Scientific and Methodological Department of the Counseling Center of the Holy Righteous John of Kronstadt

Compiled by: Hegumen Anatoly (Berestov) - Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor; Head of the Counseling Center of Saint Righteous John of Kronstadt; member of the Public Council under the Federal Service of the Russian Federation for Drug Control; member of the National Anti-Corruption Committee of the Russian Federation.

Nikolai Vladimirovich Kaklyugin - employee of the scientific and methodological department of the Counseling Center of St. Righteous John of Kronstadt, member of the editorial board of the magazine of the Moscow Patriarchate "Holy Fire", member of the Expert Advisory Council under the State Anti-Drug Administration Committee for the Central Federal District of the Russian Federation, psychiatrist.

The publication is intended for a wide range of readers interested in issues related to the use in everyday life of methods of manipulating people’s consciousness, technologies for liberation from chemical and psychological addiction, as well as trying to figure out what is the difference between traditional religious faiths and totalitarian destructive cults (sects).