Stranger Things

The best source of information is the How Well Do You Know Your Moon  (https://howwelldoyouknowyourmoon.tumblr.com/)blog. I have done some research for them, collecting scans of articles from the 1955 from a Korean newspaper. I forget the name as it was maybe 10 years ago - not far from Seoul Station. If you come across newspaper scans about the Ehwa Scandal sex scandal (https://howwelldoyouknowyourmoon.tumblr.com/tagged/ewha+sex+scandal), you're welcome. And please explore the topics on the right side of the site. I'll post direct links to what I think are the most interesting topics when I have more time. And the topics I choose will probably be all of them.

And it was started some young members - second generation I assume when they were teenagers. And they pretty quickly received legal threats for posting material which they said was proven true soon after. Cults do not like the light of exposure. And 15 years later, they are still going strong, so you can draw your own conclusions from that:


Rick Ross has a huge collection of articles and links (https://culteducation.com/group/1277-unification-church.html), divided by themes such as weddings, growing up in the UC, and The Washington Times. Here is a detailed article about Rick (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-13498417/cult-deprogrammer-job-gruesome-realities-threats.html). I know two families he has helped, and they were very grateful for their help as their daughters were being groomed by a convicted serial rapist. And here is Rick's book - Cults Inside Out: How People Get In and Can Get Out (https://www.amazon.com/Cults-Inside-Out-How-People-ebook/dp/B00OZR1QNO/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.4qcXtCVR77DpaK0nNF09s_F2x-zfX193tM7PpS7U2vDG0Bteap8e8fiANjIKWCehKl6pCPc3UjW_oqNC-dIea50pw8kDobBAlZk1uJtFGGa8ZvGJlffLIwQDIZF44wB5vkWYcTKahX5JjzuONqjOoqtj2yEvt5bBYc_7Xj5YV28G5Lt4ioEZ6wchLRgkr0SH.xYGL4J9VEQtGcEe9PycyEVId_Yatjg4c5gBkUROBGck&qid=1758499722&sr=8-1), which I highly recommend.

Front groups are a necessary part of deceptive recruiting, and The Moonies are I think the world champion. Here is a list of fronts and related organizations, and I have a feeling there are more:

Sun Myung Moon's Closely Associated Entities (https://freedomofmind.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Unification-Church-Front-List.pdf) (Steven Hassan)

And here is a website run by the UC about Han Hak-ja. (https://motherofpeace.com/)

I wasn't quite sure where to post this, but here is as good a place as any. And 1984, what a year! I just posted the opening paragraph and the last few sentences. It's a very interesting and insightful read.

Brainwashing and the Moonies (https://articles1.icsahome.com/articles/brainwashing-and-the-moonies-galanti-csj-1-1-1984) (Cultic Studies Journal, 1984, Volume 1, Number 1, pages 27-36)

QuoteThis article reports on the experiences and thoughts of an anthropologist who, under an assumed identity, participated in a 3-day Unification church workshop.  Although the author's expectation that she would encounter "brainwashing" techniques was not met, she was, nevertheless, struck by the subtle, yet powerful, socialization techniques through which the UC members were able to influence her.  She concludes that, to be effect, preventive education in this area must address the subtleties of the socialization processes that can bring about major personality changes ...

My weekend with the Moonies was intended to answer some questions I had.  Instead, it raised many more.  The most solid thing I came away with, however, and my reason for writing this, is a new understanding of brainwashing.  If we are to avoid it, we must first learn to recognize it.