Heaven's Gate is the clearest case in this set of a group whose theology is stated plainly and in its own words, at length, and is still available to read. Applewhite and Nettles took the Christian resurrection accounts as descriptions of a physical transfer and worked outward from there. Angels became Next Level members, the kingdom of heaven became a location, and Jesus became an earlier instance of the same programme. There is no mysticism in the material and almost no emotion; the register is procedural throughout. Read cold, it is a theory of emigration, with entry requirements, a curriculum and a departure date.