Here’s the first Canadian Atheist Weekly Update for 2019, covering 22-Dec-2018 to 4-Jan-2019.
Tag Archives: cults
Controversial Figures of Cults
An interview with Scott of Skeptic Meditations by Scott Douglas Jacobsen. Continue reading
The Existential Risks and Trauma of Leaving a Cult
By Scott Douglas Jacobsen Scott is the Founder of Skeptic Meditations. He speaks from experience in entering and leaving an ashram. Here we talk about existential risks for an individual leaving a cult, views of the world only knowing the cult, leaving psychologically and physically from the cult, places … Continue reading
Needs Fulfilled from Cults, and Benefits to Leaders and Followers
By Scott Douglas Jacobsen Scott is the Founder of Skeptic Meditations. He speaks from experience in entering and leaving Self-Realization Monastic Order, a Hindu-inspired ashram headquartered in Los Angeles and founded by famous Yogi Paramahansa Yogananda. Here we talk about some of the benefits of ashram residents and their guru-leaders. Also, … Continue reading
Skeptic Meditations Founder on the Reliance on External Authority
By Scott Douglas Jacobsen Scott is the Founder of Skeptic Meditations. He speaks from experience in entering and leaving an ashram. Here we talk about the reliance on external authority. Scott Douglas Jacobsen: With regards to the tactics to keep members in a cult-like organization, what seem like the more prominent … Continue reading
Interview with Gauri Hopkins on Cult Upbringing and Contemporary Feminism
By Scott Douglas Jacobsen Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What was early living like for you? In other words, what was the geographic, familial, cultural, and religious life for you? Gauri Hopkins: My parents joined a religious cult when they were teenagers. My father is from Wales and my mother from Mauritius. Both … Continue reading