jon atack, family & friends
Scientology indoctrination methods deconstructed
updated
Note: this was recorded a few days before Dr. Zimbardo passed. He was truly a titan of our field and will be sorely missed.
Links:
Dr. Zimbardo's Heroic Imagination project:
heroicimagination.org
At the center of 'Veneer Theory': Are people fundamentally good or evil?
npr.org/2023/01/31/1152739773/at-the-center-of-veneer-theory-are-people-fundamentally-good-or-evil
Jane Eliott's brown-eyed/ blue-eyed study on racism:
practicalpie.com/blue-eyes-brown-eyes-jane-elliott
Muzafer Sherif's Robbers Cave Experiment:
explorepsychology.com/robbers-cave-experiment
A Painful Reminder:
youtu.be/Hqq5YCFGInQ?si=rKKENUlxi-49x_Nr
#Zimbardo
Buy the NEW edition of Steven Hassan's Cult of Trump! : amazon.com/Cult-Trump-Leading-Explains-President/dp/1982127341
We're re-uploading this for the upcoming election.
See Spike's animation of Mark's novel! : youtu.be/jacfLhFwX0Q?si=arueb5lOqkICpJIc
explore V-Tawian's project page: https://info.vtaiwan.tw
see more of Ira Chaleff's important work, here: irachaleff.com
learn about the institute for propaganda analysis: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_for_Propaganda_Analysis
and see chickens flying (poultry in motion!): youtube.com/watch?v=yRpgnMDr7Ms
though, to be fair, they really don't fly very well: reference.com/pets-animals/longest-recorded-flight-chicken-5abd0ed8b465850f
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Links:
Jon on Andrew Gold: youtu.be/31WjP6XaaAs?si=KW3woMHqexw1FNEK
Jon on LadBible: youtu.be/sPpKgU2zT-4?si=tblW-hQtERyEBAsi
Secret Lives: L. Ron Hubbard:
youtu.be/FwX7Fjqt7c4?si=0VuU7bfJixwpOcUq
The Shrinking World of L. Ron Hubbard:
youtu.be/SkMuoVThw0c
Scientology: Inside the Cult (featuring 1980's Jon!):
youtu.be/eqxAEdAmq94?si=NaRrbpKZH9MnP3Pd
Captive Minds:
youtu.be/5Px6VPPVnfE
Stolen Youth (on Hulu):
hulu.com/series/stolen-youth-inside-the-cult-at-sarah-lawrence-0336ebcf-9f28-4a55-993b-012aedd47325
Steven Hassan's interview with Larry Ray Cult survivor Daniel Barban Levin:
stevenhassan.substack.com/p/recruited-at-sarah-lawrence-college-into-the-larry-ray-cult-with-daniel-barban-levin
Spike's Cialdini infographic poster: jonatack.co.uk/dr-robert-cialdinis-seven-laws-of-persuasion
The Getting Clear videos on our channel:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOprfY0DnRsZGsfnccH2LiElw-iBpBNSR&si=KBoE437oeBmlvOvM
NOTE: Spike misspoke; it's only videos 1 & 2 that we have here
Getting Clear for rent on Vimeo:
vimeo.com/ondemand/gettingclear
Spike's story, also known as "Toledo, Tarot & Trouble": youtu.be/GfIuNSEUIjg
And one last bit of penguin paraphernalia: youtu.be/XgRGe6jW84U?si=T-n3VeMu-XN6bl3b
Links:
Spike's Cialdini infographic:
jonatack.co.uk/dr-robert-cialdinis-seven-laws-of-persuasion
Steven Hassan's Cult of Trump:
amazon.com/The-Cult-of-Trump-Steven-Hassan-audiobook/dp/B07NY9PS2D
Bandy X. Lee's The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 37 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President - Updated and Expanded with New Essays
amazon.com/Dangerous-Case-Donald-Trump-Psychiatrists-ebook/dp/B07NL1NHCR
Bandy X. Lee's The More Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 40 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Warn Anew
amazon.com/More-Dangerous-Case-Donald-Trump/dp/B0DJ4JZD2B
Spike's note: Zoom cut this discussion a bit short; we apologize for the abrupt ending.
