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The Wrong Way Home: Uncovering the Patterns of Cult Behavior in American Society

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Books that are both substantive and written in an engaging way are pretty thin on the ground. This is definitely one of them.

It takes the position that cult behaviour is present in less extreme forms in our every day life and is convincing and interesting in its delivery.

I recommend it very highly...

For anyone who is interested in why someone would stay involved in a cult, or become involved in the first place this book will answer your questions. The simplicity of the answers is astounding. I absolutely reccomend reading this book.

This was a really good book and I agree with a lot of what the author says. The patterns he outlines are observable. The title is a tad misleading, though. I don't think it's a trait or commentary unique to American society, but rather, the human condition, the world over.

The Nuremberg Rallies in Germany, the Kamikaze of Japan, the rabid zeal of fundamentalist Islam, ad infinitum. The whole of human history and our present condition, is flooded with example after example of cultic behavior in our societies.

It's awful when peoples' sincere desire for fulfillment and spirituality is twisted and perverted by charlatans. The key, I believe, is contained in three things: A healthy dose of scepticism, paying close attention to our inner faculties of discernment and intuition, and education and awareness.

This book does well in educating, and thereby, inoculating people against the lure of malignant cults.

"Will You Die For Me?" by Tex Watson, and "Seductive Poison," by Deborah Layton (survivor of the Jonestown Massacre) are both excellent (and horrifying) books in the same vein, for those wishing to further explore the themes contained in "The Wrong Way Home."

Thank you Arthur Deikman for your no-nonsense brilliance and insight. I came across this book at the perfect time and am so grateful that I did.