THE PRINCIPLES OF CULTIC MIND-CONTROL (AND OUR CURES FOR THEM.)
SEPARATION FROM FAMILY AND FRIENDS:
OUR CURE: Filial Piety: You don't disconnect from your family to serve the cult; instead, you serve the cult by loving, respecting and drawing nearer to your family, as much as is reasonably possible. Abusive situations are, of course, the exception, but if you're joining the Church of Kali to "run away" from your family---OOPS! Sorry! You're in the wrong place. Because we will teach you to WORSHIP your family. Love, like charity, begins at home and there should be no disconnection from family and friends.
Individuals with few or no family members will, of course, be accepted as welcome kindred in the COK.
EXCESSIVE BROWBEATING, HUMILIATION AND SUBJUGATION; BREAK MENTAL DEFENSE MECHANISMS BY FORBIDDING ANY FORM OF QUESTIONING, EXPRESSION OF DOUBT OR SATIRICAL HUMOR:
OUR CURE: "Hit God in Her face with your pie. She LOVES it"
JUVENILE DEPENDENCY: By use of child-like games, words and behaviors, the new potential convert is broken down into an infantile dependence on the group, making them extremely vulnerable to conversion to just about any religion, philosophy or extremist behavior; anything from mass murder (like Charles Manson) to deprived and overworked missionaries (like the Moonies and the Mormons.)
OUR CURE: Embrace fun, embrace play; but also embrace responsibility and personal discipline, free-thought and -action. There is time for fun and time for work.
ISOLATION FROM THE OUTSIDE WORLD:
OUR CURE: Embrace the World. Love it all! You haven't got the RIGHT to disconnect yourself from Her, so stop it.
PROTEIN, SLEEP AND WATER DEPRIVATION:
OUR CURE: Comfort and Kama: Get plenty of protein, plenty of sleep and keep yourself hydrated.
REPETITIOUS PHRASES:
OUR CURE: Self-informed Repetitious Phrases which you yourself choose and nobody else.
SEVERELY-CURTAILED PERSONAL FREEDOM: SELF-IMPOSED CONFINEMENT:
OUR CURE: No limits, no recognized boundaries. When we call you "Slave," we mean you're master of the world.
ALTER WORLD VIEW ("WE'RE the GOOD ones, but THEY'RE the BAD ones!"):
OUR CURE: We're also the bad ones; people are people, dumb-shit.
ASSOCIATE CULT AND LEADER WITH WELL-BEING (make him "God."):
OUR CURE: Self-reliance; Individual Freedom; "Joy Through Strength"
FORBIDDING OF ANY MIND-ALTERING INTRUSIONS, SUCH AS INTOXICANTS, SEX, ("UNHOLY") MUSIC OR POPULAR CULTURE:
OUR CURE: Use altered states of consciousness and culture, especially modern culture, as the tools of Enlightenment and Moksha.
ULTIMATE ALLEGIANCE TO ONE DIVINE OR SEMI-DIVINE INDIVIDUAL-
OUR CURE: "I'm a bald, ugly, grumpy old man---fuck off."