Guru

We look at the rich tradition of cults buying up land across the world – the occasional successes and the many, often bizarre, dangerous and sometimes fatal, failures.

Singer-songwriter Noah Cyrus, breezes through the VICE studio to go on a trippy guided meditation through Nashville, an underwater world, and an encounter with aliens.

Bentinho Massaro claims to be helping his followers by encouraging spiritual enlightenment with an eye toward “upgrading civilization.” His followers praise his style, but critics slam his fringe ideas and irreverent tactics.