Cult

Humanity is in eternity with its cults.G. Eiríksson, 21. Maí, 2020. Iceland.— G. EiríkssonYeah everyone is part of a cult or "subculture" as they are called— carlarl"cararl"/"Norm Sailor," Discord user, 21. Maí, 2020.
Cult is a term which, as we value exactness, we can ill do without, seeing how completely religion has lost its original signification.— Fitzedward HallFitzedward Hall, "Modern English," 1873.A cult is a culture with excessive control.--- G. Eiríksson.A cult is described as a system or group of people who practice excessive devotion to a figure, object, or belief system.Cult | Definition, Characteristics & Behavior - Video & Lesson Transcript | Study.comCultic Studies Journal, 3, (1986): 119-120. There are several behaviors associated with cults. Someone who is in a cult might lose their sense of individuality, become obsessed with cult doctrine, cut contact with loved ones, or start engaging in unhealthy behaviors like self-starvation. "Cult doctrine [...] exists to resolve a particularly powerful emotional vulnerability in an unhealthy way (this adds another layer of defense for responsible faith, which does so in a healthy way to the degree that it does the same things)." (Lindsay, 2020)
The BITE Model of Authoritarian Control is a framework developed by Steven Hassan, a mental health professional and cult expert, to identify and evaluate the methods used by cults and other authoritarian groups to control their members. The model is based on four key components:
* Behavior control: This involves regulating the physical reality of individuals to instill dependency on, and obedience to, the group. Examples include controlling where and with whom members live, what they eat and wear, and who they can and cannot associate with.
* Information control: This involves limiting and manipulating the information that members have access to. Examples include censoring news and media, spreading misinformation, and isolating members from outside influences.
* Thought control: This involves manipulating the way that members think and reason. Examples include using propaganda, indoctrination, and guilt-tripping to instill beliefs and values that align with the group's ideology.
* Emotional control: This involves manipulating the emotions of members. Examples include using fear, shame, and love bombing to create a strong emotional bond between members and the group.Steven Hassan's BITE Model of Authoritarian Control - Freedom of Mind Resource Center
----cultism; cult-like; 
Latin cultus "care, labor; cultivation, culture; worship, reverence," originally "tended, cultivated," past participle of colere "to till" (see colony).
=== Criticism ===
One thing I learned through all that study is that most fundamentalist religious (in the colloquial, not technical sense) and cult conversions, especially in adults, occur by using doctrine to resolve some core emotional vulnerability. That is, cult doctrine, and I include extreme fundamentalist interpretations of religious doctrines as cultish, exists to resolve a particularly powerful emotional vulnerability in an unhealthy way (this adds another layer of defense for responsible faith, which does so in a healthy way to the degree that it does the same things).Author given as "James A. Lindsay," date of publishing given as 6. June, 2020, on https://newdiscourses.com/2020/06/cult-dynamics-wokeness/.
=== Media ===
* Into the Infernal Regions of the Ancient Cult, 1998 by Inquisition.
* «R.E.M Part I: Propaganda, Art, Religion, Myth as race forming synonyms»Posted on May 3, 2019 by markbrahmin, on a/his Wordpress blog.
* «Revolt Against the Modern World».
* «The Hero With A Thousand Faces»
== Rhizomata ==
* Culture; Religion; Cultivation; Institution; Organization; Faith; Values; Objects; Objective; Hypergame
* Heaven; Goal
* Priestly; Brahmin
* Propaganda; Cultus; Hypergamy
=== References ===
Category:Religion
Category:Harm
Category:Occult