The cultish smell comes from the author's nihilism, which doesn't mean he was wrong. It's similar to how the cult of scientology started: a psychiatrist had dis

The cultish smell comes from the author's nihilism, which doesn't mean he was wrong. It's similar to how the cult of scientology started: a psychiatrist had discovered a form of self-hypnosis that appeared very efficient to solve common psychological problems; that psychiatrist became a nation star for a brief period, but when his fame fade off, his selfish ambition demanded more, so he wrapped his discovery into a cult and became the high priest with followers.