The Music of Cults, Part 2 (Episode 80)

Today’s episode is a continuing examination of the strange
bedfellows of cults and music. Last time, we discussed some of the
more academic reasons why leaders and their minions utilize music
to recruit, indoctrinate, isolate, and elevate their group, so
today we are going to dive right into the fringiest of the fringe
groups. The absurd ashrams. The Kookiest communes. The flakiest
faiths. The goofiest gurus. The screwiest sects. And the zaniest
zealots. So go ahead and plaster your best “Up with People” smile
on that face, schedule tomorrow’s deprogramming session, and hunker
in your bunker as we prepare to astrally project the second
installment of the fascinating world of cult music. One of the
main resources we used for this episode was WFMU's Music of Mind
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