Director Cecilia Peck and producer Inbal Lessner know cults. They've been following high-control groups — most notably NXIVM and Twin Flames Universe — for the better part of a decade, and their diligence has resulted in two of the most…[Continue Reading...]
What is it that draws people into the sinister depths of cults? Is it the allure of the unknown, the promise of enlightenment, or the hypnotic charisma of a leader? While it’s hard to believe that anyone could fall victim…[Continue Reading...]
Love is blind to hearts of darkness in these chilling cases of women who devoted themselves in body, mind, and soul to some of the most infamous cult leaders in history. Whether it’s Stockholm or the so-called Bonnie and Clyde…[Continue Reading...]
SUVA, Fiji — High-ranking members of South Korea's "Grace Road Cult" will be kicked out of Fiji, immigration authorities said Thursday, as the government cracks down on the powerful religious sect. Grace Road Church founder Shin Ok-ju prophesied that South…[Continue Reading...]
I do not claim to be an expert on cults, but they have always interested me—the idea of surrendering your mind to a thought collective is terrifying and extremely fascinating. Hence the reason I wrote my debut novel, It’s Not…[Continue Reading...]
The Waco compound of David Koresh's Branch Davidians; the LA hippie Helter Skelter ranch where Charles Manson and his Family plotted the grisly Tate-LaBianca murders; sex guru Osho's Wild Wild Country commune in Oregon... Every cult needs a base of…[Continue Reading...]
People who claimed to be Jesus Many of those familiar with the Bible and Christianity know that Jesus Christ is supposed to return. But what will the Second Coming be like? Or has it actually happened already? According to some…[Continue Reading...]
Official dictionaries define “cult” as a religion regarded as unorthodox or spurious, such as satanic cults. Another definition is a misplaced or excessive admiration for a particular person or thing. In many of the more extreme cults, a charismatic leader…[Continue Reading...]
New details have emerged indicating that over 80 members of a cult who went missing from Uganda last month had been duped by their pastor of an impending doomsday and that they would only be spared by meeting Jesus in…[Continue Reading...]
The Outsider Art Fair’s 31st edition has brought 64 galleries’ stands of work from self-taught, folk, naïve and outsider artists—including 12 first-time exhibitors—to New York’s Metropolitan Pavilion in Chelsea. As ever, the fair is a rich and eclectic offering; below…[Continue Reading...]
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