One session of papers presented at the annual conference of the Communal
Studies Association was on ‘the end of community’ with three in depth papers
given on three different communal groups. One of the groups was a 19th Century
group something like our own in Fairfield and the others were of
THANKS Douglas for sharing this with US & Me Bill Leed. ... ... May come to &
hope to come to FF., IA to see Dr Raju of HYD, Hyderabad India, a world class
Vadya ( pulse reader) end of May 26 -27, to 5 or 6 June 19. Martha Blackmore,
is assisting him & hosting him at her place, Court St.
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'Everything was just lies': how alleged sex cult Nxivm deceived its victims
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/11/nxivm-trial-allison-mack-keith-raniere-cult-victims
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/11/nxivm-trial-allison-mack-keith-raniere-cult-victims?utm_term=RWRpdG9
The salacious content aside the abstract of the group could be relevant
generally.
Some quotes from the article:
the centralisation of control, a belief system vulnerable to critical scrutiny
and an attempt to change people in fundamental ways.”
experts say people attracted to change are vu
https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=16018
https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=16018
the Maharishi orgs can be searched there, mostly not rated as too small etc