The transmitter may be more than one individual: it can be a group, even the cult itself in its totality. But in every case, the two-fold requirement of credibility and attraction leads cults to use figureheads who are constantly spreading the word. This is the basis of Scientology's “celebrity centers.”
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Soul Snatchers: The Mechanics of Cults
December 1999, Algora Publishing
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