cult.

However, the MLM people brainwash you, as if you were in a cult.

By Cleopatra's time a cult around the goddess Isis had been spreading across the Mediterranean for hundreds of years.

the government began building a personality cult around him patterned after that of his father, the "Great Leader" .

The public earnestly puzzled over his theories, elevated him into a cult of genius, and canonized him as a secular saint.

For years, experts have predicted a shake-out with the fervour and inaccuracy of cult members heralding the next messiah.

THE HOSTESS: It strikes me that the route of a cult film is often its complete unpredictability.

The celebration of this cycle of death and renewal was one of the major festivals of the metroac cult.

So far at least , Apple's cult-like fan base seems willing to give the company the benefit of the doubt .

Advertisers are not so in thrall to the cult of youth that they are prepared to overlook such a shift.

Over the course of the show, Ms Abramovic became something of a cult figure.

For a quarter century after his death, she maintained his studio, more like a cult than like an architectural firm.

So far, Sarkozy's actions in court have had the apparently unintended consequence of turning the voodoo doll into something of a cult item.

Beyond the necessity of centralizing leadership, there is no question of any cult of personality.

David and Victor immediately went to the place she said, the results of a group of fanatical been kidnapped by the cult followers.

His image in North Korea was one of a hero in the typical manner of the dictator's cult of personality.

In terms of the written content, Cult-ure a tour de force skim of ideas, if such a thing is possible.

It strikes me as a cult-ish (in a good, "Apple" kind of way) community that you've got to be in to understand.

In its fervor and obsession, this attitude is similar to that of a perverse religious cult .

The book Tengo rewrites turns out to be a real account of the goings-on inside a religious cult.

I remember Cult turning his head a quarter hearing my cry for help but in the stress we all were in no one had the time to stop.

Ms Marris traces the emergence of a "wilderness cult" that she believes affects efforts to restore habitats to a previous form.

Prior to her affiliation with Jesus, the Magdalene may well have been associated with such a cult.

It is the group's obsession with Lee, not some doctrinal tenent, that causes most lay observers to label it a cult.

Major ceremonies: Once a year, at a date that is secretly decided by high priests and death lords, the cult gathers for a day of the dead.

There were some rough patches in there-- like when Richard had a mid-life crisis, left his wife, Betty, and joined a cult.

Cult of Mac heard reports of wonky colors popping up in a few frames of video.

150 years from now, he might be a politician, the leader of a cult, or a talk show host.

In this situation, he possibly was entangled in the snare of a secret Satanic cult and went through the ritual of dedication.

The authors who become collectable are those who wrote books that did not sell at the time, but who acquired a cult of devotees.

I'm afraid that continuing to try to tell an attractive story will lead this community to become a cult of irrelevant technical competence.

Along the way, the fiery Mr. Ma built a strong cult of personality inside the company.

The fact that almost all plague spewers have been encountered along the Dragon Coast has fueled rumors of a "plague cult. "

The supply-side cult has shrunk to the point that it contains only cranks , charlatans, and Republicans.

Call it a milestone, if you will: The cult of gold replacing the cult of equities?

The Roman Cult which controls the Catholic Church maintains that the first person to use the concept of The Holy See was Saint Peter.

After nine months, her parents removed her from the cult and snapped her out of her zombie-like trance.

his very brief career , violent death and highly publicized funeral transformed him into a cult object of apparently timeless fascination.

His music has become something of a cult.

Steampunk ideas have also increasingly been retroactively applied to existing cult classics. Perhaps the most notable of these is Star Wars.

In 1963, the Los Angeles Times called it a "pseudo-scientific cult. "

The intelligentsia had nurtured the cult of the persecuted and consecrated its own heroic struggle (a censor's ban was a badge of honour).

The distinguishing feature of the cult is a spirit of extravagance and the attempt to do something extraordinary.

But for the Victorians this sort of cult of mourning developed.

We must severely deal with all crimes in accordance with the law and watch out for and punish criminal activities of cult organizations.

That's why mystery novels and films have been popular for decades, and why shows like "The X-Files" and "Lost" are cult hits.

To indulge such a cult is tantamount to reaction to science, blasphemy against civilization and trampling on human rights.

And Bradley, who was a virtual unknown before the show started, admitted he was shocked by his new cult status.

Combining aesthetical and sociological approaches, the paper offers a more integrated configuration of the system of local cult.

This cult of fun is driven by three of the most popular management fades of the moment: empowerment, engagement and creativity.

An elaborate cult of personality created around the ruling Kim family permeates both the cultural and political lives of the nation.

