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Preface and Map of the Book
Introduction:
Why Focus on Authoritarianism?
Authority, Hierarchy, and Power
Part 1: Personal Masks
1. Religion, Cults, & the Spiritual Vacuum
Religion and Morality
The Challenge of Science
Who Defines Reality in Religions and Cults?
Reexamining the Sacred
2. Gurus and Times of Upheaval
3. The Seductions of Surrender
Control and Surrender
Scandals, Saints, & Self-Centeredness
Recognizing Authoritarian Control
4. Guru Ploys
Inducing Surrender
Maintaining Dominance
5. The Assault on Reason
6. Stages of Cults -- Proselytizing to Paranoia
The Messianic Phase
The Apocalyptic Phase
7. The Attractions of Cult Hierarchy
8. Gurus & Sexual Manipulation
The Betrayal of Trust
Spiritual Hedonism
9. Gurus, Psychotherapy, & the Unconscious
10. The Traps of Being a Guru
Narcissism and Adulation
Deceit and Corruption
11. Jim Jones & the Jonestown Mass Suicide
12. On Channeling Disembodied Authorities
Assumptions about Channeling
An Example of Channeled Writing:
A Course in Miracles
What Are Channels Channeling?
13. Do You Create Your Own Reality?
14. Healing Crippled Self-Trust
Part 2: Ideological Masks
Introduction: The Morality Wars
1. Fundamentalism & the Need for Certainty
The Essence of Fundamentalism
The Quandaries of Revisionism
Revisionism and the Need for Identity
What's at Stake?
2. Satanism & the Worship of the Forbidden:
Why It Feels Good to Be Bad
Good and Evil
The Problem of Evil
Satanism as an Avenue to Power
The Divided Self: Good and Evil Internalized
Satanism as the Dark Side of Monotheism
3. Who Is in Control?
The Authoritarian Roots of Addiction
What Is Addiction?
The Divided Psyche:
Symptom of a Dysfunctional Morality
Taming the Beast:
The Inner Battle for Control
Addiction as Revolt Against the Inner Authoritarian
The Failings of Disease & Responsibility Models
Twelve Steps to Where?
Developing Wholeness and Self-Trust
4. Love & Control:
The Conditions underlying Unconditional Love
What Is Unconditional Love?
Love, Time, and Timelessness
Self-Sacrifice, Power, and Passion
Control and Boundaries
"Love Addiction"
Measuring and Roles
Forgiving and Letting Go
The Religious Foundation of Unconditional Love
Timeless Love through Time
5. Oneness, Enlightenment & the Mystical Experience
The Mystical Experience
Dualism and Renunciation
The Function of Enlightenment
The One-Sidedness of Oneness
Holism and Interconnectedness
Renunciation as Accumulation
6. The Power of Abstraction:
The Sacred Word & the Evolution of Morality
Abstractions and Power
From Animism to Polytheism:
The Concrete Abstractions of Idolatry
Monotheism: A Universal Abstraction
Oneness: The Culmination of Religious Abstraction
Abstraction, Either/or Thinking, and Dualism
Symbol Systems and Power
Transforming the Symbol System:
A Dialectical Perspective
Epilogue: Where to Go from Here?
Index
Introduction:
Why Focus on Authoritarianism?
Authority, Hierarchy, and Power
Part 1: Personal Masks
1. Religion, Cults, & the Spiritual Vacuum
Religion and Morality
The Challenge of Science
Who Defines Reality in Religions and Cults?
Reexamining the Sacred
2. Gurus and Times of Upheaval
3. The Seductions of Surrender
Control and Surrender
Scandals, Saints, & Self-Centeredness
Recognizing Authoritarian Control
4. Guru Ploys
Inducing Surrender
Maintaining Dominance
5. The Assault on Reason
6. Stages of Cults -- Proselytizing to Paranoia
The Messianic Phase
The Apocalyptic Phase
7. The Attractions of Cult Hierarchy
8. Gurus & Sexual Manipulation
The Betrayal of Trust
Spiritual Hedonism
9. Gurus, Psychotherapy, & the Unconscious
10. The Traps of Being a Guru
Narcissism and Adulation
Deceit and Corruption
11. Jim Jones & the Jonestown Mass Suicide
12. On Channeling Disembodied Authorities
Assumptions about Channeling
An Example of Channeled Writing:
A Course in Miracles
What Are Channels Channeling?
13. Do You Create Your Own Reality?
14. Healing Crippled Self-Trust
Part 2: Ideological Masks
Introduction: The Morality Wars
1. Fundamentalism & the Need for Certainty
The Essence of Fundamentalism
The Quandaries of Revisionism
Revisionism and the Need for Identity
What's at Stake?
