Manasvin Mahajan
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The Cult Of The Heavens' Gate
In 1997, the abnormally bright Hale - Bopp comet flared up a spectacular scenery of light in the night sky. On one extreme, its appearance frightened the astronomers whereas on the other, it brought with itself the most unanticipated misery to the families, a mass suicide tied with an extraterrestrial cosmic belief. It was a cult called ‘The Heavens’ Gate’ that had a firm faith that the Earth would be recycled (rejuvenated, wiped clean, born again) before the year 2027 and the only probability for the survival of their consciousness was to willfully leave their human bodies or as they called it, ‘vehicles’ at an appointed time.
By Manasvin Mahajan4 years ago in Futurism
The Unsparing Psycho Surgery
The Trans Orbital Lobotomy Dr. Walter Freeman, the father of the procedure that involved hammering an ice pick — like instrument into a patient’s brain directly through their eye socket, believed that this 10 — minute process will all but end the need for mental institutions. He had the best of intentions but wound up creating an entirely new kind of Horror Story.
By Manasvin Mahajan4 years ago in Psyche