A self-proclaimed “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” of anti-cultism made claims that would be absurd if they were not causing significant unnecessary suffering.
Susan J. Palmer
How Media Defame “Cults”: The Case of the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light. 1. Inventing a “Cult”
A media campaign started by a bigoted anti-cultist transformed a peaceful Shia-derivative movement into the ultimate “doomsday cult.”
#SheToo: The Experience of MISA Women. 6. A Form of “Second-Wave Feminism”?
Female MISA students would say they are not feminists. But perhaps they are, in their own unique way.
#SheToo: The Experience of MISA Women. 5. The Paradox of Polyamory
MISA women talk about experiments with multiple-partner relationships and what they believe they had to do with spirituality.
#SheToo: The Experience of MISA Women. 4. Sacred Eroticism in Practice
MISA students talk about eroticism, Tantra, and their relationships with their men.
#SheToo: The Experience of MISA Women. 3. Erotic Continence
Women describe the most controversial practices of MISA, those related to sacred eroticism.
#SheToo: The Experience of MISA Women. 2. Following Gregorian Bivolaru
Women students reveal fascinating details on how MISA began and their personal relationship with its founder.
#SheToo: The Experience of MISA Women. 1. The Scholar and the Yoginis
A scholars traveled to Romania to let the women of the Movement for Spiritual Integration into the Absolute tell their stories in their own words.
TierraMitica (Terre mythique) : une communauté péruvienne. 3. La vie et l’art dans la communauté
Ce n’est pas seulement un « Disneyland inca », mais aussi un lieu d’expériences avec de l’art, des jeux et de la créativité.
TierraMitica (Mythic Land): A Peruvian Communal Society. 3. Life and Art in the Community
It is not only an “Incan Disneyland,” but a place of art, games, and creativity.
Susan J. Palmer
Susan J. Palmer is an Affiliate Professor in the Religions and Cultures Department at Concordia University in Montreal. She has directed the Children on Sectarian Religions and State Control project at McGill University, supported by the Social Sciences and the Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). She is the author of fourteen books, notably The New Heretics of France (Oxford University Press, 2012).