CONTENTS
Cultic Abuse Recovery: Counseling Considerations
Rachel Oblak .............................................................................................................................................1
Contextualizing Debates About Brainwashing Within the Discipline of Sociology
Stephen A. Kent and Kelsey Lindquist .............................................................................................14
Homeopathy As a Form of Practical Magic
Jonathan Simmons................................................................................................................................ 32
Ritual Abuse and Developmental Trauma: Application of the Triphasic Model of
Trauma Treatment in the Case of “Sarah”
Cortny Stark............................................................................................................................................... 41
Book and Film Reviews
Stephen B. Mutch ....................................................................................................................................53
Counterculture Crossover: Growing Up in the Love Family (Rachel Israel)
Reviewer: Joseph Szimhart ..................................................................................................................81
Failure to Launch Rather Than Clear Sailing: The Media-Focused Trials, Triumphs,
and Tribulations of the Church of Scientology in Australia
Gillie Jenkinson......................................................................................................................................... 72
Transcendental Deception: Behind the TM curtain—bogus science, hidden
agendas, and David Lynch’s campaign to push a million public school kids into
Transcendental Meditation while falsely claiming it is not a religion (Aryeh
Siegel)
Reviewer: Robert W. Balch...................................................................................................................... 84
Abstracts (Translations) ......................................................................................................................97
Leaving Psychologically—Breaking the Confluential Trance
Blackbird – A Memoir: The Story of a Woman Who Submitted to Marcial Maciel,
Became Free, and Found Happiness Again (Elena Sada)
The People &the Idiots: Surviving a Cult Childhood (Daniel Hawes)
Reviewer: J. Paul Lennon....................................................................................................................... 91
Reviewer: Joseph Szimhart.................................................................................................................. 93
Cultic Abuse Recovery: Counseling Considerations
Rachel Oblak .............................................................................................................................................1
Contextualizing Debates About Brainwashing Within the Discipline of Sociology
Stephen A. Kent and Kelsey Lindquist .............................................................................................14
Homeopathy As a Form of Practical Magic
Jonathan Simmons................................................................................................................................ 32
Ritual Abuse and Developmental Trauma: Application of the Triphasic Model of
Trauma Treatment in the Case of “Sarah”
Cortny Stark............................................................................................................................................... 41
Book and Film Reviews
Stephen B. Mutch ....................................................................................................................................53
Counterculture Crossover: Growing Up in the Love Family (Rachel Israel)
Reviewer: Joseph Szimhart ..................................................................................................................81
Failure to Launch Rather Than Clear Sailing: The Media-Focused Trials, Triumphs,
and Tribulations of the Church of Scientology in Australia
Gillie Jenkinson......................................................................................................................................... 72
Transcendental Deception: Behind the TM curtain—bogus science, hidden
agendas, and David Lynch’s campaign to push a million public school kids into
Transcendental Meditation while falsely claiming it is not a religion (Aryeh
Siegel)
Reviewer: Robert W. Balch...................................................................................................................... 84
Abstracts (Translations) ......................................................................................................................97
Leaving Psychologically—Breaking the Confluential Trance
Blackbird – A Memoir: The Story of a Woman Who Submitted to Marcial Maciel,
Became Free, and Found Happiness Again (Elena Sada)
The People &the Idiots: Surviving a Cult Childhood (Daniel Hawes)
Reviewer: J. Paul Lennon....................................................................................................................... 91
Reviewer: Joseph Szimhart.................................................................................................................. 93
