Creffield & the Dispensing of Existence

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Lifton's eight 'psychological themes' that can be found in totalist groups like the Holy Rollers:

Milieu Control

Mystical Manipulation

The Demand for Purity

Dispensing of Existence



Sample chapters from Holy Rollers: Murder and Madness in Oregon's Love Cult How the Fire Fell (a soon to be released movie about Creffield) Early 1900s Newspaper articles about the Holy Rollers Family Trees for the Holy Rollers? The Oregon Insane Asylum in 1907 (where the Holy Rollers were committed) The Oregon State Penitentiary in 1907 (where Creffield was incarcerated) Life in Corvallis in the early 1900s Life in Waldport, OR in early 1900s Heaven's Gate Reverend Knapp's Bible Songs of Salvation and Victory, the songs sung by the Holy Rollers Early cases of not guilty by reason of insanity Could you ever be lured into joining a cult? Creffield, Brainwashing & Thought Reform Info about Cults Creffield's Preachings Creffield Vs. Crefeld The Salvation Army Opening Fire in 1886 Holy Roller Theology Share your thoughts about, and experiences with, cults

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Creffield and the Dispensing of Existence "Perhaps the most significant characteristic of totalistic movements is what I call 'dispensing of existence,'" Dr. Lifton writes. "Those who have not seen the light and embraced the truth are wedded to evil, tainted, and therefore in some sense, usually metaphorical, lack the right to exist. That is one reason why a cult member threatened with being cast into outer darkness may experience a fear of extinction or collapse." If someone lacks the right to exist, not only is it permissible for you to kill them, it is your duty to kill them. That was the unfortunate conclusion some in Franz Edmund Creffield's cult came to. "When Franz Edmund Creffield placed his hands on his followers heads they were absolutely in his power and did anything he told them," Burgess Starr, an in-law of his said. "Had he told them to jump in the river they would not have hesitated a moment, but plunged in." And when he order them to, they did more than jump in a river. When he ordered them to burn cats and dogs and to do worse, they burned cats and dogs and did worse. Alas, to tell you exactly what "worse" they did would give away the last third of the book Holy Rollers. To find those details out, you'll just have to read it for yourself.
Lifton's eight 'psychological themes' that can be found in totalist groups like the Holy Rollers: Milieu Control Mystical Manipulation The Demand for Purity Cult of Confession Sacred Science Loading the Language Doctrine Over Person Dispensing of Existence Newspaper Articles from 1904 about the Holy Rollers being Committed to the Insane Asylum Information about Cults Think You Can't be Lured into a Cult? Think Again. The Oregon State Insane Asylum in 1907 More Sample Chapters from Holy Rollers: Murder and Madness in Oregon's Love Cult
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