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Mind Control
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
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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