{"product_id":"cult-following-the-extreme-sects-that-capture-our-imaginations-and-take-over-our-lives-9781683694120","title":"Cult Following: The Extreme Sects That Capture Our Imaginations--And Take Over Our Lives","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eCursed Objects\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe United States of Cryptids\u003c\/i\u003e, an eye-popping compendium of the most infamous, audacious, and dangerous cults in history\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow do smart, normal people end up enmeshed in extreme cults? Weird history expert J. W. Ocker strives to answer that question in \u003ci\u003eCult Following\u003c\/i\u003e. 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: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBranch Davidians: \u003c\/b\u003e Led by David Koresh, this cult was waiting out the apocalypse in 1993 when the FBI infamously raided their compound in Waco, Texas.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLos Narcosat?nicos: \u003c\/b\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Seekers: \u003c\/b\u003e The infiltration and study of this, the earliest known UFO cult, by psychologists inspired the term \u003ci\u003ecognitive dissonance\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHo No Hana Sanpogyo: \u003c\/b\u003eThe founder, Hogen Fukunaga, claimed to be able to tell someone's fortune by examining their feet.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBreatharianism: \u003c\/b\u003eBreatharians believe that humans can live on air alone. Their founder, Wiley Brooks, claimed to have gone without food for nineteen years.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNXIVM: \u003c\/b\u003e 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.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eCult Following\u003c\/i\u003e, Ocker sheds light on the terrifying attraction of cults, demonstrating the elasticity of belief, the desperateness of belonging, and the tragedy of trust.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Quirk Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/10\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781683694120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/08\/2024\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"J. W. Ocker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44431975284917,"sku":"9781683694120","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_5e7fb7e5-a505-4137-8e0e-df1ec72e83ab.jpg?v=1721139163","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/cult-following-the-extreme-sects-that-capture-our-imaginations-and-take-over-our-lives-9781683694120","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}