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Biafra Group Warns Against Night Travel, Cultism, Reject Soludo's Amnestyhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/biafra-group-warns-against-night-travel-cultism-reject-soludos-amnesty/04/01/2025/#Issues #Amnesty #Anambra #awka #Biafra #Biafrans #EzuRiver #HeadBridge #Nkpor #Okpoko #Onitsha #Soludo #Tarzan ©January 4th, 2025 ®January 4, 2025 7:55 pm Innocent Orji led Biafra armed group, Biafran Provincial Government, BPG has called on residents in Southeast states to avoid night travel, and also warned secret cult members against cultism related activities in the Southeast geopolitical zone, with additional warnings to its armed men against Anambra State Governor, Charles Chukwuma Soludo Amnesty programme, cautioning its members to always use precision weapons and avoid killing civilians when in contact with Nigeria security operatives. #OsazuwaAkonedo
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I react to Elon Musk's comments about Tesla Optimus robot and robotaxi progress from the flashy Tesla We, Robot event held recently at Warner Bros Studios in Los Angeles. We look closely at Optimus interactions with the party guests, and take a first ride in a Cybercab. Do Elon's remarks amount to more “corporate puffery” and extreme optimism, or are they based in reality? Timestamps: 00:40 Tesla Optimus robot progress and buy price 3:50 Optimus robots will walk among you 05:21 Optimus serving drinks 06:33 Teleoperated? 08:54 "Are you being remote controlled?" 11:47 "It's crazy, I'm talking to a robot" 13:44 Greatest robotics and LLM demo, or...? 16:18 Wall Street tech analyst fooled 18:06 Cheerleader tech analyst Dan Ives 21:54 Elon's self-driving robotaxi "puffery" 23:42 Cybercab unveil and buy price 25:25 Cybercab first ride POV Related episodes: Elon Musk's Greatest Hits of ‘Puffery': Tesla We Robot Event https://youtu.be/tRJU0sHrWVQ The Elon Musk Tesla Cybertruck: Sucks or Success? https://youtu.be/2DO8to-NkTQ Become a member of The Art of Value: https://www.youtube.com/@TheArtofValue/join And/Or Join The Art of Value Patreon community: https://www.patreon.com/TheArtofValue Disclaimer: I am not a financial adviser and nothing in this content is financial advice. This content is for general education and entertainment purposes only. Do your own analysis and seek professional financial advice before making any investment decision.
I react to Elon Musk's comments about Tesla Optimus robot and robotaxi progress from the flashy Tesla We, Robot event held recently at Warner Bros Studios in Los Angeles. We look closely at Optimus interactions with the party guests, and take a first ride in a Cybercab. Do Elon's remarks amount to more “corporate puffery” and extreme optimism, or are they based in reality? Timestamps: 00:40 Tesla Optimus robot progress and buy price 3:50 Optimus robots will walk among you 05:21 Optimus serving drinks 06:33 Teleoperated? 08:54 "Are you being remote controlled?" 11:47 "It's crazy, I'm talking to a robot" 13:44 Greatest robotics and LLM demo, or...? 16:18 Wall Street tech analyst fooled 18:06 Cheerleader tech analyst Dan Ives 21:54 Elon's self-driving robotaxi "puffery" 23:42 Cybercab unveil and buy price 25:25 Cybercab first ride POV Related episodes: Elon Musk's Greatest Hits of ‘Puffery': Tesla We Robot Event https://youtu.be/tRJU0sHrWVQ The Elon Musk Tesla Cybertruck: Sucks or Success? https://youtu.be/2DO8to-NkTQ Become a member of The Art of Value: https://www.youtube.com/@TheArtofValue/join And/Or Join The Art of Value Patreon community: https://www.patreon.com/TheArtofValue Disclaimer: I am not a financial adviser and nothing in this content is financial advice. This content is for general education and entertainment purposes only. Do your own analysis and seek professional financial advice before making any investment decision.
Welcome to season 6! Watch our review of Netflix's #DancingForTheDevil documentary and our discussion about cultism. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sexandhorror/message
Ep 231: Trump proves he's a coward, Nikki caves to cultism, Donnie's Chicago problem, debates are set and the excuses begin, SCOTUS shows fascist side, Bannon appeal rejected, & Memorial Day is here. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tom-powell-jr/message
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A rebroadcast of a chat hosts Andy Cleff, Ben Au-Yeung, Serge Marten, and Jay Hrcsko had with Dave Snowden about Spiral Dynamics, Integral Theory, and Metamodernism. We explore thru a Boxian lens "All models are wrong, but some are useful." Are these effective tools for organizations to gain new perspectives on themselves? Are there other potentially better ways to journey in complex adaptive systems? Contact Information LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dave-snowden-2a93b/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/snowded Website Books/Articles/Videos Events About the Agile Uprising If you enjoyed this episode, please give us a review, a rant, or leave comments on your podcasting platform of choice. It really helps others find us. Much thanks to the artist from who provided us our outro music free-of-charge! If you like what you heard, to find more music you might enjoy! If you'd like to join the discussion and share your stories, please jump into the fray at our We at the Agile Uprising are committed to being totally free. However, if you'd like to contribute and help us defray hosting and production costs we do have a . Who knows, you might even get some surprises in the mail!
Ep 221: Iowa caucus results, Haley says insane stuff, Donnie's court problems, debates cancelled, Carson shows his cultism, GOP rep wants sex w/ cousin, fed has positive outlook, and NFL playoff picks --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tom-powell-jr/message
This episode serves as an introduction to the Cambodian genocide and we discuss, as communists, how the genocide occurred, the ideas that led to it, and ask, how much does communism have a cultism problem? Discussion includes identifying cult tactics of control, the rise of radical groups within a vacuum caused by political and state instability, understanding the Khmer Rouge as a kind of 'peasant ISIS', who viewed the working class as their oppressive class. We also touch on the reoccurring persistence in radical politics of a need to systematise all matters and believe in one universal theory that explains everything, and proposing a system based on the one grand theory that can supposedly solve all society's problems.
Our era is defined by trauma — from COVID-19 to climate change, divisive politics to economic pressures, gun violence and generational upheavals. And the collective effect of all these traumas can make it pretty hard to face the day. Robert J. Lifton, my guest on this week'sWhoWhatWhy podcast, has inspiring and realistic ideas for coping with it all, as suggested by the title of his latest book, Surviving Our Catastrophes: Resilience and Renewal from Hiroshima to COVID-19. The 97-year-old Lifton, a renowned psychiatrist, is also the author of the National Book Award–winning Death in Life: Survivors of Hiroshima and Losing Reality: On Cults, Cultism, and the Mindset of Political and Religious Zealotry.
In light of the unfolding Shakahola horror, what should Christians know—and do—about cults? Rodgers Atwebembeire and Danson Ottawa of ACFAR give practical responses to urgent questions in this wide-ranging interview.(Originally broadcast on KUTV-Nairobi)
As we try to save legions of indoctrinated youth, we can demonstrate that there is genuine hope that can liberate them from their learned doctrine of despair. There are things more precious than safety. Loyalty is better than logic. Hope is better than despair. Creation is better than destruction. Freedom is better than Utopia. Life is better than death. Most of all, as we are each our own worst problem, every step towards fixing our lives start with us, ourselves. If we each are responsible for the mess we might have made of our life, we are capable of changing our ways. We are each rarely doomed by anything stronger than our own despair.Would you like to share your thoughts with Ralph? Please email your comments to hello@idahospeaks.com or post your comments on @IdahoSpeaks on Twitter.Sponsors:This production of Keep Right was brought to you by Ed Bejarana from Zenith Exhibits. Zenith Exhibits providing professional audio production, voice overs, and audiobook narration. Call (208) 209-7170 or visit www.zenithexhibits.com to learn more.Do you have something so say? Interested in learning more about publishing on the Idaho Speaks Network? Our nation was built on ideas and your idea could be the next political advancement for Idaho. Call Ed at (208) 209-7170 or email hello@idahospeaks.com to start the conversation.
Welcome to NASCO Moments Podcast. This episode is titled "Tips and Options on How Parents and Guardians Can Best Engage & Assists Young People to Manage and Cope with Peer Pressure "Our guest is Pastor Solomon Amawo - Theology Teacher and A Counselor Happy Listening NASCO GroupClick Here to follow us on Instagram
Roundtable Session on Cultism and ways to curb this and related vices.Panelists: Pastor Taiwo Ajani, Pastor Olumide Odesanya.Join our Live Sunday services to worship and learn, Sundays at 8am Nigerian time on www.centralparishradio.org and Central Parish Radio's App.
