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Grief Group Facilitator and Nurse Invites Readers to Write the Final Chapter of Their Life with a No Regret Exit Plan in New Book
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Beverly Wilkins, R.N. shows readers that death is not something to fear in
‘Hi, God. I’m Home. Wow!’
“Hi, God. I’m Home. Wow!: Let’s Talk About My Final Wishes!”
By Beverly Wilkins, R.N.
“Throughout my book, I share the stories that I have seen and heard. I address all senses around death and hope that people will hear some vocabulary to start the conversation with their families and, more importantly, themselves.”
Recruited: Middle class progressives, civil rights activists
Peak following: 5,000+
Death toll: 918
Creepy fact: Some of Jones’ followers, including children, were forced to confess to made-up crimes and were beaten.
Reverend Jim Jones started his own congregation known as the Peoples Temple of the Disciples of Christ. He proclaimed to have a vision of a nuclear attack and when it would occur, causing him to move his church from Indianapolis to San Francisco. There, Jones’ ideologies of social activism were welcomed. His church became popular, attracting people of all kinds, evening gaining the support of politicians like George Moscone, Harvey Milk and Jerry Brown.
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New HBO docuseries Heaven s Gate: The Cult of Cults explores the UFO-obsessed cult that committed mass suicide by drinking a lethally spiked apple sauce, in hopes to enter what they called the Next Level
39 people died and it was the largest mass suicide event in US history; cult was led by husband and wife leaders who went by Ti and Do - he was a former music professor and she was a nurse
The cult started in the 1970s and required people to take a vow of celibacy and leave behind their earthly possessions, personalities and bodies so they could become technically advanced beings in the Next Level