| |
| |
| Preface and Map of the Book | |
| |
| |
| Introduction: Why Focus on Authoritarianism? Authority, Hierarchy, and Power | |
| |
| |
| |
| Personal Masks | |
| |
| |
| |
| Religion, Cults, & the Spiritual Vacuum Religion and Morality The Challenge of Science Who Defines Reality in Religions and Cults? Reexamining the Sacred | |
| |
| |
| |
| Gurus and Times of Upheaval | |
| |
| |
| |
| The Seductions of Surrender Control and Surrender Scandals, Saints, & Self-Centeredness Recognizing Authoritarian Control | |
| |
| |
| |
| Guru Ploys Inducing Surrender Maintaining Dominance | |
| |
| |
| |
| The Assault on Reason | |
| |
| |
| |
| Stages of Cults -- Proselytizing to Paranoia The Messianic Phase The Apocalyptic Phase | |
| |
| |
| |
| The Attractions of Cult Hierarchy | |
| |
| |
| |
| Gurus & Sexual Manipulation The Betrayal of Trust Spiritual Hedonism | |
| |
| |
| |
| Gurus, Psychotherapy, & the Unconscious | |
| |
| |
| |
| The Traps of Being a Guru Narcissism and Adulation Deceit and Corruption | |
| |
| |
| |
| Jim Jones & the Jonestown Mass Suicide | |
| |
| |
| |
| On Channeling Disembodied Authorities Assumptions about Channeling An Example of Channeled Writing: A Course in Miracles What Are Channels Channeling? | |
| |
| |
| |
| Do You Create Your Own Reality? | |
| |
| |
| |
| Healing Crippled Self-Trust | |
| |
| |
| |
| Ideological Masks Introduction:The Morality Wars | |
| |
| |
| |
| Fundamentalism & the Need for Certainty The Essence of Fundamentalism The Quandaries of Revisionism Revisionism and the Need for Identity What's at Stake? | |
| |
| |
| |
| �Satanism & the Worship of the Forbidden: Why It Feels Good to Be Bad Good and Evil The Problem of Evil Satanism as an Avenue to Power The Divided Self: Good and Evil Internalized Satanism as the Dark Side of Monotheism | |
| |
| |
| |
| Who Is in Control? The Authoritarian Roots of Addiction What Is Addiction? The Divided Psyche: Symptom of a Dysfunctional Morality Taming the Beast: The Inner Battle for Control Addiction as Revolt Against the Inner Authoritarian The Failings of Disease & Responsibility Models Twelve Steps to Where? Developing Wholeness and Self-Trust | |
| |
| |
| |
| Love & Control: The Conditions underlying Unconditional Love What Is Unconditional Love? Love, Time, and Timelessness Self-Sacrifice, Power, and Passion Control and Boundaries "Love Addiction" Measuring and Roles Forgiving and Letting Go The Religious Foundation of Unconditional Love Timeless Love through Time | |
| |
| |
| |
| Oneness, Enlightenment & the Mystical Experience The Mystical Experience Dualism and Renunciation The Function of Enlightenment The One-Sidedness of Oneness Holism and Interconnectedness Renunciation as Accumulation | |
| |
| |
| |
| The Power of Abstraction: The Sacred Word & the Evolution of Morality Abstractions and Power From �Animism to Polytheism: The Concrete Abstractions of Idolatry Monotheism: A Universal Abstraction Oneness: The Culmination of Religious Abstraction Abstraction, Either/or Thinking, and Dualism Symbol Systems and Power Transforming the Symbol System: A Dialectical Perspective<b | |