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Welcome to NASCO Moments Podcast. This episode is titled "Addressing the Scourge of Cultism in Nigerian Schools"Our guest is Barr. Yakubu Bawa - Legal Practitioner and Chairman Nigerian Bar Association Jos Branch. Happy ListeningNASCO GroupClick Here to follow us on Instagram
Welcome to NASCO Moments Podcast. This episode is titled "How Parents can act their role to curb Youth involvement with cultism "Our guest is Professor Sati Fwantshak - a Professor University of JosHappy ListeningNASCO GroupClick Here to follow us on Instagram
Hosts Andy Cleff, Ben Au-Yeung, Serge Marten, and Jay Hrcsko chat with Dave Snowden about Spiral Dynamics, Integral Theory, and Metamodernism. We explore thru a Boxian lens "All models are wrong, but some are useful." Are these effective tools for organizations to gain new perspectives on themselves? Are there other potentially better ways to journey in complex adaptive systems? Contact Information http://cognitive-edge.com/contact/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dave-snowden-2a93b/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/snowded Website http://cognitive-edge.com/ Books/Articles/Videos https://cynefin.io/index.php/Publications_by_Dave_Snowden Triopticon Storyboard v2 Events http://cognitive-edge.com/events/ About the Agile Uprising If you enjoyed this episode, please give us a review, a rant, or leave comments on your podcasting platform of choice. It really helps others find us. Much thanks to the artist Krebs from Machine Man Records who provided us our outro music free-of-charge! If you like what you heard, check out these links to find more music you might enjoy! If you'd like to join the discussion and share your stories, please jump into the fray at our Discord Server! We at the Agile Uprising are committed to being totally free. However, if you'd like to contribute and help us defray hosting and production costs we do have a Patreon. Who knows, you might even get some surprises in the mail!
Cheryl and Chris enroll in Nevermore's School of Outcast and Cultism as they explore the life of the new Wednesday Addams. *Spoiler Alert* Join us on Twitch where we stream every Monday at 7:30PM PST. You can find our video version on YouTube and Facebook! Please like, share, and subscribe! https://www.twitch.tv/c3films https://www.youtube.com/c/C3Films https://www.facebook.com/C3-Films-101575058136161
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Tired of thinking for yourself? Let Mike and Russ tell you exactly what to think, and we'll even tell you what to say and when to say it! Just kidding... Or are we?Join Mike & Russ on a very special discussion on the subject of Cults.Mike performs his advert for "Cult In A Box", and later on, Russ has a very special message from Guiglio Garconi in "Director"Email us at Stonedalchemy@yahoo.com
On September 6, the Human Services Committee of Evanston City Council voted unanimously to send Alderman Devon Reid's proposed ordinance to allow women to go topless in “all public places (forward to 51:25)” to the “Equity and Empowerment Committee.” Reid wants his proposed ordinance reviewed over concerns that “it excluded the transgender community.” How might it have done that, you may wonder. Well, apparently, some objected to the ordinance's “gender binary” language. Evanston sex-deniers cannot tolerate any public acknowledgment that the human species is a sex-binary species. Reid, is a “queer, 29-year-old” activist and former city clerk who was arrested in 2018 for driving on a license that had been suspended since 2013 and ticketed for “possession of under 10 grams of marijuana.” This was two years before Illinois legalized recreational marijuana. It seems Reid has little respect for either public decency or the law. Read more...
On September 6, the Human Services Committee of Evanston City Council voted unanimously to send Alderman Devon Reid's proposed ordinance to allow women to go topless in “all public places (forward to 51:25)” to the “Equity and Empowerment Committee.” Reid wants his proposed ordinance reviewed over concerns that “it excluded the transgender community.” How might it have done that, you may wonder. Well, apparently, some objected to the ordinance's “gender binary” language. Evanston sex-deniers cannot tolerate any public acknowledgment that the human species is a sex-binary species. Reid, is a “queer, 29-year-old” activist and former city clerk who was arrested in 2018 for driving on a license that had been suspended since 2013 and ticketed for “possession of under 10 grams of marijuana.” This was two years before Illinois legalized recreational marijuana. It seems Reid has little respect for either public decency or the law. Read more...
Artist Joe Szimhart headed west after college to make his way as a working artist and find his life's purpose. His explorations led him to joining a cult. As part of Studio B's event modeled after Denmark's The Human Library, Joe shared his research, how his experiences as a cult member have affected his life, and some advice to others. Find Joe's podcast "Cults in the Occulture" on YouTube; read Robert Jay Lifton's Losing Reality: On Cults, Cultism, and the Mindset of Political and Religious Zealotry.
From cult-hopping to exorcisms, leaving a cult is not a simple feat. In Part 2 of this episode on cultism, we pick up our discussion with ex-cult member Richard Turner, kicking off from the moment he left his Church group to the euphoria he felt when the group was investigated by Channel 4 News. His experience is aided by the insight of David Robertson, an expert in conspiracy theories, on how the Internet has fundamentally shifted the discourse around cults, religion, and our contemporary media landscape. Media Minded explores the bizarre world of misinformation and conspiracies. Following on from the success of the first season in 2019, each episode platforms a different subject who has previously been a victim of, or a willing participant in, a conspiracy theory… but these lines may be more blurred than you think. Ex-cultists, anti-vaxxers and more describe their slow descent into the untrue, and those who experience the brunt of the lies and hatred explain the effect that the proliferation of these ideas has. All the while, industry-leading academics and experts provide theoretical justifications for the actions taken by all parties. Presented by Matteo Bergamini Edited and recorded by Sabina Mckenzie Brown. This podcast is made possible thanks to the kind support and sponsorship of the US embassy in London.
What goes on inside a cult, and the minds of those who join them? Matteo speaks to Richard Turner, an ex-cult member turned councilor, on how he descended into a world of deceit and deception. He recounts his experience, from being love-bombed to being surveilled by Church leaders. David Robertson, a senior lecturer at Open University, supplements this discussion with his insight into how vulnerability makes us susceptible to the potentially coercive tactics of our social groups, and what we can do to arm ourselves against these tactics. Media Minded explores the bizarre world of misinformation and conspiracies. Following on from the success of the first season in 2019, each episode platforms a different subject who has previously been a victim of, or a willing participant in, a conspiracy theory… but these lines may be more blurred than you think. Ex-cultists, anti-vaxxers and more describe their slow descent into the untrue, and those who experience the brunt of the lies and hatred explain the effect that the proliferation of these ideas has. All the while, industry-leading academics and experts provide theoretical justifications for the actions taken by all parties. Presented by Matteo Bergamini Edited and recorded by Sabina Mckenzie Brown. This podcast is made possible thanks to the kind support and sponsorship of the US embassy in London.
''How to find a good yoga teacher? How do you find a teacher that you trust, and can generate a connection with? Not only that, but find a teacher that does not see themselves in a position of power and does not have your monetary value as student in their 'business' as a priority?" In this episode Mark and Rosalind talk about this most basic of questions, along with the even more basic questions of why we would even want a yoga teacher, and what that is anyway. Some aspects we cover: - The origins of yoga as a practice of mutual respect and care for others and the community, without authority and power. - the change in student-teacher relationships to power dynamics and business interest as the norm - The three qualifications of a good yoga teacher according to Krishnamacharya. - Cultism in spiritual practice; how to sense someone who is driven by social hierarchy, power and money. - The use of knowledge as a means to create seniority and power in the modern world of spiritual practice. And the contrasting experience had by Mark with his teachers Krishnamacharya and Desikachar. - “Yoga is not a salvation cult”. A good teacher should not be promising any method or secret knowledge that will get you to where you think you want to go. Any promises of this nature should be treated with caution as the promise is most likely more of a product to be sold than a spiritual practice. - A conversation about the ironic inflexibility of modern yoga, how it pushes people into predefined patterns regardless of the differences between individuals, and how this is a reflection of the patterning seen in modern society. - What to look for: the breath as THE central element of asana practice. The unity of body, mind and breath must be present from the first moment of the yoga lesson, yet is often not given precise or any attention in modern yoga teaching. - “You don't do yoga, yoga does you”. Participating in the flow of life and being in the moment, as opposed to using spiritual practice to try and get somewhere you think you need to go, and how a good teacher can help thwart the latter tendency. - Yoga as a method to release the mind from habitual thought. A symptom of modern living that affects most people in negative ways. Yoga can be a way to free yourself of unnecessary thought and be in the world's beauty. To find out if we know a good teacher near you, please email studio@heartofyoga.com Follow this podcast for new episodes here: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS/XML If you feel moved to submit a question for a future episode, you can do so here: https://www.heartofyoga.com/podcast You can find more from the Heart of Yoga on Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram.