Spike's other note: usually there are links to these talks; there were none this time. So enjoy this short video of my budgies playing with some string.
youtu.be/79A1sCrTy-M?si=3KGpE2ehBNI9Mor1
Mirrored from @blownforgood their kind permission.
Links:
Jon's book, Opening Our Minds: amazon.com/gp/product/B08YGTJW4P
The Big Picture - Rethinking Dyslexia
imdb.com/title/tt2106687
Allegre’s Miserere
youtu.be/H3v9unphfi0?si=Z6ayHHcltmqw5wIv
Secret Lives: L. Ron Hubbard
youtu.be/FwX7Fjqt7c4?si=0VuU7bfJixwpOcUq
and another documentary on Scientology featuring 1980's Jon:
Scientology: Inside the Cult
youtu.be/eqxAEdAmq94?si=NaRrbpKZH9MnP3Pd
Links:
Chris' website:
medicinehunter.com
the Report of the India Hemp Drugs Commission:
archive.org/details/b32222920_0001
Roman Vishniac's photography:
vishniac.icp.org/exhibition/scientific-work-and-photomicroscopy-america-early-1950s-late-1970s
Links:
Kamala Harris and her jazz records:
theconversation.com/us-election-2024-kamala-harris-knows-her-jazz-why-this-could-count-with-voters-236344
Obama's speechwriter and jazz:
esquire.com/news-politics/a41428905/barack-obama-chief-speechwriter-jazz
The Gloaming:
youtube.com/watch?v=ake8OMkZ3Ww
Lonesome Touch:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW9kDQnVTNW778smvJfFwUj_5Lt2dtVgz&si=x-NlgRbw748FtEiD
Son House, Death Letter: youtu.be/YCr3j_TwQwI?si=ZWz7WVzoJOtUKlZ1
Ralph Von Williams, Lark Ascending:
youtu.be/ZR2JlDnT2l8?si=D1dSBfV1I4hKmb2_
Dragonfly Kirwan:
youtu.be/_PJ1Sd40d2A?si=GRM6ewO-lYN1Qs5I
Blues from Laurel Canyon:
youtu.be/IfxWu9p6WOs?si=svFSNn2iJCxkPm7S
Shadows and light:
youtu.be/cO8rrWM8Ov8?si=catXXNHMHDzHZG_I
Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoyOOBJNLtTp5UAQmwhZT9cCcEDTQyUlq&si=N8gT1RvRC8N2GX-k
Spike Robinson, Cicada:
youtu.be/upI3wRRPjpI?si=vt0fxbyUFTc3SAHB
Jeremy's Book, Neither Ghost Nor Machine, can be bought here:
amazon.com/Neither-Ghost-nor-Machine-Emergence/dp/0231173334
Notes:
From Scouting for Boys, 1908: “The practice is called ‘self-abuse’. And the result of self-abuse is always - mind you, always - that the boy after a time becomes weak and nervous and shy, he gets headaches and probably also palpitations of the heart, and if he still carries it on too far he very often goes out of his mind and becomes an idiot.
The use of your parts is not to play with when you are a boy but to enable you to get children when you are grown up and married. But if you misuse them while young you will not be able to use them when you are a man: they will not work then.
So for all reasons be on the look out against this temptation, it is easier to stop it at first than when it becomes a habit. The next time you feel the desire coming on don't give way to it; resist it. If you have the chance just wash your parts in cold water and cool them down. Wet dreams come from it especially after eating rich food, or too much meat, or from sleeping with too warm a blanket over your body or in too soft a bed or from sleeping on your back. Therefore avoid all these.
Avoid listening to stories or reading or thinking about dirty subjects. You will soon find that the temptation will not worry you so much. Be strong and don't give way to it.”
