Episode 101: Order of the Solar Temple
While cults sometimes prey on the vulnerable, this exclusive and esoteric group attracted the wealthy and successful. Was this in order to build an elite new colony of people in another dimension, or was their money used to fuel the lavish lifestyle of their leaders? When it all came crumbling down, the results were deadly. This week’s episode is The Order of the Solar Temple.
Book: The Order of the Solar Temple: The Temple of Death edited by Professor James R Lewis - Available here.
The Order of the Solar Temple (short documentary): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2KrCctV8V0&feature=youtu.be
SOLAR TEMPLE MASSACRE: Mystery endures 25 years later, Toronto Sun: https://torontosun.com/news/world/solar-temple-massacre-mystery-endures-25-years-later
Book: Sirius: Brightest Diamond in the Night Sky By Jay B. Holberg - Available here.
Sirius Star entry on Encyclopedia Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/place/Sirius-star
Conductor on trial over cult killings in France, Switzerland and Canada. Prosecutors say writings incited mass suicide. Man in dock for second time after first case failed, The Guardian (UK): https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/oct/25/france.angeliquechrisafis
Article on the incident, The New York Times: https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1995/12/24/035939.html
Temple Solaire on Enclyclopedia.com: https://www.encyclopedia.com/environment/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/temple-solaire
“Our terrestrial journey is coming to an end”: the last voyage of the Solar Temple by JEAN-FRANÇOIS MAYER, 12 JUNE 2003: https://english.religion.info/2003/06/12/our-terrestrial-journey-is-coming-to-an-end-the-last-voyage-of-the-solar-temple/
Book: Ordeal by Fire: The Tragedy of the Solar Temple by Massimo Introvigne: https://www.academia.edu/29881637/Ordeal_by_Fire_The_Tragedy_of_the_Solar_Temple
New Religious Movement: https://www.britannica.com/topic/new-religious-movement
Order of the Solar Temple: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Order-of-the-Solar-Temple
Order of the Solar Temple (Cult), Ranker: https://www.ranker.com/list/order-of-the-solar-temple-cult/amandasedlakhevener
Order of the Solar Temple: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Solar_Temple
A Preacher with a Dark Side Led Cultists to Swiss Chalets, The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/1994/10/09/world/a-preacher-with-a-dark-side-led-cultists-to-swiss-chalets.html
Solar Temple founder Joseph Di Mambro confirmed dead. Swiss police confirm the death of Joseph Di Mambro, the leader of the Solar Temple. CBC: https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1822674538
