Solar Temple

When looking at all the other NRM's in this module we have always had a wealth of information at out disposal, but the Solar Temple is maybe the "mysterious "group that I have researched. There seems to be a large amount of information upon there creation rather than the time leading up to the deaths of the members.

I think that the most interesting thing about the group is that they all where killed in different ways, some shot up to 8 times. I thought at first that this was where members had refused to kill themselves and the others had killed them and then placed them in a ritualistic fashion. However after reading Dr Jean-François Mayer work I came across some interesting information detailing the methodical planning of the event for mouths before hand. Mayer portrays a group that wanted media attention and even sent information about themselves to the media and academic writers.

Even though the group died together there was much unrest on the group leading up to the deaths and there where members leaving after being tricked into seeing the Ascended Masters, electronic devises. Dr Jean-François Mayer tells of the members of the group bragging that there event would be more shocking than Waco. there seemed to be a definite aim of some of the members to be remembered for the way they dies rather than what they preached and the beliefs they held.

I can see how this group was religious, but I feel that these people where a little more interested in the attention they would receive after the death then there own sacrifice. I think these are the reasons that the group seems so mysterious, because they intended us to seem them that way.

http://www.rickross.com/groups/solar.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/131927.stm