Cult

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A fictional elite cult with human sacrifices in Eyes Wide Shut.
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In its modern meaning, a cult refers to a religious group whose beliefs and rites, often regulating freedom of association and thought[1], are regarded as deviant by the surrounding society. Many new religious movements against the social mainstream are now called cults in a negative sense. By designating these groups as cults, the aim is to portray them as dangerous to their own members or society.[2]

Elite cults

A small selection of celebrities presenting the one eye symbol (or alternative the number 6, as in 666). The number of celebs who have done this is astounding, indicating some sort of secret cult influence.

A third rail subject, but certainly a subject of deep politics, are "elite" cults. The accusations often concern occult secret societies of very powerful individuals, and often involve child sexual abuse and human ritual sacrifices that can be done with impunity due to the societies ability to cover up. Much of the evidence of their existence and activities remain circumstantial, see satanism.

Selected examples

There is no commonly agreed definition of a "cult", although the term is generally understood as a derogative exonym. Generally applied to a fairly small number of religious groups, and associated with frames of mind control and exploitation of the gullible, lonely and otherwise vulnerable.

While they may evolve independently from within an existing group (such as a church), cults can also be deliberately created by external agencies to fulfill particular purposes. Jim Jones, for example, who took hundreds of followers to Guyana as part of the People's Temple, has an interesting history.

The Unification Church (The Moonies)

The Unification Church was started in 1954 by Sun Myung Moon. He was also politically active.

The Finders

Full article: The Finders

The Finders was a US Deep state backed cult first exposed in the 1980s by a report of semi-feral children in a public park. It was briefely suspected of involvement in child sex trafficking and production of child pornography, but a cover-up operation has obscured it.

Heaven's Gate

The People's Temple

The People's Temple was run by Jim Jones, a paedophile abd drug addict who appears to have been under the control of The Cabal. It lead to the events of Jonestown, portrayed as a mass suicide.

John of God

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Full article: John of God

Joao Teixeira de Faria, a brazilian healer and "psychic surgeon" who has been accused of running "baby farms" where young women were held captive, forced to give birth to children and were murdered after ten years. The children were allegedly being sold for between £15,000 and £40,000 in Europe, Australia and the United States.[3] Before these allegations he was made famous by Oprah Winfrey.[4][5][6] Firearms and large quantities of cash were found in a house used as a spiritual retreat. After an arrest warrant was issued, he was on the run for a week.[7] The journalist who exposed the scheme, Sabrina Bittencourt, reportedly took here own life in Febraury 2019.[8] The circumstances of here suicide were difficult to verify in the beginning.[9] He was visited by Naomi Campbell[10] and according to some unverifiable reports also by Bill Clinton[11]. Marina Abramovic visited him for her documentary "The Space In Between: Marina Abramovic in Brazil".[12][13]

Disputed examples

Scientology

Full article: Scientology

Scientology was started in 1952 by science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard. It is a (pseudo-)scientific movement that offers increasingly expensive training to its devotees. It is well funded, litigious and former members report it as ruthless. In the 1990s it was active in internet censorship - using intellectual property laws to get the anon.penet.fi remailer shut down. In some countries it has been classified as a religion (making it tax exempt). The German government has been active in opposing it.[citation needed]

Language

“The language of the totalist environment is characterized by the thought-terminating cliché. The most far-reaching and complex of human problems are compressed into brief, highly selective, definitive-sounding phrases, easily memorized and easily expressed. They become the start and finish of any ideological analysis.”
Robert J. Lifton (1961)  [14]

Other uses

Although characteristic, traditional religious ideology not essential to a cult; the label has been applied to secular concepts such as neoconservatism, a reference to their totalising nature. The word is usually to minorities, so it would be unusual to talk, for example, of the "cult of democracy" or "cult of party politics".


 

Examples

Page nameDescription
Aum ShinrikyoCult with a lot of scientists involved.
Hillsong ChurchAustralian Christian sect with political connections to both main parties. Sexual assaults, etc.
Mormonism
NXIVMAn American cult with deep state connections that engaged in sex trafficking, forced labor and racketeering
Order of Nine AnglesModern satanic cult with members who want to get people killed.
Satanism
Science of Identity FoundationHare Krishna type of cult with political ambitions.
ScientologyReligion/Sect known for its hardball tactics against critics.
The FindersA shady paedophile/sex trafficking cult with US deep state backing.
The Hand of DeathA cult which many serial killers in the US may have been connected to.
The People's TempleA cult started by Jim Jones for unclear reasons, possibly at the behest of the US Deep state
The Unification Church

 

Related Quotations

PageQuoteAuthorDate
Brian Michael Jenkins“Key in the planning level of any terrorist activities linked to the Guyana horror-show is Brian Jenkins of the Rand Corporation. Jenkins is cooperating at high executive levels with British intelligence in planning terrorist operations, and has taken a key role in planning the cult phase of terrorism. This should not be surprising to anyone who is informed of the background of Rand or its various involvements in creating Jones and other cults. Rand was integral, together with such entities as Israeli intelligence and the Office of Naval Intelligence's British-controlled National Training Laboratories, in furthering the British "MK-Ultra" project run under Allen Dulles's CIA cover. Undercover and other most-reliable sources have given us a hard dossier on a very, very "dirty" Brian Jenkins.”Brian Michael Jenkins
Michelle Steinberg
5 December 1978
US/Republican Party“It should have been evident to clear-eyed observers that the Republican Party is becoming less and less like a traditional political party in a representative democracy and becoming more like an apocalyptic cult, or one of the intensely ideological authoritarian parties of 20th century Europe.”Mike Lofgren3 September 2011

 

Related Document

TitleTypePublication dateAuthor(s)Description
File:SATANIC CULT AWARENESS.pdfreport27 January 1993Gayland W. Hurst
Robert L. Marsh
This training manual is the result of compiling information from several years of occult investigations including volumes of written documentations from several investigators across the nation.
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References

  1. https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/responding-to-authoritarian-cults-and-extreme-exploitations-a-new-framework-to-evaluate-undue-influence
  2. https://steptogether.nsw.gov.au/violent-extremism/similarities-between-cults-and-violent-extremism.html
  3. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6664777/Woman-arrest-John-God-takes-life.html
  4. https://pagesix.com/2018/12/16/brazilian-healer-losing-celeb-following-amid-sex-abuse-claims/
  5. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/12/16/brazilian-faith-healer-accused-sexually-assaulting-300-women/
  6. https://www.rt.com/news/450293-john-god-baby-farms/
  7. https://nypost.com/2019/01/31/john-of-god-cult-leader-allegedly-ran-child-sex-slave-farm/
  8. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6664777/Woman-arrest-John-God-takes-life.html
  9. http://archive.today/2020.02.08-202047/https://www.cjr.org/analysis/brazilian-activists-alleged-suicide-sparks-coverage-controversy.php
  10. http://www.reportermt.com.br/variedades/naomi-campbell-passa-a-tarde-com-o-medium-joao-de-deus/44619 saved at Archive.org and Archive.is
  11. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6476713/Women-accuse-Brazilian-spiritual-healer-sexual-abuse.html
  12. https://wikispooks.com/wiki/File:Joao_Teixeira_de_Faria_%26_Marina_Abramovic.jpg
  13. https://steemit.com/breaking/@whitedeer9217/john-of-god-the-mysterious-death-of-sabrina-bittencourt-and-an-alleged-baby-farm
  14. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/facts-do-not-matter-covidian-cult Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism