Belief Follows Behavior / Sacred Science:
No Criticism / Demand for Purity / Elitism / Euphoria Induction / Loading the Language
Creating Dependency / Sacred Science:
Closed Logic / Deception / Mystical Manipulation / Identification and Example / Confession
Social Pressure / Trance Induction / Us-Versus-Them Thinking / The Double-Bind / Doctrine Over Self / Blame Reversal
Time Control / Sacred Science:
LeadersSpeak for God / Sacred Science:
No Doubts / Free Your Mind
Free Space / Dissociation / Public Commitment
Milieu Control / Proselytizing / Induced Phobias / Totalist Reframing / Guilt / Dispensing of Existence
Thought-Terminating Clichés / Black and White Thinking / Emotion Over Intellect / Love Bombing / Indirect Directives / Shame
How to play:
- Watch General Conference.
- Pay attention. Stay awake.
- Cross off boxes as each mind control technique is used.
- Yell “BINGO!” when you complete a full row. But not if watching at Church. Please be reverent to invite the Spirit.
Word of Wisdom Variant Rules:
Drink.
Proselytizing / Totalist Reframing / Identification and Example / Elitism / Us-Versus-Them Thinking / Black and White Thinking
Shame / Dispensing of Existence / Blame Reversal / Confession / Dissociation / Time Control
Doctrine Over Self / Milieu Control / Belief Follows Behavior / Mystical Manipulation / Emotion Over Intellect / Thought-Terminating Clichés
Sacred Science:
No Criticism / Public Commitment / Demand for Purity / Free Your Mind
Free Space / Euphoria Induction / Loading the Language
Guilt / Deception / The Double-Bind / Indirect Directives / Sacred Science:
Closed Logic / Creating Dependency
Induced Phobias / Sacred Science:
No Doubts / Love Bombing / Sacred Science:
LeadersSpeak for God / Social Pressure / Trance Induction
How to play:
- Watch General Conference.
- Pay attention. Stay awake.
- Cross off boxes as each mind control technique is used.
- Yell “BINGO!” when you complete a full row. But not if watching at Church. Please be reverent to invite the Spirit.
Word of Wisdom Variant Rules:
Drink.
Black and White Thinking / Loading the Language / Indirect Directives / Thought-Terminating Clichés / Blame Reversal / Social Pressure
Confession / The Double-Bind / Induced Phobias / Love Bombing / Euphoria Induction / Sacred Science:
No Criticism
Dissociation / Sacred Science:
LeadersSpeak for God / Guilt / Mystical Manipulation / Us-Versus-Them Thinking / Deception
Identification and Example / Time Control / Demand for Purity / Free Your Mind
Free Space / Emotion Over Intellect / Doctrine Over Self
Elitism / Sacred Science:
No Doubts / Creating Dependency / Milieu Control / Belief Follows Behavior / Dispensing of Existence
Sacred Science:
Closed Logic / Totalist Reframing / Proselytizing / Trance Induction / Shame / Public Commitment
How to play:
- Watch General Conference.
- Pay attention. Stay awake.
- Cross off boxes as each mind control technique is used.
- Yell “BINGO!” when you complete a full row. But not if watching at Church. Please be reverent to invite the Spirit.
Word of Wisdom Variant Rules:
Drink.
Love Bombing / Demand for Purity / Indirect Directives / Us-Versus-Them Thinking / Identification and Example / Induced Phobias
Sacred Science:
Closed Logic / Deception / Sacred Science:
No Criticism / Milieu Control / Sacred Science:
No Doubts / Social Pressure
Mystical Manipulation / Doctrine Over Self / Confession / Creating Dependency / Shame / Trance Induction
Dispensing of Existence / Loading the Language / Euphoria Induction / Free Your Mind
Free Space / Totalist Reframing / Public Commitment
Elitism / Black and White Thinking / Emotion Over Intellect / Thought-Terminating Clichés / Dissociation / Guilt
Time Control / Blame Reversal / Sacred Science:
LeadersSpeak for God / Proselytizing / The Double-Bind / Belief Follows Behavior
How to play:
- Watch General Conference.