Jennifer Ann Corgan is a bestselling author of two novels, No Other Choice and Breaking the Ties That Bind. Writing is her passion and she does it well. Her books are available on Amazon.In this interview, she takes us through her inspiring journey on how she went from writing freelancer and hobbyist to writing on two of the toughest topics on abuse in the church and against children.Follow these links for more information:jennifercorgan.nethttp://facebook.com/jennifercorganauthorhttp://Instagram.com/jenniferanncorganauthorFind Full Episodes at https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-transform-u-live-show------Follow us at:Instagram - https://instagram.com/transformuliveshow------Marcus Hart is the author of six books, entrepreneur, military veteran, and emerging actor. He hosts The Transform U! Live Show, a talk show distributed as a podcast. Learn and hear the stories of spiritual insight from conscious people around the world, become inspired, motivated, and transformed with TRANSFORM U! https://www.amazon.com/Marcus-Contrell-Hart/e/B01H2DE1AM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
INDOCTRINATION—The Cultism of Active Coma—AKA Why is the Military Killing Its Own People In Myanmar (a psychological perspective). 4.6.21 Alan Clements “Extinction X-rated” —Series # 6 http://www.AlanClements.com / Books On Amazon Worldwide https://www.amazon.com/dp/1953508227
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Philippians 2:10-11(KJV) - 10 (A)that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, 11 and (B)that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
@nigeriasbest and @phoenix_agenda were joined by @keneike . They discussed: 1. The recently approved police salary increase. 2. The Gender equality bill. 3. Cultism in Nigerian politics.
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Cultism has always been before, but it's now disguised in social media(19:25). Boarding schools are structuring children to be bullies(1:01:16), and wealth plays a factor in decision-making (1:27:22).For fan mail: fanmail@234essential.comFor ads: info@visualaudiotimes.comSubscribe for Newsletter: https://bit.ly/234newsletter234 Essential on Twitter234 Essential on Instagram
I received a really intriguing email from this episode's guest, Lopa van der Mersch and I knew I had to share her story and wisdom with the audience. Lopa is an entrepreneur and the owner and founder of Rasa, a coffee alternative but she is also a former member of a cult. Join us as Lopa shares how her search for deeper spiritual meaning and knowledge led her into a cult, how she found her way out, and how she developed an even deeper connection with her own spiritual wisdom through this experience. Takeaways from this episode:Lopa shares her story of how she became a member of a cult.Lopa shares her insights on the difference between cults and healthy spiritual practices.High demand cults will impose on your freedom and privacies, such as requiring you to share all your personal conversations.Lopa shares her light bulb moment, when she and her husband realized they were in a cult and took the necessary steps to break free.Every experience is part of the learning process and contributes to our soul's evolution and growth.True spiritual teachers support their students in navigating their own unique connection with the divine.Everyone's experiences are unique, including how we receive our intuition. Our intuition is our communication with the divine.Connect with Lopa below and enjoy a discount of 20% off her coffee alternative with code INTUITIVEhttps://wearerasa.com/IG: https://www.instagram.com/wearerasaIf you would like to learn more about my work and my offerings or schedule an intuitive coaching session, please visit my website:https://victoriashawintuitive.com/www.instagram.com/victoriashawintuitiveIf you would like to connect with other like-minded souls, take a deeper dive into the topics discussed in these episodes, or learn more about how to awaken to your own inner magnificence, please join us on in my Facebook group, Intuitive Connection Community here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/IntuitiveconnectioncommunityAre you ready to take the next steps in awakening your intuition? Please enjoy and download a copy of my Free Activate Your Intuition Ebook: https://victoriashawintuitive.com/free-e-book/If you would like to take a deeper dive into leveraging the power of your intuition, please check out my self-paced, online course, Activating Your Intuition at:https://victoriashawintuitive.com/courses/activating-your-intuition/Books mentioned:Losing Reality: On Cults, Cultism, and the Mindset of Political and Religious Zealotryby Robert Jay LiftonThought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism: A Study of 'brainwashing' in China by Robert Jay Lifton Books can be found: https://bookshop.org/shop/VictoriashawintuitiveDisclosure: I am an affiliate of Bookshop.org and I will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase.
A liberal who spent twenty years in “the SJW Cult,” Keri Smith offers firsthand experience on the Social Justice Left and its growing influence in mainstream culture.Smith is the co-founder and co-host of the Unsafe Space podcast, and the founder of Civility Dinners, which aims to bridge the political divide through conversation. A self-described “former SJW,” Smith is best known for her writing, lectures and podcasts addressing her old belief system.In this inaugural episode of "The Clifton Duncan Podcast", Smith and Duncan draw from their experience in the entertainment industry to offer insider perspectives on the impact of Social Justice ideology, why it's actually a cult, and how it has influenced art and artists. Keri can also be found on Twitter and Instagram!
Cultism among children is fast becoming a thing of concern in our society today. Before now, teenagers are very respectful, obeying the instructions of their parents and teachers. But since the advent of the internet and social media, many children are now difficult to control or predict because of wilful or perverse behaviour. In this episode of Everyday Tori, we look at what went wrong and the role of teachers and parents in salvaging the situation. #Cultism #school #pidgin #everydaytori
In episode 207 of For Canon Sake, we discuss more He-Man drama.
A few years have passed. Una wakes up early because it's the most important holiday of the year, Shambhala Day, and she's anxious. She wants to see Trungpa Rinpoche but she's worried that her mother won't wake up in time, that they'll have to sit in the coatroom. Every year, Trungpa Rinpoche gives the annual address, sharing his predictions for the coming year with the community, now called the sangha. Una wonders what Shambhala means and gets confused by all the different things people say about it.
This episode takes a closer look on the meaning, origins, the causes, and effects of cultism in Nigeria. It looks at the way forward, how to tackle Cultism and also prevent reoccurring cases.
In this session Rylee interviews Ashley Easter, a cult survivor and fellow intuitive healer with you all. Ashley shares about her experience of overcoming the cult abuse and how her desire to ask questions led her to her spiritual awakening and self sovereign truth. In this episode you will come to find some eerie similarities in our collective society today and what it is show you and how you can show up and self connect! Connect With Ashley: Instagram Website GLDN Code Jewelry: Use Code AFF15 to save 15% OFF Align & Ascend Mastermind Application Open! For Light workers and energy healers; A sacred space for you to go deeper with your gifts, and create flow and ease in your mission and services in this world. https://www.ryleejune.ca/mastermind Website: https://ryleejune.ca/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/ryleejune Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RyleeJSoloman
Ep #32 “AMERICAN CULTISM”W/ TEE 7 6Topics: The idolization of politicians.
This week I welcome Alanda Carter, @The Recovering Hunbot for a discussion about multilevel marketing and the coercive, cult-like tactics that are employed at every level to promote, recruit, retain and financially devastate their “members.” Alanda has personal experience to share about this and has been a staunch anti-MLM crusader who has helped educate me... The post Sensibly Speaking Podcast #280: The Dangers (and Cultism) of Multilevel Marketing appeared first on The Sensibly Speaking Podcast.
Cultism- An exclusive group of persons sharing an esoteric, usually artistic or intellectual interest. Being engaged in a theory or idea that is obviously false!!! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eric-wortham/message
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It's a fraternity, people join to feel or blend, having and doing things in common. Are there benefits to belong, does it really worth it, am I really secured when I join? All these questions were given answers by the discussants. Do listen and be enlightened. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mop-ekehuan/message
In episode 33 of For Canon Sake, we talk about Tom Holland and Mask Cultism.
What makes "ideology" and "Ideologizing" Humanly and Rationally pernicious? Why are "Ideologizing", "Opinionism", "Cultism" and "Tribalism" co-rooted in the same deeply entrenched mental malware?
