tient-followers."
According to Singer et. al (1990), the leaders of these cults seem to corrupt and exaggerate trendy notions in psychology and pop-psychology and to make unlimited claims of personal power and skills. The personality, character traits, and fantasy lives of the leaders of such cults appear to color and direct the paths the groups take.
In my own personal experience, I once attended a group with a friend of mind to see a man who (Dennis Adams) was said to have "phenomenal healing powers," and who was then making his "last appearance" in Los Angeles before relocating his organization to Europe. My friend said that she had attended an earlier lecture given by this person and that she felt he "completely understood what life was all about."
The man (very handsome, sociable, and suave) gave the attendees a speech which was filled with pop-psychology jargon centered around how New Age techniques and equipment (e.g. crystals, stones, etc.) could be used for healing both the mind and the body. W
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