User blog comment:Fedorastorm/Need a hand here!/@comment-4109747-20150514073712/@comment-26104528-20150514194254

From what I've read about cults, the way they work is by offering a chance to be a part of an exclusive group in addition to the threats of leaving. A lot of the methods I've come accross usual involve forcing the vicitm to be dependant on them. There was actually a pretty notorius cult that liked to linger around my college campus and part of my research did involve reading testimonies of former members.