On this episode of Forthright Radio, nonagenarian psychiatrist, author, psychohistorian Dr. Robert Jay Lifton, shares his experiences and wisdom from seven decades of research, which he has written about in LOSING REALITY: ON CULTS, CULTISM, AND THE MINDSET OF POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS ZEALOTRY. Host: Joy LaClaire. Forthright Radio airs every other Wednesday at 9am on KZYX and Z. This program was broadcast on Wednesday, October 21, 2020.
At a time when democratic institutions and norms are under siege, authoritarianism and white nationalism are on the rise, the COVID-19 pandemic is killing hundreds of thousands of Americans, and climate change is ravaging our planet, Dr. Robert Jay Lifton sounds the alarm about the dire stakes of the 2020 election. Dr. Lifton is a National Book Award–winning psychiatrist, historian, and public intellectual whose latest book is, Losing Reality: On Cults, Cultism, and the Mindset of Political and Religious Zealotry. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
This series of spiritual reflections has progressed as we have been led into the wilderness of the COVID season together as a people. We are dislocated from what we used to know as "normal," and we are not settled into a "new normal." The wilderness has always been a place of spiritual growth and reorientation, and this series invites us all to carefully reflect on how we might be transformed in the ways that we understand ourselves and others so that we can create a better and more just future for all people. The episodes focus on the posture we take in the wilderness, the assumptions we carry into the wilderness with us, the troublesome physical tendencies that evolved within every human being as self-defense mechanisms, the temptations these tendencies cause, the various -isms that plague humanity and compromise peace as collective manifestations of these tendencies, and the need for a Golden-Rule Spirituality within all people to act as a louder voice and counter-force to the animalistic and self-preserving tendencies. If we can move beyond our instinctual self-focus and follow a spirituality that nurtures an other-focus with love for neighbor, then we can move together through this wilderness into a more peaceful and just world.
In this week's Patreon episode Derick and Joseph talk about appeals to authority, internet bots so advanced that they have been withheld from public use, and how people end up finding themselves in a cult. They break down OpenAI’s powerful GPT-3 language model being integrated with internet bots, how to determine trustworthiness without appealing to authority, and ponder the nature of cults and what ours would look like if we had one. Looking for an extra dose of skepticism? Join the club and watch/listen to the full version of this bonus Patreon episode: https://www.patreon.com/portlandfreethinkersclub . Rep the club and get your "Free Thinking Cap" for $25/free shipping at https://www.dailydepository.com/shop/ . For more info: https://www.dailydepository.com/pftc-show-notes . Support the show (https://cash.app/$derickgvisuals)
Written by Laurie Higgins In 2018, in a video series titled “Conception,” and posted on YouTube, the New York Times profiled “Gabrielle” Darone, a man who pretends to be a woman and who, with his wife, has fathered two children. Two years after the New York Times' sympathetic portrayal of Darone's envy of his wife's pregnancy and his claims that he is a much better parent now that he pretends to be a mother, Darone is about to be divorced. Read more...
Written by Laurie Higgins In 2018, in a video series titled “Conception,” and posted on YouTube, the New York Times profiled “Gabrielle” Darone, a man who pretends to be a woman and who, with his wife, has fathered two children. Two years after the New York Times’ sympathetic portrayal of Darone’s envy of his wife’s pregnancy and his claims that he is a much better parent now that he pretends to be a mother, Darone is about to be divorced.… Continue Reading
SEATTLE SPIRIT: Joe Biden attempts to gain the Latino vote. Todd gives a raw listen to KING5s ‘Facing Race’ cultism in action. // Todd live on Facebook: Evidentiary data on the COVID and the lies about Masks, Cuomo, Sweden and more.Joe Biden flounders again. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.
We really need to stop criticizing each other. Who is QAnon? Why American cultism is so prominent now. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Today, in a continuation of my discussion from last week on COVID-19, nuclear violence, and radiation I talk with psychiatrist and author Robert Jay Lifton.Robert Jay Lifton graduated from New York Medical College in 1948. Dr. Lifton is credited with helping to establish a new field in medicine called psychohistory, the field of inquiry that explores the psychological motives of individuals and groups of historical actors, as well as the psychological impact of historical events.Dr. Lifton later served as an Air Force psychiatrist in Japan and Korea, a teacher and researcher at the Washington School of Psychiatry, Harvard University, and the John Jay College of Criminal Justice where he helped to found the Center for the Study of Human Violence.He is a recipient of the Gandhi Peace Award, the Holocaust Memorial Award, and numerous other national and international awards, as well as many honorary degrees.His books include Death in Life: Survivors of Hiroshima which won a National Book Award, Hiroshima in America: A Half-Century of Denial (with Greg Mitchell), The Nazi Doctors: Medical Killing and the Psychology of Genocide (Basic Books, 1986) Witness to an Extreme Century: A Memoir (Free Press, Simon & Schuster, 2011), The Climate Swerve: Reflections on Mind, Hope, and Survival (The New Press, 2017), and Losing Reality: On Cults, Cultism, and the Mindset of Political and Religious Zealotry (The New Press, 2019).
Psychiatrist and author ROBERT JAY LIFTON has spent a lifetime not turning away from our dark side: writing about Hiroshima survivors, Nazi doctors, and the Japanese cult that released sarin gas in Tokyo's subways. Now 93, he finds the darkness closer to home, writing the foreword to THE DANGEROUS CASE OF DONALD TRUMP: 27 Psychiatrists and Mental Experts Assess a President, and his latest book is LOSING REALITY: On Cults, Cultism, and the Mindset of Political and Religious Zealotry. Now 93, he finds reasons for hope? How can Trump's alternative facts compete with the harsh realities of this moment?
Psychiatrist and author ROBERT JAY LIFTON has spent a lifetime not turning away from our dark side: writing about Hiroshima survivors, Nazi doctors, and the Japanese cult that released sarin gas in Tokyo’s subways. Now 93, he finds the darkness closer to home. He wrote the foreword to The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 27 Psychiatrists and Mental Experts Assess a President, and his latest book is LOSING REALITY: On Cults, Cultism, and the Mindset of Political and Religious Zealotry. How can Trump’s alternative facts compete with the harsh realities of this moment?
In part 2 of our series, we continue our discussion with Michele Kissman who spent nearly 30 years in the Worldwide Church of God. ⠀ Throughout its entirety, the WWCOG was considered a cult by most evangelicals until recent revisions including changing their name to Grace Communion International in order to distance from all the negative history and baggage associated with the name and Armstrong. Updated editions of Walter Martins “Kingdom of the Cults” also credited them for moving from Cultism into Christianity. Where does Worldwide Church of God stand really stand theologically and are there areas that we should all be still be concerned about? Tune into our latest series to find out!
Warning: This is the Completely Inappropriate PodcastWe are not experts.duh. Tony's not in, for this episode. Why? Doesn't matter! What matters is YOUR entertainment.Today's guest host is, Tim Napier, known in the grams as @timtox6. It's ok, he shares where else we can find him.We begin with a topic Frank can finally dive into... But doesn't. We start off talking bout the correlation between the movie "Prometheus" and "ancient astronaut theory". Or at least the allusions. We then talk about psychedelics and cognitive behavioral therapy. With a shout out to Teal Swan. We also talk a little bit about cults. After listening to this, would you say LGBT is a cult disguised as a community? Sincerely,The Inappropriate Ones Email with your inappropriate questions and inappropriate storiesat completelyinappropriatepodcast@gmail.comReach us on twitter @CompletelyInapinstagram @Cipodcastfacebook @Completely Inappropriate Podcastwww.CIpodcast.podbean.comSearch Youtube :Completely Inappropriate Podcastintro and outro by Tony G.
This is the first episode of the At Home series! Haruyo and EG virtually chat about the Tate–LaBianca murders and the story of a cannibal, Issei Sagawa, with some Champagne and mimosa.
