The forgotten meeting between the Victorian novelist and the South African religious and political activist—and Simon Magus’ excellent book on Haggard.
Esotericism
A Modern Léo Taxil: Stephen Kent and Satanism. 4. Paranoia Revisited
True believers in Satanic ritual abuse still exist and may even persuade legislators to pass laws. Many more apply Kent’s flawed logic to “cults.”
A Modern Léo Taxil: Stephen Kent and Satanism. 3. Scholars Strike Back
Leading experts on the Satanism scare, David Frankfurter and Jean La Fontaine, debunked Kent’s theories. His rejoinder was not persuasive.
オウム事件後の日本における「マインド・コントロール幻想」１．オウム真理教の学術的研究
「カルト」が「洗脳」を行っているという理論は、世界的には信用を失っているが、日本では奇妙な成功を収めている。その事態について、日本人研究者が考察する。
The “Mind Control Fantasy” in Japan After Aum Shinrikyo. 1. The Academic Study of Aum Shinrikyo
A Japanese scholar reflects on the strange success in Japan of discredited theories about “brainwashing” allegedly practiced by “cults.”
Religione, esoterismo e suicidio. 5. Jon Nödtveidt e l’Ordine Misantropico Luciferiano
Il satanismo “anticosmico” di alcune band Black e Death Metal odia tutto e tutti. Il suicidio è una conseguenza logica.
Religion, Esotericism, and Suicide. 5. Jon Nödtveidt and the Misanthropic Luciferian Order
The “anti-cosmic” Satanism of some Black and Death Metal bands hates everything and everybody. Suicide is a logical consequence.
Religione, esoterismo e suicidio. 4. Suicidi (e omicidi) collettivi di nuovi movimenti religiosi
La retorica sulle “sette” oscura quello che è accaduto nei casi di Jonestown, del Tempio Solare, di Heaven’s Gate e di Kanungu – e il perché.
Religion, Esotericism, and Suicide. 4. New Religious Movements Mass Suicides (and Homicides)
The “cult” rhetoric obscures what happened in Jonestown, the Solar Temple, Heaven’s Gate, and Kanungu—and why.
Religione, esoterismo e suicidio. 3. Il Sallekhana giainista, l’auto-immolazione buddhista e il terrorismo suicida islamico
Mentre i giainisti cercano la liberazione spirituale alla fine della vita, l’auto-immolazione buddhista e gli attentati suicidi musulmani sono forme diverse di azioni politico-religiose.