Studying cults, as well as their leaders, over a period of two months, I dove headfirst into the oftentimes dangerous, extremely controversial, yet completely engrossing information about them. What drew me to such a topic? A lust for the unknown? A thirst for truth? Honestly, with graduation from my middle school coming in a very short amount of time, I wanted to go out with a bang, if you will. I chose my project accordingly.<\/p>\n
Through this website, I was granted an interview with Mr. Don Beck. For this, I am very thankful. His personal insight not only gave me cold facts, but also a look into the inner workings of what most would refer to as a taboo of the highest order. Most interesting, however, was that through this interview, I felt myself understanding the workings of not only Jim Jones, but of all cult leaders: their similarities, their differences, their mannerisms.<\/p>\n
Along with this relatively short submission to this journal, I have included the writing portion of my history project. Without the information from this site and the interview, I would not have been able to mold, sculpt, and eventually present it nearly<\/em> as well as I had. I was finally able, nay, privileged enough to know beyond what the public sees: a drizzle of truth, upon layer after layer of myth.<\/p>\n Cults and their Leaders: An Exposition<\/a> Studying cults, as well as their leaders, over a period of two months, I dove headfirst into the oftentimes dangerous, extremely controversial, yet completely engrossing information about them. What drew me to such a topic? A lust for the unknown? A thirst for truth? Honestly, with graduation from my middle school coming in a very […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":30911,"menu_order":17,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-30809","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30809"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":128132,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30809\/revisions\/128132"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nAn Interview with Don Beck<\/a>
\nA Listing of Cults (2024 Edition)<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"