- Pay attention. Stay awake.
- Cross off boxes as each mind control technique is used.
- Yell “BINGO!” when you complete a full row. But not if watching at Church. Please be reverent to invite the Spirit.
Word of Wisdom Variant Rules:
Drink.
Loading the Language / Elitism / Induced Phobias / Mystical Manipulation / Indirect Directives / Creating Dependency
Sacred Science:
Closed Logic / Love Bombing / Sacred Science:
No Criticism / Thought-Terminating Clichés / Sacred Science:
LeadersSpeak for God / Us-Versus-Them Thinking
Time Control / Totalist Reframing / Trance Induction / Dispensing of Existence / Demand for Purity / Social Pressure
Doctrine Over Self / Black and White Thinking / Identification and Example / Free Your Mind
Free Space / Euphoria Induction / The Double-Bind
Blame Reversal / Public Commitment / Sacred Science:
No Doubts / Emotion Over Intellect / Guilt / Belief Follows Behavior
Dissociation / Confession / Proselytizing / Deception / Milieu Control / Shame
How to play:
- Watch General Conference.
- Pay attention. Stay awake.
- Cross off boxes as each mind control technique is used.
- Yell “BINGO!” when you complete a full row. But not if watching at Church. Please be reverent to invite the Spirit.
Word of Wisdom Variant Rules:
Drink.
Belief Follows Behavior / Creating Dependency / Identification and Example / Black and White Thinking / Us-Versus-Them Thinking / Deception
Proselytizing / Confession / Shame / Love Bombing / Induced Phobias / Mystical Manipulation
Sacred Science:
Closed Logic / Sacred Science:
No Criticism / Sacred Science:
LeadersSpeak for God / Totalist Reframing / Sacred Science:
No Doubts / Time Control
Social Pressure / Loading the Language / Blame Reversal / Free Your Mind
Free Space / Guilt / Dispensing of Existence
Dissociation / Demand for Purity / Euphoria Induction / The Double-Bind / Indirect Directives / Milieu Control
Public Commitment / Doctrine Over Self / Elitism / Trance Induction / Emotion Over Intellect / Thought-Terminating Clichés
How to play:
- Watch General Conference.
- Pay attention. Stay awake.
- Cross off boxes as each mind control technique is used.
- Yell “BINGO!” when you complete a full row. But not if watching at Church. Please be reverent to invite the Spirit.
Word of Wisdom Variant Rules:
Drink.
Sacred Science:
LeadersSpeak for God / Social Pressure / Demand for Purity / Trance Induction / Thought-Terminating Clichés / Doctrine Over Self
Sacred Science:
No Doubts / Proselytizing / Sacred Science:
Closed Logic / Indirect Directives / Confession / Totalist Reframing
Public Commitment / Us-Versus-Them Thinking / Induced Phobias / Time Control / Shame / Dissociation
Emotion Over Intellect / Guilt / The Double-Bind / Free Your Mind
Free Space / Mystical Manipulation / Creating Dependency
Black and White Thinking / Euphoria Induction / Identification and Example / Love Bombing / Sacred Science:
No Criticism / Elitism
Dispensing of Existence / Loading the Language / Milieu Control / Blame Reversal / Belief Follows Behavior / Deception
How to play:
- Watch General Conference.
- Pay attention. Stay awake.
- Cross off boxes as each mind control technique is used.
- Yell “BINGO!” when you complete a full row. But not if watching at Church. Please be reverent to invite the Spirit.
Word of Wisdom Variant Rules:
Drink.
Guilt / Indirect Directives / Trance Induction / Love Bombing / Thought-Terminating Clichés / The Double-Bind
Shame / Elitism / Time Control / Dispensing of Existence / Creating Dependency / Emotion Over Intellect
Public Commitment / Belief Follows Behavior / Doctrine Over Self / Totalist Reframing / Identification and Example / Sacred Science:
Closed Logic
Sacred Science:
LeadersSpeak for God / Black and White Thinking / Sacred Science:
No Criticism / Free Your Mind
Free Space / Deception / Milieu Control
Us-Versus-Them Thinking / Dissociation / Confession / Mystical Manipulation / Loading the Language / Demand for Purity
Blame Reversal / Induced Phobias / Proselytizing / Sacred Science:
No Doubts / Euphoria Induction / Social Pressure
How to play:
- Watch General Conference.
