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<\/h2>\nModern legal and psychological experts will tell you that dangerous \u201ccults\u201d don\u2019t necessarily have to be religious. However, there are obvious cult-like attributes common among those groups that have tragically harmed their members. I\u2019d like to discuss those red-flag behaviors, and offer suggestions on how to avoid them creeping into our covens.<\/p>\n
<\/h2>\nLet\u2019s start with the Oxford Living Dictionary definition<\/a>:<\/p>\n (1) a system of Experts use this word \u201ccult\u201d to describe the infamous groups that criminally exploited and harmed their members, and they all have common attributes and behaviors. The most infamous example is the Jonestown Massacre<\/a>, where 918 people drank the \u201ccyanide Kool-aid\u201d served by the deranged Reverend Jim Jones and died; 304 of them were children.<\/p>\n\n
Cult:<\/h3>\n
religious<\/del> veneration and devotion directed toward a particular figure or object.
\n(2) a relatively small group of people having religious<\/del> beliefs or practices regarded by others as strange or sinister.
\n(3) a misplaced or excessive admiration for a particular person or thing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n