Some Links and Info for Researching Religious Cults
(The Guru Trip is Over)
Wikipedia Article - Cult
Long, serious article addressing the many aspects of this complicated issue.
PLEASE READ if interested in this subject.
ICSA - International Cultic Studies Association - www.icsahome.com
Publishers of Cultic Studies Review
Rick Ross - www.rickross.com
Rick Ross Links Page - www.rickross.com/links.html
Cult interventionist, large list of groups with many articles and links.
Walter Martin - www.waltermartin.com
Christian cult researcher - lots of videos available, including 10-part
series on Mormons and a video about Transcendental Meditation.
Steven Alan Hassan - www.freedomofmind.com
Stripping The Gurus - Geoffrey Faulk - www.strippingthegurus.com
Cult Information Centre - www.cultinformation.org.uk
List of groups with links, list of books, some good general articles.
Cult Awareness Network - CAN - www.cultawarenessnetwork.org
This appears to be about "religious tolerance", but actually has
connections to Scientology (one of the wackiest, most powerful and most
dangerous cults). Its covert purpose appears to be define Scientology as
a religion and not a cult.
Some Videos
Jonestown - The Life and Death of People's Temple 2006, 90min, dir - Stanley Nelson
PBS / Paramount / American Experience / WBGH Boston / BBC
Amazon: www.amazon.com/exec/o/ASIN/B000MTFFUO
Webpage at PBS.org: www.pbs.org/amex/wbgh/jonestown/
Excellent, serious documentary covering Jim Jones and Jonestown, a classic
example of a cult and the tragedy that can result (the largest mass-suicide
in history).
Read my funny story on "Yogic Flying".