The Order of the Solar Temple: The Temple of Death
by Lewis,James R.; Lewis,James R.Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2006-12-28
Publisher(s): Routledge
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Summary
In October 1994, fifty-three members of the Order of the Solar Temple in Switzerland and Quebec 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
| List of Abbreviations | p. vii |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Templars for the Age of Aquarius: The Archedia Clubs (1984-1991) and the International Chivalric Order of the Solar Tradition | p. 7 |
| Ordeal by Fire: The Tragedy of the Solar Temple | p. 19 |
| Purity and Danger in the Solar Temple | p. 39 |
| The Mystical Apocalypse of the Solar Temple | p. 55 |
| The Dangers of Enlightenment: Apocalyptic Hopes and Anxieties in the Order of the Solar Temple | p. 91 |
| Crises of Charismatic Authority and Millenarian Violence: The Case of the Order of the Solar Temple | p. 105 |
| Sources of Doctrine in the Solar Temple | p. 117 |
| Death as Initiation: The Order of the Solar Temple and Rituals of Initiation | p. 133 |
| The Ordre du Temple Solaire and the Quest for the Absolute Sun | p. 155 |
| Sects, Media and the End of the World | p. 169 |
| Appendices | |
| The Testaments | p. 177 |
| Order TS: Ritual for the Donning of the Talar and the Cross | p. 189 |
| Select Bibliography | p. 209 |
| Index | p. 217 |
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