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Lynn Short - The New Gnostic Society, Sexual Alchemy, & Lucid Dreaming

Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation

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How Can a Religion Live on Without the Original Leader?

I do not believe anybody in nosis currently has any nefarious intentions. The missionaries are meant to be supported by the students, and that they are called students, not members. That depends on how rich the area that you live in is. But there's no demand. There's no expectation of level or amount. It's just like, please support us. Or, hey, we're goin to hae a garage sale. Please donate some items that you'd like to be sold, but we need the money, that kind of thing. I mean, i guess it happens a lot. You know, megan's old religion is a good example of just like, how a religion

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