Cultic Studies Review, Vol. 8, No. 3, 2009, Page 42
[13] See http://www.surrealist.org for the perspective of former gurukulis.
[14] Williams, Miriam. Heaven‟s Harlots: My Fifteen Years As a Sacred Prostitute in the Children of God
Cult. New York: Eagle Brook/ Morrow, 1998. See also: Lattin, Don. Jesus Freaks: A True Story of
Murder and Madness on the Evangelical Edges. San Francisco: HarperOne, 2007 and Jones, Kritina,
Celeste Jones, &Juliana Buhring. Not Without My Sister: The True Story of Three Girls Violated and
Betrayed. London: Harper Element, 2007.
[15] Lalich, Bounded Choice, p.10.
[16] Palmquist, Matt. ―Bioterror in Context: How and Why the Threat of Bioterrorism Has Been So
Greatly Exaggerated.‖ Miller-McCune, June-July 2008, pp. 72, 73–76.
[17] Lifton, Robert Jay. Destroying the World to Save It: Aum Shinrikyo, Apocalyptic Violence, and the
New Global Terrorism. New York: Metropolitan Books, 1999.
[18] Clark, William R. Bracing for Armageddon?: The Science and Politics of Bioterrorism in America.
New York: Oxford University Press, 2008.
[19] Palmquist, ―Bioterror in Context.‖
[20] Damon, Arwa. ―Iraqi woman describes daughter‘s descent into suicide bombing.‖ CNN.com, June
6, 2008.
[21] For an intelligent understanding of indoctrination of terrorists, see The Faces of Terrorism: Social
and Psychological Dimensions by Neil J. Smelser (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2007).
[22] Sageman, Marc. Understanding Terror Networks. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press,
2004.
[23] Sageman, Marc. ―Explaining Terror Networks in the 21st Century.‖ Footnotes (American
Sociological Association), May/June 2008, p. 7.
[24] Zakaria, Fareed. ―What‘s really scary about terror statistics.‖ San Francisco Chronicle, May 27,
2008.
[25] This was written prior to the most recent murder on May 31, 2009 of Dr. George Tiller while
ushering his Wichita, Kansas church on Sunday morning. Tiller was shot point blank by Scoot Roeder,
a radical anti-abortionist, convicted of first-degree murder in January 2010.
[26] Singer P. W., and Elina Noor. ―What Do You Call a Terror(Jihad)ist?‖ New York Times, June 2,
2008.
[27] Ibid. [28] Smelser. Faces of Terrorism, p. 239.
[29] Zablocki, Benjamin D. ―The Blacklisting of a Concept: The Strange History of the Brainwashing
Conjecture in the Sociology of Religion.‖ Nova Religio 1997, 1(1), pp. 96–121.
[30] Dawar, Anil. ―Schoolboy avoids prosecution for branding Scientology a cult.‖ The Guardian (UK),
May 23, 2008.
[31] Lalich. Bounded Choice, p. xvi.
[32] Dobner, Jennifer. ―Jury reaches verdict at polygamist trial.‖ Associated Press, September 25, 2007.
[33] Gillespie, Elizabeth M. ―Dream homes set afire, apparently by eco-radicals.‖ San Francisco
Chronicle, March 4, 2008, p. A3.
[34] ‗Hope for end to Russia cave siege.‖ BBC News, March 29, 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-
/2/hi/europe/7320086.stm
[35] ―Inside a Cult,‖ first broadcast on the National Geographic Channel, April 23, 2008. See also:
Baker, Deborah, ―New Mexico sect leader accused anew of sex abuse.‖ Associated Press, May 20,
2008.
[36] Doidge, Norman. The Brain That Changes Itself. New York: Penguin, 2007. See also: Schwartz,
Jeffrey M., and Sharon Begley. The Mind &the Brain: Neuroplasticity and the Power of Mental Force.
New York: Harper Perennial, 2003.
[37] Carr, Nicholas. ―Is Google Making Us Stupid?‖ The Atlantic, July/August 2008, pp. 56–63.
[38] Ibid., p. 60.
[39] First published in Lalich, Janja. ―The Cadre Ideal: Origins and Development of a Political Cult.‖
Cultic Studies Journal, 1992, 9(1), 1, pp. 66–67.
[40] Perry, Bruce, &Maia Szalavitz. The Boy Who Was Raised As a Dog and Other Stories from a Child
Psychiatrist‟s Notebook: What Traumatized Children Can Teach Us About Loss, Love, and Healing. New
York: Basic Books, 2006.
Janja Lalich, Ph.D. is Professor of Sociology at California State University, Chico, where in
2007 she was awarded the Professional Achievement Honor. Her research and writing is on
cults and controversial authoritarian groups, with a focus on charismatic authority, power
[13] See http://www.surrealist.org for the perspective of former gurukulis.
