- Title: Witness 93: L.A. Divine
- Date: 19th August 1993
- Summary: CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS, CULTURAL CRITIC OF 'VANITY FAIR' EXPLORES SOME OF THE MOST INTRIGUING RELIGIONS, CULTS AND GURUS OF CONTEMPORARY LA. THE OBJECTS OF HIS CRITICAL ATTENTION INCLUDE BOTH THE INTERNATIONALLY WELL-KNOWN AND BROADCAST 'CRYSTAL CATHEDRAL' OF ROBERT SCHULLER AND THE ALMOST UNKNOWN CHURCH OF THE SUPERET SCIENCE, WHOSE FOLLOWERS SEE DIVINITY IN THE ATOM BOMB. MEMBERS CELEBRATING THE ATOM AURA PEACE PRAYERS ARE SEEN HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME. C.H. ALSO MEETS SOME LEADING GURUS OF HOLLYWOOD-MARIANNE WILLIAMSON, WHO PRESIDED OVER LIZ TAYLOR'S LAST MARRIAGE WHO WROTE 'COURSE OF MIRACLES', A BOOK DICTATED TO A RESEARCH PSYCHOLOGIST BY INNER VOICES (ONE JESUS), & TIMOTHY LEARY AN OLDER GURU OFFERING A SPIRITED DEFENCE OF THE "MUSHINESS" OF LA'S SPIRITUALITY. THE NEW IMMORTALITY TECHNOLOGY OF CRYOGENICS, DEEP FREEZING PEOPLE, AND THE LA WAY OF DEATH FROM THE BAROQUE PERSPECTIVE OF "FOREST LAWN" ARE ALL HERE.
- Description:FOR THE WITNESS STRAND,CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS LOOKS AT THE QUEST FOR QUEST: RELIGION AT THE CITY AT THE END OF THE WORLD
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:Panoptic Productions Ltd.
- Programme Episode:Episode 1
- Transmission Date:19/08/1993
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1990s