Happy birthday Tchaikovsky: Anti-cult edition

On the occasion of Tchaikovsky’s (and Brahms’) birthday, I would like to pay tribute to this great Russian composer by posting here my favourite symphony by him, his Fifth, the finale of which represents my triumph over cultism: Long live art, and freedom!

A musical escape from cultism

I am happy to announce that I have started lessons with a classical singing teacher through the Royal College of Music. I had my first lesson yesterday evening singing Gute Nacht from Schubert’s Winterreise. To start therapy and classical singing lessons in the same month has been a boon for my mental health, to say … Read more

Trotskyist cults are destiny-destroyers

Trotskyist cults are destiny-destroyers. At their most benign, they are destiny diverters, destiny derailers. Ultimately, I am convinced that the IMT has not been able to derail me completely from my ultimate destination. As Nietzsche, inspired by the Greek poet Pindar, once counselled, I am now on my way to becoming what I am – … Read more

Ali Millar’s The Last Days: A Review

Yesterday, I finished Ali Millar’s harrowing and brilliantly-written review of her time as an Jehovah’s Witness, The Last Days. I’ve wanted to read it ever since it came out in the summer, and I’m glad that I’ve finally got round to it. Reading about the experiences of other people who have been in cults has … Read more

Thoughts on another cult-free New Year

For the New Year—I still live, I still think; I must still live, for I must still think. Sum, ergo cogito: cogito, ergo sum. To-day everyone takes the liberty of expressing his wish and his favorite thought: well, I also mean to tell what I have wished for myself today, and what thought first crossed my … Read more

Celebrating two years of exposing cultism

This blog has been in existence for two years already. I can hardly believe it. It is as if only yesterday I was resigning from the IMT and breaking free of two and a half years of tyranny. I have already been out of the organisation longer than I was ever in it. And yet, … Read more