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by melissalobos 1618 days ago
I am not very familiar with the cult, but this just seems like regular self-help advice. Could someone explain how this relates to a sex cult(based on the wikipedia article)?
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> In 1998, Raniere and Nancy Salzman founded NXIVM, a personal development company offering "Executive Success Programs" (ESP) and a range of techniques for self-improvement

The leader used all sorts of mathy pseudologic to make connections between equations and human feelings. It managed to gain some pretty smart members in spite of the bullshit.

https://artvoice.com/2019/05/27/guest-view-keith-mathematica...

Cool, thank you! I appreciate the explanation.