Cults Summer Road Trip: Twelve Tribes
They came to the edge of extinction in Tennessee, then had a revival in Island Pond, Vermont. The group led by Elbert Spriggs had roots in the Jesus Movement of the ‘70s, but in time, began to reflect...
14 Juni 202240min
The Downfall (Ordo Templi Orientis Pt. 3)
In 1945, the Agape Lodge welcomed a new resident, and Jack Parsons began his attempts to summon the goddess Babalon. Parcasters, we have exciting news! Our first book hits bookshelves July 12th. Don...
7 Juni 202243min
Jack Parsons (Ordo Templi Orientis Pt. 2)
A trailblazing rocket scientist led a double life as an Aleister Crowley acolyte, jumping headfirst into the OTO after reading one of the famed occultist’s books in 1939. Jack Parsons was always darin...
31 Maj 202242min
Aleister Crowley (Ordo Templi Orientis Pt. 1)
He was called the King of Depravity, Wickedest Man in the World, and — by his own mother — The Beast. Aleister Crowley was a notorious occultist who rejected the religion of his childhood and devoted ...
24 Maj 202241min
The Magnificat Meal Movement Pt. 2
Denounced by local clergy, the Vatican, and even her own husband, Debra Geileskey was backed quickly into a corner. But Triple M was her empire. And she wasn’t going to lose everything without a fight...
17 Maj 202240min
The Magnificat Meal Movement Pt. 1
In the early 1990s a devout Catholic and former school principal starts claiming she’s a divine prophet with a special connection to the Virgin Mary. Within a decade, Debra Geileskey has hundreds of f...
10 Maj 202239min
Reverend Okjoo Shin Pt. 2
By 2015, Grace Road Church had planted itself in Fiji to prepare for the apocalypse. They start a corporation and several businesses, allegedly all part of the Reverend’s “master plan” for the island....
3 Maj 202239min
Reverend Okjoo Shin Pt. 1
For much of her religious career, Okjoo Shin espoused mainstream Christian beliefs and stayed out of the spotlight – until she discovered a new way to interpret the Bible. Her followers grew to believ...
26 Apr 202241min