And this, from Scouting For Boys, 1911:
In this chapter much has been said of the active measures which a boy should take in order to become strong and well. We should be equally concerned in saving and storing up natural forces we already have. In the body of every boy, who has reached his teens, the Creator of the universe has sown a very important fluid. This fluid is the most wonderful material in all the physical world. Some parts of it find their way into the blood, and through the blood give tone to the muscles, power to the brain, and strength to the nerves. This fluid is the sex fluid. When this fluid appears in a boy's body, it works a wonderful change in him. His chest deepens, his shoulders broaden, his voice changes, his ideals are changed and enlarged. It gives him the capacity for deep feeling, for rich emotion. Pity the boy, therefore, who has wrong ideas of this important function, because they will lower his ideals of life. These organs actually secrete into the blood material that makes a boy manly, strong, and noble. Any habit which a boy has that causes this fluid to be discharged from the body tends to weaken his strength, to make him less able to resist disease, and often unfortunately fastens upon him habits which later in life he {233} cannot break. Even several years before this fluid appears in the body such habits are harmful to a growing boy.
To become strong, therefore, one must be pure in thought and clean in habit. This power which I have spoken of must be conserved, because this sex function is so deep and strong that there will come times when temptation to wrong habits will be very powerful. But remember that to yield means to sacrifice strength and power and manliness.
For boys who desire to know more of this subject we would suggest a splendid book by Dr. Winfield S. Hall, entitled, "From Youth into Manhood." Every boy in his teens who wants to know the secret of strength, power, and endurance should read this book.
And if you want to read the whole thing (it's really fascinating, actually):
gutenberg.org/files/29558/29558-h/29558-h.htm
And to learn more about the Portuguese Man O' War:
https://animalia.bio/portuguese-man-o-war
Links:
Joe's website: jszimhart.com
discussion on pythagoreans: journals.openedition.org/pallas/20959#:~:text=28The%20way%20the%20Pythagoreans,keep%20power%20in%20the%20poleis
Bart Ehrman's YouTube: youtube.com/@UCm9O8xILJQAs9LxaM4HiMOQ
More about the Ambani wedding in India: time.com/6997573/india-anant-mukesh-ambani-wedding
Find the complete video here:
youtu.be/1vsigqVm3zQ
Spike's note: Regarding the Universe-spinning, tutu-wearing rhino, I couldn't resist. I plugged the prompt into Meta's AI, but it would not attach the universe to the rhino's horn. So I dragged it into Photoshop and moved the universe over onto the horn myself. The things I do...
Links:
Jeremy's book, What's Up with A**holes?: amazon.com/Whats-Up-holes-without-becoming/dp/B09M77W72Q
Jon's translation of the Tao Te Ching: amazon.com/Tao-Te-Ching-Lao-Tzu/dp/1541174240
Jon's ideas on how to reach out to people who are trapped in authoritarian groups, relationships, and patterns of thought are summed up in these two infographics, which you may download and print out for free. Share and enjoy.
What To Say: jonatack.co.uk/what-to-say-when-someone-you-love-is-in-a-coercive-situation
Questions to Unlock a Captive Mind: jonatack.co.uk/questions-to-unlock-a-captive-mind
#johnmayall #bluesmusic #progrock #englishmusic
Here's all the links:
the crimes of Josef Fritzl:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritzl_case
Steven Hassan's TedX talk "how do you know if you're brainwashed?":
youtu.be/JzSwZpHDAaU?si=lZI2OKyK6jaeKtGj
Possible Origins for Dianetics and Scientology:
the paper - jonatack.co.uk/possible-origins-for-dianetics-and-scientology
The videos:
Part one: youtu.be/VGQXQaiLa2A
Part two: youtu.be/0wzlxBiAQtc
More on Semmelweis:
youtu.be/zt6gPKtxMro?si=HElERIhGROHLNCSY
The Report of the India Hemp Drugs Commission:
archive.org/details/b32222920_0001
The episode of Big Question where Jon was on the panel:
youtu.be/Spe9JbmDOms?si=AarMcn3fNbSEBUTy
Never Believe a Hypnotist
the paper: jonatack.co.uk/never-believe-a-hypnotist
