Truths and lies

Advertisement, being a guru requires inventing an original story, completely different from reality. Dziennikarz Russel Miller badał życie Rona Hubbarda. W 1993 roku opublikował rezultaty

Guru

The manipulation tactic uses deceptions about the personality and virtues of the guru. The word "guru" comes from Sanskrit and means "venerable"; the term refers to a spiritual master in Brahmanism. Postać

Economic networks

The last generation of sects, adapted to the current crisis, uses financial opportunities – a powerful theme to encourage recruitment, which also allows the creation of new branches. On …

Political plans

The formation of the sects was and probably is related to politics. The initiation rituals often served as an excuse, to test a candidate's loyalty or devotion to a cause. …

Witchcraft and Luciferism

It is believed, that witchcraft and luciferism, the inspiration of many sects, are currently underdeveloped. However, researchers of this phenomenon have recently noted a rapid development of black magic. Satanic groups are popping up everywhere again, …

Life of ancestors and angels

The life of ancestors and angels can be the theoretical basis for the operation of certain groups; it can also be just a side element.

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Extraterrestrials

Extraterrestrials, about which it is written in numerous magazines and the existence of which is reported by groups of UFO observers, it is a trap for adepts. Koniec okresu popularności science fiction w latach

Catastrophism, and millenarianism

There is a disturbing similarity between apocalyptic prophecies (biblical flood, kataklizmy itd.) and a nuclear winter, which is talked about in ecological circles.

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Bizarre medical practices

Addicts to one of the groups, which have been a tasty morsel for the sects for several years. In some sects there are even special structures dedicated to these people. Przykładem jest scjentologia z ośrodkami zwanymi

Health hazard

The human body has always been one of the favorite topics in sects. All religious and mystical treatises devote part of their considerations to health. Words: mens sana in corpore sano are well known today. …