by Dr. Janja Lalich | Sep 30, 2016 | Blog, Essays
Move Forward Conference, Fairbanks, Alaska August 2014 Thank you. First of all, I’d like to extend a thank you to Glori Williams for inviting to me to this very special conference, as far as I know, the very first cult-related conference in Alaska. I was thrilled when...
by Dr. Janja Lalich | Sep 20, 2016 | Blog, Essays
How can you tell if a group is a cult or not? After a recent report about a cat-worshipping, end-times group in Middle Tennessee, we asked cult expert Janja Lalich to explain what makes a cult a cult. “The reality is that there’s just dozens and dozens and hundreds if...
by Dr. Janja Lalich | Sep 19, 2016 | Blog, Essays
Why We Need to Recognize Brainwashing and its Close and Distant Cousins A Work in Progress by Janja Lalich, Ph.D. Despite some scholarly efforts to deny the existence of brainwashing – both its processes and its consequences – the need to understand this...
by Dr. Janja Lalich | Sep 15, 2016 | Blog, Essays
Janja Lalich, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of Sociology Prepared for European Conference of FECRIS 16 May 2015 ✪Marseille, France Introduction As I see it, presently, four main issues affect cult-related court cases in the United States. These are (1) not...
by Dr. Janja Lalich | Sep 14, 2016 | Blog, Essays
This article is an electronic version of an article originally published as the Introduction to a special issue of the Cultic Studies Journal, 1997, Volume 14, Number 1, guest-edited by Janja Lalich. The journal was entitled, “Women Under the Influence: A Study...
by Dr. Janja Lalich | Sep 14, 2016 | Cults: The Basics, Essays
Methods Used to Support a Behavioral Control System Isolation of the person and manipulation of his or her environment. Control of information going in and out of the group environment. Separation and/or alienation from family and friends. Induced dissociation and...