Michael and Rod talk about Symbolism and Cultism. Michael and Rod talk about walk-ins and Reptilians. Michael Malasnik has been Seeking the Truth about reality, who or what we are, and how this place really works for almost 40 years. While he believes the All is unknowable, what it is not - is very easy to see. By connecting the dots between Science, Religion, Philosophy, and Mysticism, Michael sees a common truth hiding in plain sight. All it takes are eyes that see, and ears to hear to change your life experience forever. Please visit EyesthatSeek.com
Guess who's back. Back again. MOLLY'S BACK! Tell a friend! DAT'S RIGHT. Special guest and BWDWK cult expert, Molly Miller joins us once again to tell us about another interesting cult-- Chen Tao. This is actually a really fun cult and a nice break from the generally super dark and violent cults covered on this podcast. Chen Tao aka the True Way Cult mixes up Christianity, cowboy hats, reincarnation and UFOs! Basically everything besides the kitchen sink. Take a listen and let us know if this is the cult you'd join. We definitely would (if we were rich and could drop major dolla dolla bills to catch a magical flying saucer ride). _Thank you to our lovely sponsors for this episode!Vedic Botanicals: follow them on Instagram @vedicbotanicals and use our promo code "butwhat" on their website yourvedicbotanicals.com for 13% off your order!Sexy Little Scrunchies: follow them on Instagram @sexylittlescrunchies and use our promo code "BWDWK" for 20% off your order!Eskandalo Hair: follow them on Instagram @eskandalohair or check out their website eskandalohair.com. Call 610-625-9100 to schedule an appointment. Mention this podcast and get 10% off your service!_Social media:Facebook: @BWDWKpodcastTwitter: @BWDWKpodcastInstagram: @butwhatdoweknowpodcastEmail: butwhatdoweknowpod@gmail.com_** PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, RATE & REVIEW **_On Instagram:Cover art: @ohsamitMusic: @cliff_albert
In this episode of Declaring Liberty, I discuss people losing respect for the First Amendment, the Left's domination of our education system and cultism in politics. (( Subscribe for Free )) Listen Here:
Host Cyrus Webb welcomes author Robert Jay Lifton to #ConversationsLIVE to discuss his powerful new book LOSING REALITY (on Cults, Cultism, and the Mindset of Political and Religious Zealotry).
Ever wonder what a real-life Revenge of the Nerds might look like? Well, it's here. And it's nothing like the bawdy 80's sex comedy. Turns out it's more like Night of the Living (Brain) Dead and it's taking over America. Imagine if anyone who ever took a Marxist Manspreading & Toxic Phallocentrism course suddenly got to RUN THE WORLD. As if hating your parents' money wasn't bad enough... A generation of minor thinkers has unleashed a major mind-virus that's spreading from its college containment unit into corporate and government policy. If you think I'm being a drama queen, you need to hear my conversation with James Lindsay, author of How to Have Impossible Conversations: A Very Practical Guide. James is an academic and one of the greatest hoaxers of our time. He and two friends were busted by the Wall Street Journal after successfully hoaxing 14 of the most respected, peer-reviewed journals in wackademia, exposing their intellectual bankruptcy. These are people who are shaping young minds and public policy. James and I discuss the roots and remedies for this new social justice religious cult - and his discovery of the one righteous use of Hitler ever known. Don't miss it. Finally, here are some important links from the show: Buy: How to Have Impossible Conversations: A Very Practical Guide - James Lindsay's & Peter Boghossian's great new book Watch: Mike Nayna's documentary on the wild events at Evergreen College and subscribe to his YouTube Channel Listen: Bonus off-the-record conversation with James for Patreon members only. We discuss "perfect idea land", socialism, Oberlin College scandal, my experience laundering, and why corporations are SCARED BY DESIGN. Plus, preview next week's brand new episode, From Furries to Fuhrers: Why Silence Is Not Victory on Social Media If you enjoyed this, don't forget to share, subscribe, and review on Apple Podcasts
5/04/19 Saturday 1pm ET/12pm CTRL/11am MTN/10am Pac Call in and listen, share comments or ask questions at 1-347-934-0379 Also online at: http://tobtr.com/11262437 Not in the United States compare your times available using: https://www.worldtimebuddy.com Subscribe on our you tube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-719ZD-n9p6xNMsB_UGt-g?view_as=subscriber Jeremy Shepperd a former Host and serves in our nation's military along with Gus Astacio (both former Jehovah's Witnesses) talk about how ex-Cultists especially in the greater ex-Jehovah's Witness activist community have a penchant for repeating the errors they exited from. Many want to be the next gurus and innovators of religious thought and social media has given a platform for such ones to become the next Maria and Charles Russell's, Ellen G White's, and Joseph Smiths. We see itt in the Mormon activist community with Shawn McCraney and Kathy and Lee Baker. We see it in the ex-JW activist community with Nathaniel Merrit, Mike and Kim, David Vose, and Daniel Halls. It is more common now with the rise of social media to develop a CULT LIKE following while hypocritically denouncing the cult they came from.
In the first half Letitia Latek will talk about her healing journey over a decade ago, when her son Jake was born and something was ignited in her. In 2015, Letitia decided she was ready to help others on a larger scale. Float is a wellness center located in Warwick, RI. Whose goal is to help people achieve balance both in mind, body, and soul. Services provided at Float are Reiki/healing energy, meditation, massage featuring Myofascial ReleaseTherapy and more. In the second half Renee Linnell will talk about her book, The Burn Zone. She will talk about her experience as she followed her spiritual teacher and how she realized she was severely brainwashed. Renee Linnel had started five different companies and was getting an MBA from NYU. She is currently working on starting a publishing company to give people from diverse walks of life an opportunity to tell their stories.
In the first half Letitia Latek will talk about her healing journey over a decade ago, when her son Jake was born and something was ignited in her. In 2015, Letitia decided she was ready to help others on a larger scale. Float is a wellness center located in Warwick, RI. Whose goal is to help people achieve balance both in mind, body, and soul. Services provided at Float are Reiki/healing energy, meditation, massage featuring Myofascial ReleaseTherapy and more. In the second half Renee Linnell will talk about her book, The Burn Zone. She will talk about her experience as she followed her spiritual teacher and how she realized she was severely brainwashed. Renee Linnel had started five different companies and was getting an MBA from NYU. She is currently working on starting a publishing company to give people from diverse walks of life an opportunity to tell their stories.
Hello! Welcome to Ten years of Podcasts! From Untruths to Cultism to Mondas Via Pirate chat. The Cast list Is Simon Helberg (Big Bang Theory),Bob Odenkirk (Breaking Bad),Anna Meredith (Moshi Moshi),Casey Spooner (Fischerspooner),Kelly Adams (Hustle),Martyn Ware (Heaven 17),Rich Fulcher (Mighty Boosh),Paul Smith (Maximo Park),Josh Widdecombe (Last leg),Paul Foot,Daphne Rosen, John Famigliet (Health),David Cross (Arrested Development) & Roisin Conaty (Man Down ) Search for full Pods on Itunes store search “Ian Todd comedy” Subscribe on Itunes and Please review the Pod Follow me on Twitter @iantodd82 Check out #sdf https://soundcloud.com/sdf #Randomtales #untruths Thanks for listening! Ian
Anti-truth claims will always collapse into incoherence and self-contradiction, if not under the weight of the individual and cultural destruction that follows in their wake. Let’s look at the confluence of several “progressive” anti-truth claims and the intellectual and moral incoherence that results from embracing them: Read more……
Radiant Culture — In this episode we have a discussion on Spiritual Fathers with Tapedza, an Elder in one of the local churches in Harare. Many churches, especially within the Pentecostal denominations have adopted the concept of Spiritual Fathers where the congregations relate to the Man of God as their spiritual Father (Papa) and give reverence to him and he regards them as their son’s/daughters. In this episode we want to discuss this concept and get a better understanding of it and the biblical basis of it. Is it Truth or are we bodering on Cultism and idolatry. What does scripture say?
