4 Cults That Prophesied the End of the World
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“I don’t pay attention to the world ending. It has ended for me many times, and began again in the morning,” the poet Nayyirah Waheed writes in her book Salt. It’s a powerful quote about how things that can seem like the end of the world might look different by the light of a new day.
It’s also extremely applicable to some members of various cults across history who resolutely believed doomsday was coming on a certain date—only for the promised cataclysm to simply not happen. Unfortunately, sometimes, members of these cults took things into their own hands and tragically ended their own lives before they could realize that the end was not actually coming.
The term “doomsday cult” describes a group of people who follow a certain leader or religion that claims the world is about to end. Often, these people believe that only those who follow their group’s doctrines will be spared. These groups are often led by charismatic leaders, some of whom display talents for preying on people’s vulnerabilities and uncertainties. Some have had significantly more severe consequences than others.
Montanism
The Society of the Women in the Wilderness
Aum Shinrikyo
Heaven’s Gate
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