International Journal of Cultic Studies ■ Vol. 10, 2019 iii
Table of 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
Failure to Launch Rather Than Clear Sailing: The Media-Focused Trials, Triumphs, and Tribulations
of the Church of Scientology in Australia
Stephen B. Mutch ........................................................................................................................................53
Leaving Psychologically—Breaking the Confluential Trance
Gillie Jenkinson ...........................................................................................................................................72
Book and Film Reviews
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: Joseph Szimhart .........................................................................................................................81
Counterculture Crossover: Growing Up in the Love Family (Rachel Israel)
Reviewer: Robert W. Balch ..........................................................................................................................84
Blackbird – A Memoir: The Story of a Woman Who Submitted to Marcial Maciel, Became Free,
and Found Happiness Again (Elena Sada)
Reviewer: J. Paul Lennon ............................................................................................................................91
The People &the Idiots: Surviving a Cult Childhood (Daniel Hawes)
Reviewer: Joseph Szimhart ..........................................................................................................................93
Abstracts (Translations) .............................................................................................................................97
Table of 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
Failure to Launch Rather Than Clear Sailing: The Media-Focused Trials, Triumphs, and Tribulations
of the Church of Scientology in Australia
Stephen B. Mutch ........................................................................................................................................53
Leaving Psychologically—Breaking the Confluential Trance
Gillie Jenkinson ...........................................................................................................................................72
Book and Film Reviews
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: Joseph Szimhart .........................................................................................................................81
Counterculture Crossover: Growing Up in the Love Family (Rachel Israel)
Reviewer: Robert W. Balch ..........................................................................................................................84
Blackbird – A Memoir: The Story of a Woman Who Submitted to Marcial Maciel, Became Free,
and Found Happiness Again (Elena Sada)
Reviewer: J. Paul Lennon ............................................................................................................................91
The People &the Idiots: Surviving a Cult Childhood (Daniel Hawes)
Reviewer: Joseph Szimhart ..........................................................................................................................93
Abstracts (Translations) .............................................................................................................................97
