159: Cults & Cultures
Conspirituality
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The Role of Narcissism in Cult Discourse
A narcissist creates a delusional world in which he is a superior being in need of nothing. He's compelled to use those who depend on him to serve as hosts for his own disavowed and projected dependency, says Julian Zelizer. "To the extent that he succeeds in keeping an adequacy and dependency external, he can sustain in his internal world his delusions of shame-free, self-sufficient superiority"
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