R. Gary Patterson's book explores the occult background of the Beatles' story. It not only investigates the mystery of the mythical death of Paul McCartney in 1966 and his replacement with a double, but also interweaves the Beatles’ passion for Indian meditation, and their influence on the notorious Charles Manson, and John Lennon’s difficult relationship with Jesus Christ, and “hidden messages” "in songs, photographs and videos of the Beatles and other rock groups. This is a book about the creation of a myth, about a conspiracy, about a cult, about sacrifice by word, about the “dark side” of the biography of the greatest rock band of all time. And paradoxically, it’s a book, after reading which you begin to feel the bright side of the Beatles’ work much more keenly.