Heaven's Gate (religious group)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Heaven's_Gate_(religious_group)

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:religious_organization
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:The_Two Human Individual Metamorphosis
gptkbp:category	gptkb:religious_organization apocalyptic group UFO cult
gptkbp:committedSuicide	to reach an extraterrestrial spacecraft following the Hale-Bopp comet
gptkbp:coreBelief	UFO asceticism millenarianism
gptkbp:dissolved	1997
gptkbp:documentedIn	Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults (HBO documentary) Heaven's Gate: America's UFO Religion (book by Benjamin Zeller)
gptkbp:event	mass suicide in March 1997
gptkbp:finalVenue	gptkb:Rancho_Santa_Fe,_California,_United_States
gptkbp:foundedBy	gptkb:Bonnie_Nettles gptkb:Marshall_Applewhite
gptkbp:foundedIn	gptkb:Houston,_Texas,_United_States 1974
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:San_Diego,_California,_United_States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Heaven's Gate (religious group)
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:Christianity gptkb:science_fiction gptkb:New_Age
gptkbp:leader	gptkb:Bonnie_Nettles gptkb:Marshall_Applewhite
gptkbp:mediaCoverage	extensive international attention in 1997
gptkbp:mediaType	gptkb:website pamphlets videotapes
gptkbp:notableEvent	mass suicide March 1997
gptkbp:notableFor	celibacy communal living rejection of materialism believing in extraterrestrial salvation renunciation of family ties believing in ascension to a higher evolutionary level mass suicide coinciding with the Hale-Bopp comet
gptkbp:notableMember	gptkb:Bonnie_Nettles gptkb:Marshall_Applewhite
gptkbp:notableQuote	gptkb:The_Away_Team gptkb:The_Two gptkb:The_Next_Level gptkb:The_Evolutionary_Level_Above_Human Do and Ti exit their human vehicles
gptkbp:numberOfMembersAtDissolution	39
gptkbp:website	heavensgate.com
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Heaven's_Gate:_America's_UFO_Religion_(book) gptkb:Heaven's_Gate_mass_suicide_(1997) gptkb:mass_suicide_(Heaven's_Gate)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6