AMY B. SISKIND is an independent scholar. She has taught at the State University of New York, Purchase, Hunter College, and New York University. She has published numerous articles on the topic of new religious movements, utopianism, and the phenomena of high control groups. Her works span the disciplines of sociology, psychology, and history. Siskind has taught at the State University of New York, Purchase, Hunter College, and New York University.

• IntroductionGeneral Cultural and Historical ContextTheoretical Background and History of the Formation of the Sullivan InstituteThe "Halcyon" Years: 1969-1978The Therapeutic RelationshipThe "Revolutionary" Period: 1979-1983The Decline and Dissolution of the Sullivan Institute/Fourth Wall Community: 1984-1992ConclusionsAppendix: Review of the LiteratureBibliographyIndex

AMY B. SISKIND is an independent scholar. She has taught at the State University of New York, Purchase, Hunter College, and New York University. She has published numerous articles on the topic of new religious movements, utopianism, and the phenomena of high control groups. Her works span the disciplines of sociology, psychology, and history. Siskind has taught at the State University of New York, Purchase, Hunter College, and New York University.

• IntroductionGeneral Cultural and Historical ContextTheoretical Background and History of the Formation of the Sullivan InstituteThe "Halcyon" Years: 1969-1978The Therapeutic RelationshipThe "Revolutionary" Period: 1979-1983The Decline and Dissolution of the Sullivan Institute/Fourth Wall Community: 1984-1992ConclusionsAppendix: Review of the LiteratureBibliographyIndex

AMY B. SISKIND is an independent scholar. She has taught at the State University of New York, Purchase, Hunter College, and New York University. She has published numerous articles on the topic of new religious movements, utopianism, and the phenomena of high control groups. Her works span the disciplines of sociology, psychology, and history. Siskind has taught at the State University of New York, Purchase, Hunter College, and New York University.

• IntroductionGeneral Cultural and Historical ContextTheoretical Background and History of the Formation of the Sullivan InstituteThe "Halcyon" Years: 1969-1978The Therapeutic RelationshipThe "Revolutionary" Period: 1979-1983The Decline and Dissolution of the Sullivan Institute/Fourth Wall Community: 1984-1992ConclusionsAppendix: Review of the LiteratureBibliographyIndex