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(Raëlism OR "Claude Vorilhon" OR Elohim)
(Scientology OR "Ron Hubbard" OR Dianetics)
("Heaven's Gate" OR "Marshall Applewhite" OR ("Hale-Bopp" AND Suicide))
("Aetherius Society" OR Unarius)
("Order of the Solar Temple" OR "Ordre du Temple Solaire") AND (Sect OR Cult)
("Luc Jouret" OR "Jo Di Mambro")
("Transit to Sirius"|"Great White Brotherhood") AND (Sect OR Cult)
("Children of God" OR "David Berg") AND (Sect OR Cult OR Abuse)
("Peoples Temple" OR Jonestown) OR ("Jim Jones" AND (Sect OR Cult OR Suicide))
("Aum Shinrikyo" OR "Shoko Asahara") OR ("Sarin gas" AND (Aum OR Terror OR Cult))
("Jehovah's Witnesses" OR ("Watchtower" AND (Religion OR Sect OR Bible)))
("Mormonism" OR "Latter Day Saints") OR ("LDS" AND (Mormon OR Religion OR Church))
("Opus Dei" AND (Religion OR Catholic OR Church OR Cult))
"Universal Church of the Kingdom of God"
("International Church of Christ" OR "Church of Christ")
("UFO Religions" OR "UFO Cults")
(Apocalypticism OR Millenarianism OR "Doomsday Cult")
("Mass Suicide" AND (Cult OR Sect OR Group))
("Extraterrestrial" AND (Belief OR Religion OR Cult OR Sect))
("Esotericism" AND (Abuse OR Manipulation OR Psychology))
"New Religious Movements"

Guruism and Cultic Social Dynamics in Psychedelic Practices and Organisations.

This chapter explores the risks of guruism and cultic social dynamics in organisations that work with psychedelic drugs, which include therapist offices, clinics, research departments, retreat centres…

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Evans, J., & Adams, J. H. (2026). Guruism and Cultic Social Dynamics in Psychedelic Practices and Organisations.. Curr Top Behav Neurosci, 77, 495-511. https://doi.org/10.1007/7854_2024_535

Comparing the Heaven's Gate "Exit Statements" to Traditional Suicide Notes.

INTRODUCTION: In 1997, the Heaven's Gate religious group died by mass suicide. Before their deaths, many members left videotaped final messages ("exit statements"), recording a functional equivalent t…

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Dean, M. C., Utley, J. W., Hooper, A. E., Bogle, G., & Porter, B. (2025). Comparing the Heaven's Gate "Exit Statements" to Traditional Suicide Notes.. Suicide Life Threat Behav, 55(6), e70059. https://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.70059

How Psychology Can Benefit From the Academic Study of Esotericism.

The paper reviews and summarizes the historical research that has been carried out in recent decades to explore the connections between esotericism and psychology while highlighting the typical histor…

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Gyimesi, J. (2025). How Psychology Can Benefit From the Academic Study of Esotericism.. J Hist Behav Sci, 61(1), e70004. https://doi.org/10.1002/jhbs.70004

Leadership and discursive mobilizing of collective action in the Jonestown mass killing.

We study a transcript of discourse recorded on an open mic during the mass suicide/murder of 909 members of a religious community in Jonestown in 1978. The 'Jonestown massacre' is often cited in psych…

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Durrheim, K., & Blackwood, L. (2024). Leadership and discursive mobilizing of collective action in the Jonestown mass killing.. Br J Soc Psychol, 63(4), 2121-2134. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12772

Assessing conspiracist beliefs across societies: Validation of the Serbian adaptation of the Generic Conspiracist Beliefs Scale (GCBS).

Initial validation of the Generic Conspiracist Beliefs Scale (GCBS) identified five correlated factors: Government Malfeasance, Malevolent Global Conspiracies, Extraterrestrial Cover-up, Personal Well…

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Dinić, B. M., Dagnall, N., Denovan, A., Došenović, A., & Neave, N. (2024). Assessing conspiracist beliefs across societies: Validation of the Serbian adaptation of the Generic Conspiracist Beliefs Scale (GCBS).. Int J Psychol, 59(2), 322-330. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.13089

A misinterpreted psychoanalyst: Herbert Silberer and his theory of symbol-formation.

The primary aim of this article is to give a more detailed exposition of the cultural, personal, and theoretical contexts in which the Viennese psychoanalyst, Herbert Silberer's theories were born. Wh…

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Gyimesi, J. (2024). A misinterpreted psychoanalyst: Herbert Silberer and his theory of symbol-formation.. J Hist Behav Sci, 60(1), e22289. https://doi.org/10.1002/jhbs.22289

Family Constellation Therapy in the Context of Esotericism.

In the past decades, Bert Hellinger's family constellation method has become a highly popular psychotherapeutic modality. Although some research has emerged concerning the foundations, effectiveness, …

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Gyimesi, J. (2023). Family Constellation Therapy in the Context of Esotericism.. Perspect Psychol Sci, 18(4), 749-761. https://doi.org/10.1177/17456916221120424

['Against Nature'-On the social psychological dimension of the alliance between conspiracy beliefs and spirituality in COVID-19 protests. A case study].

In the light of increasingly loud and highly visible public protests against protective measures and policies against COVID-19, the concept of has recently gained a lot of attention. It is used to th…

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Knasmüller, F., Menzel, G., Reuss, T., Brunner, M., & Heller, A. (2023). ['Against Nature'-On the social psychological dimension of the alliance between conspiracy beliefs and spirituality in COVID-19 protests. A case study].. Z Relig Ges Polit, 1-28. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41682-023-00150-7

Roma Religion: 1775 and 2018 Compared over Time.

The objective of the present study was to compare the religiosity of the Roma in the 18th century with the present. In 1775 and 1776, Samuel Augustini ab Hortis detailed the way of life of the Roma co…

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Kozubik, M., Bobakova, D. F., Mojtova, M., Tokovska, M., & van, D. i. j. k. . J. P. (2022). Roma Religion: 1775 and 2018 Compared over Time.. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 19(18). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191811645

Leaving religion: deconversion.

Religious change was an important theme in the psychology of religion from its beginning with a focus on conversion, but with the emergence of new religious movements and the recent growth of religiou…

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Streib, H. (2021). Leaving religion: deconversion.. Curr Opin Psychol, 40, 139-144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2020.09.007

Sorcery and well-being: bodily transformation at Beckeranta.

This paper examines bodily transformation and well-being within the context of a millenarian movement that emerged during the 1840s in the area surrounding Mount Roraima at the periphery of Brazil, Gu…

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Whitaker, J. A. (2021). Sorcery and well-being: bodily transformation at Beckeranta.. Anthropol Med, 28(1), 78-93. https://doi.org/10.1080/13648470.2020.1807726

The art of being governed: apocalypse, aspirational statecraft, and the health of the Hmong body (politic).

Hmong ritual practice revolves around managing proper relations between one's ancestors and living kin, as this relationship is a key factor in both the physical health and more general welfare of liv…

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Hickman, J. R. (2021). The art of being governed: apocalypse, aspirational statecraft, and the health of the Hmong body (politic).. Anthropol Med, 28(1), 94-108. https://doi.org/10.1080/13648470.2020.1833685