VIDEO
Jamie Wheal: How to Spot a Cult
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Jamie Wheal — 2019
In his bestseller, Stealing Fire, Jamie Wheal talked about peak experiences and group flow states as the cutting edge for human evolution. But since then, he’s become more and more concerned by how these techniques are being used and abused. See more...
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In his bestseller, Stealing Fire, Jamie Wheal talked about peak experiences and group flow states as the cutting edge for human evolution. But since then, he’s become more and more concerned by how these techniques are being used and abused. Now he’s releasing a checklist—to answer the question—how to spot a cult.
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