cults

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cults. See also ceremonies; doctrines; mystery cults; religion; traditions
assimilable only if compatible with current status (92:2.4)
atheistic c. claim salvation by man’s unaided efforts (94:2.5)
Christian c. most appealing, enduring ever conceived (87:7.4)
dangers
greatest obstacle to spiritual progress (87:7.2-3)
sectarianism, disease of institutional religion (99:6.1) (170:5.20) (195:10.7-15)
superiority of group consciousness (182:1.8) (195:10.14)
destiny of c. depends on leadership (99:5.1)
fetishism ran through all primitive c. (88:3.1)
formed to promulgate creeds, not to discover truth (92:3.1)
foster and gratify emotion (87:7.1-2,7)
Jesus avoided formal establishment of (120:3.6)
of a frustrated philosophic era (100:5.1)
of new revelation must
be outgrowth of applied love (87:7.7)
be predicated on Fatherhood of God, brotherhood (87:7.6)
cannot be manufactured; must grow (87:7.3)
foster spiritual progress (87:7.10)
symbolize spiritual experience, significance of home; embody mystery; be elastic; not be overly complex (87:7.5-10)
primitives’ attempt to control material world (90:3.1-2)
resist development because progress destroys cult itself (92:3.4)
rituals (90:5.1-3)
become substitute for religion (90:5.6)
better to reform than destroy group function (97:10.7)
have cursed civilization, been intolerable burden (90:5.1)
perfection of performance is essence of (90:5.1-2)
the more unconscious the growth, stronger its grip (87:7.2)
strengths
provide symbolism to preserve religious loyalties (87:7.1)
religion rarely survives without institutions, as private practice of isolated individuals (97:10.7) (98:6.1)

Cross-references

See also ceremonies
See also doctrines
See also mystery cults
See also religion
See also traditions

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