Start to look into the animation style of thinking into the cult of the individual stage, and imagine themselves as the protagonist.

An extraordinary personality cult had been created around the leader.

Or was he, perhaps more crucially in this context, what I would call a fanatically religious cult leader with a messiah complex?

A life devoted to the cult of this shadow is what is called a life of sin.

This guitar is called 'London: Birth Of A Cult'. Customised by Heidi Silmane it is covered in Swarovski crystals.

By the time she was wrote that 1961 essay, "The King of the Birds, " O'Connor was a cult literary celebrity.

She was best known for her 1985 role in the cult film Barbarian Queen.

Once out of print, the few copies in existence circulated for years, read and reread as an underground cult classic.

There arose religions with a cult of non-existence and self-destruction for the sake of the everlasting peace of annihilation.

His call for an end to hagiography and the revived personality cult drove Maoists into a rage.

Student: Is it possible that given the cult of the Roman emperor he might be referring to the Roman emperor here?

In those days, China turned into a totalitarian madhouse focused on the personality cult of leader Mao Zedong.

Just imagine if Li had called his language education a "pyramid scheme" or "cult meeting" - what would have become of it?

These mind-warped servants could then be exploited by Vosa's Force abilities, and used in attacks against the enemies of the cult.

Fogg two encountered many difficulties, like the cult in the field to save people, to start shooting on the train and so on . . .

He's an intellectually minded product designer with square-framed glasses, a thick Irish accent, and a cult following of passionate techies.

Reveling in her newfound power, Vosa took command of the cult, leading it from a decrepit citadel on Kohlma, a burial moon orbiting Bogden.

This is just a thank-you gift for helping me get Daniel out of the cult.

nowadays , the book notes , mr ch vez sports designer clothes and cartier watches ? and a growing personality cult.

The strange rooms are gyms, and I've been an on-again, off-again member of the cult over the years.

Like the antique treasures excavated from the emperor's tomb in my hometown, Mao's personality cult crumbled when meeting the fresh air.

They argued that using turtle s in religious and traditional village ceremonies had been part of Balinese cult ure for centuries.

And though he has maintained low profile, his watches have made him famous and a cult figure among watch aficionados.

The cult of "Grandpa" Wen has been helped along by the kind of media-manipulation skills honed in Mao's day.

Pop Art subject matter reflected the growing power of commercialism and cult of celebrity in the United States.

Here, time stopped 60 years ago, with a cult of personality, a huge army and a huge bureaucracy - things the modern world cannot accept.

This catastrophe is the work of the ultra bomber, John replied. The Ultra bomber is a devotee of an anti-government cult.

Basic etiquette training, also know how to deal with, anti-cult emergencies, zhuji and shaoxing the general situation of laminated ". "

It was not until then that he learned his friends were cult members, and their apartment was a "church. "

Judging by its popularity, this step away from the cult of beauty will not be the last.

One who prepares candidates for initiation into a mystery cult .

religious cult, culture, agriculture, aviculture, floriculture; treasure island, value, cherished, precious, brutal.

It is not hard to see why Lee has become a cult figure for China's high-tech youth.

Haruki Murakami, whose surreal stories feature talking cats, giant frogs and fish that fall from the sky, has been labeled a cult author.

Children with schizophrenia are often treated with second generation cult y " second-generation" antipsychotic drugs.

But none of this affected the existing cult of Mithras , which remained a non-official cult.

In the far north-east, rebels of a murderous Ugandan messianic cult, the Lord's Resistance Army, still occasionally commit massacres.

in china , the cult of maitreya seems to have developed earlier than that of amitabha , as early as the 3rd century ad.

The language style has attracted a cult following, with a Facebook group, Flickr pages and even a book dedicated to the subject.

There exist a few small sects within the Cult, primarily of extremists or those who feel the usefulness of some organization.

I can think of a few ways they could change their status from cult fave to front page very quickly. . .

In 2036 Soma Cruz is trying to prevent the evil cult of Sorrow resurrect their dark ruler and lord.

But the cult of efficiency was no substitute for democracy and justice.

The novel is a clever blend of futuristic biogenetic fantasy with a contemporary tale of immorality, inhumanity and the cult of youth.

The president's cult of personality has grown since the protests started.

shingontachikawa, the ancient cult - the dark belief, I hold you high.

For non-believers in the cult-like obsession with Mr Jobs, however, the weakness must be a buying opportunity.

Such fantastic and exclusive claims about a leader fit the classic profile of a personality-driven cult.

