Escaping utopia: growing up in a cult, getting out, and starting over

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Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- We weren't there by choice : meeting our narrators -- The transcendent belief system : purity, perfection, and the eradication of individuality -- Charismatic authority : exhilarating vision, electrifying charisma, and total domination -- Systems of control : official rules, formal structures, and webs of authority -- Systems of influence : social pressures, rigid expectations, and constant manipulation -- Landing on Mars : finding their way in an alien world -- Surviving and thriving: trauma, resilience, and integration -- Appendices -- A. Research methodology -- B. Print and multi-media resources -- Informational and resource websites -- Influence methods that support a behavioral-control system -- References -- Index. Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- We weren't there by choice : meeting our narrators -- The transcendent belief system : purity, perfection, and the eradication of individuality -- Charismatic authority : exhilarating vision, electrifying charisma, and total domination -- Systems of control : official rules, formal structures, and webs of authority -- Systems of influence : social pressures, rigid expectations, and constant manipulation -- Landing on Mars : finding their way in an alien world -- Surviving and thriving: trauma, resilience, and integration -- Appendices -- A. Research methodology -- B. Print and multi-media resources -- Informational and resource websites -- Influence methods that support a behavioral-control system -- References -- Index.