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Daily Archives: July 19, 2008
Love Bomb Burns: A Fascinating Oxford University Press Book on the Social Psychology of Cults and Charismatic Religious Movements
The book, Cults: Faith, Healing and Coercion (Oxford 1999), by Marc Galanter, is hard to put down. It’s not just an excellent introduction to the dynamics of religious cults, but of social psychology in general. The author uses systems theory … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Buddhism, Charismatic, Christianity, cults, faith healing, Hinduism, Jesus, John Macarthur, Santi Tafarella
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“Eating Disorder”: A Poem by Santi Tafarella
fat black bee with bitty bee face burrowing a blood red rose buzzing
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Tagged eating disorders, food, garden, gardening, literature, love, poem, poetry, roses, Santi Tafarella, sex, sexy
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