The UN arias (find their TV shows and images)

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-fascinating-80s-public-access-films-produced-by-a-california-ufo-cult?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=atlas-page

The Saint Germain Project

http://www.saintgermainfoundation.org/SGF_01_MightyIAM.html

WEIRD THINGS SAID IN THE WAY

1. After 30 years of membership: "well, you have all this time to explain why you aren't converting!"
2. "You shouldn't travel alone; you could get depressed and kill yourself, or worse, lose your faith!"
3. "This is the gateway. This is the door that God has opened for you; you can enter now, and stay in this community, the place where God lives; or you can leave and live in the world, spiritually dead. But you need to choose now, because the door is only open for a little while. If you leave now there will soon be a point where you won't be able to come back, and if you stay, you are committed. But what joy to live and die with this love, this community!"

An excellent academic resource on defining a Cult.

Benjamin Zablocki, 1997: a cult is "an ideological organization held together by charismatic relationships and demanding total commitment."

Cult (totalist type): A group or movement exhibiting a great or excessive devotion or dedication to some person, idea, or thing and employing unethically manipulative techniques of persuasion and control (e.g. isolation from former friends and family, debilitation, use of special methods to heighten suggestibility and subservience, powerful group pressures, information management, suspension of individuality or critical judgment, promotion of total dependency on the group and fear of leaving it, etc.), designed to advance the goals of the group's leaders, to the actual or possible detriment of members,  their families, or the community. (West & Langone, 1986, pp. 119-120)

"Cults are not all alike.   Nor are all cult members affected in the same way, even within the same group.  Nevertheless, a huge body of clinical evidence leads ICSA associates to contend that some groups harm some members sometimes, and that some groups may be more likely to harm members than other groups. "

http://www.csj.org/infoserv_cult101/essay_cult.htm  

THE INTERNATIONAL CULTIC STUDIES ASSOCIATION:

A list of academic resources:

http://www.icsahome.com/elibrary/studyguides/formergroupmembers