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Miller, J.S. (1986). The utilization of hypnotic techniques in religious cult conversion. Cultic
Studies Journal, 3(2), 243-250. Claims that indirect suggestive techniques described by
therapist M.H. Erickson (1954) consist of implications, metaphors, and nonverbal
communications that resemble the indoctrination techniques reported in some religious
group conversion procedures. The methods of expectation, pacing and leading, positive
transference, indirect suggestion, the ―yes set‖ and ―confusion‖ techniques, and the use of
metaphor and embedding of messages within other messages are discussed.
Moberg, D.O. (1987). Book review of Healing Faith — An annotated bibliography of Christian
self-help books by E. Chase. Sociological Analysis, 48(3), 296-297.
Moore, R.H. (1987). Posse Comitatus revisited — The use of the military in civil-law enforcement.
Journal of Criminal Justice, 15(5), 375-386.
Morse, J.C., &Morse, E.L. (1987). Toward a theory of therapy with cultic victims. American
Journal of Psychotherapy, 41(4), 563-570. Presents a theoretical framework for the treatment
of cult victims. Data from more than 70 cases treated with conjoint model focuses on the
value of this methodology. Discusses specific, special needs of these clients and the nature of
their imposed pathology, and delineates a model for freeing the victims of this pathology.
Nidich, S.I., Nidich, R.J., &Rainforth, M. School effectiveness achievement gains at the Maharishi
School of the Age of Enlightenment. Education, 107(1), 49-54. Investigated impact of
Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment, where staff practices Transcendental Meditation,
on academic achievement of 75 grade-school students in Iowa, as measured by Iowa Test of
Basic Skills. Results show new and continuing students improved achievement scores.
O'Farrell, M.K. (1987). The effect of timing of goal setting on outcome in
personal growth groups. Dissertation Abstracts International, 48(1-B), 271.
Ofshe, R. (1986). The rabbi and the sex cult: Power expansion in the formation of a cult. Cultic
Studies Journal, 3(2), 173-189. Study of social organization of a sex cult in which leader, a
rabbi, was directly involved in recruitment of new members. Principle activity for female cult
members was acting-out of rabbi's sexual fantasies. Notes that 2 problems in study of
development and operation of religious and secular high-control organizations are how they
become established and how people are induced to cede personal autonomy to leader or to
group's normative order. Focus in this study is on techniques used by leader to get potential
followers to cede their decision-making autonomy to him and on tactics developed to effect
dominance over them.
Omelveny, M.K. (1987). Brainwash whitewash. Nation, 245(18), 614.
Oregan, B. (1985). Inner mechanisms of the healing response. Saybrook Review, 5(1), 10-31.
Reviews recent healing research and outlines ideas for future research. Discusses
psychoneuroimmunology, research into the nature of attention and dissociation, multiple
personality disorders, placebo effect, spiritual healing. Outlines categorical framework for future
research. Presents basic assumptions of Institute of Noetic Sciences' Inner Mechanisms of the
Healing Response program.
Orme-Johnson, D. (1987). Medical care utilization and the Transcendental Meditation program.
Psychosomatic Medicine, 49(5), 493-507. Study compares 5 years of medical insurance
utilization statistics of about 2,000 regular practitioners of Transcendental Meditation (TM) with
normative data base of about 600,000 members of same insurance carrier. Results indicate
TM group had lower medical utilization rates in all categories, including fewer inpatient and
outpatient visits per 1,000 children, young adults, and older adults. All of 17 major
treatment categories — including tumors, heart disease, infectious diseases, mental
disorders, and diseases of nervous system — showed lower admissions rates for TM group.
Pattison, E.M. (1987). Book review of Glossolalia — Behavioral-science Perspectives on
Speaking in Tongues by H.N. Malony and A.A. Lovekin. Contemporary Psychology, 32(11),
965.
Penton, M. James. (1987). The Story of Jehovah's Witnesses. Toronto: University of Toronto
Press.
