devotees or even the guru himself, assuming he believes in his system. The absurdity of the movement is well illustrated by its propaganda." -- Harry Smith, Associate Editor of Literary Times, in a letter to the editor in the Village Voice C13 - Cult Information
S13 - Book Reitman, Janet. Inside Scientology: The Story of America's Most Secretive Religion. New York City, New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011. Print. C12 - Cult Information
S13 - Book Scientology is a cult/religion that was founded by American science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard. It is based around the seeking of self-knowledge and spiritual fulfillment through graded courses of study and training. C12 - Cult Information
S13 - Newspaper Collins, Glenn. "The Psychology of the Cult Experience." The New York Times 15 Mar. 1982: n. pag. Web. 8 Jan. 2018. C14 - Cult Leader Psychology
S13 - Newspaper Margaret T. Singer, professor of psychology at the University of California at Berkeley, said, "The techniques of many cults fall under the generic rubric of brainwashing." ''Consciously and manipulatively,'' said Dr. Singer, ''cult leaders and their trainers exert a systematic social influence that can produce great behavioral changes.'' C14 - Cult Leader Psychology
S14 - Internet Surugue, Léa. "Cult Leaders: What Makes People like David Koresh so Successful at Getting People to Follow Them?" International Business Times UK. N.p., 19 Apr. 2016. Web. 08 Jan. 2018. C15 - Cult Leader Psychology
S14 - Internet Typical traits of a cult leader: Pathologically narcissistic The 'charming predator' Whether it is large organization or a small group of individuals, the cult is often a reflection of the leader's personality. C15 - Cult Leader Psychology
S15 - Internet Surugue, Léa. "Cult Leaders: What Makes People like David Koresh so Successful at Getting People to Follow Them?" International Business Times UK. N.p., 19 Apr. 2016. Web. 08 Jan. 2018. C16 - Cult Leader Psychology
S15 - Internet "No cult leader has ever submitted to in-depth psychotherapy, so establishing a clinically-accurate psychological profile of these men and women is a difficult task. Yet, listening to the testimonies of cult victims and studying the writings of cult leaders can provide an interesting - and sometimes chilling - insight into their minds." C16 - Cult Leader Psychology
S16 - Internet Surugue, Léa. "Cult Leaders: What Makes People like David Koresh so Successful at Getting People to Follow Them?" International Business Times UK. N.p., 19 Apr. 2016. Web. 08 Jan. 2018. C17 - Cult Leader Psychology
S16- Internet "Based on their work with victims, most experts coincide in saying cult leaders share a number of psychological traits that are typical of a narcissistic personality disorder, as defined the Diagnostic and Statistics Manual, the leading psychology textbook reference in the US. C17 ; Cult Leader Psychology
S18 - Book Dufner, Annette. The Rise of Adolf Hitler. San Diego: Greenhaven, 2003. Print. C18 - Cult Leader Psychology
S18 - Book One of the best-known cult leaders is Adolf Hitler, who took control of the German government in 1933. He led people to his cause with his charismatic personality and relatable, if extreme, beliefs. C18 - Cult Leader Psychology
S19 - Internet "David Koresh." Biography.com. A&E Networks Television, 29 Nov. 2016. Web. 09 Jan. 2018. <http://www.biography.com/people/david-koresh-9368416>. C19 - Cult Leader Psychology
S19 - Internet Cult leader David Koresh led the Branch Davidians in a deadly 51-day stand-off against the FBI and the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. C19 - Cult Leader Psychology
S2 - Internet Bluejay, Michael. "The Cult Aspects of Aesthetic Realism - by a Former Member." Aesthetic Realism Is a Cult. N.p., Dec. 2004. Web. 15 Jan. 2018. C-3 ; Cult Information
S2 - Internet (Continued From Card 2) 9. Members' whole lives revolve around the cult group. 10. Members expected to be involved until they die. 11. Members required to renounce important aspects of their identity. 12. Member's lives are controlled and directed. 13. Mind control techniques employed by the leaders. 14. A peculiar way of talking, using specialized language. 15. Bizarre beliefs 16. Members required or pressured to donate to their group. C-3 ; Cult Information
S20 - Internet "Eli Siegel, Founder of Aesthetic Realism: A Biography." Aesthetic Realism Foundation. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Jan. 2018. C20 - Cult Leader Psychology
