JeansAndRice
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We started discussing this topic on another thread (and maybe there's an earlier discussion that my search didn't reveal), but I wanted to dedicate some space to this idea. I can't remember if I found this paper via this forum, or if I came upon it during my own research:
An Investigation into Cult Pseudo-Personality: What Is It and How Does It Form?
It has some useful insight into this idea of a pre-cult personality, and gives great simple visuals to talk about the different types of personality overlays/supplantation that can occur within a cult.
As I've said, my experience with this is that being born into Scn, I don't have a pre-cult personality to attempt to rediscover. Or more like, I don't know what a pre-cult personality is in me, simply a non-cult personality that I'm really trying to get to know. Any other second-gen'rs have insight on this process?
Everybody, talk to me about your pre-cult, in-cult, and post-cult selves..
What do you think are some aspects of what we could call the "Scientology personality?" with the assumption there is one.
For those of you who joined as barely adults, what were the challenges with rediscovering yourself, or your pre-cult personality?
Also, does anybody have any good insight on Scn from the Anthroposophical lense? I love Steiner's ideas on human development, and have always wondered how Scn might interfere with this process of incarnating and excarnating, and the other ideas in Anthroposophy..
An Investigation into Cult Pseudo-Personality: What Is It and How Does It Form?
It has some useful insight into this idea of a pre-cult personality, and gives great simple visuals to talk about the different types of personality overlays/supplantation that can occur within a cult.
As I've said, my experience with this is that being born into Scn, I don't have a pre-cult personality to attempt to rediscover. Or more like, I don't know what a pre-cult personality is in me, simply a non-cult personality that I'm really trying to get to know. Any other second-gen'rs have insight on this process?
Everybody, talk to me about your pre-cult, in-cult, and post-cult selves..
What do you think are some aspects of what we could call the "Scientology personality?" with the assumption there is one.
For those of you who joined as barely adults, what were the challenges with rediscovering yourself, or your pre-cult personality?
Also, does anybody have any good insight on Scn from the Anthroposophical lense? I love Steiner's ideas on human development, and have always wondered how Scn might interfere with this process of incarnating and excarnating, and the other ideas in Anthroposophy..
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