Then pay attention to what the Lord is trying to tell you. What is usually involved is that certain negative experiences can create strongholds or bondage points from the past. As we have discussed, people who have been involved in cults always suffer psychological bondage. The reason for this is that cults incorporate non-Biblical teachings and ideas that always bring psychological slavery or manipulation. It is the nature of cults which always have Satanic ideas weaved into them to manipulate, enslave and exploit people.
Cults are authoritarian in nature.
They substitute a charismatic leader and his teachings for the Lord Jesus Christ. Their purpose spiritually is to deceive and blind people from the truth in Jesus Christ. Therefore when people leave New Age or even Christian based cults they have mind sets which are non-Biblical and often dysfunctional. Subtle perceptions and attitudes about themselves and life that must be transformed by the entire renewing of the mind. Remember the cult is a counterfeit of the Body of Christ.