The Keepers of Heaven's Gate : The Millennial Madness, the Religion Behind the Rancho Santa Fe Suicides [Paperback]

William Henry (Author), Cary Anderson (Photographer)

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The Keepers Of Heaven's Gate: The Millennial Madness explores the religious and philosophical ideas behind a number of "doomsday groups" in an attempt to elucidate the mystical and prophetic happenings which are fueling the furor of many new millennial cultists. The end of the last millennium brought suicides and a rash of prophetic ideas surrounding "the end of the world". Today history is again repeating this pattern. The Keepers Of Heaven's Gate presents the time line of escalating events that led to the suicides in Rancho Santa Fe, California. beginning in November 1996 with the first radio talk show and news reports about a space ship hiding behind the comet Hale-Bopp. Author William henry presents the facts behind this new millennial "end of the world" thinking. Through painstaking research conducted throughout the 1990s, The Keepers Of Heaven's Gate presents a thorough understanding of the belief structures of these new millennial groups. -- Midwest Book Review

Product Details

• Paperback: 152 pages
• Publisher: Earthpulse Press (July 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1890693006
• ISBN-13: 978-1890693008
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,587,110 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Rambling Nonsense, May 12, 2007

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S. Evans "entomophile" (Andalusia, AL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Keepers of Heaven's Gate : The Millennial Madness, the Religion Behind the Rancho Santa Fe Suicides (Paperback)

This book was a complete disappointment. I was expecting a coherent explanation of the theological progression of the Heaven's Gate Cult. I was hoping especially for a discussion about the cycle of disillusionment and revitalization that occurred in the cult's history. What I got was a rambling series of non sequiturs trying to relate the cult to every mythological tidbit on the planet. I found myself skipping pages while the author would go off on some strange tangent. You know how some people cannot tell a story because they keep getting distracted. This was it. It's like the author had swallowed Joseph Campbell's collected works put them in a blender and poured it out. If a book ever needed an editor. This was it. Most of the time I donate books to libraries or thrift stores when I am finished with them. I am chucking this one into the recycle bin. Don't waste your money.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I second that opinion, May 31, 2009

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M. WALKENHORST - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Keepers of Heaven's Gate : The Millennial Madness, the Religion Behind the Rancho Santa Fe Suicides (Paperback)

An incredible waste of $2 at the local book disposals (100's of copies available!). I cannot add anything to the first review of this book, except to say what has been read cannot be unread.