Members are attracted to the cult by friendship and communal embrace. The one event in our lives that is more fearful is death. It can be seen as an attractive option to die communally and ritually . . . The leader believes he or she knows what is best for individual members. The threat of being excommunicated from the only source of salvation, keeps members under the often oppressive power of the leader.
Cults tend to be emotionally and, sometimes, physically and sexually abusive.
Cults often put recruits through a grueling indoctrination period. Subjection to stress and fatigue 2. Social disruption, isolation and pressure 3. Fear, anxiety and paranoia 5. Control of information 6.