Cults

"Cult" may refer to the original and typically ancient sense of "religious practice" or to a newly established religious movement. It is also a pejorative term for a group whose religious beliefs are considered fanatical and unacceptable.

(See also cult classics.)
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New Releases Tagged "Cults"

The Dark in Her Veins (Divine Villains, 1)
The Vampire's Cult: The Untold Story of Obsession, Control, and a Shocking Small-Town Murder
The Sea Hides Its Dead
Fervor
Where Lost Girls Go
Tenderness
Funerals Are for the Living
The Back Bedroom: A True Story of Exorcism and Murder
The House of My Mother: A Daughter's Quest for Freedom
Strange Buildings (Strange Houses, #2)
The Unworthy
Julie Chan Is Dead
Dinner for Vampires: Life on a Cult TV Show (While Also in an Actual Cult!)
The Last Housewife
The Make-Believe: A Memoir of Magic and Madness
Mary
The Scammer
Obstetrix
The Mirror House Girls
Our Last Resort
The Colony
Mister Magic
The Victory Perspective by E.J. KellettThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerAstronomicon minorem - DMT, Cthulhu and You by Khurt KhaveCreatures of the Dark by Stella PurpleCabello by Grea Alexander
Sinister Literature
49 books — 29 voters

Beyond Belief by Jenna Miscavige HillUnder the Banner of Heaven by Jon KrakauerEscape by Carolyn JessopUnorthodox by Deborah FeldmanLeaving Isn't the Hardest Thing by Lauren  Hough
Small, Offbeat Religion Memoirs
280 books — 317 voters
The Secret Life of a Weight-Obsessed Woman by Iris Ruth PastorRunning with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerLeaving Isn't the Hardest Thing by Lauren  HoughGirl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
Unsettling Memoirs & Biographies
571 books — 493 voters


Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
The Girls
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief
The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple
Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape
Escape
Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology
Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
Breaking Free
Educated
Uncultured: A Memoir
Sex Cult Nun: Breaking Away from the Children of God, a Wild, Radical Religious Cult
Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamist Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs
Don't Call It a Cult: The Shocking Story of Keith Raniere and the Women of NXIVM

Alison   Miller
“ Some survivors have found small metallic “implants” in their teeth or ears, and believe these were designed to monitor their location or to broadcast their words or thoughts to the abusers. Such technology has been developed recently for keeping task of animals or persons with dementia. But to what extent it was used years ago by mind controllers is unknown at this point. At least some of it may be similar to the “bombs” in the stomach, a trick to convince survivors that their abusers monitor t ...more ”
― Alison Miller, Healing the Unimaginable: Treating Ritual Abuse and Mind Control

Nikki Rosen
“ Everyday in the heat, rain and cold, I ran, alone in the woods...in the hills near our home. There I felt the gentle touch of God. And I heard His whisper, You're stronger now. It's time to tell the truth of what happened. Tell your story to give someone hope. ...more ”
― Nikki Rosen, In The Eye Of Deception: A True Story

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