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…Jones made them feel very special and welcome (Layton, 1998). He was charismatic, friendly, supportive, and seemed to have “divine” powers to heal the body and soul. But then slowly…

…Like To Thank Father”: The central role of positive thinking and thankful testifying during the ritual meal of the Peace Mission and the final night of Peoples Temple “Ever Faithful”:…

…this. They don’t like (unintelligible phrase). (unintelligible word) fucker’s immortal. They’re in— They’re eternally immortal. They come out of the divine mother virgin Mary, their daddy didn’t have anything to…

…grandfather die that way, but not you. Not you. ‘Cause I’ve got the power I didn’t have when my grandfather died. I quit prayin’ and I started being God. Hands…

…Lenin, Jesus Christ, or one of a variety of other religious or political figures. He claimed that he had divine powers and could heal the sick. He stated that he…

…beating the eggs in a bowl, and throw them in the skillet. The smell was divine. As he finished, he put them on a plate and handed it to me,…

…soon as I closed my car door. Jennie, three, although less animated than Suzy, hugged her father, too. Debbie just cried. I had just spent 10 days in the jungle….

…Rot’s Grace identifies John Victor’s biological father, although she changes her story throughout the book; to the reader, this would seem to imply Grace is a liar. This character comes…

…to believe that God was absent. Knowing that God is found in times of death, I’ve decided to seek the divine in the last words Jonestown ever heard. In these…

…live in some true, loving relationship to life. And Genesis tell how precariously we achieve that relationship, if we achieve it at all. Peter Pitzele, Our Father’s Wells: A Personal…