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This evaluation frame was written by P.E.I. Bonewitz. Most neo-Pagan groups are harmless; but some, a few, just like sub-groups within any of the mainstream belief systems, may not be so nice.

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CULT DANGER EVALUATION FRAME
Rate each from 1 to 10, with 1 being Very Low and 10 being Very High

1-INTERNAL CONTROL: amount of internal political power exercised by the leader(s) over members.

  1.____________

2-WISDOM CLAIMED: by leader(s); amount of infallibility declared about decisions.

  2.____________

3-WISDOM CREDITED: to leader(s) by members; amount of trust in decisions made by leaders.

  3.____________

4-DOGMA: rigidity of reality concepts taught; amount of doctrinal inflexibility.

  4.____________

5-RECRUITING: emphasis put on attracting new members; amount of proselytizing.

  5.____________

6-FRONT GROUPS: number of subsidiary groups using different names from that of main group.

  6.____________

7-WEALTH: amount of money and/or property desired or obtained; emphasis on members' donations.

  7.____________

8-POLITICAL POWER: amount of external political inflience desired or obtained.

  8.____________

9-SEXUAL MANIPULATION: of members by leader(s); amount of control over sex lives of members.

  9.____________

10-CENSORSHIP: amount of control over members' access to outside opinions on group, its doctrines or leader(s).

10.____________

11-DROPOUT CONTROL: intensity of efforts directed at preventing or returning dropouts.

11.____________

12-ENDORSEMENT OF VIOLENCE: when used by or for the group or its leader(s).

12.____________

13-PARANOIA: amount of fear concerning real or imagined enemies; perceived power of opponents.

13.____________

14-GRIMNESS: amount of disapproval concerning jokes about the group, its doctrine, or leader(s).

14.____________