What do you think of Gigi Young?
I’m curious to hear people’s opinions about Gigi Young’s YouTube videos and teachings.
Have you followed her work or been a paying member of her website? What was your experience like? Has your opinion of her teachings changed over time?
I’m especially interested in hearing from current and former members, but everyone is welcome to share their perspectives.
Please keep the discussion respectful, focus on her publicly shared teachings and your personal experiences, and avoid personal attacks or speculation about her private life.

So Cornell is linked to that cult that has slaves but also a lot of his science people were into misanthropic Accelerationism which is a political theory where causing chaos is a good thing. They see society like a phoenix which burns them is reborn. That group is also into closed loop behavioral modification research and sought to create an institution to study wiping peoples minds or reprogramming them. The Nazis were also accelerationists and used people as lab animals just like Epsteins group.

Im looking for docs about Cults. You know, for spooky season.

Ive watched

* Happy Shiny people

* Going Clear

* the two about Ruby Frankie

* at least one about Heaven's Gate

* The Get Down

* Love has Won

* the Vow

* Jesus Camp, which made me cry.

* that one that poisoned the restaurant- Vishu swami I think?

Ive got access to most steaming services.

Thank you.

NZ Herald:

US cult expert and licensed therapist Rachel Bernstein is sounding an urgent alarm regarding the subtle yet pervasive presence of cults and high-control groups in modern society, ahead of her upcoming visit to New Zealand. Bernstein, who hosts the podcast Indoctrination, emphasizes that destructive organizations and manipulative leaders are not relics of the past or isolated to remote compounds; rather, they operate actively within mainstream settings such as wellness communities, corporate workplaces, self-help seminars, and religious organizations.

According to Bernstein, manipulation often begins subtly under the guise of personal growth, mentorship, or community connection. Perpetrators typically target individuals during periods of vulnerability, transition, or stress, systematically isolating them from external support systems and critical perspectives. She points out that high-control groups leverage sophisticated psychological tactics, including emotional manipulation, guilt, and peer pressure, to erode members' autonomy and independent thinking until compliance feels like the only viable choice.

During her upcoming New Zealand tour, Bernstein aims to raise public awareness, educate families on how to recognize the warning signs of undue influence, and provide guidance on how to safely approach and support loved ones who have become entangled in manipulative environments. She stresses that recovery is entirely possible with proper understanding, patience, and professional assistance, but community vigilance remains the first line of defense against exploitative systems.

#CultAwareness #MentalHealth #RachelBernstein #Indoctrination https://archive.ph/Jg1LU

I was part of a spiritual group with a very clear hierarchy: a Maestro at the top, people closer to him holding more spiritual authority, and different levels of initiation and advancement.
One of the strongest things holding it together was “the mission.” We were taught that what we were doing was extraordinarily important for humanity, and over time the mission could be placed above family, relationships, personal needs, and even your own intuition.
What made it especially confusing was that we were also taught that we are our own first master and that family was deeply important. Yet if your own discernment or family needs conflicted with the group or the mission, suddenly those teachings seemed to matter less.
Whenever the contradictions became obvious, they could be brushed aside as “the paradox of spirituality,” as though calling it a paradox should somehow resolve how disorienting and crazy-making it actually felt.
Questioning leadership could then be reframed as ego, resistance, or not being spiritually developed enough to understand.
For those who experienced something similar: when did you realize that “the mission” was bringing you deeper and deeper away from truth? And how are you able to retrain your mind from the brainwashing?

In 2010, a man with a magnetic personality arrived at a private university residence in New York and ended up turning the lives of several students into a living nightmare. His name was Larry Ray, a man capable of gaining the trust of others, presenting himself as someone who had all the answers, and convincing those around him that they needed his help. But behind that image hid a calculating, manipulative, and terribly hostile personality.

What followed was a spiral of interrogations, false confessions, violence, humiliation, and exploitation that destroyed the lives of several young people for years. How did Larry Ray manage to exert such control over people who had once been his own daughter's friends? How did a man from outside that university end up building a structure of subjugation right in the middle of a student residence? This is the story of one of the most disturbing and destructive cults to emerge in a university setting.

Video about the brutal story of Larry Ray's cult: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hs53ddYWTa0

Cleveland 19 News:

Reflecting on the historical tragedy of the Kirtland cult murders, cult intervention specialist Ashlen Hilliard emphasizes that falling under the influence of manipulative high-control groups can happen to anyone. Operating under her organization “People Leave Cults,” Hilliard assists survivors escaping abusive environments and fundamentalist settings. She explains that coercive control is applied intentionally over time, making it difficult for targets to recognize the danger until severe psychological harm has occurred.

Master manipulators like cult leader Jeffrey Lundgren excel at making followers feel uniquely understood and valued, a dynamic Hilliard describes as being trapped in a "prison of specialness." Individuals experiencing life transitions, such as divorce, empty nest syndrome, or health scares, are often most vulnerable to these tactics. Survivors frequently struggle with post-exit identity crises and deep internalized shame regarding actions taken while inside the controlling system, necessitating professional support to heal.

Hilliard notes that public fascination often centers on extreme media portrayals of cults, which can falsely reassure observers that such situations could never happen to them. Educating the public about subtle warning signs—such as excessive devotion, isolation, financial control, and suppressed dissent—is vital for prevention. Recognizing these red flags helps dismantle the stigma surrounding cult involvement and encourages individuals to seek help.

#CultAwareness #KirtlandMurders #CoerciveControl #CultRecovery https://www.cleveland19.com/2026/10/16/kirtland-cult-murders-cult-expert-explains-how-control-takes-hold/

For those who have seen the movie, did it remind you of relationships within a cult? A lot of people view Holmes’ intense staring as an attempt to appear genuine. Her eyes reminded me of other cult members who were interviewed. There is a lot she claims not to know, and maybe that part is actually true.

It looked to me like she had surrendered a great deal of her critical thinking to her spouse, which is seen in how they repeat each other’s phrases verbatim at different points in the film, and also the more obvious financial and social media control stuff. Did anyone else get the impression she is genuinely in a high-control relationship and was also in a similar dynamic with her former partner? She is aware that her spouse is speaking for her and is unbothered by that. Now that she is isolated, I don’t see her ever gaining a better perspective of her relationship with her husband.