Yuval Laor - Fervor, Awe, and Hyperreligiosity

Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation

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🗓️ 27 January 2021

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Episode 17: Lola and Meagan interview Dr. Yuval Laor, behavioral and cultural scientist who studies evolutionary biology and religion. Yuval describes his theories on awe experiences and fervor, and how cult leaders manipulate these emotional states to earn and keep their followers' loyalty. He also talks about belief attachment and why it's not so different from parental or romantic attachment, and the hyperreligiosity that can occur with temporal lobe epileptic seizures. If you have your own story about cults, high-control groups, manipulation, or abuse of power, shoot us an email at [email protected]. FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM: @trustmepodcast @oohlalola @vibehigherbitch OR TWITTER: @trustmecultpod @ohlalola

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0:00.0	Trust me.
0:02.0	Dude, you trust me.
0:03.0	Trust me. I'm like a smart person.
0:06.0	Yeah, I've never lied to you.
0:08.0	I never have lied to you.
0:09.0	Do you think that one person has all the answers?
0:12.0	Don't! Welcome to... that one person has all the answers.
0:12.6	Don't!
0:14.2	Welcome to Trust Me, the podcast about
0:16.6	Cold Extreme Belief and the Abuse of Power
0:18.4	From Two Students of Life, who've actually experienced it.
0:22.4	I am Lola Blanc and I'm Megan Elizabeth.
0:24.4	Today we are going to talk to Dr. Yval Lauer, a behavioral and cultural scientist who studies
0:30.2	evolutionary biology, religion, and the Sociology of Religion.
0:34.6	This is a fascinating episode.
0:36.1	He's going to talk to us about heightened spiritual states called awe experiences,
0:40.4	how attachment to a belief system is similar to attachment to a parent or a lover and goes through similar phases,
0:46.0	and the various manipulative emotional tactics that cult leaders use to generate fervor and bond their followers to them.
0:53.0	We're also going to talk about temporal lobe epilepsy and hyper religiosity and how certain kinds
0:59.3	of seizures can make people truly believe they're in touch with God.
1:03.6	Ooh.
1:04.6	I think we've all been mispronouncing temporal this whole time.
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