How cults brainwash...
Step 2: Mystical Manipulation.
“Mystical manipulation” refers to the use of planned, or engineered, spontaneity; that is, thought reformers manipulate recruits in such a way as to make their behaviors appear spontaneous and internally-generated."
https://www.cultnews101.com/1992/12/deprogramming-case-study-part-1.html