2. Satanism & the Worship of the Forbidden:
Why It Feels Good to Be Bad
Good and Evil
The Problem of Evil
Satanism as an Avenue to Power
The Divided Self: Good and Evil Internalized
Satanism as the Dark Side of Monotheism
3. Who Is in Control?
The Authoritarian Roots of Addiction
What Is Addiction?
The Divided Psyche:
Symptom of a Dysfunctional Morality
Taming the Beast:
The Inner Battle for Control
Addiction as Revolt Against the Inner Authoritarian
The Failings of Disease & Responsibility Models
Twelve Steps to Where?
Developing Wholeness and Self-Trust
4. Love & Control:
The Conditions underlying Unconditional Love
What Is Unconditional Love?
Love, Time, and Timelessness
Self-Sacrifice, Power, and Passion
Control and Boundaries
"Love Addiction"
Measuring and Roles
Forgiving and Letting Go
The Religious Foundation of Unconditional Love
Timeless Love through Time
5. Oneness, Enlightenment & the Mystical Experience
The Mystical Experience
Dualism and Renunciation
The Function of Enlightenment
The One-Sidedness of Oneness
Holism and Interconnectedness
Renunciation as Accumulation
6. The Power of Abstraction:
The Sacred Word & the Evolution of Morality
Abstractions and Power
From Animism to Polytheism:
The Concrete Abstractions of Idolatry
Monotheism: A Universal Abstraction
Oneness: The Culmination of Religious Abstraction
Abstraction, Either/or Thinking, and Dualism
Symbol Systems and Power
Transforming the Symbol System:
A Dialectical Perspective
Epilogue: Where to Go from Here?
Index
Preface and Map of the Book
Introduction:
Why Focus on Authoritarianism?
Authority, Hierarchy, and Power
Part 1: Personal Masks
1. Religion, Cults, & the Spiritual Vacuum
Religion and Morality
The Challenge of Science
Who Defines Reality in Religions and Cults?
Reexamining the Sacred
2. Gurus and Times of Upheaval
3. The Seductions of Surrender
Control and Surrender
Scandals, Saints, & Self-Centeredness
Recognizing Authoritarian Control
4. Guru Ploys
Inducing Surrender
Maintaining Dominance
5. The Assault on Reason
6. Stages of Cults -- Proselytizing to Paranoia
The Messianic Phase
The Apocalyptic Phase
7. The Attractions of Cult Hierarchy
8. Gurus & Sexual Manipulation
The Betrayal of Trust
Spiritual Hedonism
9. Gurus, Psychotherapy, & the Unconscious
10. The Traps of Being a Guru
Narcissism and Adulation
Deceit and Corruption
11. Jim Jones & the Jonestown Mass Suicide
12. On Channeling Disembodied Authorities
Assumptions about Channeling
An Example of Channeled Writing:
A Course in Miracles
What Are Channels Channeling?
13. Do You Create Your Own Reality?
14. Healing Crippled Self-Trust
Part 2: Ideological Masks
Introduction: The Morality Wars
1. Fundamentalism & the Need for Certainty
The Essence of Fundamentalism
The Quandaries of Revisionism
Revisionism and the Need for Identity
What's at Stake?
2. Satanism & the Worship of the Forbidden:
Why It Feels Good to Be Bad
Good and Evil
The Problem of Evil
Satanism as an Avenue to Power
The Divided Self: Good and Evil Internalized
Satanism as the Dark Side of Monotheism
3. Who Is in Control?
The Authoritarian Roots of Addiction
What Is Addiction?
The Divided Psyche:
Symptom of a Dysfunctional Morality
Taming the Beast:
The Inner Battle for Control
Addiction as Revolt Against the Inner Authoritarian
The Failings of Disease & Responsibility Models
Twelve Steps to Where?
Developing Wholeness and Self-Trust
4. Love & Control:
The Conditions underlying Unconditional Love
What Is Unconditional Love?
Love, Time, and Timelessness
Self-Sacrifice, Power, and Passion
Control and Boundaries
"Love Addiction"
Measuring and Roles
Forgiving and Letting Go
The Religious Foundation of Unconditional Love
Timeless Love through Time
5. Oneness, Enlightenment & the Mystical Experience
The Mystical Experience
Dualism and Renunciation
The Function of Enlightenment
The One-Sidedness of Oneness
Holism and Interconnectedness
Renunciation as Accumulation
6. The Power of Abstraction:
The Sacred Word & the Evolution of Morality
Abstractions and Power
From Animism to Polytheism:
The Concrete Abstractions of Idolatry
Monotheism: A Universal Abstraction
Oneness: The Culmination of Religious Abstraction
Abstraction, Either/or Thinking, and Dualism
Symbol Systems and Power
Transforming the Symbol System:
A Dialectical Perspective
Epilogue: Where to Go from Here?
