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Keith Raniere held singular authority as Vanguard.
Participants called Raniere Vanguard and treated him as the source of NXIVM's central ideas. Nancy Salzman, called Prefect, taught and administered the curriculum, while annual Vanguard Week gatherings celebrated Raniere's birthday and leadership.
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People could remove inner limits through Rational Inquiry.
NXIVM taught that many failures and emotional reactions arose from unexamined beliefs. Its Rational Inquiry method promised to identify those beliefs, revise their meaning, and increase a person's freedom, effectiveness, and ethical conduct.
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