{"product_id":"9781683694120","title":"Cult Following","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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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 Narcosatánicos: \u003c\/b\u003eThis cult of drug traffickers in 1980s Mexico was led by Adolfo de Jesús 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.","brand":"J. W. Ocker","offers":[{"title":"Quirk Books |  Hardback  |  2024-09-10","offer_id":46003800768767,"sku":"9781683694120","price":25.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_53ad3cc8-be3e-415a-b161-e493fcb5e54b.jpg?v=1722990625","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781683694120","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}