“The Prophet and the Space Aliens”
Yoav Shamir’s 2020 documentary on the Raëlian religion offers a balanced take on what is believed to be the world’s largest atheistic UFO cult.
Outsider Satanism
From the Outsider Satanism website: Outsider Satanism is a sect of modern Satanism. We are working to articulate a philosophy that refines what’s been laid before us by Anton LaVey’s Satanic Bible, The Satanic Temple, and other satanic works. Outsider Satanism is a natural evolution of those earlier concepts. With the advantage of hindsight and experience, we can look … Read moreOutsider Satanism
The Guilty Remnant
A featurette on the enigmatic Guilty Remnant cult from the TV series The Leftovers, set three years after an inexplicable event known as the Sudden Departure caused 2% of the world’s population to vanish into thin air. I think one key to understanding the series, and the GR in particular, is to sympathize with the … Read moreThe Guilty Remnant
The Chapel of Sacred Mirrors
Located in Wappinger, New York, CoSM is: (…) a place of contemplation & worship for community honoring the practice of art as a spiritual path. CoSM’s site and structure provides a living model of the ideals expressed through the inspiring artwork of the collection and exhibitions, the writings of the founders and invited contributors. CoSM … Read moreThe Chapel of Sacred Mirrors
“Searching for a natural high in the mountains of Japan”
VICE’s Fernando Perez has long been fascinated by Shugendo: an ancient Japanese spiritual practice centered on finding enlightenment through nature. The monks who follow it are known to wander through the forests of Japan for months on end, meditate under freezing waterfalls, and stand on the edge of towering cliffs—all in an effort to bring … Read more“Searching for a natural high in the mountains of Japan”
“Inside the Spirituality ‘Cult’ Whose Members Allege Sexual and Financial Exploitation”
Mark Wilding writes for VICE on Gudni Gudnason’s Modern Mystery School: The school describes this network as an “international community of lightworkers, initiated in an ancient tradition of service, compassion and empowerment”. Its critics, including numerous former students, describe it as a cult and a spiritual pyramid scheme, whose members face psychological trauma, spiralling debts … Read more“Inside the Spirituality ‘Cult’ Whose Members Allege Sexual and Financial Exploitation”
Re/thinking Religion: Integral Post-metaphysical Spirituality and the religion that is not a religion
In Re/thinking Religion, a new Integral Stage series, John Vervaeke joins Bruce Alderman and Layman Pascal to explore possible points of contact and confluence between their respective approaches to religion and spirituality. For this inaugural episode, we feel into some of the commonalities and differences between Integral Postmetaphysical Spirituality and Integral Transformative Practice, and John’s … Read moreRe/thinking Religion: Integral Post-metaphysical Spirituality and the religion that is not a religion