Once, when me and Cult made a top to bottom whole car, a guy spotted us as he passed us by on his bicycle.

Through their impassioned dialogue they uncover the cosmology behind the much misunderstood cultural phenomenon: the Pacific "cargo-cult" .

With a retro running shoe renaissance on our hands, we've seen our fair share of re-developed and re-inspired designs of cult classics.

Perhaps at the winter solstice those ancient people conducted ceremonies linked to a cult of the dead.

An adventure story that turned into a remarkably weird and complex puzzle, Lost proved that a cult show can still be mass entertainment.

The most famous type of solar cult is the Sun Dance of the Plains Indians of North America.

That was the lesson hammered into the heads of investors in the 1990s when the "cult of the equity" was at its peak.

He wants to avoid creating another "cult of personality" the euphemism for glorification of an all powerful leader.

But when we base our happiness on achievement, we've joined the cult of productivity. Being productive is no longer a means to an end .

It has taken on a cult status among adults who collect the toys, which vary from rings to animals and cartoon characters.

Its ruling clerics, whom Netanyahu described as a "messianic apocalyptic cult, " believe time, history, and Allah are on their side.

The Coen Brothers, in general, would it be fair to say that all their films are cult films?

Agents of the nefarious Twilight's Hammer cult surfaced throughout Horde and Alliance cities, spreading word of the impending apocalypse.

Only like this, can we govern and solve the evil cult problems gradually.

In the episode, "Escape Velocity" what is the name of the militant group that attacks Baltar's religious cult?

Mr Sarkozy, who set up the Stiglitz-led commission last year, said the world had become trapped in a "cult of figures" .

But the cult of youth is flourishing far beyond the walls of the White House.

In "Clean, " Maggie Cheung plays Emily, the wife of a cult rock star who dies of a heroin overdose shortly after the film begins.

There's a cult-like fascination with Apple product rumors, and that fascination turns into an obsession when it comes to iPhones.

Mao Zedong's remarks of Chengdu Central Working Conference in 1958 was not the origin of the personality cult within CPC.

This paper deals with the research thinking and means of Reader phenomenon at the view of mass media theories and the cult.

Blessed with an incredible, soulful voice she achieved cult status as a singer.

Yet aren't we all part of a similar cult in our own lives, or sometimes tempted to be?

LDS church goers are not members of some sort of cult.

Steve Jobs was a private person, but his insistence on privacy only fueled the cult of personality that surrounded him.

China plans a theme park to celebrate Hello Kitty, the cutesy cat with no mouth but a cult-like following.

Religion in ancient Rome combined several different cult practices and embraced more than a single set of beliefs.

A pastor with close ties to Mr Perry denounced the religion as a cult recently, to only half-hearted criticism from the other candidates.

Hence you've got a lot of kind of directors who've gone on to sustain healthy careers in Hollywood, beginning with cult pictures.

Richard Pullen, visiting Washington from the West Coast state of Oregon, said, "To me, it is a cult. "

In Rio, where people are expected to wear as few clothes as possible toCarnaval or at the beach, there is a genuine cult of the body.

He was a cult hero in Seville, where they had worked enormously hard to nurture a particularly rough diamond.

The surge in the cult of Mary in the High Middle Ages owes some of its initial impetus to Bernard of Clairvaux.

the visual images, symbols, or modes of representation collectively associated with a person, cult, or movement.

The cult reached its peak during the days of the Roman Empire and disappeared with the advent of Christianity.

The modern cult of the heroic chief executive is at the root of the problem.

By contrast, the Western 'cult of thinness' may be keeping urban women more resilient to the increasing trend for obesity.

The prospect of winning a major trophy at a club where he has become a cult hero among the fans is something that excites Kyrgiakos.

JASON WOOD: By definition I'd say a cult film is something which isn't necessarily made for a mainstream audience.

Police in the two provinces have urged people to call the 110 hotline if they witness criminal or cult activities.

Years ago, Nokia and Motorola dominated the local cell phone market, but analysts say they never had the cult status of the iPhone.

Eventually that mutated into a rabid Yamato-race cult.

The cult of the hero , as developed by Carlyle and Nietzsche , is typical of this philosophy.

But barbecue 's interesting , because it's one of these cult foods like chili , or bouillabaisse .

Personality cult and movement of creating God could improve public feeling from a short term, but it would be baleful a long time.

The cult of the physical suffering of Jesus became especially strong during the renaissance.

It has a cult for and admiration of the body.

Opponents queried his unprecedented re-elections, attributing them to a cult of thuggishness in his party.

