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The Order of the Solar Temple (French: Ordre du Temple solaire, OTS), or simply the Solar Temple, [a] was a new religious movement and secret society, often described as a cult, notorious for the mass deaths of many of its members in several mass murders and suicides throughout the 1990s.
The Sovereign Order of the Solar Temple (French: Ordre souverain du Temple solaire, OSTS) was created in 1952 by Breyer and de Roquemaure.[5] [2] Breyer claimed that he had founded the OSTS at the suggestion of the "Masters of the Temple", who he said were the spirits of the Knights Templar. [6]
The Order of the Solar Temple was a religious group active in several French-speaking countries, led by Joseph Di Mambro and Luc Jouret.Founded in 1984, it was a neo-Templar secret society with eclectic beliefs sourced from many different movements like Rosicrucianism, Theosophy, and the New Age. [1]
The Order of the Solar Temple was a religious group active in several French speaking countries. 53 of its members died in a mass suicide in Switzerland in October 1994. [1] [2] [3] In the immediate aftermath there was mystery about what had led to the deaths and much press interest.
The book covers nine groups, including the Temple of Priapus, the Army of Mary, the Order of the Solar Temple, and the Ant Hill Kids. It was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2020. It argues that the context of Quebec's history provides a particularly good environment for new religious movements, and specific chapters analyze the history of ...
The Order of the Solar Temple, a group notorious for the mass-murder suicides committed by its members in the 1990s, is written about by James R. Lewis, with a particular focus on its leader Joseph Di Mambro; he compares him with various other "cult leaders" and criticizes the typical millennialist lens through which it and similar events are ...
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The documentary discusses the Order of the Solar Temple (OTS), notorious for several mass suicides and murders committed by its members in the 1990s. [1] [2] Led by Joseph Di Mambro and Luc Jouret, the first mass suicide by the group occurred in Switzerland with a separate mass murder occurring in Canada in 1994, killing 53 in total, including both leaders.