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“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\u2014West Memphis, Arkansas; Manhattan Beach, California; Edenton, North Carolina; Austin, Texas\u2014belong to a brotherhood of cities united not by the stunned, silent grief of a tragedy like Waco\u2019s, but by the shame of having left innocent families\u2019 lives in ruin in the fervent pursuit of an imaginary evil.”<\/p>\n