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Some of the most effective material I have found on recovering from cult abuse include...
Arterburn, S.; Felton, J.: Toxic Faith: Understanding and Overcoming Religious Addiction, Nashville: Oliver-Nelson, 1991.
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Hoffer, E.: The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, New York: Harper and Row, 1951, 1966.
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But a far more extensive library of material on the psychodynamics of cultic manipulation and mind control can be found at the end of this first-draft, thesis paper, as well as several others listed at this location. If interested, see also A Free online BOOK on How Cults Work.
If you have additional suggestions, please reply with them. Thank you.
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