Solar Temple (International Chivalric Order Solar Tradition)
The Solar Temple was a destructive doomsday cult founded by Luc Jouret in 1977. Jouret convinced his followers that he was a member of the fourteenth century Christian Order of the Kinights Templar during a previous life, and that his daughter Emanuelle was "the cosmic chld", and that he would led them after death to a planet that revolves around the star Sirius. The group regarded death as an illusion and believed that life continues on other planets. The group can be classified as a Christian cult meldeding in New Age philosophy, homeopathic medicine and high finance. Jouret believed himself to be Christ. The group anticipated the imminenet end of the world due to an environmental catastrophe, and felt they were to play a major role in the collapse. They decided that some mebers sgould leave the earth prematurely and transit to a better world. They believed that the world would end in fire and that in order to transit to another world, they must die in a fire.For many month prior to the group's suicde, rumors of financial mismanagement circulated within the Solar Temple. A three month old infant was killed in Octiber 1994 at their Canadian site by driving a wooden stake through his heart. The group believed that the baby was the antichrist. The group had earlier absored the Foundation Golden Way led by Joseph Di Mambro who became the leader of the group. A few days after the death of the "antichrist child," Di Mambro and 12 followers had a ritual Last Supper. A few nights later, mass murders and suicides were conducted at two villages in Switzerland and in Morn Heights, a ski resort north of Montreal. 15 inner circle members called the "awakened" committed suicde by poison intake. 30 were killed by bullets or smothering, and 8 others were also killed. Just before Christmas 1995, 16 of the remaining members of the group disappeared from their himes in France and Switzerland. Four left notes hinted at asecond mass suicide and expressed desire to see another world. 13 adults and three children were later found dead in a remote forest on the Vergers plateau, in southeast France. These 16 had been given sleep-inducing drugs and one of the dead members had a fractured jaw indicating a struggle before she died. Five additional children apparently tried to commit suicide on March 20, 1997 in St. Casimir, Quebec. The attempt failed due to faulty equipment. The teenage sons and daughter of one of the couples convinced their parents they wanted to live. They were allowed to leave while tha adults successfully burnt down the house with themselves in it. Four of their bodies were arranged in the form of a cross. The teens were found drugged and disoriented, but otherwise safe, in a nearby building. A note was found there which discusses the group belief that death on earth leads to a transit to a new planet where their lives would continue. Members of the religious group appear to synchronize their mass murders/suicides to follow shortly after solstices and equinoxes. The Solar Temple group continues to exist. it is believed to have over 30 surviving members in Quebec and from 140 to 500 worldwide.
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