There’s more
Further recources
This is a selection of materials that may be of interest
websites
#igotout: The mission of #igotout is to inspire survivors of high-demand environments who have experienced cultic, religious, or spiritual abuse to tell and share their stories – if and when it’s safe to do so. The website includes an amazing list of resources.
Creative Interventions – www.creative-interventions.org
Janja Lalich, Cults, Extremism, & Undue Influence – www.janjalalich.com
Cult expert Steven Hassan – www.freedomofmind.com
Association for Spiritual Integrity – www.spiritual-integrity.org
Safer Sex-Positive & Spiritual Communities – https://3sc.community/
Transform Harm – https://transformharm.org/
Books
Disrupting The Bystander – A.V. Floxx
The Bystander Effect – Catherine Sanderson
Creative Interventions Toolkit / A practical Guide to Stop Interpersonal Violence – Creative Interventions
The Art of Giving and Receiving – Betty Martin
Terror, Love and Brainwashing: Attachment in Cults and Totalitarian Systems – Alexandra Stein
Cult Trip – Anke Richter
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism – Amanda Montell
My Life in Orange (a youth in Osho’s cult) – Tim Guest
podcasts
The Orgasm Cult (OneTaste / Orgasmic Meditation) – BBC Radio 4
Escaping NXIVM – CBD Podcasts
Cults – Parcast
A Little Bit Culty – Acast, With Sarah and Nippy who escaped NXIVM. They also have a website with great resources.
Sounds Like a Cult – Isa Medina and Amanda Montell
Was I in a Cult? – Arianna Sprabary
A Very British Cult – BBC Radio 4
The Commune – Stuff Audio
Good Cult – Cast Media
Fucking Cancelled – Clementine Morrigan
The New Gurus – BBC Radio 4
Episodes:
On the Edge with Andrew Gold, episode of May 15, 2023 called ‘Death by… Meditation!’ with Scott Carney
Project Hope, season 2 episode 17: Anke Richter on her book Cult Trip
documentaries
Holy Hell (Buddhafield, Jaime Gomez) – Will Allen
Wild Wild Country (Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, Osho) – Maclain Way, Chapman Way
Searching for Sheela (Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, Osho) – Shakun Batra
The Vow (NXIVM) – Karim Amer, Jehane Noujaim, Omar Mullick
Seduced (NXIVM) – Cecilia Peck
Athlete A – Bonni Cohen, Jon Schenk
Bikram: Yoga, Guru, Predator – Eva Orner
João de Deus, Cura e Crime (John of God: The Crimes of a Spiritual Healer) – Maurício de Souza Dias, Tatiana Vilela
How to Become a Cult Leader – Peter Dinklage
Escaping Twin Flames – Cecilia Peck
Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey – Rachel Dretzin and Grace McNally
Orgasm Inc: The Story of OneTaste – Sarah Gibson and Sloane Klevin
articles
Guru’s exposed – www.gurumag.com (Be Scofield)
Yoga International on how to respond to abuse – article (Karen Rain and Jubilee Q. Cooke)