The Ghost Cults (958.1) 87:0.1 THE ghost cult evolved as an offset to the hazards of bad luck; its primitive religious observances were the outgrowth of anxiety about bad luck and of the inordinate fear of the dead. None of these early religions had much to do with the recognition of Deity or with reverence for the superhuman; their rites were mostly negative, designed to avoid, expel, or coerce ghosts. The ghost cult was nothing more nor less than insurance against disaster; it had nothing to do with investment for higher and future returns. (958.2) 87:0.2 Man has had a long and bitter struggle with the ghost cult. Nothing in human history is designed to excite more pity than this picture of man’s abject slavery to ghost-spirit fear. With the birth of this very fear mankind started on the upgrade of religious evolution. Human imagination cast off from the shores of self and will not again find anchor until it arrives at the concept of a true Deity, a real God. 1. Ghost Fear (958.3) 87:1.1 Death was feared because death meant the liberation of another ghost from its physical body. The ancients did their best to prevent death, to avoid the trouble of having to contend with a new ghost. They were always anxious to induce the ghost to leave the scene of death, to embark on the journey to deadland. The ghost was feared most of all during the supposed transition period between its emergence at the time of death and its later departure for the ghost homeland, a vague and primitive concept of pseudo heaven. (958.4) 87:1.2 Though the savage credited ghosts with supernatural powers, he hardly conceived of them as having supernatural intelligence. Many tricks and stratagems were practiced in an effort to hoodwink and deceive the ghosts; civilized man still pins much faith on the hope that an outward manifestation of piety will in some manner deceive even an omniscient Deity. (958.5) 87:1.3 The primitives feared sickness because they observed it was often a harbinger of death. If the tribal medicine man failed to cure an afflicted individual, the sick man was usually removed from the family hut, being taken to a smaller one or left in the open air to die alone. A house in which death had occurred was usually destroyed; if not, it was always avoided, and this fear prevented early man from building substantial dwellings. It also militated against the establishment of permanent villages and cities. (958.6) 87:1.4 The savages sat up all night and talked when a member of the clan died; they feared they too would die if they fell asleep in the vicinity of a corpse. Contagion from the corpse substantiated the fear of the dead, and all peoples, at one time or another, have employed elaborate purification ceremonies designed to cleanse an individual after contact with the dead. The ancients believed that light must be provided for a corpse; a dead body was never permitted to remain in the dark. In the twentieth century, candles are still burned in death chambers, and men still sit up with the dead. So-called civilized man has hardly yet completely eliminated the fear of dead bodies from his philosophy of life. (959.1) 87:1.5 But despite all this fear, men still sought to trick the ghost. If the death hut was not destroyed, the corpse was removed through a hole in the wall, never by way of the door. These measures were taken to confuse the ghost, to prevent its tarrying, and to insure against its return. Mourners also returned from a funeral by a different road, lest the ghost follow. Backtracking and scores of other tactics were practiced to insure that the ghost would not return from the grave. The sexes often exchanged clothes in order to deceive the ghost. Mourning costumes were designed to disguise survivors; later on, to show respect for the dead and thus appease the ghosts. 2. Ghost Placation (959.2) 87:2.1 In religion the negative program of ghost placation long preceded the positive program of spirit coercion and supplication. The first acts of human worship were phenomena of defense, not reverence. Modern man deems it wise to insure against fire; so the savage thought it the better part of wisdom to provide insurance against ghost bad luck. The effort to secure this protection constituted the techniques and rituals of the ghost cult. (959.3) 87:2.2 It was once thought that the great desire of a ghost was to be quickly “laid” so that it might proceed undisturbed to deadland. Any error of commission or omission in the acts of the living in the ritual of laying the ghost was sure to delay its progress to ghostland. This was believed to be displeasing to the ghost, and an angered ghost was supposed to be a source of calamity, misfortune, and unhappiness. (959.4) 87:2.3 The funeral service originated in man’s effort to induce the ghost soul to depart for its future home, and the funeral sermon was originally designed to instruct the new ghost how to get there. It was the custom to provide food and clothes for the ghost’s journey, these articles being placed in or near the grave. The savage believed that it required from three days to a year to “lay the ghost” — to get it away from the vicinity of the grave. The Eskimos still believe that the soul stays with the body three days. (959.5) 87:2.4 Silence or mourning was observed after a death so that the ghost would not be attracted back home. Self-torture — wounds — was a common form of mourning. Many advanced teachers tried to stop this, but they failed. Fasting and other forms of self-denial were thought to be pleasing to the ghosts, who took pleasure in the discomfort of the living during the transition period of lurking about before their actual departure for deadland. (959.6) 87:2.5 Long and frequent periods of mourning inactivity were one of the great obstacles to civilization’s advancement. Weeks and even months of each year were literally wasted in this nonproductive and useless mourning. The fact that professional mourners were hired for funeral occasions indicates that mourning was a ritual, not an evidence of sorrow. Moderns may mourn the dead out of respect and because of bereavement, but the ancients did this because of fear. (959.7) 87:2.6 The names of the dead were never spoken. In fact, they were often banished from the language. These names became taboo, and in this way the languages were constantly impoverished. This eventually produced a multiplication of symbolic speech and figurative expression, such as “the name or day one never mentions.” (960.1) 87:2.7 The ancients were so anxious to get rid of a ghost that they offered it everything which might have been desired during life. Ghosts wanted wives and servants; a well-to-do savage expected that at least one slave wife would be buried alive at his death. It later became the custom for a widow to commit suicide on her husband’s grave. When a child died, the mother, aunt, or grandmother was often strangled in order that an adult ghost might accompany and care for the child ghost. And those who thus gave up their lives usually did so willingly; indeed, had they lived in violation of custom, their fear of ghost wrath would have denuded life of such few pleasures as the primitives enjoyed. (960.2) 87:2.8 It was customary to dispatch a large number of subjects to accompany a dead chief; slaves were killed when their master died that they might serve him in ghostland. The Borneans still provide a courier companion; a slave is speared to death to make the ghost journey with his deceased master. Ghosts of murdered persons were believed to be delighted to have the ghosts of their murderers as slaves; this notion motivated men to head hunting. (960.3) 87:2.9 Ghosts supposedly enjoyed the smell of food; food offerings at funeral feasts were once universal. The primitive method of saying grace was, before eating, to throw a bit of food into the fire for the purpose of appeasing the spirits, while mumbling a magic formula. (960.4) 87:2.10 The dead were supposed to use the ghosts of the tools and weapons that were theirs in life. To break an article was to “kill it,” thus releasing its ghost to pass on for service in ghostland. Property sacrifices were also made by burning or burying. Ancient funeral wastes were enormous. Later races made paper models and substituted drawings for real objects and persons in these death sacrifices. It was a great advance in civilization when the inheritance of kin replaced the burning and burying of property. The Iroquois Indians made many reforms in funeral waste. And this conservation of property enabled them to become the most powerful of the northern red men. Modern man is not supposed to fear ghosts, but custom is strong, and much terrestrial wealth is still consumed on funeral rituals and death ceremonies. 3. Ancestor Worship (960.5) 87:3.1 The advancing ghost cult made ancestor worship inevitable since it became the connecting link between common ghosts and the higher spirits, the evolving gods. The early gods were simply glorified departed humans. (960.6) 87:3.2 Ancestor worship was originally more of a fear than a worship, but such beliefs did definitely contribute to the further spread of ghost fear and worship. Devotees of the early ancestor-ghost cults even feared to yawn lest a malignant ghost enter their bodies at such a time. (960.7) 87:3.3 The custom of adopting children was to make sure that someone would provide offerings after death for the peace and progress of the soul. The savage lived in fear of the ghosts of his fellows and spent his spare time planning for the safe conduct of his own ghost after death.* (960.8) 87:3.4 Most tribes instituted an all-souls’ feast at least once a year. The Romans had twelve ghost feasts and accompanying ceremonies each year. Half the days of the year were dedicated to some sort of ceremony associated with these ancient cults. One Roman emperor tried to reform these practices by reducing the number of feast days to 135 a year. (961.1) 87:3.5 The ghost cult was in continuous evolution. As ghosts were envisioned as passing from the incomplete to the higher phase of existence, so did the cult eventually progress to the worship of spirits, and even gods. But regardless of varying beliefs in more advanced spirits, all tribes and races once believed in ghosts. 