One of the 1960s counterculture's most fascinating characters was Kerry Wendell Thornley-a writer, philosopher, Zen dishwasher, enlightened prankster, and, possibly, an Oswald double with disturbing ties to the Kennedy assassination. A lifelong provocateur, Thornley was linked to many of the fringe elements of the time. He helped create the spoof religion called the Discordian Society and its tract, the Principia Discordia. He coined the term "paganism"...

In 1973, Mary Garden abandoned a promising academic career to spend seven years in India at the feet of such gurus as Rajneesh, Sathya Sai Baba and an enigmatic yogi in the Himalayan jungle - Swami Balyogi Premvarni. The Serpent Rising is her own story of the heaven and hell she experienced as she fell under the spell of self-appointed 'god-men'.

A comprehensive reference guide to all things occult, covering a broad range of magic tradition from Babylonian times to the present day. This authoritative reference text by linguist and occult expert Harry E. Wedeck offers a broad understanding of witchcraft, necromancy, paganism, the occult, and many of magic's other manifestations. With in-depth information on essential concepts, practices, and vocabulary, Dictionary of Magic also covers many...

Christianity, Cults and Religions Participant Guide is the 98-page student workbook for the 6-session DVD-based Bible study curriculum on world religions and cults. Created for Bible Studies, Sunday school classes, and church small groups, this cults Bible study is perfect for those who want to- • Know what Christianity teaches • What Christians believe and why • Know the different beliefs of cults and world religions. Christianity, Cults...

Joy Nason was born into an English working class family during World War Two and raised in the fundamentalist Christian cult of the Exclusive Brethren. Growing up in this strict and demanding world, her family migrated to Australia in the 1950s. In her early 20s, Joy made the courageous decision to flee her family, knowing that she would be cut off from that moment on. Slowly but surely Joy made her way in the world, with kind employers who encouraged...

When her best friend Cara begins spending all her time at the Haven, a commune near their suburban Montana town, Mailee begins to worry about her friend's safety and wonders if it is already to late to save her.

In this personal account, Lilia Tarawa exposes the shocking secrets of the cult, with its rigid rules and oppressive control of women. She describes her fear when her family questioned Gloriavale's beliefs and practices. When her parents fled with their children, Lilia was forced to make a desperate choice: to stay or to leave. No matter what she chose, she would lose people she loved. In the outside world, Lilia struggled. Would she be damned to...

There are a million ways to die in the Rockies--and a million predators, natural or otherwise. But even seasoned mountain dweller Preacher is shocked by the latest horror lurking in the hills. Trappers are being hunted down like animals. Captured. Murdered. Mutilated. Their hearts carved out of their chests. Some were Preacher's friends, and now two others have gone missing. Preacher is determined to track them down before they end up on the...

Upon her grandfather's death, Robin and her husband travel to her birthplace in Germany's Black Forest. Arriving at her grandfather's cabin, she must reckon with her family's past, an ancient hunting ritual, and much more.

After a major earthquake devastates Los Angeles, seventeen-year-old Mia wants only to take care of her younger brother and traumatized mother, but two fanatical doomsday cults vie for her powers, drawn from the multiple lightning strikes she has experienced.