the video: youtu.be/tUMwJgCGBOA
All about the Bear Fedio Index:
psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.11020039
Download your own copy of our Human Predator poster:
jonatack.co.uk/predator-posters
Links:
Christian's map of internal reality: jonatack.co.uk/christian-szurkos-map-of-internal-reality
Kahn Academy:
website - khanacademy.org
YouTube - youtube.com/@khanacademy
You can read the appendix to 1984 FREE here:
https://www.orwell.ru/library/novels/1984/english/en_app
Learn more about the -
BITE model: freedomofmind.com/cult-mind-control/bite-model-pdf-download
Singer’s six criteria: http://cultrecover.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/singers_6conditions.pdf
Lifton’s eight criteria: http://neirr.org/liftoncriteria.pdf
Ex-Scientology kids:
http://exscientologykids.com
links:
Jon's current website:
jonatack.co.uk
Jon's defunct website with the art:
http://www.jonatack.com
Jon's writings on the Underground Bunker:
tonyortega.org/scientology-mythbusting-with-historian-jon-atack
Never believe a hypnotist -
the paper: jonatack.co.uk/never-believe-a-hypnotist
the video: youtu.be/tUMwJgCGBOA
Possible Origins of Scientology and Dianetics -
the paper: jonatack.co.uk/possible-origins-for-dianetics-and-scientology
the video part one: youtu.be/VGQXQaiLa2A
the video part two: youtu.be/0wzlxBiAQtc
Jon's translation of the Tao Te Ching:
amazon.com/Tao-Te-Ching-Lao-Tzu/dp/1541174240
Spike's gospel song for all faiths, "Precious Child":
youtu.be/Pd-9BQ6qkUk?si=i_a4InP1lE5DpyhD
Ex-Scientology Kids: http://exscientologykids.com
Socrates for Six-Year-Olds: youtu.be/vyD0l9En6Io?si=x220bmYl4m814JSE
Chris first visited Brazil in 1997 and would spend 12 years taking westerners to ayahuasca ceremonies in South America. Chris works with Kew Gardens, the UK's primary plant research centre.
Spike's notes: Yes, "New Coke" launched in 1985, nearly 40 years ago. I feel old now; how about you?
You can see the full story of Phineas Gage here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phineas_Gage
Spike's note: For those of us who can't just hop on over to Spain (yes I'm jealous), I highly recommend the Prado Museum's interactive website:
museodelprado.es/en
Read Jon's paper, Possible Origins of Dianetics and Scientology, here:
jonatack.co.uk/possible-origins-for-dianetics-and-scientology
or check out the videos:
Part one: youtu.be/VGQXQaiLa2A
Part two: youtu.be/0wzlxBiAQtc
For more on Ira Chaleff's work on Intelligent Disobedience and Courageous Followership:
irachaleffauthor.com
Spike's note- it seems someone has replicated Leonardo's horse, not just once, but three times; you can read more here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo%27s_horse
Comedy routine by Stewart Lee: youtube.com/watch?v=lvf07P7fhu0&t=6913s
Alex also tells about his communication with former Labour shadow minister Dianne Abbott who is determined to launch a government investigation into Scientology abuses.
Jon's paper, "Never believe a hypnotist."
jonatack.co.uk/never-believe-a-hypnotist
Steven Hassan's TEDx Talk: "how to tell if you're brainwashed?"
jonatack.co.uk/never-believe-a-hypnotist
John Sweeney's site:
johnsweeney.co.uk
Not sure how to find your government rep to write to them?
US: house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative
UK: members.parliament.uk/FindYourMP
The book Jon is reading on the American Post Civil-War Reconstruction: David Blight's Race and Reunion:
amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0674008197
for a downloadable infographic of Jon's questions to ask a loved one in an authoritarian group:
drive.google.com/file/d/12R58yRvcOd91gGjA8gINv-DLTIlfL2os/view?usp=share_link
For more on Steven Hassan's Strategic Interactive Approach:
freedomofmind.com/cult-mind-control/strategic-interactive-approach
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Randy Newman's "Guilty": youtu.be/4cZQRZ9k1Ec?si=qs3I33I_10zzXcpx
Note from Spike: If you haven't read the 1954 novel "The Bad Seed" by William March (not to be confused with the children's book (!) of the same name), or seen the 1956 movie, also of the same title, consider me grabbing your lapels and shouting: "You NEED to read the book/ see the movie NOW!!!"
