Editing NXIVM (section)

=== Teachings ===
The oldest program of NXIVM, Executive Success Programs, had students recite a "Twelve-point Mission Statement", pledging to "purge" themselves "of all parasite and envy-based habits", to enroll others, and to "ethically control as much of the money, wealth and resources of the world as possible within my success plan." The Mission Statement also labeled students who shared Executive Success Programs materials as "breaking a promise and breaching my contract" and compromising "inner honesty and integrity."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/09/nyregion/nxivm-cult-trial.html |title=Former Sex Cult Official Describes Its 'Evil' Inner Workings |first=Colin |last=Moynihan |date=May 9, 2019 |access-date=June 20, 2019 |work=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Raniere |first=Keith |date=1998 |title=Twelve-point Mission Statement |url=https://int.nyt.com/data/documenthelper/852-keith-raniere-s-twelve-point-m/14c1838fee817b774dfc/optimized/full.pdf |work=The New York Times}}</ref>

The doctrine of the NXIVM organization, "Rational Inquiry method", was treated as Raniere's scientific invention and submitted to multiple [[patent office]]s.<ref name=":8">{{Cite patent|number=EP1320843A1|title=Rational inquiry method|gdate=2003-06-25|invent1=Raniere|inventor1-first=Keith|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/EP1320843A1/en/}}</ref>

NXIVM taught that some people, called "Suppressives", try to impede progress within NXIVM.<ref>{{cite web |last=Gavin |first=Robert |date=May 13, 2019 |title=Witness: Raniere bragged of wanting to 'break' follower Allison Mack |url=https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Witness-After-leaving-NXIVM-women-became-targets-13841142.php |access-date=June 20, 2019 |website=Times Union}}</ref> People who irrevocably turned against Raniere were said to have undergone "The Fall" and were labeled, in the words of a former member, as "Luciferians, lost people for whom bad feels good, and good feels bad."<ref name="auto5">{{cite magazine |last=Bryant |first=Kenzie |date=June 27, 2018 |title=How NXIVM Used a Simple Tool to Build Its 'Sex Cult' |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2018/06/keith-raniere-nxivm-patents-luciferian |magazine=Vanity Fair}}</ref> Some members of NXIVM's inner circle were reportedly taught that, in past lives, they were high-ranking [[Nazi]]s.<ref name=VF1/>