4. Good and Bad Spirit Ghosts (961.2) 87:4.1 Ghost fear was the fountainhead of all world religion; and for ages many tribes clung to the old belief in one class of ghosts. They taught that man had good luck when the ghost was pleased, bad luck when he was angered. (961.3) 87:4.2 As the cult of ghost fear expanded, there came about the recognition of higher types of spirits, spirits not definitely identifiable with any individual human. They were graduate or glorified ghosts who had progressed beyond the domain of ghostland to the higher realms of spiritland. (961.4) 87:4.3 The notion of two kinds of spirit ghosts made slow but sure progress throughout the world. This new dual spiritism did not have to spread from tribe to tribe; it sprang up independently all over the world. In influencing the expanding evolutionary mind, the power of an idea lies not in its reality or reasonableness but rather in its vividness and the universality of its ready and simple application. (961.5) 87:4.4 Still later the imagination of man envisioned the concept of both good and bad supernatural agencies; some ghosts never evolved to the level of good spirits. The early monospiritism of ghost fear was gradually evolving into a dual spiritism, a new concept of the invisible control of earthly affairs. At last good luck and bad luck were pictured as having their respective controllers. And of the two classes, the group that brought bad luck were believed to be the more active and numerous. (961.6) 87:4.5 When the doctrine of good and bad spirits finally matured, it became the most widespread and persistent of all religious beliefs. This dualism represented a great religio-philosophic advance because it enabled man to account for both good luck and bad luck while at the same time believing in supermortal beings who were to some extent consistent in their behavior. The spirits could be counted on to be either good or bad; they were not thought of as being completely temperamental as the early ghosts of the monospiritism of most primitive religions had been conceived to be. Man was at last able to conceive of supermortal forces that were consistent in behavior, and this was one of the most momentous discoveries of truth in the entire history of the evolution of religion and in the expansion of human philosophy. (961.7) 87:4.6 Evolutionary religion has, however, paid a terrible price for the concept of dual spiritism. Man’s early philosophy was able to reconcile spirit constancy with the vicissitudes of temporal fortune only by postulating two kinds of spirits, one good and the other bad. And while this belief did enable man to reconcile the variables of chance with a concept of unchanging supermortal forces, this doctrine has ever since made it difficult for religionists to conceive of cosmic unity. The gods of evolutionary religion have generally been opposed by the forces of darkness. (962.1) 87:4.7 The tragedy of all this lies in the fact that, when these ideas were taking root in the primitive mind of man, there really were no bad or disharmonious spirits in all the world. Such an unfortunate situation did not develop until after the Caligastic rebellion and only persisted until Pentecost. The concept of good and evil as cosmic co-ordinates is, even in the twentieth century, very much alive in human philosophy; most of the world’s religions still carry this cultural birthmark of the long-gone days of the emerging ghost cults. 5. The Advancing Ghost Cult (962.2) 87:5.1 Primitive man viewed the spirits and ghosts as having almost unlimited rights but no duties; the spirits were thought to regard man as having manifold duties but no rights. The spirits were believed to look down upon man as constantly failing in the discharge of his spiritual duties. It was the general belief of mankind that ghosts levied a continuous tribute of service as the price of noninterference in human affairs, and the least mischance was laid to ghost activities. Early humans were so afraid they might overlook some honor due the gods that, after they had sacrificed to all known spirits, they did another turn to the “unknown gods,” just to be thoroughly safe. (962.3) 87:5.2 And now the simple ghost cult is followed by the practices of the more advanced and relatively complex spirit-ghost cult, the service and worship of the higher spirits as they evolved in man’s primitive imagination. Religious ceremonial must keep pace with spirit evolution and progress. The expanded cult was but the art of self-maintenance practiced in relation to belief in supernatural beings, self-adjustment to spirit environment. Industrial and military organizations were adjustments to natural and social environments. And as marriage arose to meet the demands of bisexuality, so did religious organization evolve in response to the belief in higher spirit forces and spiritual beings. Religion represents man’s adjustment to his illusions of the mystery of chance. Spirit fear and subsequent worship were adopted as insurance against misfortune, as prosperity policies. (962.4) 87:5.3 The savage visualizes the good spirits as going about their business, requiring little from human beings. It is the bad ghosts and spirits who must be kept in good humor. Accordingly, primitive peoples paid more attention to their malevolent ghosts than to their benign spirits. (962.5) 87:5.4 Human prosperity was supposed to be especially provocative of the envy of evil spirits, and their method of retaliation was to strike back through a human agency and by the technique of the evil eye. That phase of the cult which had to do with spirit avoidance was much concerned with the machinations of the evil eye. The fear of it became almost world-wide. Pretty women were veiled to protect them from the evil eye; subsequently many women who desired to be considered beautiful adopted this practice. Because of this fear of bad spirits, children were seldom allowed out after dark, and the early prayers always included the petition, “deliver us from the evil eye.” (962.6) 87:5.5 The Koran contains a whole chapter devoted to the evil eye and magic spells, and the Jews fully believed in them. The whole phallic cult grew up as a defense against the evil eye. The organs of reproduction were thought to be the only fetish which could render it powerless. The evil eye gave origin to the first superstitions respecting prenatal marking of children, maternal impressions, and the cult was at one time well-nigh universal.* (963.1) 87:5.6 Envy is a deep-seated human trait; therefore did primitive man ascribe it to his early gods. And since man had once practiced deception upon the ghosts, he soon began to deceive the spirits. Said he, “If the spirits are jealous of our beauty and prosperity, we will disfigure ourselves and speak lightly of our success.” Early humility was not, therefore, debasement of ego but rather an attempt to foil and deceive the envious spirits. (963.2) 87:5.7 The method adopted to prevent the spirits from becoming jealous of human prosperity was to heap vituperation upon some lucky or much loved thing or person. The custom of depreciating complimentary remarks regarding oneself or family had its origin in this way, and it eventually evolved into civilized modesty, restraint, and courtesy. In keeping with the same motive, it became the fashion to look ugly. Beauty aroused the envy of spirits; it betokened sinful human pride. The savage sought for an ugly name. This feature of the cult was a great handicap to the advancement of art, and it long kept the world somber and ugly. (963.3) 87:5.8 Under the spirit cult, life was at best a gamble, the result of spirit control. One’s future was not the result of effort, industry, or talent except as they might be utilized to influence the spirits. The ceremonies of spirit propitiation constituted a heavy burden, rendering life tedious and virtually unendurable. From age to age and from generation to generation, race after race has sought to improve this superghost doctrine, but no generation has ever yet dared to wholly reject it. (963.4) 87:5.9 The intention and will of the spirits were studied by means of omens, oracles, and signs. And these spirit messages were interpreted by divination, soothsaying, magic, ordeals, and astrology. The whole cult was a scheme designed to placate, satisfy, and buy off the spirits through this disguised bribery. (963.5) 87:5.10 And thus there grew up a new and expanded world philosophy consisting in: (963.6) 87:5.11 1. Duty — those things which must be done to keep the spirits favorably disposed, at least neutral. (963.7) 87:5.12 2. Right — the correct conduct and ceremonies designed to win the spirits actively to one’s interests. (963.8) 87:5.13 3. Truth — the correct understanding of, and attitude toward, spirits, and hence toward life and death. (963.9) 87:5.14 It was not merely out of curiosity that the ancients sought to know the future; they wanted to dodge ill luck. Divination was simply an attempt to avoid trouble. During these times, dreams were regarded as prophetic, while everything out of the ordinary was considered an omen. And even today the civilized races are cursed with the belief in signs, tokens, and other superstitious remnants of the advancing ghost cult of old. Slow, very slow, is man to abandon those methods whereby he so gradually and painfully ascended the evolutionary scale of life. 6. Coercion and Exorcism (963.10) 87:6.1 When men believed in ghosts only, religious ritual was more personal, less organized, but the recognition of higher spirits necessitated the employment of “higher spiritual methods” in dealing with them. This attempt to improve upon, and to elaborate, the technique of spirit propitiation led directly to the creation of defenses against the spirits. Man felt helpless indeed before the uncontrollable forces operating in terrestrial life, and his feeling of inferiority drove him to attempt to find some compensating adjustment, some technique for evening the odds in the one-sided struggle of man versus the cosmos. (964.1) 87:6.2 In the early days of the cult, man’s efforts to influence ghost action were confined to propitiation, attempts by bribery to buy off ill luck. As the evolution of the ghost cult progressed to the concept of good as well as bad spirits, these ceremonies turned toward attempts of a more positive nature, efforts to win good luck. Man’s religion no longer was completely negativistic, nor did he stop with the effort to win good luck; he shortly began to devise schemes whereby he could compel spirit co-operation. No longer does the religionist stand defenseless before the unceasing demands of the spirit phantasms of his own devising; the savage is beginning to invent weapons wherewith he may coerce spirit action and compel spirit