Cults in LA
“This lovely place, cuckoo land, is corrupted with an odd community giddiness…nowhere else do eccentrics flourish in such close abundance. Nowhere do spiritual or economic panaceas grow so lushly. Nowhere is undisciplined gullibility so widespread” (McWilliams 250). When reading this description about Los Angeles one may feel that it doesn’t represent LA as a whole, however with the vast number of cults that migrate here it seems to be more appropriate every day. The scary thing is that the majority of the cults don’t originate here; they come here because there is a lack of community and outcasts are accepted as normal folk in sunny LA. In a city that is built on money and a get rich quick mentality, it seems fit for small cults to want to come here and flourish off the vast sea of prospective members. The world is filled with many types of cults, but one tends to see them openly, freely acting in the city of Los Angeles. Los Angeles’ geography of being an oasis in the desert brings many cultic leaders to bring their group here to expand. Many people feel that because of the geography and climate, Los Angeles is an ideal place to start cults. Some feel that the apocalyptic aspect of Sout
. . .
Some common words found in the essay are:
Los Angeles, Toleranceorgs Definition, Southern California, Mormonism Starting, Church Christs, Bible Islam, Scientologists Hollywood, LA Eden, los angeles, God Jesus, Rage Machine, southern california, style worship, rage machine, los angeles cult, angeles cult,
Approximate Word count = 1274
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
|
 |
