Info-Secte (Montreal)

⚖️ The Federal Trade Commission and the state of Washington recently filed a complaint against Amway Corp., one of the largest multi-level marketing companies in the U.S. moneytalksnews.com/your-frie…

🗓️ Here are events scheduled for November focusing on cultic phenomena! 📩 Are you an organization and would like to be featured on our calendar? Get in touch with us at communications@infosecte.org ➡️ To see more events : infosecte.org

🗓️ Voici les évènements de prévus traitant des phénomènes sectaires pour le mois de Novembre ! ➡️ Pour voir d’autres évènements de ce type : infosecte.org

🍔 Clearly, we are now badgered with both sound and unsound nutritional advice on a daily basis, leaving many people perplexed and confused about what they should eat. #wellnessinfluencers montrealgazette.com/opinion/…

🤖 By helping people interpret their lives, #AI is entering territory historically occupied by therapists, spiritual advisers and religious communities. It provides companionship while offering directed advice for improving one’s life. theconversation.com/why-ai-r…

🧠 This article explores how #psychedelicchurches in the United States are using religious freedom laws to seek legal exemptions for the ceremonial use of substances such as ayahuasca and psilocybin. yalejreg.com/nc/psychedelic-…

🗓️ Here are events scheduled for October focusing on cultic phenomena! 📩 Are you an organization and would like to be featured on our calendar? Get in touch with us at communications@infosecte.org ➡️ To see more events : infosecte.org

🗓️ Voici les évènements de prévus traitant des phénomènes sectaires pour le mois d'octobre ! 📩 Vous êtes un organisme et vous souhaitez figurer sur notre calendrier ? Ecrivez-nous à communications@infosecte.org ➡️ Pour voir d’autres évènements : infosecte.org

📈​ In 2025-2026, Info-Cult responded to 792 requests from across Canada and abroad. ​💙​ If you believe that Info-Cult offers an essential service to our community, we invite you to consider making a donation: infosecte.org/en/donation/

📈​ Au cours de l’année 2025-2026, Info-Secte a répondu à 792 demandes provenant du Canada et d’ailleurs. 💙​ Si vous estimez qu’Info-Secte répond à un besoin essentiel dans notre communauté consultez notre site web : infosecte.org/faites-un-don/

[CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS] 🏆 The International Dianne Casoni Award aims to promote and reward a written work that addresses one or more aspects of cultic phenomena. The award consists of two categories: For more information: infosecte.org/en/dianne-caso…

[APPEL À CANDIDATURES] 🏆 Le Prix International Dianne Casoni vise à stimuler et à récompenser un travail d’écriture qui aborde un ou plusieurs aspects des phénomènes sectaires. Langue d’expression écrite : français ou anglais Pour plus d’informations : infosecte.org/prix-dianne-ca…

🧠 Research suggests that belief in conspiracy theories is especially strong when events leave people dissatisfied with mundane explanations. Some researchers have described this as the need for “cognitive closure.” urlr.me/6QnF5p

📅 Le 4 juillet dernier, Mike Kropveld, fondateur et directeur général d'Info-Secte, a reçu le Lifetime Achievement Award, un prix d'excellence décerné par l'ICSA en reconnaissance de l'ensemble de sa carrière. ➡️​Pour voir la cérémonie en entier : youtube.com/watch?v=uRXiuyD8…

📅 On July 4th, Mike Kropveld, founder and executive director of Info-Cult, received the Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by ICSA in recognition of his lifetime of work and contributions to the field. ➡️​ To watch the ceremony in its entirety: youtube.com/watch?v=uRXiuyD8…

🎸 In the 1980s, America feared rock music could summon Satan, trigger suicide and corrupt children. These 11 bands found themselves accused classical-music.com/rock/sat…

📽️ Bring Me the Beauties: A Model Cult ➡️ Pour voir d’autres contenus de ce type, consultez notre calendrier sur notre site : infosecte.org -- ➡️ To explore more content like this, visit our calendar on our website: infocult.org

📚 Researchers who study cults say the people most likely to join aren't the gullible or the unstable: they're often people in the middle of a life transition who met the group through someone they already liked spacedaily.com/d-researchers…

🔮 A four-year-old girl lies critically injured in a hospital in Gujranwala. According to police, her own mother and siblings set her on fire during what they believed was an exorcism, convinced that she was possessed by a jinn or affected by black magic. tribune.com.pk/story/2619688…

☸️ Long read as an imperial novel, Kim also reflects Britain’s changing ideas about Buddhist thought and spiritual practice. daily.jstor.org/rudyard-kipl…