{"id":9000,"date":"2018-01-08T20:41:07","date_gmt":"2018-01-09T03:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=9000"},"modified":"2018-01-08T20:41:07","modified_gmt":"2018-01-09T03:41:07","slug":"the-anthropology-cult-at-ciis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=9000","title":{"rendered":"The Anthropology Cult at CIIS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some people in the Pagan studies field have a special place in their hearts for the California Institute of Integral Studies. This memoir (about events a decade ago) might help to explain why.<\/a> It’s a “never been told story.”<\/p>\n

We showed up willing and able to do whatever it took for the cause. Angana exploited us beyond recognition. She effectively used jargon and the discourse to force us to restructure, brutally interrogate and dismantle our sense of self in the most pathological way possible. It\u2019s a classic cult grooming technique; it just so happened that the languaging in this cult used social justice concepts.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some people in the Pagan studies field have a special place in their hearts for the California Institute of Integral Studies. This memoir (about events a decade ago) might help to explain why. It’s a “never been told story.” We showed up willing and able to do whatever it took for the cause. 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