Publishers Weekly (June 26, 1987). Book review of The Golden Guru: The Strange Journey of
Miller, J.S. (1986). The utilization of hypnotic techniques in religious cult conversion. Cultic
Studies Journal, 3(2), 243-250. Claims that indirect suggestive techniques described by
therapist M.H. Erickson (1954) consist of implications, metaphors, and nonverbal
communications that resemble the indoctrination techniques reported in some religious
group conversion procedures. The methods of expectation, pacing and leading, positive
transference, indirect suggestion, the ―yes set‖ and ―confusion‖ techniques, and the use of
metaphor and embedding of messages within other messages are discussed.
Moberg, D.O. (1987). Book review of Healing Faith — An annotated bibliography of Christian
self-help books by E. Chase. Sociological Analysis, 48(3), 296-297.
Moore, R.H. (1987). Posse Comitatus revisited — The use of the military in civil-law enforcement.
Journal of Criminal Justice, 15(5), 375-386.
Morse, J.C., &Morse, E.L. (1987). Toward a theory of therapy with cultic victims. American
Journal of Psychotherapy, 41(4), 563-570. Presents a theoretical framework for the treatment
of cult victims. Data from more than 70 cases treated with conjoint model focuses on the
value of this methodology. Discusses specific, special needs of these clients and the nature of
their imposed pathology, and delineates a model for freeing the victims of this pathology.
Nidich, S.I., Nidich, R.J., &Rainforth, M. School effectiveness achievement gains at the Maharishi
School of the Age of Enlightenment. Education, 107(1), 49-54. Investigated impact of
Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment, where staff practices Transcendental Meditation,
on academic achievement of 75 grade-school students in Iowa, as measured by Iowa Test of
Basic Skills. Results show new and continuing students improved achievement scores.
O'Farrell, M.K. (1987). The effect of timing of goal setting on outcome in
personal growth groups. Dissertation Abstracts International, 48(1-B), 271.
Ofshe, R. (1986). The rabbi and the sex cult: Power expansion in the formation of a cult. Cultic
Studies Journal, 3(2), 173-189. Study of social organization of a sex cult in which leader, a
rabbi, was directly involved in recruitment of new members. Principle activity for female cult
members was acting-out of rabbi's sexual fantasies. Notes that 2 problems in study of
development and operation of religious and secular high-control organizations are how they
become established and how people are induced to cede personal autonomy to leader or to
group's normative order. Focus in this study is on techniques used by leader to get potential
followers to cede their decision-making autonomy to him and on tactics developed to effect
dominance over them.
Omelveny, M.K. (1987). Brainwash whitewash. Nation, 245(18), 614.
Oregan, B. (1985). Inner mechanisms of the healing response. Saybrook Review, 5(1), 10-31.
Reviews recent healing research and outlines ideas for future research. Discusses
psychoneuroimmunology, research into the nature of attention and dissociation, multiple
personality disorders, placebo effect, spiritual healing. Outlines categorical framework for future
research. Presents basic assumptions of Institute of Noetic Sciences' Inner Mechanisms of the
Healing Response program.
Orme-Johnson, D. (1987). Medical care utilization and the Transcendental Meditation program.
Psychosomatic Medicine, 49(5), 493-507. Study compares 5 years of medical insurance
utilization statistics of about 2,000 regular practitioners of Transcendental Meditation (TM) with
normative data base of about 600,000 members of same insurance carrier. Results indicate
TM group had lower medical utilization rates in all categories, including fewer inpatient and
outpatient visits per 1,000 children, young adults, and older adults. All of 17 major
treatment categories — including tumors, heart disease, infectious diseases, mental
disorders, and diseases of nervous system — showed lower admissions rates for TM group.
Pattison, E.M. (1987). Book review of Glossolalia — Behavioral-science Perspectives on
Speaking in Tongues by H.N. Malony and A.A. Lovekin. Contemporary Psychology, 32(11),
965.
Penton, M. James. (1987). The Story of Jehovah's Witnesses. Toronto: University of Toronto
Press.
Publishers Weekly (June 26, 1987). Book review of The Golden Guru: The Strange Journey of
