I WITNESS: How to tell if you are a brainwashed cult member, Part Three — Where is the compound? - The Berkshire Edge

I WITNESS: How to tell if you are a brainwashed cult member, Part Three — Where is the compound? - The Berkshire Edge

Last week, in Part Two of this column, we explored common features of cults and brainwashing. But cult members usually live in remote compounds, right? They withdraw from the world and become completely dependent on the cult leader for their sense of safety, identity, and value. Is it even possible to be a cult member if you are not sequestered in some distant, inaccessible location, cut off from former friends, neighbors, and family, but are li…