![]() ![]() Those who make the Choice to convert often find comfort in the cadence of the prayers, the flow of kneeling and standing, the ritual of Lighthouse meetings, and guidance from religious leaders called Beacons who essentially subjugate their followers through brainwashing. Propaganda occurs through mottoes and prayer, with followers believing “I am the Way and the Path” (240). The Choice is simply committing yourself to following the path that it illuminates” (254). The Path believe that “there is a light inside all of us that comes from God. ![]() ![]() Leader of the Path is President Hill, who has co-opted progressive ideas about economic justice and mixed them with religious fundamentalism. As its central conflict in The Darkest Pathby Jeff Hirsch, the United States is again divided against itself, with some states controlled by the Federal Army and others controlled by the Army of the Glorious Path. ![]()
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