Take Me for a Ride: Coming of Age in a Destructive Cult
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Chapters (32)
- Take Me For A Ride * * *
- TAKE ME FOR A RIDE
- Coming Of Age In A Destructive Cult
- Mark E. Laxer
- To Patsy Sims—inspired teacher, intriguing storyteller, intrepid journalist.
- Author's Note
- 1. Bicycle Ride—Walden
- 2. Zapped!
- 3. The Joining
- 4. The Community
- 5. Bicycle Ride—Lenox
- 6. The Garden
- 7. Money Mantra
- 8. Fast Leader
- 9. Off The Map
- 10. Bicycle Ride—Utica
- 11. Displaced
- 12. Thwarted Escape
- 13. Breakdown
- 14. Bicycle Ride—St. Ignes
- 15. The Enchanted Taco
- 16. Ride To Heaven
- 17. On High
- 18. Where's My Tribe?
- 19. I'm Okay
- 20. The Last Supper
- 21. Bicycle Ride—The Continental Divide
- Epilogue
- Appendix A: Excerpts from WOOF!
- Appendix B: Excerpts from Rama's Tape "Welcome To Lakshmi" (1982)
- Appendix C: Excerpts from Rama's Tape "Sophisticated Sexuality" (1983)
- Appendix D: Excerpts from Rama's Advertisements and Brochures
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