assistance. (964.2) 87:6.3 Man’s first efforts at defense were directed against the ghosts. As the ages passed, the living began to devise methods of resisting the dead. Many techniques were developed for frightening ghosts and driving them away, among which may be cited the following: (964.3) 87:6.4 1. Cutting off the head and tying up the body in the grave. (964.4) 87:6.5 2. Stoning the death house. (964.5) 87:6.6 3. Castration or breaking the legs of the corpse. (964.6) 87:6.7 4. Burying under stones, one origin of the modern tombstone. (964.7) 87:6.8 5. Cremation, a later-day invention to prevent ghost trouble. (964.8) 87:6.9 6. Casting the body into the sea. (964.9) 87:6.10 7. Exposure of the body to be eaten by wild animals. (964.10) 87:6.11 Ghosts were supposed to be disturbed and frightened by noise; shouting, bells, and drums drove them away from the living; and these ancient methods are still in vogue at “wakes” for the dead. Foul-smelling concoctions were utilized to banish unwelcome spirits. Hideous images of the spirits were constructed so that they would flee in haste when they beheld themselves. It was believed that dogs could detect the approach of ghosts, and that they gave warning by howling; that cocks would crow when they were near. The use of a cock as a weather vane is in perpetuation of this superstition. (964.11) 87:6.12 Water was regarded as the best protection against ghosts. Holy water was superior to all other forms, water in which the priests had washed their feet. Both fire and water were believed to constitute impassable barriers to ghosts. The Romans carried water three times around the corpse; in the twentieth century the body is sprinkled with holy water, and hand washing at the cemetery is still a Jewish ritual. Baptism was a feature of the later water ritual; primitive bathing was a religious ceremony. Only in recent times has bathing become a sanitary practice. (964.12) 87:6.13 But man did not stop with ghost coercion; through religious ritual and other practices he was soon attempting to compel spirit action. Exorcism was the employment of one spirit to control or banish another, and these tactics were also utilized for frightening ghosts and spirits. The dual-spiritism concept of good and bad forces offered man ample opportunity to attempt to pit one agency against another, for, if a powerful man could vanquish a weaker one, then certainly a strong spirit could dominate an inferior ghost. Primitive cursing was a coercive practice designed to overawe minor spirits. Later this custom expanded into the pronouncing of curses upon enemies. (965.1) 87:6.14 It was long believed that by reverting to the usages of the more ancient mores the spirits and demigods could be forced into desirable action. Modern man is guilty of the same procedure. You address one another in common, everyday language, but when you engage in prayer, you resort to the older style of another generation, the so-called solemn style. (965.2) 87:6.15 This doctrine also explains many religious-ritual reversions of a sex nature, such as temple prostitution. These reversions to primitive customs were considered sure guards against many calamities. And with these simple-minded peoples all such performances were entirely free from what modern man would term promiscuity. (965.3) 87:6.16 Next came the practice of ritual vows, soon to be followed by religious pledges and sacred oaths. Most of these oaths were accompanied by self-torture and self-mutilation; later on, by fasting and prayer. Self-denial was subsequently looked upon as being a sure coercive; this was especially true in the matter of sex suppression. And so primitive man early developed a decided austerity in his religious practices, a belief in the efficacy of self-torture and self-denial as rituals capable of coercing the unwilling spirits to react favorably toward all such suffering and deprivation. (965.4) 87:6.17 Modern man no longer attempts openly to coerce the spirits, though he still evinces a disposition to bargain with Deity. And he still swears, knocks on wood, crosses his fingers, and follows expectoration with some trite phrase; once it was a magical formula. 7. Nature of Cultism (965.5) 87:7.1 The cult type of social organization persisted because it provided a symbolism for the preservation and stimulation of moral sentiments and religious loyalties. The cult grew out of the traditions of “old families” and was perpetuated as an established institution; all families have a cult of some sort. Every inspiring ideal grasps for some perpetuating symbolism — seeks some technique for cultural manifestation which will insure survival and augment realization — and the cult achieves this end by fostering and gratifying emotion. (965.6) 87:7.2 From the dawn of civilization every appealing movement in social culture or religious advancement has developed a ritual, a symbolic ceremonial. The more this ritual has been an unconscious growth, the stronger it has gripped its devotees. The cult preserved sentiment and satisfied emotion, but it has always been the greatest obstacle to social reconstruction and spiritual progress. (965.7) 87:7.3 Notwithstanding that the cult has always retarded social progress, it is regrettable that so many modern believers in moral standards and spiritual ideals have no adequate symbolism — no cult of mutual support — nothing to belong to. But a religious cult cannot be manufactured; it must grow. And those of no two groups will be identical unless their rituals are arbitrarily standardized by authority. (965.8) 87:7.4 The early Christian cult was the most effective, appealing, and enduring of any ritual ever conceived or devised, but much of its value has been destroyed in a scientific age by the destruction of so many of its original underlying tenets. The Christian cult has been devitalized by the loss of many fundamental ideas. (965.9) 87:7.5 In the past, truth has grown rapidly and expanded freely when the cult has been elastic, the symbolism expansile. Abundant truth and an adjustable cult have favored rapidity of social progression. A meaningless cult vitiates religion when it attempts to supplant philosophy and to enslave reason; a genuine cult grows. (966.1) 87:7.6 Regardless of the drawbacks and handicaps, every new revelation of truth has given rise to a new cult, and even the restatement of the religion of Jesus must develop a new and appropriate symbolism. Modern man must find some adequate symbolism for his new and expanding ideas, ideals, and loyalties. This enhanced symbol must arise out of religious living, spiritual experience. And this higher symbolism of a higher civilization must be predicated on the concept of the Fatherhood of God and be pregnant with the mighty ideal of the brotherhood of man. (966.2) 87:7.7 The old cults were too egocentric; the new must be the outgrowth of applied love. The new cult must, like the old, foster sentiment, satisfy emotion, and promote loyalty; but it must do more: It must facilitate spiritual progress, enhance cosmic meanings, augment moral values, encourage social development, and stimulate a high type of personal religious living. The new cult must provide supreme goals of living which are both temporal and eternal — social and spiritual. (966.3) 87:7.8 No cult can endure and contribute to the progress of social civilization and individual spiritual attainment unless it is based on the biologic, sociologic, and religious significance of the home. A surviving cult must symbolize that which is permanent in the presence of unceasing change; it must glorify that which unifies the stream of ever-changing social metamorphosis. It must recognize true meanings, exalt beautiful relations, and glorify the good values of real nobility. (966.4) 87:7.9 But the great difficulty of finding a new and satisfying symbolism is because modern men, as a group, adhere to the scientific attitude, eschew superstition, and abhor ignorance, while as individuals they all crave mystery and venerate the unknown. No cult can survive unless it embodies some masterful mystery and conceals some worthful unattainable. Again, the new symbolism must not only be significant for the group but also meaningful to the individual. The forms of any serviceable symbolism must be those which the individual can carry out on his own initiative, and which he can also enjoy with his fellows. If the new cult could only be dynamic instead of static, it might really contribute something worth while to the progress of mankind, both temporal and spiritual. (966.5) 87:7.10 But a cult — a symbolism of rituals, slogans, or goals — will not function if it is too complex. And there must be the demand for devotion, the response of loyalty. Every effective religion unerringly develops a worthy symbolism, and its devotees would do well to prevent the crystallization of such a ritual into cramping, deforming, and stifling stereotyped ceremonials which can only handicap and retard all social, moral, and spiritual progress. No cult can survive if it retards moral growth and fails to foster spiritual progress. The cult is the skeletal structure around which grows the living and dynamic body of personal spiritual experience — true religion. (966.6) 87:7.11 [Presented by a Brilliant Evening Star of Nebadon.]
Ian and Harry return with an eclectic mix of cult stuff! From knight Rider to Ben Wheatley Via The Pixies. Follow on Twitter @cultismpodcast
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Ian Todd and Harry Medium are back! In this extra special ep 10 they go to the far reaches of their cultist knowledge to bring you THE cultist...ist stuff, like, ever. Follow on twitter: @CultismPodcast @iantodd82 @HarryMedium
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In this talk Avatar Adi Da notes that cultism is rooted in the childish need to believe and to depend on a person, group, myth, or symbol - without assuming responsibility for oneself. He then points out that the tendency to create a cult of whatever kind is present in everyone - at every level of human society and culture. Avatar Adi Da criticizes the tendency toward cultism in the world at large and even within His own community of devotees. He calls His Devotees to understand and relinquish all modes of false and childish dependency on Him as a Spiritual Teacher and to make only the most serious and mature approach to Him for the great purpose of spiritual awakening and Divine Enlightenment.
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