I just finished reading this: http://www.nthposition.com/thelastcargo.php

Very interesting. I especially liked the term "cargo prophets."

The article paints cargo cultists as performing, with fervor and rigor, a "magical repetition" of an "inexplicable complex of delusions."

And the cargo prophets, being the messengers, expound new canon to the "John Frum" myth which further glorifies and necessitates this "inexplicable complex of delusions," or rituals and methods.

The methods and rituals these cargo prophets ask followers to perform are NOT reason or integrity.

I could go on with my thoughts on this, but basically yes. I do see a very clear parallel.