The Family International (TFI) is an American new religious movement founded in 1968 by David Brandt Berg. [1] The group has gone under a number of different names since its inception, …

Sep 11, 2019 · While there is no one universally agreed upon list of cult criteria, one of the two most commonly used was written by cult expert Dr. Margaret Singer. Below I use her criteria to …

Mar 29, 2023 · Have loved ones or friends fallen into a cult? Here are the common warning signs from within the life cycle of cults.

Feb 21, 2025 · This article examines how certain family dynamics can resemble cult-like control rather than genuine love and support. It outlines signs such as enforced isolation, secrecy, …

Jan 29, 2024 · Petra Velzeboer was born into the Children of God cult, otherwise known as The Family International, before getting out at the age of 22.

In this article, I do not intend to deal with the relationship between persons being part of dysfunctional families and the degree of risk of their being recruited by a cult.

The Family, also known as the Santiniketan Park Association or the Great White Brotherhood, was an Australian New Age group formed in the mid-1960s under the leadership of Anne …

Feb 7, 2023 · The Children of God (later known as the Family, and now as the Family International) began in the 1960s. The cult blended Christian rhetoric and the illusion of …

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Mar 8, 2023 · In the mid-1960s, Australian yoga teacher Anne Hamilton-Byrne founded the Family Cult and convinced her followers she was the reincarnation of Jesus Christ.