Heaven's gate : America's UFO religion
Benjamin E. Zeller (Author)
In March 1997, thirty-nine people in Rancho Santa Fe, California, ritually terminated their lives. To outsiders, it was a mass suicide. To insiders, it was a graduation. The author explores the question of why the members of Heaven's Gate committed ritual suicides, and examines the origin and evolution of the religion, its appeal, and practices
eBook, English, 2014
NYU Press, New York, 2014