| Description |
xix, 385 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: Why Focus on Authoritarianism -- Authority, Hierarchy, and Power -- 1. Religion, Cults, and the Spiritual Vacuum -- 2. Gurus and Times of Upheaval -- 3. The Seductions of Surrender -- 4. Guru Ploys -- 5. The Assault on Reason -- 6. Stages of Cults: Proselytizing to Paranoia -- 7. The Attractions of Cult Hierarchy -- 8. Gurus and Sexual Manipulation -- 9. Gurus, Psychotherapy, and the Unconscious -- 10. The Traps of Being a Guru -- 11. Jim Jones and the Jonestown Mass Suicide -- 12. On Channeling Disembodied Authorities -- 13. Do You Create Your Own Reality? -- 14. Healing Crippled Self-Trust -- Introduction: The Morals Wars -- 1. Fundamentalism and the Need for Certainty -- 2. Satanism and the Worship of the Forbidden: Why It Feels Good to Be Bad -- 3. Who Is in Control? The Authoritarian Roots of Addiction -- 4. Love and Control: The Conditions Underlying Unconditional Love -- 5. Oneness, Enlightenment, and the Mystical Experience |
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6. The Power of Abstraction: The Sacred Word and the Evolution of Morality |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Subject |
Authoritarianism -- Religious aspects.
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Authoritarianism.
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Control (Psychology)
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Control (Psychology) -- Religious aspects.
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Gurus -- Psychology.
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| Author |
Alstad, Diana, 1944-
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| LC no. |
93018494 |
| ISBN |
1883319005 (paperback) |
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