Index
Introduction:
Why Focus on Authoritarianism?
Authority, Hierarchy, and Power
Part 1: Personal Masks
1. Religion, Cults, & the Spiritual Vacuum
Religion and Morality
The Challenge of Science
Who Defines Reality in Religions and Cults?
Reexamining the Sacred
2. Gurus and Times of Upheaval
3. The Seductions of Surrender
Control and Surrender
Scandals, Saints, & Self-Centeredness
Recognizing Authoritarian Control
4. Guru Ploys
Inducing Surrender
Maintaining Dominance
5. The Assault on Reason
6. Stages of Cults -- Proselytizing to Paranoia
The Messianic Phase
The Apocalyptic Phase
7. The Attractions of Cult Hierarchy
8. Gurus & Sexual Manipulation
The Betrayal of Trust
Spiritual Hedonism
9. Gurus, Psychotherapy, & the Unconscious
10. The Traps of Being a Guru
Narcissism and Adulation
Deceit and Corruption
11. Jim Jones & the Jonestown Mass Suicide
12. On Channeling Disembodied Authorities
Assumptions about Channeling
An Example of Channeled Writing:
A Course in Miracles
What Are Channels Channeling?
13. Do You Create Your Own Reality?
14. Healing Crippled Self-Trust
Part 2: Ideological Masks
Introduction: The Morality Wars
1. Fundamentalism & the Need for Certainty
The Essence of Fundamentalism
The Quandaries of Revisionism
Revisionism and the Need for Identity
What's at Stake?
2. Satanism & the Worship of the Forbidden:
Why It Feels Good to Be Bad
Good and Evil
The Problem of Evil
Satanism as an Avenue to Power
The Divided Self: Good and Evil Internalized
Satanism as the Dark Side of Monotheism
3. Who Is in Control?
The Authoritarian Roots of Addiction
What Is Addiction?
The Divided Psyche:
Symptom of a Dysfunctional Morality
Taming the Beast:
The Inner Battle for Control
Addiction as Revolt Against the Inner Authoritarian
The Failings of Disease & Responsibility Models
Twelve Steps to Where?
Developing Wholeness and Self-Trust
4. Love & Control:
The Conditions underlying Unconditional Love
What Is Unconditional Love?
Love, Time, and Timelessness
Self-Sacrifice, Power, and Passion
Control and Boundaries
"Love Addiction"
Measuring and Roles
Forgiving and Letting Go
The Religious Foundation of Unconditional Love
Timeless Love through Time
5. Oneness, Enlightenment & the Mystical Experience
The Mystical Experience
Dualism and Renunciation
The Function of Enlightenment
The One-Sidedness of Oneness
Holism and Interconnectedness
Renunciation as Accumulation
6. The Power of Abstraction:
The Sacred Word & the Evolution of Morality
Abstractions and Power
From Animism to Polytheism:
The Concrete Abstractions of Idolatry
Monotheism: A Universal Abstraction
Oneness: The Culmination of Religious Abstraction
Abstraction, Either/or Thinking, and Dualism
Symbol Systems and Power
Transforming the Symbol System:
A Dialectical Perspective
Epilogue: Where to Go from Here?
Index
Details
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 1993 |
|---|---|
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Einband - flex.(Paperback) |
| ISBN-13: | 9781883319007 |
| ISBN-10: | 1883319005 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: |
Joel Kramer
Diana Alstad |
| Orchester: | Alstead, Diana |
| Hersteller: | North Atlantic Books |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | preigu, Ansas Meyer, Lengericher Landstr. 19, D-49078 Osnabrück, mail@preigu.de |
| Maße: | 230 x 150 x 20 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Joel Kramer (u. a.) |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 20.05.1993 |
| Gewicht: | 0,562 kg |
Details
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 1993 |
|---|---|
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Einband - flex.(Paperback) |
| ISBN-13: | 9781883319007 |
| ISBN-10: | 1883319005 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: |
Joel Kramer
Diana Alstad |
| Orchester: | Alstead, Diana |
| Hersteller: | North Atlantic Books |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | preigu, Ansas Meyer, Lengericher Landstr. 19, D-49078 Osnabrück, mail@preigu.de |
| Maße: | 230 x 150 x 20 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Joel Kramer (u. a.) |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 20.05.1993 |
| Gewicht: | 0,562 kg |
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