- Pay attention. Stay awake.
- Cross off boxes as each mind control technique is used.
- Yell “BINGO!” when you complete a full row. But not if watching at Church. Please be reverent to invite the Spirit.
Word of Wisdom Variant Rules:
Drink.
Dissociation / Emotion Over Intellect / Blame Reversal / Totalist Reframing / Guilt / Trance Induction
Confession / Doctrine Over Self / Deception / Belief Follows Behavior / Social Pressure / The Double-Bind
Creating Dependency / Sacred Science:
No Criticism / Sacred Science:
Closed Logic / Us-Versus-Them Thinking / Thought-Terminating Clichés / Loading the Language
Sacred Science:
No Doubts / Love Bombing / Dispensing of Existence / Free Your Mind
Free Space / Euphoria Induction / Elitism
Black and White Thinking / Indirect Directives / Shame / Public Commitment / Mystical Manipulation / Identification and Example
Demand for Purity / Milieu Control / Induced Phobias / Proselytizing / Sacred Science:
LeadersSpeak for God / Time Control
How to play:
- Watch General Conference.
- Pay attention. Stay awake.
- Cross off boxes as each mind control technique is used.
- Yell “BINGO!” when you complete a full row. But not if watching at Church. Please be reverent to invite the Spirit.
Word of Wisdom Variant Rules:
Drink.
Sacred Science:
No Doubts / Guilt / Blame Reversal / Trance Induction / Belief Follows Behavior / Indirect Directives
Totalist Reframing / Sacred Science:
No Criticism / Induced Phobias / Sacred Science:
Closed Logic / Time Control / The Double-Bind
Demand for Purity / Dissociation / Thought-Terminating Clichés / Black and White Thinking / Elitism / Identification and Example
Doctrine Over Self / Euphoria Induction / Public Commitment / Free Your Mind
Free Space / Shame / Deception
Loading the Language / Dispensing of Existence / Emotion Over Intellect / Mystical Manipulation / Love Bombing / Milieu Control
Us-Versus-Them Thinking / Confession / Sacred Science:
LeadersSpeak for God / Proselytizing / Social Pressure / Creating Dependency
How to play:
- Watch General Conference.
- Pay attention. Stay awake.
- Cross off boxes as each mind control technique is used.
- Yell “BINGO!” when you complete a full row. But not if watching at Church. Please be reverent to invite the Spirit.
Word of Wisdom Variant Rules:
Drink.
31 Flavors of Mind Control
from Recovering Agency: Lifting the Veil of Mormon Mind Control
by Luna Lindsey
Love Bombing - Friendliness, flattery, praise, and affection are used to entice participation and attendance for potential recruits, and to retain members who may be showing less enthusiasm or are thinking of leaving.
Destabilizing the Self - Barriers are torn down that would otherwise prevent acceptance of new beliefs. Includes those who have already been destabilized by life situations and the indoctrination of children, who have not yet formed a sense of self.
Deception - Lies, omissions, and "front" activities cover up flaws or unusual aspects of the group, doctrine, leadership, and history. Some deceptions will be revealed later when a member is "ready."
Sacred Science (Closed System of Logic) - The ideology and leader have the one and only truth. Members should only seek answers in group teachings. Doctrinal logic is airtight. The leaders are above criticism and those who question or criticize are immoral.
Mystical Manipulation - Forces exist which are more powerful than the self. The group strives to fulfill a higher purpose. Ends justify the means. Events and experiences are orchestrated, manipulated, or reframed to appear supernatural and prove the leader is chosen and the doctrines are true.
Milieu Control - Information and environment are tightly controlled. Gossip, questioning, and criticism is tightly regulated, as is access to outside information, especially that which might raise doubts or be critical of the group.
