HBO's latest true crime docuseries Breath of Fire is another saga of a spiritual community accused of cult-like behaviors. Based on Haley Phelan's Vanity Fair article "The Second Coming of Guru Jagat, ...

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Each year, as the full moon of Ashadha rises in the sky, it illuminates more than the land below. It awakens memory, reverence, and a tradition that has guided generations. This is Guru Purnima, a day ...

QAnon — the baseless conspiracy theory that claims that a cabal of Satan-worshipping, blood-drinking elites control politics and media — is closely identified in political circles with some supporters ...

Leonie Helm is a Newsweek Life Reporter and is based in London, UK. Her focus is reporting on all things life, from abolishing the monarchy to travel to aesthetic medicine. Leonie joined Newsweek in ...