The Mind-Control Controversy: Brainwashing

The cultist as brainwashed zombie or mindless robot, the victims being brainwashed by evil cult leaders. This new imagery led to a new kind of exorcism: deprogramming, or forcible deconversion.

The cultist as brainwashed zombie or mindless robot, the victims being brainwashed by evil cult leaders. This new imagery led to a new kind of exorcism: deprogramming, or forcible deconversion.

The following is a statement by Dr. Harvey Cox, theologian at Harvard Divinity School, at a symposium titled “Krishna Consciousness and Religious Freedom,” conducted at the Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard University, November 22, 1976.