TAKE ME FOR A RIDE
  Coming Of Age In A Destructive Cult
  by Mark E. Laxer
  Copyright 1993 by Mark E. Laxer
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Take Me For A Ride
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     One flew east,     One flew west,     One flew over the cuckoo's nest.                   —Childhood nursery rhyme                     quoted in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest                     by Ken Kesey

     Fly me over the cuckoo's nest,     To your *golden* side,     I don't care if you're the cuckoo—     Take me for a ride...                   —Agni



TAKE ME FOR A RIDE
Coming Of Age In A Destructive Cult

by
Mark E. Laxer
1993 Outer Rim Press Copyright 1993 by Mark E. Laxer

No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without writtenpermission from the publisher, unless the intent is to benefithumankind.
Reviews:
“While his portrait of a charismatic leader’s slide into madness is gripping,perhaps more important here is Laxer’s disclosure of some of the motivesimpelling young people to immerse themselves in cults the work is wellwritten.”
--Library Journal
“This is a very important work It is today’s Darkness at Noon.”
--Herb Rosedale, President, American Family Foundation
“One of the most important books written for a very vulnerable population.”
--Roberta Davis, WRCT-FM, Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh
“Mark Laxer does a great service in his deeply personal portrayal of lifewithin a cult. His struggle to attain independence is a poignant quest of aseeking spirit.”
--Jacob Longacre, Lutheran Minister
“All students of human nature will delight in Mark Laxer’s insightful story ofhis personal journey into a new kind of American cult that interweavespseudo-spiritual goals with money making, computer, hi-technology ambitions. Heshows us the subtle techniques used to seduce bright college students andgraduates into this cult and the powerful forces that bind members to theircharismatic leader. My students have enjoyed the narrative and learned muchfrom this analysis of the psychology of cult indoctrination in Take Me For ARide.”
--Dr. Philip Zimbardo, Stanford University, Initiator of the Stanford PrisonExperiment
Update:
After weathering a $30 million lawsuit meant to silence his “Take Me For ARide: Coming of Age in a Destructive Cult” (1993), Mark Laxer went on to write “The Monkey Bible” (2010) with companion rock opera “The Line” by Eric Maringand  “Rama Trauma Trump: I Left the Cult and Now Look What Happened” (2020) - anonfiction graphic novel illustrated by Marcie Vallette. Contact author forfree digital copies of aforementioned books and rock opera.
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