Ironically the 'book' I read immediately before this was Enoch the Prophet, which I'd never read before, but decided this year I will be exploring all facets of religion and spirituality (specifically gnostic literature, old world paganism/symbolism and Islam). By completely unrelated means, commenting on a video about AI in which religion was never mentioned on the thread, a random stranger commented "you should read this book... I think you'd like it." He was correct. I have been fascinated with cults and commune living since I was a young child. They psychology of where they go wrong and transition from the latter to the former is what is so interesting to me. While this is supposedly a functional story, it very much reads as a recruitment. In all transparency, putting aside my skeptical and logical frame of mind, I find myself thinking "...well, he clearly states at the end of this book that this is in no way a cult... will never have a leader, is a collective effort of equality and respect..." did I just join a cult? Hahaha.