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Links:
Jeremy's linktree: https://linktr.ee/Jeremysherman
audio sample of Jeremy's book: youtu.be/iLerthdU4Jw?si=nNOGMXYvv3dcPPqd
A choice selection of Jeremy's videos:
Overcoming Science's Addiction to Unexplained Explanations: youtu.be/HAZEFSldFIE?si=RwJIixNUe-Amww12
Always Feel Like a Winner Using These 6 Tricks! (cultic behavior): youtu.be/kPbqsNTPx5E?si=WofbhYf-2tnkbBSz
Explaining The Trump Brand: The Clothes have no Emperor:
youtu.be/dNBz9EZXuZQ?si=nqyVBcYaq2eG-zCl
King Gama's aria "If you give me your attention" in Gilbert & Sullivan's "Princess Ida":
youtu.be/WlolGeBwvoc?si=al6PMnXXCH2oNdC6
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Gillie's Hope Valley counselling: hopevalleycounselling.com
Spike's note: The British call them "milk teeth," Americans call them "baby teeth," but the correct
dentistry term is "deciduous teeth." You're welcome.
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Links:
Joe's review of Paradise Undone:
linkedin.com/posts/international-cultic-studies-association-icsa-_icsa-reviews-paradise-undone-a-novel-of-activity-7176236279297101824-DNzu
Alan Scheflin's Social Influence Model:
freedomofmind.com/blog-professor-alan-scheflins-social-influence-model-sim
The real story behind Bird Man of Alcatraz:
legendsfromhistory.com/birdman-of-alcatraz
The Kanugu Cult Massacre (Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God):
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movement_for_the_Restoration_of_the_Ten_Commandments_of_God#Apocalypse_claims_and_mass_murder
The Innocence Project: Innocence project
innocenceproject.org
10cc 2nd sitting for the last supper: youtu.be/t0apIKovnp4?si=QbjQcweq5ruQ0rqx
SPIKE'S NOTE: YES, I have made Jon aware that Kool-Aid is still available (even in remote, exotic locations like Nottinghamshire) and is as popular as ever; I have a container of their pink lemonade gathering dust in my pantry even as I type this. I spent a reasonable hour or so doing a deep dive into flavored sugar water lore, but I could find absolutely no evidence that Kool-Aid suffered any dip in popularity due to the tragedy in Guyana. That said, if anyone can find any evidence to the contrary, please let me know. The only reason I can think of that Jon and Joe are unaware of this fact is because they live healthy lives unhindered by junk food products, whereas I have never met a Twinkie I didn't love.
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links:
Moffic’s eclipse piece: psychiatrictimes.com/view/the-rolling-stones-lesson-for-the-solar-eclipse
Spike's eclipse piece: phoenyxrose.wordpress.com/2024/04/18/totality
Freud lectures in Worcester, Mass 1911:
amazon.com/dp/1473319846
Moffic’s piece in Psychiatry Today on Vijay:
psychiatrictimes.com/view/compassion-in-music-society-and-psychiatry
Vincenzo Di Nicola's writings:
psychiatrictimes.com/authors/vincenzo-di-nicola-mphil-md-phd-fcahs
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Links:
"the girl across the hallway"
youtu.be/U_hfUKXEAvk?si=Qv-gXxZ_S7lFzOu8
are there vegetarian spiders? Well, not entirely, but the answer is surprising enough to share.
sciencenews.org/blog/wild-things/spider-diet-goes-way-beyond-insects
Jon's fiction books!
Voodoo Child (slight return):
amazon.com/voodoo-child-slight-return-atack-ebook/dp/B00GR4D5T6
Halcyon Daze:
amazon.com/Halcyon-Daze-Jon-Atack-ebook/dp/B072QCJ46N
Dr Bandy Lee is well-known for The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump, which she edited. She has taught at Yale Schools of Medicine and Public Health, and Yale Law School, and more recently at both Harvard and Columbia. Bandy talks with Jon about her sister's dreadful experience in the Family Court and about the corruption that has become part of the establishment in the Family Courts. Dr Lee has an impeccable reputation, otherwise it would be impossible to believe the allegations she makes. The situation is nothing short of Kafkaesque. We should all do everything we can to protect children from the network of abuse that includes "reunification camps" and police seizure of children.
