The Cult Next Door: A Manhattan Memoir

by Elizabeth R. Burchard, Judith L. Carlone · 2005

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During Thanksgiving vacation, Elizabeth, a 17-year-old Swarthmore College freshman, attended a therapy session where the practitioner regaled her with prophetic visions of a glorious future, hers to claim beside him. Over the decades that followed, this master at manipulating metaphysical concepts organized a small dedicated band. Among brainwashed minds fused with New Age doctrine, Elizabeth sank into despair. From the gullibility that led her astray, to the enlightenment that freed her, you will travel an incredible journey. For anyone who has ever been trapped by a person who would not let them go, within this book lies a message of hope.

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