http://www.cultnews.com A news perspective with analysis from cult expert Rick Ross Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:40:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en By Jim Bergin, M.A., Gentle Wind Project Cult former member A book review Here they go again – “Caught in the Act of Helping: How a government official destroyed 23 years of effort aimed at producing revolutionary, new stress relief technology” by Mary Miller (aka Moe Miller, Claudia Panuthos, Mary Elizabeth Carreiro, ... http://www.cultnews.com/?p=2405 By Gina Catena Kalindi La Gourasana (her name should be sung), a.k.a. Carol Seidman (photo left) deemed Voice of God for the Miracle of Love cult allegedly passed away on April 18th, 2010 from disseminated intravascular coagulation as complication from renal failure.  She was in her ... http://www.cultnews.com/?p=2403 Is Kirstie Alley (photo left) attempting to somehow promote the "cult" Scientology through her new diet plan? Roger Friedman raised this question and now comes the push back from the former sitcom star. She says his insinuations are "bullshit." But it looks like Alley isn't exactly being completely honest herself. If you take a ... http://www.cultnews.com/?p=2400 By Joe Szimhart Let us pretend that one day, say this day February 27, 2010, that a man was looking on line for something interesting to listen to. He finds a podcast interview on youtube.com with a psychologist, John Breeding, PhD, conducted by Stefan Molyneux (photo below), founder and director ... http://www.cultnews.com/?p=2395 An Albany Times-Union front-page story featured the fantastic financial failures of Keith Raniere (photo left), leader of a purported "cult" near Albany, New York known as NXIVM (pronounced Nexium like the purple antacid pill). It seems some of Raniere's devotees became the bank for his business schemes, which culminated in fantastic ... http://www.cultnews.com/?p=2388 On November 30th NXIVM (pronounced nexium like the purple antacid pill), the brainchild of failed multi-level marketing guru Keith Raniere (photo right), experienced yet another legal defeat in its ongoing effort to end criticism of the company on the Internet. In a federal court order handed down by New Jersey Judge ... http://www.cultnews.com/?p=2386 Noted psychologist and cult expert Paul Martin, 63, passed away after an 8-month battle with leukemia on August 14, 2009. Dr. Martin (photo right) was the founder and director of the Wellspring Retreat in Albany, Ohio; the only licensed mental health facility exclusively devoted to the rehabilitation of former ... http://www.cultnews.com/?p=2384 Computer programmer Bruce Raisley waged a one-man-war against his perceived enemies on the Internet, but ultimately was forced to surrender to the FBI as reported by the New Jersey Star-Ledger. “His actions were alarming in that he chose to attack third party websites when he didn’t like their content,” says Assistant ... http://www.cultnews.com/?p=2381 The on and off and then on again NXIVM-linked Dalai Lama of Tibet (photo right) lecture in Albany, New York finally took place this week, but the sponsors of the event said they lost $142,000, reported the Albany Times-Union. His Holiness usually sells out at virtually any venue, but this ... http://www.cultnews.com/?p=2376 It's official, the Dalai Lama of Tibet (photo left) is coming to Albany, New York for a one-night appearance on May 6th, sponsored by an organization with ties to failed multi-level marketing guru Keith Raniere, a purported “cult” leader. CultNews previously reported that his Holiness had backed out of a series ... http://www.cultnews.com/?p=2370