Nominations for favorite cult

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Have to go with Mithraism for its being orig Persion and rooted in Zoroastrianism, and all its weird branches of path on its way to being a Roman warrior cult in Britain. More later, busy sacrificing ox.

Laurel, Thursday, 21 August 2008 16:52 (sixteen years ago) link

my dad told me once he visited this cult type situation in vermont in the 80s where the leader had been a college basketball player and he taught his students through basketball like he would stop a game in the middle and point out how someones neurosis was manifesting in the game - of course the guy was much better at basketball than everyone else and it wasnt really fair - so i vote for the basketball cult

ice crӕm, Thursday, 21 August 2008 16:53 (sixteen years ago) link

i know someone who was in this computer cult http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Lenz

ice crӕm, Thursday, 21 August 2008 16:55 (sixteen years ago) link

I don't know if this is a cult or a heresy, but my favorite is definitely Benandanti after reading Carlos Ginzburg.

Mordy, Thursday, 21 August 2008 19:42 (sixteen years ago) link

Cargo cults! I think they're one of the weirdest and funkiest cults ever.

Tuomas, Friday, 22 August 2008 09:53 (sixteen years ago) link


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