"Heaven's Gate: Cult of Cults" is built on the insight of ... analogue — ideas of ascension (like in the Biblical book of Revelation), a state of enlightenment reminiscent of nirvana, an afterlife.

Another spoofed the cult members who ran a software company ... a Chico State University sociologist who also has written a book about Heaven’s Gate. “You saw it with TV shows like ...

Intelligent and handsome, he devoured books on philosophy and spirituality ... it turned out, of the Heaven's Gate cult. "Gail wasn't street smart," says Robert. "She just got sucked in and ...

If you grew up in the '90s, then you probably remember hearing about the Heaven's Gate cult. The group is remembered ... were the two witnesses from the Book of Revelation in the Bible, according ...

One man, who identifies only by his Heaven’s Gate-assigned name, “Sawyer,” left the cult a few years before the suicide. He has since authored a book about the faith and continues to run a blog called ...

Heaven’s Gate – also known as the “UFO cult” – burst into American consciousness ... American culture than you might expect. In my book on Heaven’s Gate, I argue that the group drew ...

He found the book and hurriedly flipped the pages ... unlikely undercover operation in the HBO Max docuseries “Heaven’s Gate: The Cult of Cults.” At the time, he was a sociology professor ...

Her latest book is titled ... The night in 1997 before 39 members of the Heaven’s Gate cult ate phenobarbital-spiked applesauce to await death — with Nikes on their feet and plastic ...

In Heaven’s Gate: Cult of Cults, religion scholar Reza Aslan ... screenplays from “friends” in Hollywood, and lots of books, including Graydon Carter’s memoir. Halle Berry on Her ...

The new book ‘Swimming Pretty’ traces ... was “loosely inspired” by Heaven’s Gate, a California-based cult whose members’ mass suicide was tied to the appearance of a comet.

Was Heaven's Gate a cult? And how does it compare to the other groups we have looked into on American History Hit? Benjamin Zeller, author of 'Heaven's Gate: America's UFO Religion', joins Don to ...

With Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults ending its run in 2020, you can rewatch the show in its entirety, or stream it all for the first time, on Max, where you can find the series' one season and ...