S20 - Internet Eli Siegel is the founder of Aesthetic Realism, which is a controversial topic. Aesthetic Realism is not seen as a cult officially, but has many of the characteristics of a cult. C20 - Cult Leader Psychology
S21 - Internet Surugue, Léa. "Cult Leaders: What Makes People like David Koresh so Successful at Getting People to Follow Them?" International Business Times UK. N.p., 19 Apr. 2016. Web. 09 Jan. 2018. C22 - Cult Leader Psychology
S21- Internet 'Obviously this does not mean that all narcissistic personalities will turn out to be cult leaders, nor that all leaders classify as narcissists, but there are clear indications that they do have characteristics in common,' says Robert Pardon, director of the New England Institute of Religious Research." C22 - Cult Leader Psychology
S22 - Newspaper Collins, Glenn. "The Psychology of the Cult Experience." The New York Times 15 Mar. 1982: n. pag. Web. 13 Jan. 2018. C24 - Cult Leader Psychology
S22 - Newspaper Dr. Cath said: ''Keeping devotees constantly fatigued, deprived of sensory input and suffering protein deprivation, working extremely long hours in street solicitation or in cult-owned businesses, engaging in monotonous chanting and rhythmical singing, may induce psychophysiological changes in the brain. The rhythmical movement of the body can lead to altered states of consciousness, and changes in the pressure or vibration pattern of the brain may affect the temporal lobe.'' C24 - Cult Leader Psychology
S22 - Newspaper Collins, Glenn. "The Psychology of the Cult Experience." The New York Times 15 Mar. 1982: n. pag. Web. 13 Jan. 2018. C23 - Cult Leader Psychology
S22 - Newspaper Dr. Clark hypothesized that what he calls the ''cult-conversion syndrome'' represents an overload of the brain's ability to process information. He said: ''The unending personalized attention given to recruits during the conversion experience works to overload the prospect's information-processing capacity. This has another important function: the induction of trancelike states. Cult proselytizers then exploit the recruit's suggestibility.'' C23 - Cult Leader Psychology
S23 - Film Jonestown: Paradise Lost. Dir. Tim Wolochatiuk. By Jason Sherman. Perf. Ted Biggs (narrator), Stephan Jones, Vernon Gosney. 2007. DVD. C28 - Jim Jones
S23 - Film "I was very vulnerable. I decided I was gonna go to Jonestown and they were gonna make me be a good socialist. Whatever I was lacking within myself would be instilled in me by living in Jonestown. I wanted to leave as soon as I got there. I was not free to leave, nor was anyone." -Vernon Gosney C28 - Jim Jones
S23 - Film Jonestown: Paradise Lost. Dir. Tim Wolochatiuk. By Jason Sherman. Perf. Ted Biggs (narrator), Stephan Jones, Vernon Gosney. 2007. DVD. C27 - Jim Jones
S23 - Film His devoted followers referred to him as Father, and gave him literally everything they had. When he was accused with physical and sexual abuse, his followers came with him to Guyana. C27 - Jim Jones
S23 - Film Jonestown: Paradise Lost. Dir. Tim Wolochatiuk. By Jason Sherman. Perf. Ted Biggs (narrator), Stephan Jones, Vernon Gosney. 2007. DVD. C25 - Jim Jones
S23 - Film Jones told his members things like "No one will ever love you as much as I do." "I am the greatest friend you will ever have and I am trying to protect this community." C25 - Jim Jones
S23 - Film Jonestown: Paradise Lost. Dir. Tim Wolochatiuk. By Jason Sherman. Perf. Ted Biggs (narrator), Stephan Jones, Vernon Gosney. 2007. DVD. C26 - Jim Jones
S23 - Film Jones' early teachings were a mixture of socialist ideas and Christian redemption. He claimed that he had powers to heal the sick and help the dying. He staged healings. C26 - Jim Jones
S24 - Internet Rothenberg Gritz, Jennie. "Drinking the Kool-Aid: A Survivor Remembers Jim Jones." The Atlantic. Atlantic Media Company, 8 Nov. 2011. Web. 13 Jan. 2018. C31 - Jim Jones
S24 - Internet "...[Jim Jones] was very paranoid. was very paranoid. He could not accept the fact that one person would leave him, ever. He had us all sign papers -- Jim called them compromises. They were blank sheets of paper, or typed sheets of paper that he'd cover up while we signed our name. He had something he could blackmail all of us with. One guy tried to leave and Jim said he'd use his paper against him so he'd never see his children again. So he came back. The thing was, too, that Jim would not let children off the compound. So if you were going to leave, you were leaving your child. There was no way of getting a child out of Jonestown." - Teri Buford O'Shea, a former Jonestown resident C31 - Jim Jones
S24 - Internet Rothenberg Gritz, Jennie. "Drinking the Kool-Aid: A Survivor Remembers Jim Jones." The Atlantic. Atlantic Media Company, 8 Nov. 2011. Web. 13 Jan. 2018. C29 - Jim Jones
