Deceived by the Light of Darkness

In 1978, America was shocked to learn that 900 people took their lives for one man, Jim Jones.  In Billings, Montana, an infant girl was born dead because the religious group her mother belonged to refused medical aid.  Shirley MacLaine leapt to the headlines after voicing her belief in reincarnation.  Seemingly overnight, Eastern mysticism cults became America’s “new” religion.  These practices and beliefs have been around for centuries, but they are now coming to the forefront of religious...