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Uniform Title Mecanique des sectes. English

Title Soul snatchers : the mechanics of cults / Jean-Marie Abgrall ; translated by Alice Seberry.

Imprint

New York : Algora Pub., c2000.

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 3rd Floor Stacks	291.9019 Ab44s	---	Available

Description	296 p. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-296).
Contents	Cults and mental manipulation -- Cults-past and present -- The guru -- How cults are organized -- Recruitment -- Coercive persuasion -- Conditioning -- Psychic conditioning -- Physical conditioning -- Proven methods : Scientology -- Mental pathologies pre-dating the cult -- Pathologies induced by cult manipulation -- Treating the pathologies.
Subject	Cults -- Psychology.
	Sects -- Psychology.
ISBN	189294104X (alk. paper)