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Brainwashing
August 17, 2021
Jo Livingstone
How Mass Persuasion Works
A new book traces the language of brainwashing to a series of Cold War–era scares.
April 12, 2018
Win McCormack
A Beautiful Place for an Ashram
April 12, 2018
Win McCormack
A Mind’s Eye View of 1984
Orwell understood the limits of mind control
April 12, 2018
Win McCormack
Bhagwan’s Devious Trap
Leaving Bhagwan's Buddhafield may not be all that easy
April 12, 2018
Susan Harfouche
Memoirs of an Ex-Sannyasin
Life at Rancho Rajneesh was not what she expected
April 12, 2018
Win McCormack
Bhagwan’s Mind Control
An ex-disciple describes Rajneesh brainwashing methods.

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