S24 - Internet "He was very charismatic and attracted people who were feeling vulnerable or disenfranchised for whatever reason. Most of them were African-American, but there were also white people, Jewish people, people of Mexican descent. There were religious Christians and communists. If you wanted religion, Jim Jones could give it to you. If you wanted socialism, he could give it to you. If you were looking for a father figure, he'd be your father. He always homed in on what you needed and managed to bring you in emotionally." - Teri Buford O'Shea, a former Jonestown resident C29 - Jim Jones
S24 - Internet Rothenberg Gritz, Jennie. "Drinking the Kool-Aid: A Survivor Remembers Jim Jones." The Atlantic. Atlantic Media Company, 8 Nov. 2011. Web. 13 Jan. 2018. C30 - Jim Jones
S24 - Internet "It's hard to know the mind of Jim Jones. He was a very complex, confusing character. In some ways he was a good guy. He was passionate about interracial integration. The People's Temple built schools, built housing, built a health clinic, built a kitchen, cleared fields, harvested crops. His goal was to set up this utopian community where everything would be fair and equal." - Teri Buford O'Shea, a former Jonestown resident C30 - Jim Jones
S25 - Internet "Charles Manson and Helter Skelter." The Beatles Bible. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Jan. 2018. C32 - Charles Manson
S25 - Internet In later years Manson became inspired by a belief in "Helter Skelter," a term taken from The Beatles' song of the same name, which signified an apocalyptic race war he believed would arise between blacks and whites. As well as the music of The Beatles, Manson's scenario was also inspired by the New Testament's Book of Revelation. C32 - Charles Manson
S26 - Internet "Charles Manson." Biography.com. A&E Networks Television, 14 Nov. 2016. Web. 17 Jan. 2018. C33 - Charles Manson
S26 - Internet "In many ways, Manson reflects personality traits and obsessions that are associated with gurus of cult-quasi-religious groups that began to emerge in the 1960s and are still with us today. He was pathologically deluded into believing that he was the harbinger of doom regarding the planet's future, in much the same way that cult and evangelist figures today claim prophetic knowledge of the world's end." C33 - Charles Manson
S26 - Internet "Charles Manson." Biography.com. A&E Networks Television, 14 Nov. 2016. Web. 17 Jan. 2018. C34 - Charles Manson
S26 - Internet After 1967, Manson gathered a group of followers who shared his passion for an unconventional lifestyle and habitual use of hallucinogenic drugs, such as LSD and magic mushrooms. "The Family," as they became known, moved to San Francisco and later to a deserted ranch in the San Fernando Valley. His followers, numbering around 100, also included a small hard-core unit of impressionable young girls. They began to believe, without question, Manson's claims that he was Jesus and his prophecies of a race war. C34 - Charles Manson
S27 - Internet The Editors of Brainz.org. "16 Victims of the Church of Scientology." Brainz, 29 June 2017, www.brainz.org/16-victims-church-scientology/. Accessed 15 Jan. 2018. C-35 ; Scientology
S27 - Internet Ms. Friend had been "forced" to participate in practices of which she did not want to be a part. When she attempted to leave the facility she was stopped and not allowed to leave. She was held there for several months, and denied proper treatment for both Mono and Pneumonia. She was not allowed to see her father when he travelled to see her, nor was she allowed to attend a wedding, at which she was slated to be Maid of Honor. A year later, she tried to re-enter the Church in Florida, and was forced back into the initial procedure she refused in California. When she tried to leave at that point, she was taken, placed under guard, monitored, cut off from communication outside, and finally drugged only to be transported to another location where she was held for over a month. C-35 ; Scientology
S28 - Internet Cult Definition - what is a cult? (n.d.). Retrieved from http://cultdefinition.com C36 - Definition of Cults
S28 - Internet Psychiatrist Robert Jay Lifton, M.D., said that cults can be identified by three characteristics: 1. a charismatic leader who increasingly becomes an object of worship as the general principles that may have originally sustained the group lose their power; 2.a process I call coercive persuasion or thought reform; 3. economic, sexual, and other exploitation of group members by the leader and the ruling coterie. 2 C-36 ; Definition of Cults
