Tm and Cult Mania [Hardcover]

Michael A. Persinger (Author), Normand J. Carrey (Author), Lynn A. Suess (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 198 pages
• Publisher: Christopher Pub House (May 1980)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0815803923
• ISBN-13: 978-0815803928
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,497,508 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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30 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "I was there", and Persinger is right, April 4, 2002

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J. Kellett (Oakland area, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tm and Cult Mania (Hardcover)

I was involved with Transcendental Meditation for 13 years, including 11 years qualified as a TM teacher. Persinger is absolutely dead-on. "TM" is just trance and suggestion, which is applied unethically to implant very eccentric spiritual doctrines in unsuspecting recruits who happen to be susceptible to post-trance indoctrination. This is a psychological issue, not a spiritual doctrinal issue. See also "Combatting Cult Mind Control" by Steven Hassan.

4 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars How it compares to Bible's "How to tell a cult" guidelines, October 22, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Tm and Cult Mania (Hardcover)

Use your own copy of the NIV Study Bible as I have. The list of quotes came from the Seventh Day Adventist Church on a long multi-colored, plastic-coated list, which I quote: (look them up in any bible to see what God says about cults).
John 8:32. Romans 6:23. 1 Corinthians 7:13,14. Psalm 146:3.
2 Thessalonians 2:10-12. Isaiah 45:22. John 14:6. and 12:35.
Mark 7:7. Joshua 24:15.

And decide for yourself what a cult is in God's eyes!