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...number of obscure cults and the increasingly fevered pitch of their rantings. And it is not just that time of the century; it is that time of year too, with Holy Week, the vernal equinox and a partial lunar eclipse converging, all heated up by the extraordinary Hale-Bopp comet lighting the night skies. For those who go in for cosmological conjunctions, it was a perfect week for an apocalypse. For those who seek more human motives, there was the intriguing report on abc's Nightline that Applewhite had intimated to a friend that he was dying of cancer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE MARKER WE'VE BEEN...WAITING FOR | 4/7/1997 | See Source »

Other acquaintances were aware of some of the group's odder beliefs. A man who worked with Higher Source for more than six years on several computer projects discussed the imminent coming of the Hale-Bopp comet with them. "They didn't know, but they felt it could be something other than a comet--that maybe it was a spaceship coming to collect them," the acquaintance says. He says he even joked with them about Jonestown once, but got little reaction. This man last heard from the group just a few weeks ago; they wanted help setting up some...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE MARKER WE'VE BEEN...WAITING FOR | 4/7/1997 | See Source »

...going on the spaceship with Hale-Bopp to be with those who have gone before...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEWSPEAK | 4/2/1997 | See Source »

...metamorphosis or separation from the human kingdom is the 'disconnect' or separation from the human physical container or body," they wrote. "We will rendezvous in the 'clouds' (a giant mothership) for our briefing and journey to the Kingdom of the Literal Heavens." Members believed that the Hale-Bopp comet, which visited Earth last week for the first time in 2,400 years, was a "marker" that the mothership had come to free them from the "Human Evolutionary Level." This was the time...

Author: By Geoffrey C. Upton, | Title: Heaven Help Us | 4/1/1997 | See Source »

...Nichelle Nichols, whose brother Thomas ended his life at Rancho Santa Fe at the age of 59, made the case for respect and tolerance eloquently: "My brother was highly intelligent and a beautifully gentle man," she told CNN. "He made his choices and we respect those choices." With Hale-Bopp streaking through the sky, bound for realms nearly unfathomable to the human mind, let us hope society respects the spiritual choices we make for ourselves as well...

Author: By Geoffrey C. Upton, | Title: Heaven Help Us | 4/1/1997 | See Source »

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