S3 - Internet Bluejay, Michael. "How Cults Recruit and Indoctrinate Their Members." Aesthetic Realism Is a Cult. N.p., July 2013. Web. 15 Jan. 2018. <http://michaelbluejay.com/x/how-cults-recruit.html>. C-4 ; Cult Information
S3 - Internet 1. Invitation to a non-threatening event 2. Love-bombing 3. Dangling "the prize" in front of you 4. Extracting an agreement from you that you want the prize 5. Shutting down your dissent by threatening to withdraw the prize 6. Establishment of guilt 7. Carrot/Stick 8. Control of identity, information, environment C-4 ; Cult Information
S4 - Internet Bluejay, Michael. "The Cult Aspects of Aesthetic Realism - by a Former Member." Aesthetic Realism Is a Cult. N.p., Dec. 2004. Web. 15 Jan. 2018. C-5 ; Cult Information
S4 - Internet "A cult is a group of people who believe they have special knowledge of great importance, and who are fanatically devoted to their beliefs—often to the extent that members will break off relations with family and friends who can't be recruited into the group. A hallmark of cults is that the members are manipulated through mind control, which is not as difficult to do as you might suspect." C-5 ; Cult Information
S5 - Internet Bluejay, Michael. "The Cult Aspects of Aesthetic Realism - by a Former Member." Aesthetic Realism Is a Cult. N.p., Dec. 2004. Web. 15 Jan. 2018. C-5 ; Cult Information
S5 - Internet "A common misconception is that what makes a group a cult is that the members have crazy beliefs. Many cults are indeed like this, but lots of them aren't. Aesthetic Realism is one such cult. AR members don't believe in the end of the world or space aliens, for example. It's not the beliefs that make a group a cult, it's the crazed obsession with the beliefs—whether those beliefs are ridiculous or reasonable. In fact, most cults are extremely similar; only the belief set is different." C-5 ; Cult Information
S6 - Internet Bluejay, Michael. "How Cults Recruit and Indoctrinate Their Members." Aesthetic Realism Is a Cult. N.p., July 2013. Web. 15 Jan. 2018. <http://michaelbluejay.com/x/how-cults-recruit.html>. C-7 ; Cult Information
S6- Internet "...one thing to realize is that the indoctrination is typically a series of small steps. No one goes from rational person to brainwashed devotee overnight; instead, they're gently led through the process, one step at a time, each step being not very far from the old step, so it doesn't seem like a big change. Of course, once you take enough steps you're a mile from where you started." C-7 ; Cult Information
S7 - Internet Bluejay, Michael. "The Cult Aspects of Aesthetic Realism - by a Former Member." Aesthetic Realism Is a Cult. N.p., Dec. 2004. Web. 15 Jan. 2018. C-8- Cult Information
S7 - Internet "Cults don't have to be religious in nature. Aesthetic Realism is one such example. The AR beliefs are centered around philosophy and psychology, not religion. In fact, AR boasts that it is "compatible with all religions". The Cult Information Centre of London broadly classes cults into two groups, religious cults and therapy cults, and Aesthetic Realism is clearly one of the latter. Incidentally, although AR is not religious in nature, a large number of its members and leaders are Jewish, perhaps the majority of them." C-8 ; Cult Information
S8 - Book Lewis, James R. Cults in America: A Reference Handbook (Contemporary World Issues). San Barbara, California: ABC- CLIO Interactive, 1998. Print. C-9 ; Cult Information
S8 - Book Deprogramming: -A breakdown in insulation from the outside world, accomplished by physically removing the member from her or his group. -A highlighting of the inconsistencies between group ideals and the actions of the leaders, as well as internal inconsistencies within the group's belief system. -The pull of family ties. -The presentation of an alternative belief system. Deprogrammers often attempt to convert deprogrammees to conventional religion, or more often, to the secular mainstream. -Offering an alternative explanation for the individual's recruitment and membership. C-9 ; Cult Information
S9 - Book Bach, Marcus. Strange Sects and Curious Cults. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1961. Print. C10 - Cult Information
S9 - Book "Wherever man lives man worships. The search for a satisfying religion has ever been his greatest adventure and his boldest quest. As far back as we can go in history, even his boldest quest. As far back as we can go in history, even before there were altars or churches or prophets or priests, man was trying to come to terms with the mystery and magic of the universe. C10 - Cult Information
