New Age Grifter (Author's Edition) - Paperback

by Joseph L. Flatley (Author), Mark Jacobson (Introduction by)

"Joseph L. Flatley goes where few journalists dare to tread: into the heart of America's conspiracy culture. Sociopaths, quack psychologists, targeted individuals, flat-earthers, anti-Semites, one world government freaks; no moldy rock is left unturned." Yasha Levine, author of Surveillance Valley: The Secret Military History of the Internet

Gabriel of Urantia was the leader of a UFO religion based in the desert of southern Arizona. Before his death in 2025, he spent decades weaving together his belief system, a tapestry of Eastern spirituality, Born Again Christianity, and New Age doggerel. In a compound near the Mexican border, his disciples are still there: tending the garden, taking classes, and waiting for the end of the world.

Joseph L. Flatley is a journalist who has has spent years investigating Gabriel and his cult, the Global Community Communications Alliance. The result is New Age Grifter: The True Story of Gabriel of Urantia and his Cosmic Family. More than just another true crime book, it places Gabriel's r eligious community in the broader context of contemporary American belief.

This author's edition includes a new afterword and author's note.