Sip and Saga Society

Lil Sips:Cults

Episode Notes

it is OFFICIALLY SPOOKY SEASON!

We chose Cults to go with our book club book Aum Shinrikyo

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix

This episode has everything: Fester Look A Like, Levitation, bad judgment, and Flavor Aid.

• Greg educates us on the birth of the idea of the rapture.
• Karina covers The Blackburn Cult based in California.
• Christina  gives us the facts on Jonestown.
• Randi disturbs us all with the story of Aum Shinrikyo.

Sources: 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35975069

https://www.buzzfeed.com/crystalro/wikipedia-cults

https://www.laalmanac.com/religion/re720.php

https://homesteadmuseum.blog/2021/06/14/sharing-the-history-of-the-divine-order-of-the-royal-arms-of-the-great-eleven-with-the-la-verne-historical-society/

https://medium.com/internet-archaeology/californias-divine-order-of-death-dc115714fcbe