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enemies, or the media – if they try to
uncover his actions and reveal the truth. He closely monitors and
censors information from the outside, exposing his captive audience
only to selective data and analyses.
    The narcissist's cult is
"missionary" and "imperialistic". He is always on the lookout for
new recruits – his spouse's friends, his daughter's girlfriends,
his neighbours, new colleagues at work. He immediately attempts to
"convert" them to his "creed" – to convince them how wonderful and
admirable he is. In other words, he tries to render them Sources of
Narcissistic Supply.
    Often, his behaviour on
these "recruiting missions" is different to his conduct within the
"cult". In the first phases of wooing new admirers and
proselytising to potential "conscripts" – the narcissist is
attentive, compassionate, empathic, flexible, self-effacing, and
helpful. At home, among the "veterans" he is tyrannical, demanding,
wilful, opinionated, aggressive, and exploitative.
    As the leader of his
congregation, the narcissist feels entitled to special amenities
and benefits not accorded the "rank and file". He expects to be
waited on hand and foot, to make free use of everyone's money and
dispose of their assets liberally, and to be cynically exempt from
the rules that he himself established (if such violation is
pleasurable or gainful).
    In extreme cases, the
narcissist feels above the law – any kind of law. This grandiose
and haughty conviction leads to criminal acts, incestuous or
polygamous relationships, and recurrent friction with the
authorities.
    Hence the narcissist's
panicky and sometimes violent reactions to "dropouts" from his
cult. There's a lot going on that the narcissist wants kept under
wraps. Moreover, the narcissist stabilises his fluctuating sense of
self-worth by deriving Narcissistic Supply from his victims.
Abandonment threatens the narcissist's precariously balanced
personality.
    Add to that
the narcissist's paranoid and schizoid
tendencies , his lack of introspective self-awareness , and his stunted
sense of humour (lack of
self-deprecation) and the risks to the grudging members of his cult
are clear.
    The narcissist sees
enemies and conspiracies everywhere. He often casts himself as the
heroic victim (martyr) of dark and stupendous forces. In every
deviation from his tenets he espies malevolent and ominous
subversion. He, therefore, is bent on disempowering his devotees.
By any and all means.
    The narcissist is
dangerous.

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