We're here. The finale and Aum Shinrikyo's Armageddon extravaganza. Aum has now fully transformed itself into a true paramilitary death cult with commando units, an  "Intelligence Ministry" multiple weapons factories for all the different types of weapons, conventional, chemical, biological, you name it. Most importantly, they have "The Wizard", a chemical weapons factory that, among other implements of death, produced two of the most horrifying and deadly chemical weapons known to man: Sarin and VX Nerve Agent. Shoko and the gang have their sights set on a series of insane plans to bring about the end of the world, all culminating in the infamous 1995 Tokyo Subway sarin gas attacks, which in turn will lead to the fall of Shoko Asahara and the rest of the Aum leadership. But not, amazingly, the fall of Aum Shinrikyo as a religion. 

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Look, we warned you it was going to get bad. Following their totally unpredictable complete loss in the parliamentary election and the murder of the Sakamoto family, Shoko Asahara and Aum Shinrikyo begin the full-on militarization process that would ultimately lead to the 1995 Tokyo sarin gas attacks. But we're not there yet. First they need to experiment with other chemical and biological weapons, like botulism and anthrax. We also learn about how Aum got huge in Russia all in an attempt to buy weapons of mass destruction following the collapse of the Soviet Union, how Aum started making LSD, learned how to wipe people's memories with electricity, and the absolute horror show that was the Aum hospital. And much, too much more. It's not good. None of this is good. 

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This week we're beginning the darkest story we've ever told here on The Nonsense Bazaar,, that of legendary Japanese death cult Aum Shinrikyo. But don't worry because it's as absurd as it is harrowing. And it is both to an extreme degree. Between 1987 and 1995, "blind" yoga instructor and quack medicine salesman Shoko Asahara did the hard work of turning a yoga school franchise into full-on sci-fi death cult that manufactured drugs, chemical and biological weapons, completely brainwashed and tortured their members resulting in many, many deaths, straight up murdered people, and culminated in the 1995 Tokyo Subway Sarin gas attack. In part one we take a look at how Shoko Asahara blended Buddhism, Tantra, and apocalyptic Christianity with sci-fi and anime and captured the hearts and minds of thousands of Japan's disaffected youth.

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We're back! Join us for a cosmic exploration of David K. Miller's Group of Forty, a meditation collective that promises a journey to the fifth dimension through…shimmering? Along with his wife Gudrun, Miller and his Group of Forty have pioneered techniques like "bio relativity" to heal Mother Earth and restore our personal feedback loop systems. From inconsistent accounts of channeling experiences to highly questionable Native American teachings, we’ll unravel this nonsense and determine whether there's any substance beneath the surface or if Miller's cosmic plan is merely a far-fetched fantasy.

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Doing that thing again where I ramble at you for way too long. Mostly about how much I hate UFOs. That's not true actually. I love UFOs and I love Uri Geller, but I hate UAPs. 

I wanted to do a remaster episode or two this week, but apparently my backup game is simply weak. So you're getting another Corkboard. Next week I might talk about UFOs while I drink whiskey If I can figure out what I even want to say other than like a muffled sob-scream. I can't wait to get back to regular episodes. 

This week we're unlocking another episode of our bonus series, The Corkboard Bizarre and taking a look at the super spooky totally real and definitely not made up text at the core of Theosophy, the Stanzas of Dzyan. Referenced throughout Helena Blavatsky's magnum opus The Secret Doctrine, the Stanzas of Dzyan is allegedly the real, actual, secrets of how the universe was formed and functions. As a literary device, it's pretty cool in theory. But is it actually the whole truth and nothing but the truth? You can be the judge of that. At the very least, Theosophy remains just about the weirdest thing we've ever encountered. 

This week we're unlocking an episode of our Patreon bonus series The Corkboard Bizarre on the insane, highly detailed, and mind-numbing "Awakening Your Light Body" course that was mentioned in our episode on "The Bodysnatchers" that may have been the catalyst for driving Jennie Gosbell over the edge. We get some personal affirmations from the spirit world, listen to some brainwashing music, and maybe even learn something.

Wanted to record something just in case you missed our posts on Friday. Family stuff means we need to take a hiatus from regular episodes for a few weeks. Never fear, however, we shall return and we have episodes both recorded and in the pipes. They ain't got us yet.  And as promised, this week Sequoyah is going to mumble at you about God only knows what while he has a drink.