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100 1  Schneider, Spencer,|d1960-|eauthor. 
245 10 Manhattan cult story :|bmy unbelievable true story of sex,
       crimes, chaos, and survival|h[Hoopla electronic resource] 
       /|cSpencer Schneider. 
264  1 [United States] :|bArcade,|c2022. 
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520    "We were invisible. We had to be. We took an oath of 
       absolute secrecy. We never even told our immediate 
       families who we were. We went about our lives in New York 
       City. Just like you. We were your accountants, money 
       managers, lawyers, executive recruiters, doctors. We owned
       your child's private school and sold you your brownstone. 
       But you'd never guess our secret lives, how we lived in a 
       kind of silent terror and fervor. There were hundreds of 
       us."   Right under the noses of neighbors, clients, 
       spouses, children, and friends, a secret society, simply 
       called School-a cult of snared Manhattan professionals-has
       been led by the charismatic, sociopathic and dangerous 
       leader Sharon Gans for decades. Spencer Schneider was 
       recruited in the eighties and he stayed for more than 
       twenty-three years as his life disintegrated, his self-
       esteem eroded, and he lined the pockets of Gans and her 
       cult.  Cult members met twice weekly, though they never 
       acknowledged one another outside of meetings or 
       gatherings. In the name of inner development, they endured
       the horrors of mental, sexual, and physical abuse, forced 
       labor, arranged marriages, swindled inheritances and 
       savings, and systematic terrorizing. Some of them broke 
       the law. All for Gans.  "During those years," Schneider 
       writes, "my world was School. That's what it's like when 
       you're in a cult, even one that preys on and caters to New
       York's educated elite. This is my story of how I got 
       entangled in School and how I got out."   At its core, 
       Manhattan Cult Story is a cautionary tale of how hundreds 
       of well-educated, savvy, and prosperous New Yorkers became
       fervent followers of a brilliant but demented cult leader 
       who posed as a teacher of ancient knowledge. It's about 
       double-lives, the power of group psychology, and how easy 
       it is to be radicalized-all too relevant in today's 
       atmosphere of conspiracy and ideologue worship. 
538    Mode of access: World Wide Web. 
600 10 Schneider, Spencer,|d1960- 
600 10 Gans, Sharon. 
650  0 Cult members|zNew York (State)|zNew York|vBiography. 
650  0 Fourth Way (Occultism) 
650  0 Ex-cultists|zNew York (State)|zNew York|vBiography. 
650  0 Electronic books. 
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