The phenomenon of para esoteric, occult, & mysterious religious sects in Ticino County

As shown by recent investigations by journalists - and the experience of many medical-psychiatric and psycho-social professionals reveals a disturbing progression in the phenomenon of paranormal, esoteric, occult and mysterious religious sects, as they continue to prosper.

The psychological profile of recruits and potential victims is known to science:... ...{their} personality is very vulnerable and research... The Spiral, which psychology calls "cognitive dissonance" in which the followers fall ...

The County of Ticino has been, and is the subject of attention from the (most} disturbing of these "organizations"... ...Scientology.

Several years {on} and the overall picture seems further advanced with rather alarming signals.  Scientology would seem to monopolize Ticino County – a statement justified by {the near omnipresence of a book by} its founder L Ron Hubbard "Science of the Mind," which seems to infiltrate everywhere.

Earlier this year, there was then an anti-psychiatric exhibition in Lugano, in the Palace of Congress! This exhibition contained a Scientology attack on psychiatry and has been hateful to say the least.