Demand for Purity (Perpetual Inadequacy) - Lofty moral goals are set. At first the goals seem achievable, but the standards for achievement grow ever more impossible to meet, keeping the follower perpetually inadequate.
Dispensing of Existence - The individual's literal or figurative existence is threatened as a consequence for impurity, doubt, or leaving the group. Life, the eternal soul, self-esteem, a sense of "being good", and one's identity hangs in the balance.
Doctrine Over Self - The individual is subordinate to the group, leader, and teachings. When personal desires, goals, and values conflict with group values, they become selfish or immoral.
Loading the Language - Existing words are loaded with new meaning. New words are added. Other words are banned or dropped from usage. This affects ability to think, as well as ability to communicate comfortably with those outside the group.
Totalist Reframing - Situations, thoughts, or feelings are reinterpreted in a way that suits the goals of the organization. This is used to continually prove the ideology correct, to squelch doubts, and to silence outsiders.
Thought-Terminating Clichés - Short phrases, pat answers, metaphors, and emotional reactions are pre-established to frame doubts. Doubt and questions are automatically shut down.
Social Pressure - Social acceptance and rejection are used to reward and punish. A member becomes driven with a desire to conform.
Belief Follows Behavior - Action generates the associated beliefs.
Public Commitment - Commitments are expressed aloud. Public statements reinforce belief and dedication to the group.
Creating Dependency - A member comes to depend on the group for physical, emotional, social, spiritual, or other needs. The member has a high stake in continuing to stay loyal to the group.
Black and White Thinking - Broad spectrums of thought and morality become reduced to two options: Good vs. Evil, Love vs. Hate, Weak vs. Strong. Humble vs. Proud.
Elitism - The members of the group are chosen people, exalted, righteous. Members are made to feel special when compared to outsiders.
Us-Versus-Them Thinking - This is a form of black-and-white thinking wherein outsiders, ex-members, and those critical of the group are dehumanized and labeled as evil, apostate, vicious, hateful, prideful, blinded, deceived, etc. A persecution complex may exist whereby reasonable criticism is reframed as an attack.
Indirect Directives - Certain restrictions or demands on behavior are implied rather than express. The logical elements for a given conclusion are supplied, leaving the member to draw the conclusion herself. Leadership remains innocent of issuing any unseemly teachings.
Identification and Example - Those who behave correctly or incorrectly are used as examples. Suggested behavior can be inferred from these stories without direct commandment. Stories are told, which may be reframed or blatantly untrue, to demonstrate consequences. The human mind relates strongly to stories, and it also inspires social pressure.
Emotion Over Intellect - Emotion is emphasized as the preferred decision-making tool. The value of using reason is downplayed. Doctrines are frequently taught in emotional contexts, such as through stories told in tearful or gentle tones.
Induced Phobias - Fears are instilled which are either imaginary, based on real or exaggerated consequences, or on artificial effects created from group pressures.
Trance Induction & Dissociative States - Critical thinking skills are reduced through regular encouragement of receptive mental states. Altered states can be mild and seem normal, and include concentration, fatigue, boredom, and hunger.
Time Control - The member has little time or energy to question beliefs, associate with outsiders, or examine life too closely. Time spent on group-related activities is strongly encouraged or enforced, and usually fills every spare moment.
Double-Bind - The member is "damned if you do, damned if you don't." She must betray the group or betray her own integrity.
Blame Reversal - The leadership, group, and doctrine are above reproach, so any failed promises and bad situations are always the fault of the member.
Guilt & Shame - A cycle of guilt and shame comes from repressed doubts, social pressure, and failure to meet impossible standards.
Confession - The individual surrenders to leaders through confession, which reduces privacy and boundaries. Successful purification can grant temporary relief from guilt, which increases trust and dedication. Members are motivated to obey to avoid confession.
Euphoria Induction - The euphoria of group participation and fulfilling the member's ideals motivates good behavior and reduces doubts while proving the validity of the group.
Proselytizing - Members are encouraged to propagate teachings to outsiders. This not only maintains or increases the size of the group, but also soothes cognitive dissonance, consumes time, and provides opportunities for public commitment.