Preparation Before an Intervention
The following are some tips that we compiled for doing an intervention with a loved one or family member. We came up with this information based on our personal experience, material read from books...
Cult Rescue
Cults Have Always a Grand Vision
During my intervention with Karl, the first video that he showed me was called “The End of the World Cult.” It featured a cult leader (coincidentally named Michael) who claimed to be the next...
How to Fake a Magical Weekend in a Cult
When I was still in the group, I believed that everything magical was happening on “the invisible realm” and that this was how God spoke to us. I would always be making connections everywhere....
Cult Members Need to be Saved!
Ruth turned around and shouted “I don’t need to be saved by you.” That is what all cult members would tell you while they are in a cult. And this is probably the biggest...
How Did Michael Guen Use Members to Manipulate Each Other?
Michael Guen purposefully used members of the group for his overall manipulation, setting each person against another. For example, when Michael did not want me to move in with Karl, he purposefully brought up...
What is Michael Guen’s Relationship to Money?
We have estimated that Michael Guen grosses approximately $400,000 per year. This figure may or may not be completely accurate, but given the amount of students and acupuncture clients, this is a reasonable estimation....
Book Recommendation: Take Back Your Life by Janja Lalich and Madeline Tobias
Once you leave a cult, it can take a while to transition back into everyday life. So much depends on how long you were in your cult and the type of indoctrination used. During...
How Did Michael Guen Modify the Behavior of His Members?
Michael used several techniques in order to keep us under this control. In addition to freely modifying our characters and having free reign to make whatever comments he liked, he also taught us physical...
