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Cults, Sex, and Vegetarian Recipes

Holy Food: How Cults, Communes, and Religious Movements Influenced What We Eat ― An American History by Christina Ward

December 21, 2023 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

I loved this book, which is an odd thing to say because it took me weeks to finish it. It is dense. And the crazy stuff that people called “religion” required more than a few re-reads. On Rosicrucianism Paschal Beverly Randolph saw sex as a powerful energy that could be controlled and sublimated into magical works. As he explored sex magic and the power of the Will, he came to odds with Madame Blavatsky who, as others have testified, tried to kill him with her […]

Filed Under: Cooking/Food, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: American History, Christian fundamentalism, christina ward, church, colonization, Commune, cooking, cults, hippies, LDS Church, mormon history, Religion

carmelpie's CBR15 Review No:76 · Genres: Cooking/Food, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: American History, Christian fundamentalism, christina ward, church, colonization, Commune, cooking, cults, hippies, LDS Church, mormon history, Religion ·
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One of my top books of the year: a nuanced, thoughtful graphic novel portrayal of Joseph Smith’s life

Joseph Smith and the Mormons by Noah Van Sciver

December 2, 2022 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

One of my main special interest areas has always been high-control/niche religious groups. In the interest of review transparency, I do not believe in any of the LDS church’s claims and do not come from an LDS background at all, so this is not a review from a believing member. However, this book is not a hack job and I think you could read it as a member and not be too upset. Van Sciver was raised in the LDS Church and as he writes […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: graphic history, LDS Church, mormon history, Mormonism, Noah Van Sciver

GentleRain's CBR14 Review No:136 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: graphic history, LDS Church, mormon history, Mormonism, Noah Van Sciver ·
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The Kind of Stuff They Don’t Teach You About At Church

April 12, 2017 by Lipton 4 Comments

“A Mormon has a right to believe what he will. His thoughts may be as free as the unconfined air, and his conscience should by no means be restrained by legal enactments. But his acts are quite a different thing.” -Raleigh News and Observer, July 20, 1881

Filed Under: History, Religion Tagged With: 19th Century history, American History, history, mormon history, Mormonism, patrick q. mason, religious history, the mormon menace, U.S. history

Lipton's CBR9 Review No:11 · Genres: History, Religion · Tags: 19th Century history, American History, history, mormon history, Mormonism, patrick q. mason, religious history, the mormon menace, U.S. history ·
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