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"Steven Hassan developed the BITE Model© [Behavior, Information, Thought, and Emotional control] to describe cults’ specific methods to recruit and maintain control over people

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Not every group or relationship uses every one of these. Some are universal such as deception (Information control), indoctrinating people to distrust critics and former members, or installing phobias to make people afraid of questioning or leaving."

https://freedomofmind.com/cult-mind-control/bite-model-pdf-download/

#CultDynamics #BITE

@KarlHeinzHasliP

BITE Model of Authoritarian Control - Freedom of Mind Resource Center

Discover the foundational principles of psychological freedom with our BITE Model PDF. Dr. Steven Hassan's pioneering framework offers insights into controlling behaviors and thoughts. Download now to explore strategies for personal empowerment and understanding undue influence. Perfect for educators, counselors, and anyone seeking to reclaim their freedom of thought.

Freedom of Mind Resource Center

jp Jul 24, 2025

“The Pentecostal” isn’t just another blasphemous tantrum — it’s a rare moment of clarity where Deicide turns its fury toward something concrete: Pentecostal mind control, spectacle worship, and the slow zombification of American faith.
#Deicide #ThePentecostal #DeathMetal #MetalCriticism #GlenBenton #ReligiousSatire #CultDynamics #Pentecostalism #ExtremeMetal #MetalAnalysis #NapalmDeath #Slayer #Behemoth #HeavyMetal #MetalEssay #Metalheads #ReligiousCritique
https://songreading.wordpress.com/2024/12/30/the-pentecostal/

Blasphemy with Coordinates: On the Strange Clarity of Deicide’s ‘The Pentecostal’

“The Pentecostal” (2004) might be the Deicide song I’ve been waiting to hear since I first clocked Glen Benton’s act as occasionally more than just a Satanic shock-jock routine. While I can’t…

Songreading

Xamanismo Coletivo May 16, 2024

"Matthew published a book in 2019 titled "Practice and All is Coming: Abuse, Cult Dynamics and #Healing in #Yoga and Beyond".
In many ways, this book holds the keys to how 1/3 of the team has tackled the #conspirituality era. Derek and Julian interview their colleague about it all on the occasion of the release of a 2nd edition, now titled: "Surviving #ModernYoga: #CultDynamics, Charismatic Leaders, and What #Survivors Can Teach Us"."

https://pca.st/episode/aebb2e63-e389-454a-a431-236ab1820547

206: Surviving Modern Yoga (w/ Matthew Remski) - Conspirituality

Dismantling New Age cults, wellness grifters, and conspiracy-mad yogis. At best, the conspirituality movement attacks public health efforts in times of crisis. At worst, it fronts and recruits for the fever-dream of QAnon.As the alt-right and New Age horseshoe toward each other in a blur of disinformation, clear discourse, and good intentions get smothered. Charismatic influencers exploit their followers by co-opting conspiracy theories on a spectrum of intensity ranging from vaccines to child trafficking. In the process, spiritual beliefs that have nurtured creativity and meaning are transforming into memes of a quickly-globalizing paranoia.Conspirituality Podcast attempts to bring understanding to this landscape. A journalist, a cult researcher, and a philosophical skeptic discuss the stories, cognitive dissonances, and cultic dynamics tearing through the yoga, wellness, and new spirituality worlds. Mainstream outlets have noticed the problem. We crowd-source, research, analyze, and dream answers to it.

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