The track record of cults in America is as wholesome as Lenny Bruce. Heaven’s Gate in San Diego, David Koresh at Waco, Tex., and Jonestown in the jungle of Guyana conjure images of fanatical proselytizers, flame-engulfed nondescript compounds, mass suicides and Technicolor shame. A benevolent flip side to that is “cult” as communal living space, […]