Category Archives: Cults

Amazon Tribe, Suicidal Cult

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Daniel Florien

You have to watch this. So sad.

Posted in Cults, Morality, Superstition, Videos | 23 Comments

Church of Science-Fiction

Posted on January 30, 2012 by vorjack

I found this review of Hugh Urban’s The Church of Scientology to be very interesting. Urban seems to be a qualified analyst of minority religions and esoteric traditions, with previous works on Tantra and American esoteric traditions in India and … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Cults | 11 Comments

Jesus Camp

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Custador

Here are the edited highlights: I don’t want to live on this planet anymore.

Posted in Christianity, Cults, Fundamentalism | 26 Comments

Chivers on the Satanic Panic

Posted on October 10, 2011 by vorjack

I’ve managed to completely avoid the Amanda Knox trial. I just generally steer clear of show trials as much as I possibly can, a habit dating back to OJ. But via some discussion at the Wild Hunt, I came across … Continue reading →

Posted in Cults, Current Events | 5 Comments

Baiting Westboro

Posted on September 18, 2011 by vorjack

So the Foo Fighters do an internet video/promo for at upcoming tour. The video, loosely titled “Hot Buns,” stars the band as truck driving good ol’ boys (and one startled janitor) who soap up, bare (almost) all and do a … Continue reading →

Posted in Cults, Music, Videos | 23 Comments

DC-40

Posted on September 17, 2011 by vorjack

The Wild Hunt blog has been covering the New Apostolic Reformation as well as most of the news commentators. With good reason; the NAR have a special message on Facebook for Pagans, “We release perfect Blood-covered love into the core … Continue reading →

Posted in Cults, Current Events | 23 Comments

Doubt it.

Posted on April 27, 2011 by fatemeh | 43 Comments

When Prophets Fail

Posted on April 19, 2011 by vorjack

Ashley Fantz has a fascinating story up at CNN. She’s interviewing two of the survivors of the Branch Davidians, the sect once run by David Koresh in Waco, Texas. Their compound was attacked by the ATF in 1993, resulting in … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Cults | 52 Comments

Across the Hollow Earth

Posted on March 4, 2011 by vorjack

This started as an experiment just to see how many digital sources I could find for this obscure figure in American history. Answer: quite a lot, really. A year after the end of WWII, noted astronomer Gerard Kuiper (for whom … Continue reading →

Posted in Cults, History, Pseudoscience | 6 Comments

Phelps vs. Anonymous on the David Pakman Show

Posted on February 25, 2011 by vorjack

Complete with on-air hacking. via Dangerous Minds Here’s the screenshot of the Westboro site before it was removed. Click to embiggen:

Posted in Cults, Videos | 16 Comments