But, like many good ideas that take on the mantle of a cult, inflation fundamentalism can hurt.

Privileges based on position and property have always seemed to me unjust and pernicious, as does any exaggerated personality cult .

For a long time the Cult of Schultz worked brilliantly, and no one complained.

He represents the cult of the individual in a nation that has placed emphasis on the collective.

The cult of Apple is amazing, the culture that they've tied in with the brand and it's products cannot be compared.

The writer had never imagined that her novels attracted an enthusiastic young cult.

Ray Dalio has an uncanny ability to anticipate economic trends. Critics say that he runs a cult. Photograph by Platon.

Remember also that a test for every cult is simple - does it major on any other book beside the Bible?

Religion and Cult are extremely contradictory like water and fire, and religion is the natural enemy of Cult.

Pelvic fractures are common in polytrauma and continue to pose dif? cult management dilemmas for even the most experienced clinician.

I never saw such an extreme personality cult before.

We were arguing that the illegal cult organizations has to be banned.

But the cult of the authentic and the personal, "doing our own thing" , has spelt the death of formal speech, writing, poetry and music.

Critics maintain that the organisation is a cult that brainwashes its members and sucks them dry financially.

After their own experience with Mao's cult of personality, they are pretty suspicious of politicians with a saintly air.

Mexico's Catholic bishops have denounced Santa Muerte as a satanic cult that promotes violence.

And many of the these same stories reveal the origins of the enormous popularity of his cult.

The cult of Ishtar or Astarte - the Mother Goddess and 'Queen of Heaven' - involved, or example, a seven-stage initiation [the seven veils].

In 1985 Disney made a sequel to Wizard of Oz named Return to Oz. It has since become a cult classic.

But our understanding of how life works since Darwin won't swim in the public pool of ideas until we kill the cult of Darwinism .

The Kop cult-hero's deal expires at the end of next season and he has been pushing for talks aimed at securing his Anfield future.

Jeff: I got beaten up, and my fiancee was forced to marry the cult leader.

the once charismatic cult leader has gone completely blind, wears diapers, and mumbles incomprehensibly in his prison cell.

The world has long been out of fashion a personality cult, but each person's heart has a heroic presence.

Sport is immediately suspect: its militaristic drills, the uniforms, the cult of the strong and the victorious.

A woman member of the orgiastic cult of Dionysus.

After consuming rabies-infested meat pies, an LSD-addicted hippie cult goes on a vicious murderous rampage!

The new cult of the uniform began with the call to "support our troops" during the Iraq war.

Mr Jones Watches is the new cult watch brand from London, we create watches that are both provocative and seductive .

Or was he just another religious cult leader with a major messiah complex?

What are the practical results of this modern cult of beauty?

He says there is no basis for a mother-and-child cult in the religion of Israel.

You are King Argos , leader of the courageous Spartan warriors waging war to destroy an evil cult that taints Greece with blood.

The Cult of Ecstasy breaks down barriers and self-imposed limitations to give people a rush of eye- opening experience .

The most damaging idea propagated by the Reagan myth is the cult of the idiot-savant (the wise fool).

We cannot allow what is essentially a death cult to get away with murder in the name of religion.

Now, followers of the 'Cult of Mac' are contemplating a world without their charismatic leader.

Johnson is the cult hero of PC puzzle gaming, and his feverish fans need him at his keyboard.

Different definitions of the terms "cult" and "sect" are used by researchers, writers, and speakers in various fields of study.

a priest or priestess (or consecrated worshipper) in a non-Christian religion or cult.

An Elvis-like doll with a gyrating pelvis has become a cult sensation in Germany.

This book, it is undoubtedly a father can give a daughter of the best cult.

Changing the way a person sees life or a particular instance is one of the Cult's best approaches to magic.

Double-guide wire technique for dif? cult bile duct cannulation: why not insert a prophylactic pancreatic stent?

However, despite Mussolini's efforts to promote his cult of violent action, Italy's cultural traditions endured.

DIANA ATHILL was well past normal retirement age when she wrote a series of memoirs that made her a cult figure.

He discusses the relations of the first humans to nature in connection with the origin of the religious cult.

In the waning days of the Republic, the Bando Gora cult terrified many through horrific acts of violence.

a Brazilian religious cult of African origin; combines voodoo elements with singing a chanting and dancing.

everyday movements turn into cult-centered stories, and people passing each other on the street become figures in a staged ritual.

Well of course we run the risk of being accused of being a cult once again by good old Vinnie and his gang.

Most of the world's wrongs, including fascism, communism and anti- Semitism , he traced to the Enlightenment and the cult of reason.

