Cultic Studies Review, Vol. 9, No. 1, 2010, Page 2
CONTENTS
Articles
Introduction – ―The Last Draw‖ – Cults and Creativity 3
Dana Wehle, L.C.S.W., M.F.A.
Cults, Creativity, and Folie: Psychoanalytic Considerations 33
Miguel Perlado, Ph.D.
―Just Joking‖: Psychoanalytic Treatment of the Suppression 47
of Creativity in Cults
Dana Wehle, L.C.S.W., M.F.A.
Touched: Disconfirming Pathogenic Beliefs of Thought 63
Reform Through the Process of Acting
Colleen Russell, L.M.F.T., C.G.P.
Cult Pseudo-Creativity vs. Creativity in Recovery 79
Gillie Jenkinson, M.A., UKCP
Sounding Creativity 95
Melinda Haas, L.C.S.W.
Creativity and Cults from Sociological and Communications 100
Perspectives: The Processes Involved in the Birth of a Secret
Creative Self
Miriam Williams Boeri, Ph.D.
Karen Pressley
Of Urinals and Dark Forces: An Essay about Harmful Cult 123
Influence on an Artist
Joseph Szimhart
Art and Authority: Foreclosing Creativity in Cultic Groups 134
Steven Gelberg, M.A.
Book Reviews
American Guru: A Story of Love, Betrayal and Healing 145
Reviewer: Marta Szabo
The Spirit Connection: Back to Cassadaga 147
Reviewer: Joseph Szimhart
*Note: these pages referenced are different than the original published journal. Please check the end of each
article for the original pagination.
CONTENTS
Articles
Introduction – ―The Last Draw‖ – Cults and Creativity 3
Dana Wehle, L.C.S.W., M.F.A.
Cults, Creativity, and Folie: Psychoanalytic Considerations 33
Miguel Perlado, Ph.D.
―Just Joking‖: Psychoanalytic Treatment of the Suppression 47
of Creativity in Cults
Dana Wehle, L.C.S.W., M.F.A.
Touched: Disconfirming Pathogenic Beliefs of Thought 63
Reform Through the Process of Acting
Colleen Russell, L.M.F.T., C.G.P.
Cult Pseudo-Creativity vs. Creativity in Recovery 79
Gillie Jenkinson, M.A., UKCP
Sounding Creativity 95
Melinda Haas, L.C.S.W.
Creativity and Cults from Sociological and Communications 100
Perspectives: The Processes Involved in the Birth of a Secret
Creative Self
Miriam Williams Boeri, Ph.D.
Karen Pressley
Of Urinals and Dark Forces: An Essay about Harmful Cult 123
Influence on an Artist
Joseph Szimhart
Art and Authority: Foreclosing Creativity in Cultic Groups 134
Steven Gelberg, M.A.
Book Reviews
American Guru: A Story of Love, Betrayal and Healing 145
Reviewer: Marta Szabo
The Spirit Connection: Back to Cassadaga 147
Reviewer: Joseph Szimhart
*Note: these pages referenced are different than the original published journal. Please check the end of each
article for the original pagination.




















































































































































