Cult Following: The Extreme Sects That Capture Our Imaginations--And Take Over Our Lives by Ocker, J. W.
Cult Following: The Extreme Sects That Capture Our Imaginations--And Take Over Our Lives by Ocker, J. W.

Cult Following: The Extreme Sects That Capture Our Imaginations--And Take Over Our Lives

From the author of Cursed Objects and The United States of Cryptids, an eye-popping compendium of the...
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Cult Following: The Extreme Sects That Capture Our Imaginations--And Take Over Our Lives by Ocker, J. W.

Cult Following: The Extreme Sects That Capture Our Imaginations--And Take Over Our Lives

CHF 27.45
Cult Following: The Extreme Sects That Capture Our Imaginations--And Take Over Our Lives by Ocker, J. W.

Cult Following: The Extreme Sects That Capture Our Imaginations--And Take Over Our Lives

CHF 27.45
Author: J. W. Ocker
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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From the author of Cursed Objects and The United States of Cryptids, an eye-popping compendium of the most infamous, audacious, and dangerous cults in history

How do smart, normal people end up enmeshed in extreme cults? Weird history expert J. W. Ocker strives to answer that question in Cult Following. Everything you've ever wanted to know about history's most notorious cults--and the psychology of the people who join them--is packed into this accessible, engaging volume. Walk in the footsteps of the followers who were lured into such sinister groups as:

  • Branch Davidians: Led by David Koresh, this cult was waiting out the apocalypse in 1993 when the FBI infamously raided their compound in Waco, Texas.
  • Los Narcosat?nicos: This cult of drug traffickers in 1980s Mexico was led by Adolfo de Jes?s Constanzo, who believed he possessed magic powers and committed human sacrifice.
  • The Seekers: The infiltration and study of this, the earliest known UFO cult, by psychologists inspired the term cognitive dissonance.
  • Ho No Hana Sanpogyo: The founder, Hogen Fukunaga, claimed to be able to tell someone's fortune by examining their feet.
  • Breatharianism: Breatharians believe that humans can live on air alone. Their founder, Wiley Brooks, claimed to have gone without food for nineteen years.
  • NXIVM: This twenty-first-century cult attracted several Hollywood actresses and engaged in sex trafficking, forced labor, and racketeering under the guise of personal development seminars.

In Cult Following, Ocker sheds light on the terrifying attraction of cults, demonstrating the elasticity of belief, the desperateness of belonging, and the tragedy of trust.

Author: J. W. Ocker
Publisher: Quirk Books
Published: 09/10/2024
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
ISBN: 9781683694120

About the Author
J. W. (Jason) Ocker is an Edgar Award winning travel writer, horror novelist, and blogger. His previous nonfiction books include Poe-Land, The New England Grimpendium and The New York Grimpendium, A Season with the Witch, the New York Times-reviewed Cursed Objects, and The United States of Cryptids. He is the creator of the blog and podcast OTIS: Odd Things I've Seen (oddthingsiveseen.com).
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