The more I listen to people who studied NLP in the 70s and 80s, particularly Richard Bandler and Mark Cunningham, the more I am convinced that Tom Brown Jr. was one of these people, who then miscredited what he learned about human psychology as "spiritual skills taught by an imaginary Apache man".
Another tactic I remember Tom Brown Jr. using at his Tracker School is, after building up an us-versus-them perspective during the week, was telling the students that when they go home they will find that people will be upset that they are on this path (i.e. Tracker School participants) and hardships will be encountered, but all of those things just mean that they are on the path to the light and that's the darkness targeting them for attack. That's fucked up. He is creating a loop in the minds of his vulnerable, desperate patrons, where hardships are inevitable and family members are bound to be concerned for their loved ones who are stuck believing in Tom Brown Jr's fabricated fantasy.
Another tactic I remember Tom Brown Jr. using at his Tracker School is, after building up an us-versus-them perspective during the week, was telling the students that when they go home they will find that people will be upset that they are on this path (i.e. Tracker School participants) and hardships will be encountered, but all of those things just mean that they are on the path to the light and that's the darkness targeting them for attack. That's fucked up. He is creating a loop in the minds of his vulnerable, desperate patrons, where hardships are inevitable and family members are bound to be concerned for their loved ones who are stuck believing in Tom Brown Jr's fabricated fantasy.