Links:
A short documentary on reunification camps:
youtu.be/qMoqgAdgjTc
U.S. child murder data in relation to Family Courts are the highest in the world:
centerforjudicialexcellence.org/cje-projects-initiatives/child-murder-data
Dr. Lee's own site on family courts:
bandylee.com/family-courts
The article Jon mentions, "Beware Family Court Doublethink and Newspeak", Medium:
bandyxlee.medium.com/beware-family-court-doublethink-and-newspeak-a3bdc6f7db67
Ms. Magazine, Catherine Kassenoff Family Court Divorce:
msmagazine.com/2023/06/20/catherine-kassenoff-family-court-divorce-bandy-lee
Dr. Lee on the podcast "Confronting the Family Court Crisis":
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/confronting-the-family-court-crisis-with-dr-bandy-lee/id1513659474?i=1000634589066
Dr. Lee's testimony to the NY state senate:
nysenate.gov/sites/default/files/admin/structure/media/manage/filefile/a/2023-10/testimony-to-the-new-york-state-senate-by-bandy-x.-lee-md-mdiv.pdf
Links:
Anthony's "Dragons of Victory" Channel:
youtube.com/@TheDragonsofVictory
Anthony's artistic channel:
youtube.com/@SuperRaccoonguy
The Tradrecovery website:
tradrecovery.com
John Collins' work on William Branham:
william-branham.org
Mark Marron's hilarious visit to the Creationist Museum:
youtu.be/-EQHdu-rS6E?si=KIZn9TAncC86zXSP
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Links:
ChildUSA: childusa.org
The Australian Royal Commission on Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse - Scientology testimony: https://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/narrative/nikkis-story
Lisa McPherson's death: http://www.lisamcpherson.org
Mike Rinder's blog: mikerindersblog.org
The Aftermath Foundation: theaftermathfoundation.org
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The disappointing backstory to the "Crying Indian" advertisement: newslaundry.com/2017/11/09/crying-indian-iron-eye-cody-keep-america-clean
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Links:
The Foster Report: ia803209.us.archive.org/1/items/FosterReportEnquiryIntoThePracticeAndEffectsOfScientology/Foster%20Report%20-%20Enquiry%20into%20the%20Practice%20and%20Effects%20of%20Scientology.pdf
When men sold their wives at market:
todayifoundout.com/index.php/2019/06/that-surprisingly-recent-time-british-husbands-sold-their-wives-at-market
Report Scientology to the IRS, here:
scientologymoneyproject.com/2014/04/18/time-to-13909-the-church-of-scientology (US citizens only)
Upload "The Truth about Scientology" pamphlet: jonatack.co.uk/resources (scroll down to bottom)
more on Spike's Xenu window - seriously, Spike would love to find it a good home!
phoenyxrose.wordpress.com/2016/08/19/the-xenu-window-and-a-plea-for-help
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Willoughby Britton's website - https://sites.brown.edu/britton/
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Links:
Study on Red Enhancing Competitive Athletic Performance: nature.com/articles/435293a
The Mendota Study:
wiatsa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/T-30-Whispering-to-Psychopaths.pdf
Jon's Tao:
amazon.com/Tao-Te-Ching-Lao-Tzu/dp/1541174240
Note from Spike: turtles may not be able to sing, but in researching whether or not they do, I stumbled upon this footage of a baby tortoise living his best life. Enjoy: youtube.com/shorts/yjsUor_s4X4
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Our "refrigerator poster" of Cialdini's Seven Principles of Persuasion: drive.google.com/file/d/1DruQACbPp1V_aP0yrvyIyPHr2MoRosug/view?usp=sharing
The Spike Jones channel: youtube.com/@SpikeJonesEstate
Spike's Tarot deck: phoenyxrose.wordpress.com/tarot-gallery
Spike's Scientology poster, "Enough is Enough": phoenyxrose.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/enough-is-enough-final.jpg
Tory Christman’s YouTube channel: youtube.com/@ToryMagoo44/videos
Spike's "Blink, Think, Choice, Voice" song: youtu.be/JEnAIdCsY_w?si=AKEcyPIykqnLn9e8
Ira Chaleff's site: irachaleffauthor.com
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