:This article discusses cult in the original and typically ancient sense of "religious practice" (cultus). It doesn't discuss cults in the sociology of religion, new religious movements referred to as cults, political cults or head of state cults of personality, therapeutic or business cults, popular cult followings in the sense of cult film, or specific groups referred to as cults in non-scientific media. See the main article at Cult. In traditional usage, the cult of a religion, quite apart fr… (More on Cultus)