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Great & Mighty Things: Randolph Crowley’s General and Common Refutation of the LogoCorp Cult
Great & Mighty Things is a harrowing memoir and inspiring story that lifts the veil on the disturbing beliefs and practices of LogoCorp, the infamous “spiritual growth” cult founded in Santa Monica, California, in 1965.
An up-close and personal account of one man’s indoctrination into the LogoCorp cult in the 1990s and his subsequent descent into severe mental illness, Great & Mighty Things goes where no other book on New Religious Movements (NRM) has dared to go before, doing more than simply regurgitating overly dramatic, unsubstantiated myths surrounding ritual abuse, brainwashing, and emotional trauma.
Great & Mighty Things takes the reader inside the LogoCorp cult, allowing her to “shadow” Randolph Crowley’s first-person journey through the entire internal process of his childhood upbringing, cult indoctrination, belief testing, self-doubt, depression, rebellion, escape, and personal reinvention. Because Crowley’s rich, bizarre prose reflects his own internal and external struggles with the cult itself, the reader must evaluate the evidence just as Crowley himself did, without the guidance of an “outside expert” to help separate what is “real” and “true” from what is “delusion” and “lies.” As a result, the reader must confront her own confusion and self-doubt as she struggles to understand the meaning and purpose of the text itself.
Great & Mighty Things is written first and foremost for a highly intelligent, open-minded audience of readers who want to understand the dynamics of cult behavior without resorting to broad categories like “evil,” “Satanic,” or “abusive.” While all three of those labels may indeed apply to Crowley’s account of LogoCorp, the author nonetheless leaves it up to the reader to decide for herself whether anything he describes is, in fact, evil.
An up-close and personal account of one man’s indoctrination into the LogoCorp cult in the 1990s and his subsequent descent into severe mental illness, Great & Mighty Things goes where no other book on New Religious Movements (NRM) has dared to go before, doing more than simply regurgitating overly dramatic, unsubstantiated myths surrounding ritual abuse, brainwashing, and emotional trauma.
Great & Mighty Things takes the reader inside the LogoCorp cult, allowing her to “shadow” Randolph Crowley’s first-person journey through the entire internal process of his childhood upbringing, cult indoctrination, belief testing, self-doubt, depression, rebellion, escape, and personal reinvention. Because Crowley’s rich, bizarre prose reflects his own internal and external struggles with the cult itself, the reader must evaluate the evidence just as Crowley himself did, without the guidance of an “outside expert” to help separate what is “real” and “true” from what is “delusion” and “lies.” As a result, the reader must confront her own confusion and self-doubt as she struggles to understand the meaning and purpose of the text itself.
Great & Mighty Things is written first and foremost for a highly intelligent, open-minded audience of readers who want to understand the dynamics of cult behavior without resorting to broad categories like “evil,” “Satanic,” or “abusive.” While all three of those labels may indeed apply to Crowley’s account of LogoCorp, the author nonetheless leaves it up to the reader to decide for herself whether anything he describes is, in fact, evil.
189 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 5, 2015
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Emericus Durden
17 books8 followersFor the past decade, Emericus Durden has been busy creating original, disruptive works of art - both literary art and visual art (still photography). Only recently has he begun presenting his works to the public.
In everything he creates, Mr. Durden strives to create works that are intellectually challenging, perhaps even disturbing, though always exciting, suspenseful, and entertaining. In his writings, Mr. Durden has focused on a wide variety of topics, ranging from the sublime - philosophy and spirituality (e.g., "Aiming Higher Than Civilization" and "Beyond Words & Machines") to the much more hellish - murder and brainwashing (e.g., "Two Heads Equal Two Hands" and "Great & Mighty Things").
In everything he creates, Mr. Durden strives to create works that are intellectually challenging, perhaps even disturbing, though always exciting, suspenseful, and entertaining. In his writings, Mr. Durden has focused on a wide variety of topics, ranging from the sublime - philosophy and spirituality (e.g., "Aiming Higher Than Civilization" and "Beyond Words & Machines") to the much more hellish - murder and brainwashing (e.g., "Two Heads Equal Two Hands" and "Great & Mighty Things").
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