Heaven's Gate: America's Ufo Religion

In March 1997, thirty-nine people in Rancho Santa Fe, California, ritually terminated their lives. To outsiders, it was a mass suicide. To insiders, it was a graduation. The author explores the question of why the members of Heaven's Gate committed ritual suicides, and examines the origin and evolution of the religion, its appeal, and practices.

• • Author: Benjamin E. Zeller
• • Publisher: Nyu Press
• • Publication Date: Oct 31, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 304 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1479881066
• • ISBN-13: 9781479881062