Heaven's Gate (Poarta Raiului) a fost o religie OZN americană din San Diego, California, fondată și condusă de Marshall Applewhite (1931-1997) și Bonnie Nettles (1928-1985). Pe 26 martie 1997, poliția a descoperit 39 de cadavre ale membrilor grupului; aceștia s-au sinucis pentru a ajunge într-o navă spațială extraterestră despre care credeau că se află în urma cometei Hale-Bopp.
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Bibliografie Lalich, Janja, Bounded Choice: True Believers and Charismatic Cults. University of California Press, 2004. ISBN 0-520-23194-5. 329 pp. Investigative Reports: Inside Heaven's Gate Balch, Robert W., "Bo and Peep: a case study of the origins of messianic leadership," In Roy Wallis, ed. Millennialism and charisma. Belfast: Queens' University, 1982 Balch, Robert W., "Waiting for the ships: disillusionment and revitalization of faith in Bo and Peep's UFO cult," In James R. Lewis, ed. The Gods have Landed: New Religions from Other Worlds, Albany: SUNY, 1995 Balch, Robert W., "When the Light Goes Out, Darkness Comes: A Study of Defection from a Totalistic Cult." in Religious Movements: Genesis, Exodus and Numbers, Rodney Stark, (Ed), Paragon House Publishers, 1985, pp. 11–63 Theroux, Louis, The Call of the Weird, Pan Macmillan, 2005, pp 207–221 DiAngelo, Rio, "Beyond Human Mind-The Soul Evolution of Heaven's Gate," RIODIANGELO PRESS, 2007, 128p
Legături externe
Official Website (created in Dec. 1996, it continues to run, unchanged since the suicides)[NOTE! This site was flagged by Google as containing malware: 10th July 2012] "How and When HEAVEN'S GATE May Be Entered" (the cult book) All about Heaven's Gate cult by Katherine Ramsland – The Crime Library Some members of suicide cult castrated
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