Kategoria BISAC: Religion >> Cults

Die Studie behandelt den religiosen Charakter der wichtigsten sozialistischen Stromungen unter der Julimonarchie und ihr erstaunliches Fortbestehen in neuen religiosen Bewegungen in der zweiten Halfte des 19. Jahrhunderts. Als roter Faden dient dabei die Entwicklung des radikalen Sozialisten Alphonse-Louis Constant (1810-1875), der unter dem Pseudonym Eliphas Levi als Begrunder des Okkultismus gilt. Die umfangreiche Kontextualisierung seiner Schriften zeigt, dass er seine okkultistischen Ideen nicht etwa in einem "esoterischen" Kontext entwickelte, sondern vor dem Hintergrund...

This volume presents students and scholars with a comprehensive overview of the fascinating world of the occult. It explores the history of Western occultism, from ancient and medieval sources via the Renaissance, right up to the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and contemporary occultism. Written by a distinguished team of contributors, the essays consider key figures, beliefs and practices as well as popular culture.

A feverish expectation of the end of the world seems an unlikely accompaniment to middle-class respectability. But it was precisely her interest in millennial thinking that led Jane Shaw to a group of genteel terraced townhouses in the English county town of Bedford. Inside their unassuming grey-brick exteriors Shaw found something extraordinary. For here, within the "Ark," lived two members of the Panacea Society, last survivors of the remaining Southcottian prophetic communities in Britain. And these individuals were the heirs to a rich archive charting not just their own apocalyptic...

Osho International Ashram: The ashram founded by the controversial guru, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, now known as Osho.

Although he's been dead for more than fifteen years, what influence does Osho still have on the happenings at the ashram? Can one classify the group of Osho followers as a cult? Is the ashram still a haven of sexuality?

Learn the real story about what goes on inside the Osho International Ashram. Read about the rules, the practices, and the mandatory attendance at a video showing of the dead guru. Meet the people who populate the ashram: their beliefs, their...