Cult Refers to 3 Factors:
1. The origin of the group and role of the leader
2. The power structure, or relationship between the leader (or leaders) and the followers
3. The use of a coordinated program of persuasion (which is called through reform, or, more commonly, brain washing)

Cult types:
- Neo-Christian religious
- Hindu and Eastern Religions
- Occult, witchcraft, and satanist
- Spiritualist
- Zen and other Sino-Japanese philosophical-mystical orientation
- Racial
- Flying saucer and other outer-space phenomena
- Psychological or psycho-therapeutic
- Political
- Self-help, self-improvement, and lifestyle systems

Conditions
1. Keep the person unaware of what is going on and the changes taking place
2. Control the person's time, and, if possible, physical environment
3. Create a sense of powerlessness, covert fear, and dependency
4. Suppress much of the person's old behavior and attitude
5. Instill new behavior and attitudes
6. Put forth a closed system of logic; allow no real input or criticism

Themes
1. Milieu control
2. Loading the language
3. Demand for purity
4. Confession
5. Mystical manipulation
6. Doctrine over person
7. Sacred science
8. Dispensing of experience

Stages
1. Unfreezing
2. Changing
3. Refreezing