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Jim Jones
Jim Jones
American cult leader
Katherine Augusta Westcott Tingley.
Katherine Augusta Westcott Tingley
American theosophist
Li Hongzhi
Chinese-born religious leader
Helena Blavatsky
Helena Blavatsky
Russian spiritualist
Asahara Shoko
Japanese religious leader
Sun Myung Moon
Korean religious leader
Bhaktivedanta, A.C.
A. C. Bhaktivedanta
Indian religious leader and author
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Indian religious leader
Olcott, Henry Steel
Henry Steel Olcott
American theosophist
Bhaktipada
American religious leader
Father of Scientology
L. Ron Hubbard
American writer