Snapping: Welcome To The Eighties

Snapping: Welcome to the EightiesFive years ago, when we teamed up to explore the cult scene, we were like most Americans—we could hardly tell one cult from another. We had been approached on street corners by polite young Moonie flower vendors and solicited in airports by Krishna booksellers, but by and large, we viewed their comings and goings with little more than mild curiosity. As the phenomenon grew, our own journalistic and scholarly impulses were aroused; and from the most neutral starti...