CLM-0-060 r Freeing the Bonds (Steven Hassan)

From: "Clergy Mail List"

Sat, 25 Mar 2000

Clergy/Leaders' Mail-list No. 0-060 (Book Review) RELEASING THE BONDS: EMPOWERING PEOPLE TO THINK FOR THEMSELVES (Steven Hassan) From Jan Groenveld Releasing The Bonds: Empowering People To Think For Themselves http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0967068800/cultawareinforce is now available. (The original title for this book was "Free Them! Breaking the Chains of Cult Mind Control") Steven Hassan presents THE state of the art guide on how to help someone involved with cult mind control. Hassan's newest book reveals a much more refined method to help family and friends called the Strategic Interaction Approach. This non-coercive and totally legal approach is far better than deprogramming and even exit counseling. Topics covered in depth include: evaluating the situation; interacting with dual identities; communication strategies for phone calls; letter writing and visits; understanding and utilizing cult beliefs and tactics; techniques to reality-test and promote freedom of mind; and planning and implementing effective interventions. A former cult member (Unification Church), and now a licensed mental health counselor, Steve Hassan is author of the highly- acclaimed book, and a must read for anyone wanting to understand how thought-reform works: Combatting Cult Mind Control http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0892813113/cultawareinforce He is an acknowledged cult expert who has been involved in educating the public about mind control and destructive cults for over twenty-three years. Other good books available are: Under the Influence : The Destructive Effects of Group Dynamics by John D. Goldhammer http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1573920061/cultawareinforce Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism: a Study of "Brainwashing" in China by Robert Jay Lifton http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0807842532/cultawareinforce Cults in Our Midst by Margaret Thaler Singer, Janja Lalich, Robert Jay Lifton http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0787902667/cultawareinforce Captive Hearts, Captive Minds : Freedom and Recovery from Cults and Other Abusive Relationships by Madeleine Landau Tobias, Janja Lalich http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0897931440/cultawareinforce Drama of the Gifted Child, the Search for the True Self by Alice Miller This thought-provoking book shows how narcissistic parents form and deform the lives of their children. The Drama of the Gifted Child helps readers reclaim their lives by discovering their own needs and their own truth. As such, this book addresses many issues related to cult-like family groups and the infantalizing dynamics found in so many groups where the leaders become parental figures. Trans. R. Ward. New York: Basic Books, 1981. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0465016901/cultawareinforce The Guru Papers, Masks of Authoritarian Power by Joel Kramer and Diana Alstad You'll really enjoy this book, particularly if you've been in any Eastern-style group. The authors explore belief systems from the perspective of language and authoriatarian hierarchies. 12-step, Satanism, Fundamentalist Christianity, Course-in-Miracles, the systems of "enlightened" eastern gurus... Berkeley, Calif.: North Atlantic Books/Frog Ltd., 1993. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1883319005/cultawareinforce The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse by David Johnson, Jeff Van Vonderen. A good book about religious/spiritual cults, "Spiritual abuse" describes situations where seemingly spiritual means are used by authority figures in an attempt to meet their own needs for importance, power, intimacy, or spiritual gratification. Church members feel manipulated, used and shamed. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1556611609/cultawareinforce The True Believer; Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements by Eric Hoffer. Before you join anything, read this remarkable book. You'll think twice before merging with the crowd or joining any mass movement or cult. An excellent book and easy to read http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060916125/cultawareinforce ____________________________ Clergy/Leaders' Mailing List (Moderated) This mailing list is open to all Christians via Internet e-mail. Submissions welcome: (in DOS ASCII Text format please if 'attached' or 'imported') To subscribe, e-mail to: clergy-request@pastornet.net.au with SUBJECT reading SUBSCRIBE To unsubscribe, e-mail to: clergy-request@pastornet.net.au with SUBJECT reading UNSUBSCRIBE Copyright: Postings may be re-sent ONLY with all copyright notifications intact.

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