Interesting look at the use of language in cult like behavior. It not only discusses cults like Jim Jones, Heavens Gate, and the Branch Davidians. But also touches on other groups and movements that you wouldn’t consider to be cults like fitness crazes, social and political movements, gyms, conspiracy theories, diets, religious movements, charity groups. social clubs (even beneficial clubs like Alcoholics Anonymous) which all use Cultish language to hook people in. You’ll learn to recognize such language tricks after reading this book.

I was enthralled by cultish from beginning to end, and didn’t expect to finish it feeling so lifted - 100% recommend.

Terrible.

I am so thankful to have stumbled across this book only a few weeks after realizing that the fundamentalist Christian group I’d left after 12 years was actually a destructive cult. At a time in my life when I couldn’t find the language to express what I’d been through and how I’d gotten sucked in, the author of this book gave me the words. I highly recommend this to anyone, defected cult members or otherwise.

Cultish is very informative for people who were not already well versed in the world of cults and mind control. However I found a few pieces of information missing that brings More clarity than the author does. For example, neuroscientists that study the brain have found that certain parts of the brain make you more or less open to believing unproven beliefs depending on their size.