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A page, sub 1 Abuse 10

October 22, 2025
‘Spiritual abuse’, defined by International Cultic Studies Association, refers to any type of physical, sexual, or psychological harm perpetrated by a spiritual or religious leader on a member of a...
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A page, sub 1 Abuse 11

October 22, 2025
[Spiritual abuse] is an emerging concept…the scholarship of this kind of distinct form of suffering; a distinct form of devastation that happens when abuse happens in a religious context. Some...
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A page, sub 1 Abuse 12

October 22, 2025
This is, in fact, the central identifying characteristic of spiritual abuse: the healer’s needs, not those of the one seeking healing, take precedence…[It] is a misuse of power in a...
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C page, sub 10 Cults 1

October 22, 2025
[T]he term cult is not in itself pejorative but simply descriptive. It denotes a group that forms around a person who claims he or she has a special mission or...
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C page, sub 10 Cults 2

October 22, 2025
Like everything in life, there is no good cult/bad cult binary: cultishness falls on a spectrum…[G]roups toward the destructive end use three kinds of deception: omission of what you need...
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C page, sub 11 Culture 3

October 22, 2025
Buddhism is so often portrayed as a tradition that’s all about inner peace. It’s often painted as a more gentle kind of spirituality. [Dr. Langenberg, y]ou’ve pointed out that rape...
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A page, sub 1 Abuse 2

October 22, 2025
Abuse of power doesn’t look the same everywhere. Sometimes abuse of power can come from a collective failure to acknowledge something, from not taking responsibility, from doing nothing. And, the...
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C page, sub 9 Consequences 5

October 22, 2025
[T]here seems to be a particular set of circumstances that gives rise to a situation the Western Buddhist community in particular has seen again and again: a lone teacher rises...
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