Occulture and Undue Influence in Cults of Past and Present with Joseph Szimhart

Cult Conversations: The Influence Continuum with Dr. Steve Hassan

Dr. Steven Hassan

Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education

4.8 • 684 Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2024

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Influence Continuum, I spoke with my good friend and long-time colleague Joseph Szimhart. He is a cult and intervention expert and has an over 25-year history of working as a case worker in mental health. Want to understand the history of cult belief systems, including QAnon? Ascended Masters? Angles? Channelers? Mystics? Did you know Michael Flynn did a “decree”, just like the ones Joe did when he was involved with Church Universal and Triumphant. Joe is my go-to-man for anything “new age” or “new thought.” He is a lay scholar and has read countless books and helps me on cases as a content expert! His current work also includes a YouTube channel focusing on “Cults and the Occulture” as its central theme. I believe you will be gald you have listened to this podcast. Learn more about Steven Hassan and Freedom of Mind Resource Center. Visit freedomofmind.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Dr. Steven Hassan with another episode of the influence continuum.
0:09.0	I have with me one of the world authorities and experts in the world, in my opinion,
0:17.0	someone that I've known for decades as a colleague, Joe Zimhardt, um, with us,
0:24.0	who has, uh, incredible knowledge and he's an just voracious reader, uh, he challenges my,
0:34.1	my reading history, uh, Joe, and writes reviews about what he writes too, which I
0:41.9	kudos to you, Joe. But I just want to introduce you to my audience. We have so many things
0:47.4	to cover relevant to today and the Internet and information warfare and the explosion of just crazy conspiracy theories
0:58.2	and cult groups and shamans and all kinds of things.
1:03.9	So let's start by just saying that you are a cult intervention specialist.
1:09.0	You've been a media consultant since the early 80s, helping families and
1:12.8	individuals internationally through consultation and intervention. We've done a bunch of cases.
1:20.1	You collaborate with freedom of mind on cases, which I'm grateful for. You've worked for 25 years
1:27.2	as a caseworker
1:28.4	at a psychiatric emergency hospital in Pennsylvania
1:31.6	till 2023, which you retired from,
1:35.6	but you have a depth of knowledge
1:37.7	about psychological dysfunction
1:40.6	and evaluating folks.
1:42.7	It's very unique.
1:44.2	But you really are an incredible artist dysfunction and evaluating folks. It's very unique.
1:48.5	But you really are an incredible artist. You have a BA from the University of Dayton,
1:53.2	certificate in painting from the Pennsylvania Academy
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