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Language
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Book Summary
A chilling history of the most notorious cults of the past two thousand yearsThe word cult conjures images of people in thrall to a charismatic leader who extracts obedience through lies and threats, and of apocalyptic prophecies, sexual perversion, and mass suicide. From the Celtic druids, whose ritual sacrifices inspired the folk horror film The Wicker Man, all the way up to the Peoples Temple and Heavens Gate, The Penguin Book of Cults charts the history of our fear of the religious other. Bringing to light little-known sources such as a death tape of Jonestowns final hour, when Jim Jones led more than 900 of his followers to drink poison, and a minute-by-minute log of the FBIs final assault on the Branch Davidian headquarters, and including accounts of drinking the blood of sacrificed cats, theories that we are living inside a hollow earth, and reports that space brothers from Venus are coming to redeem us from the threat of nuclear war, this volume opens a fascinating window into cults and why some of them have ended in spectacular violence.
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Author
Joseph P. Laycock
Publisher
Penguin Random House
Number of Pages
320
Language
English
SKU
9780143138693
ISBN
9780143138693
Reading Age
All
Dimensions
12.8 x 1.45 x 19.56 cm
Binding
Paperback
MRP: ₹ 1,499
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