Mind Control Cults

I would like to focus on the isolation aspect of this one. Many years ago David Koresh and the Branch Davidians kept to themselves until the very end. Everyone in that cults waited in the ashes of that compound that had been burned to the ground for David Koresh to rise from the dead 3 days later. It never happened and many left the faith after that. Koresh was a dominant leader to the point of being cruel but he had his followers under his thumb completely. Part of his tools was isolation from family and friends. The Church of Scientology operates much in the same way. Of course Scientology is not really a church. L. Ron Hubbard was a science fiction writer prior to his founding Scientology. In the premise of that cult was a science fiction Tale so incredulous that I’m surprised anyone believed in it. When your isolated from family and friends your mind is more fertile to cult brainwashing and sleep deprivation is another way to accomplish that. I will look at another technique in my next post.