Book description
New' religions are as old as time. Every period of history has
produced a crop of cults with their messiahs, faith healers,
charlatans, gurus, preachers and prophets. The human religious impulse
almost demands that such characters be thrown up from the teeming mass
of searching souls. The book combines all the current religions that
derive from Christianity - from mainstream faiths such as Mormons,
Seventh Day Adventists, Christian Science and Opus Dei to, the Family,
The Jesus Army and Alpha Course - as well as a full survey of the
occult and pagan groups - Satanism, Choas Magic, Shamanism, Druids and
Wicca . Barrett also provides an overview of the "cult
mentality", the history of sects and a glance at "personal
development" cults. In doing so he always combines a genuine
enthusiasm for his topic with an objective approach which is never
sensationalist or condemnatory.