[14] Williams, Miriam. Heaven‟s Harlots: My Fifteen Years As a Sacred Prostitute in the Children of God
Cult. New York: Eagle Brook/ Morrow, 1998. See also: Lattin, Don. Jesus Freaks: A True Story of
Murder and Madness on the Evangelical Edges. San Francisco: HarperOne, 2007 and Jones, Kritina,
Celeste Jones, &Juliana Buhring. Not Without My Sister: The True Story of Three Girls Violated and
Betrayed. London: Harper Element, 2007.
[15] Lalich, Bounded Choice, p.10.
[16] Palmquist, Matt. ―Bioterror in Context: How and Why the Threat of Bioterrorism Has Been So
Greatly Exaggerated.‖ Miller-McCune, June-July 2008, pp. 72, 73–76.
[17] Lifton, Robert Jay. Destroying the World to Save It: Aum Shinrikyo, Apocalyptic Violence, and the
New Global Terrorism. New York: Metropolitan Books, 1999.
[18] Clark, William R. Bracing for Armageddon?: The Science and Politics of Bioterrorism in America.
New York: Oxford University Press, 2008.
[19] Palmquist, ―Bioterror in Context.‖
[20] Damon, Arwa. ―Iraqi woman describes daughter‘s descent into suicide bombing.‖ CNN.com, June
6, 2008.
[21] For an intelligent understanding of indoctrination of terrorists, see The Faces of Terrorism: Social
and Psychological Dimensions by Neil J. Smelser (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2007).
[22] Sageman, Marc. Understanding Terror Networks. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press,
2004.
[23] Sageman, Marc. ―Explaining Terror Networks in the 21st Century.‖ Footnotes (American
Sociological Association), May/June 2008, p. 7.
[24] Zakaria, Fareed. ―What‘s really scary about terror statistics.‖ San Francisco Chronicle, May 27,
2008.
[25] This was written prior to the most recent murder on May 31, 2009 of Dr. George Tiller while
ushering his Wichita, Kansas church on Sunday morning. Tiller was shot point blank by Scoot Roeder,
a radical anti-abortionist, convicted of first-degree murder in January 2010.
[26] Singer P. W., and Elina Noor. ―What Do You Call a Terror(Jihad)ist?‖ New York Times, June 2,
2008.
[27] Ibid. [28] Smelser. Faces of Terrorism, p. 239.
[29] Zablocki, Benjamin D. ―The Blacklisting of a Concept: The Strange History of the Brainwashing
Conjecture in the Sociology of Religion.‖ Nova Religio 1997, 1(1), pp. 96–121.
[30] Dawar, Anil. ―Schoolboy avoids prosecution for branding Scientology a cult.‖ The Guardian (UK),
May 23, 2008.
[31] Lalich. Bounded Choice, p. xvi.
[32] Dobner, Jennifer. ―Jury reaches verdict at polygamist trial.‖ Associated Press, September 25, 2007.
[33] Gillespie, Elizabeth M. ―Dream homes set afire, apparently by eco-radicals.‖ San Francisco
Chronicle, March 4, 2008, p. A3.
[34] ‗Hope for end to Russia cave siege.‖ BBC News, March 29, 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-
/2/hi/europe/7320086.stm
[35] ―Inside a Cult,‖ first broadcast on the National Geographic Channel, April 23, 2008. See also:
Baker, Deborah, ―New Mexico sect leader accused anew of sex abuse.‖ Associated Press, May 20,
2008.
[36] Doidge, Norman. The Brain That Changes Itself. New York: Penguin, 2007. See also: Schwartz,
Jeffrey M., and Sharon Begley. The Mind &the Brain: Neuroplasticity and the Power of Mental Force.
New York: Harper Perennial, 2003.
[37] Carr, Nicholas. ―Is Google Making Us Stupid?‖ The Atlantic, July/August 2008, pp. 56–63.
[38] Ibid., p. 60.
[39] First published in Lalich, Janja. ―The Cadre Ideal: Origins and Development of a Political Cult.‖
Cultic Studies Journal, 1992, 9(1), 1, pp. 66–67.
[40] Perry, Bruce, &Maia Szalavitz. The Boy Who Was Raised As a Dog and Other Stories from a Child
Psychiatrist‟s Notebook: What Traumatized Children Can Teach Us About Loss, Love, and Healing. New
York: Basic Books, 2006.
Janja Lalich, Ph.D. is Professor of Sociology at California State University, Chico, where in
2007 she was awarded the Professional Achievement Honor. Her research and writing is on
cults and controversial authoritarian groups, with a focus on charismatic authority, power
