Cult

One of the ways he achieved this was by fostering a negative idea of those from the outside. The technical term is called splitting. It changes the perception and reaction to people, objects, and situation from the outside; it makes cult members “fearful or hostile towards those on the outside, but often there is an air of pity or even condescension towards those “unenlightened” individuals who are not part of the group (Perkins and Salande 387). Most of these members believe that…

through cults; the Stanford Prison Experiment; and normative social influence, informational social influence, and the social impact theory. The word “cult” refers to a group of people with religious tendencies, beliefs, or just practices in general that some may describe as “sinister”. The recruiters of cults tend to manipulate information, so people will join their groups. At first, the basics of the group may not seem too dangerous, but then sometimes things take a serious turn. The cult…

The History of the Jonestown Massacre Many different cults have existed for many years. Some cults are peaceful while other cults can be violent and intense. One cult that ended in severity was the Peoples Temple based in Jonestown, Guyana. This particular cult was led by a man named Jim Jones. Jones had strong views on equality and wanted to create a place where people of all ages, races, and sexual orientations could live together in peace, therefore he started the Peoples Temple. The…

People are not always who they seem to be. Scarlett is a sixteen-year-old girl who has been captured by a cult called Eternal Light. Eternal light believes that if they sacrifice Scarlett, it will give them a path into the afterlife. Noah is another teenager who is part of Eternal Light; he tricks Scarlett into being captured by finding a way into her heart. When Scarlett notices what is happening, she feels betrayed by Noah and cannot even look him in the eyes without her heart tearing into…

Cult of True Womanhood The Cult of True Womanhood defined the four qualities every woman should have: “piety, purity, domesticity, and submissiveness” (Taylor). During the late 1800s and early 1900s, white men took it upon themselves to “protect” women. These men created the ideals of the Cult of True Womanhood, and worked to preserve these virtues at all costs. The Cult oppressed both black and white women of this time because the men forced them to adhere to this restrictive lifestyle.…

When inducing an individual to join a cult, many of the same persuasive techniques utilized by marketers and advertisers are also utilized by the recruiter. As humans, we have a plethora of fail-safe strategies and mental schemas to aid us in informed and logical decision making.; Hhowever, as humans, we have also logically figured out ways to bypass those fail-safes entirely. Initial persuasion, including for cults, hinges on the recruiter’s appearance of authority, honesty, and likeability. As…

The worship of Bacchus and the Bacchic mysteries, the “Bacchanalia”, spread form southern Italy into Etruria and from there the cult found its way into Rome. At the beginning, the mystery’s rites and gatherings were carried on during the day, three time per year and only women were allowed to participate; men were strictly declined. Additionally, married women were assigned as priestesses. However, Pacula Annia, priestess from Campania, changed the mystery’s structure and method of celebration.…

much property they owned. At the same time, women played prominent roles in reform groups such as temperance clubs, religious movements, moral-reform societies, and the anti-slavery organizations. Meanwhile, historians believed in the “Cult of True Womanhood”. The “Cult of True Womanhood” was the idea of what they thought a “true” woman was, which was that a “true” woman was always a submissive, devoutly religious wife and mother, who was exclusively concerned with the household, and her…

The role of women on a social aspect also change immensely. The Cult of Domesticity was an idea that women were designed exclusively for the roles of wives and mothers and were expected to be an example of piety, purity, submissiveness, and domesticity. This idea also confined women to their homes. This limited women’s involvement in society by decreasing their occupation options and by stating that they are incapable of being effective in politics. This idea also states that a woman's job was…

diverse aspects of the cult of Dionysus in Ancient Greece along the significance they had throughout its time, and the relevance of this religion in our present-day. This discussion will be divided into three sections reviewing, in order; the origins of the cult, the practices that took place within the religion, and comparisons between the cult with Christianity today. The opening section will address how Dionysus, the great God of wine, came to be, when and where this cult is speculated to…