It is unclear when the artist first met the Theosophical Society. General Carlo Ballatore and politician Giovanni Amendola played essential roles.
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Recruited in their countries and told they will work in construction or domestic security, deceived immigrants from Africa and Asia are compelled to fight in the Ukrainian War.
The Anti-Unification Church Movement in Japan. 3. Why the Dissolution Order Now
Causes include the lack of scholars sympathetic to new religious movements and the post-Cold War political situation.
The Anti-Unification Church Movement in Japan. 2. Left-Wing Forces
The Unification movement’s International Federation for Victory over Communism greatly upset the Socialists and Communists. They reacted.
The Anti-Unification Church Movement in Japan. 1. Christian Pastors and Opposing Parents
Clergy who viewed Unificationists as heretics and parents who thought their children had been brainwashed formed the initial opposition.
Unholy Alliances: China, Japan, Korea, and the Global Anti-Cult Crusade
At a “secret” symposium in South Korea, a Japanese anti-cult academic and Korean Christian heresy hunters joined forces with high-ranking Chinese Communist Party officials.
Around Giacomo Balla: Italian Futurists and Theosophy. 3. Balla: The Early Years
Freemasonry and the anti-Catholic rhetoric of the “Third Rome” were important for the friends Balla met when he moved from Turin to Rome. Theosophy was not far away.
A Religious Liberty Crisis in Korea. 4. The China and Japan Connection
Why are Christian anti-cultists cooperating with leftist Japanese lawyers and an atheistic regime that persecutes religion?
A Religious Liberty Crisis in Korea. 3. Criminal Anti-Cultism: Deprogramming
The practice of kidnapping, confining, and “de-converting” members of “cults” has been banned in all democratic countries—except Korea, where some victims died.
A Religious Liberty Crisis in Korea. 2. The Korean Anti-Cult Movement
The opposition to “cults” in the country is mostly a fundamentalist Protestant affair focused on preventing “sheep stealing” and competition.