A destructive cult's leader is a self-appointed messianic person claiming to have a special mission in life. For example, leaders of flying saucer cults claim that beings from outer space have commissioned them to lead people on Earth. (Like the self proclaimed Councilor of Earth.)
In the following list of links you can find information about cults, sects, child abuse and mind control. Also legal advice.
- All Law
www.alllaw.com - International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA)
www.csj.org - Carol Giambalvo's Cult Information and Recovery
http://hometown.aol.com/carol2180/index.htm - Cult Information Center (CIC)
www.cultinformation.org.uk/home.html - Cult Information Service, Inc.
www.cultinformationservice.org - Cults R Us: Killer Cults
www.mayhem.net/Crime/cults1.html - Das elektronische Informationssystem über Sekten, Religions und Weltanschauungsgemeinschaften in Deutschland (The information-site on Sects and Cults in Germany and worldwide)
www.thur.de/religio/start.html - Dialog Center International (DCI)
www.dci.dk/ - Ex-Cult Archive
ex-cult.org - False Memory Syndrome Foundation (FMSF)
www.fmsfonline.org/ - Info Cult
In English http://www.math.mcgill.ca/triples/infocult/ic-new.html
- The Resource Center for Freedom of Mind
www.freedomofmind.com/ - Rick Ross: Expert Consultant and Intervention Specialist
www.rickross.com/ - SCP (Spiritual Counterfeits Project)
www.scp-inc.org/ - Social Influence: The Science of Persuasion & Compliance
www.public.asu.edu/~kelton/ - Joseph P. Szimhart: Cult Information Specialist
home.dejazzd.com/jszimhart - Understanding Cult Mind Control, by Steven Hassan
www.freedomofmind.com - Victim-Assistance Online: A Comprehensive Resource Center
www.vaonline.org/ - Watchman Fellowship
www.watchman.org/ - Wellspring Retreat and Resource Center
wellspringretreat.org
