Conviction of Things Not Seen: The Uniquely American Myth of Satanic Cults
“Satanism lacks a Jones or Koresh. Satanism has no Jonestown, no Waco, no Kool-Aid, no casual point of reference. This is because Satanic cults, as imagined in popular culture, do not exist. Still, some places across the country—West Memphis, Arkansas; Manhattan Beach, California; Edenton, North Carolina; Austin, Texas—belong to a brotherhood of cities united not by the stunned, silent grief of a tragedy like Waco’s, but by the shame of having left innocent families’ lives in ruin in the fervent pursuit of an imaginary evil.”
Read the full article by Dan Shewan in Pacific Standard.
Posted by rbchatelle on Wednesday, September 9th, 2015 @ 9:55AM
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