Eccentricity is frowned on at Cambridge; at Oxford it is a cult. Poetry is encouraged at Oxford; philosophy finds its home in Cambridge .

That level of content, especially when talking about a cult show like Friends, will drive significant traffic to the website.

The cult, once known as the Morning Star church, was founded by Jung Myung Seok, 61, in South Korea around 1980.

After the smashing of the Gang of Four, the personality cult continued for a period of time.

Commemorative activities in honour of some other leaders also sometimes smacked of the cult of personality.

Mr Jobs was disarmingly charismatic, employing what has been dubbed a "reality distortion field" to inspire cult-like loyalty.

I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult.

it seems that the people of the indus valley , who inherited this symbol , believed in sun worship and spread this cult to elam.

In 1250, St Francis and Innocent IV, threw a Papal Ring into the sea during a formal Roman cult ceremony.

However, the separation is eternal, a man love and pain, and quick mind as a cult.

For China is rapidly developing a US-style cult of the automobile that could have some profound implications for Chinese society.

Women are more interested in the cult of celebrity than their own health, a charity claims.

No analogy is perfect but that view of North Korea as Confucian cult , not communist state, might shed some light on its behaviour .

A secret rite of such a cult.

The FSK took four million American dollars from Aum Sinrike's bank accounts and gave it to the most powerful anti-cult group in Russia .

This paper, starting with primitive stock-rasing, hunting, exorcising and cult, reveals its cultural connotations.

That the digital Jacobins of WikiLeaks have a cult following should not save them from condemnation or prosecution.

She only knew that the stone discs were unimportant "cult objects" .

His lyrics and lifestyle have attracted a cult following and led to him being banned from performing in some US states.

Former followers and others say the cult also engages in brainwashing and secrecy, while Jung rampantly sexually abuses female members.

She argues that the cult of positive thinking makes capitalism even more heartless.

As the personality cult widened, production peaked.

Cannibal Corpse is extremely heavy and has built up a cult following.

Despite the personality cult he was building, his predictions were almost always wrong.

Star Wars rapidly developed a cult following after first appearing on cinema screens in May 1977, and spawned a huge merchandising industry.

It has built a cult-like following by playing on people's frustrations.

The sleuth cult foreshadows the arrival of the public state?

The Almighty God cult started in 1990 in Henan province. The organization requires members to surrender their property to the group.

However, the official cult is rarely the sole religion in an area.

Perhaps Mr Obama inwardly cringes at the personality cult that surrounds him. But he has hardly discouraged it.

We are not setting up a new cult, a new society, a new ashram, a new kind of concentration camp.

Time, money, distance, cult religions: all noted friendship killers.

Toyota, Japan's biggest carmaker, exemplifies the cult of the engineer.

Putin has this level of cult of personality and political power that he exercises just through his personality that's unlike anything else.

Still later the historian Kay mentions Hindu records from the 4th and 5th Centuries C. E. of a new Sun God cult coming in from the West.

In two recent articles, I wrote about United's cult heroes from the Premier League era and the 114 years before that.

Later that same year, Sophia was cast in the big screen version of English cult hit the Thunderbirds.

The cult of beauty must therefore be symptomatic of changes that have taken place outside the economic sphere .

Since that time, the blood cult has arisen anew on several occasions, each time being put down by the Nikto, the Jedi, the Hutts or others.

Related: "Ancient Cult Chapels, Egyptian Noblewoman's Tomb Found. "

Without The Patriots and the cult of Big Boss dictating the events in the world, there is no need for men like David to become Snake.

Steve Wilson, a former big-league pitcher from Canada who now lives in Taiwan, has seen the cult of Wang up close.

Perhaps Mr Obama inwardly cringes at the personality cult that surrounds him.

But when he became Pharaoh Thutmose IV, he helped introduce a Sphinx-worshiping cult to the New Kingdom (1550-1070 B. C. ).

The cult following is attributed to the ultra smooth ride found across their entire shoe line.

Evil cult is a human society's big environmental damage. Its growth has the profound historical and social reason.

The modern cult of beauty is not exclusively a function of wealth.

Rather, the personality cult proceeds from powerful myths about race and history.

This was surprisingly common in the allegedly right-wing cult movies of the '80s.

The hammer and fire are important symbols in the teaching of the Promethean cult.

Not even Wenger can command the absolute trust of followers who were so devoted that they once resembled cult members.

The province`s anti-cult office urged people to resist the cult, which it said has seriously disturbed people`s normal religious beliefs.