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The Order of the Solar Temple

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The Order of the Solar Temple book

The Temple of Death

The Order of the Solar Temple

DOI link for The Order of the Solar Temple

The Order of the Solar Temple book

The Temple of Death
Edited ByJames R. Lewis
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2006
eBook Published 24 February 2016
Pub. location London
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315554969
Pages 242 pages
eBook ISBN 9781315554969
SubjectsHumanities, Social Sciences
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Lewis, J. (Ed.). (2006). The Order of the Solar Temple. London: Routledge, https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315554969

In October 1994, fifty-three members of the Order of the Solar Temple in Switzerland and Québec were murdered or committed suicide. This incident and two later group suicides in subsequent years played a pivotal role in inflaming the cult controversy in Europe, influencing the public to support harsher actions against non-traditional religions. Despite the importance of the Order of the Solar Temple, there are relatively few studies published in English. This book brings together the best scholarship on the Solar Temple including newly commissioned pieces from leading scholars, a selection of Solar Temple documents, and important previously published articles newly edited for inclusion within this book. This is the first book-length study of the Order of the Solar Temple to be published in English.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter |6 pages

Introduction

ByJames R. Lewis

chapter 1|12 pages

Templars for the Age of Aquarius: The Archedia Clubs (1984–1991) and the International Chivalric Order of the Solar Tradition

chapter 2|20 pages

Ordeal by Fire: The Tragedy of the Solar Temple

ByMassimo Introvigne

chapter 3|16 pages

Purity and Danger in the Solar Temple

BySusan J. Palmer

chapter 4|36 pages

The Mystical Apocalypse of the Solar Temple

ByJohn R. Hall, Philip Schuyler

chapter 5|14 pages

The Dangers of Enlightenment: Apocalyptic Hopes and Anxieties in the Order of the Solar Temple

chapter 6|12 pages

Crises of Charismatic Authority and Millenarian Violence: The Case of the Order of the Solar Temple

ByJohn Walliss

chapter 7|16 pages

Sources of Doctrine in the Solar Temple

ByGeorge D. Chryssides

chapter 8|22 pages

Death as Initiation: The Order of the Solar Temple and Rituals of Initiation

ByHenrik Bogdan

chapter 9|14 pages

The Ordre du Temple Solaire and the Quest for the Absolute Sun

ByMarc Labelle

chapter 10|8 pages

Sects, Media and the End of the World

ByRoland J. Campiche
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