TBWPJul 2, 1989 11:26 pmĆy€v€x€z€|€~€€€‚€„€†€ˆ€Š€Œ€Ž€€’€”€–€˜€š€œ€žJ JęJ4H~DĆE € O€ZE\GĄCčI+GtBť€Gý€DFF€3Œ€żGÁC€KK€–F˜CŢ€ ! €A €!C €d Ff EŹ Iń D: I~ IÇ E GU Dœ €7ŕ €   Q&A WRITE -- B. Emerald ˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙In this chapter I review the literature relevant to my study. I begin by defining the term "destructive cult" and distinguishing these from benign "tradition" religious cults or sects. I then summarize the literature on coercive persuasion as it pertains to cults, and I summarize one former cultist's view of how cult conversion differs from "true" religious conversion> I then describe the conversion process for Hare Krishna devotees.˙˙Cults critics claim that the conversion process in destructive cults involves radical alterations in information processing, attention, and states of consciousness. The next section of my literature review sumamrizes information processing theory and relates it to attention and states of consciousness. The concepts introduced and reviewed in this section are key to my rationale for studying attention and verbal interaction (inculuding information exchange) during a deprogramming.˙˙In the next section, I relate information processing and attention to cultic conversion ("snapping") and deprogramming.˙˙Next, I review the liteature on deprogramming and exit-counseling. In defining the deconversion process, I describe deprogramming, using concepts from the literature on ifnormation processing and consciousness.˙˙Finally, I review the literature on verbal interaction analysis as it pertains to the study of deprogramming, and I introduce a research paradigm for process research.˙˙˙€Defining "destructive cult"˙˙˙Traditionally, a "cult" has been defined (American FAmily Foundation, 1986, p. 118_ as a "religion regarded as unorthodox or spurious (the exuberant growth of fantastic cults)," or as a "minority religious group holding beliefs regarded as unorthodox or spurious." Cults usually employ a system of religious ritual or worship that involves the devoted attachment to, or extravagant admiration for, a person, principle; cults have usually connoted a "fad." Less often, the term "cult" has been utilized to mean "a system for the cure of disease based on the dogma, tenets, or principles" as defined by the cult's promulgator "to the exclusion of scientific experience or demonstration."˙˙x"˜ 'ôÄ "'20&ě93Ąž3˙yw15ý\15060(>Ęl%ě˙ý\>=SOFT FONT:AC-TmsRmn 10 MedSOFT FONT:AC-TmsRmn 10 BldSOFT FONT:AC-TmsRmn 14 BldSOFT FONT:AC-TmsRmn 10 ItaSOFT FONT:AC-TmsRmn 12 MedSOFT FONT:AC-TmsRmn 10 MedLaserjet II-Courier 12 MedSOFT FONT:AC-TmsRmn 12 BldSOFT FONT:AC-TmsRmn 12 ItaC:\Q&A\HPLASERJ.FNT