Welcome back to the Hierarchy Lowdown Ho-Down! Today we’re getting a little further into the hierarchy, unpacking the structure of control and its effects from Uncle Icky on dowwwwn! In Part 2 we’re dishin’ some dirt on:

• Uncle Icky’s interests (ew)
• The creeps Uncle Icky kept around
• The structure of control
• The information-collection system
• Why it still hurts now (ow)

CONTENT & TRIGGER WARNINGS: Religious and Spiritual Ab*se, Emotional Ab*se, High Control Environments/Relationships, Narcissistic Ab*se and Manipulation, $*xually Inappropriate Behavior and Gr00ming by Authority Figures, St@lking, JRS DIRECT QUOTES, THE UPWARD FLOW CHART

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REFERENCES:

Oops! I’m In A Cult (Episodes)

• Cult Leaders William Branham and John Robert Stevens | Interview with John Collins
• Rediscovering Christianity Post-Cult | Interview with Caleb LaPlante
• Held Liable | The Lawsuits Against the Living Word

JRS Quotes:

• John Robert Stevens, This Week (1983), vol. 14 (North Hollywood, CA: Living Word Publications, 2007), 295–296.
• John Robert Stevens, This Week (1980), vol. 11 (North Hollywood, CA: Living Word Publications, 2007), 300–301.
• John Robert Stevens, This Week (1981), vol. 12 (North Hollywood, CA: Living Word Publications, 2007), 1093.