The Order of the Solar Temple was a secret society that would go down sharing the pages of history with Jonestown, the Branch Davidians and Heaven’s Gate. But is it fair to compare the groups? When it comes to incidents of mass violence and cults, perhaps it may be unavoidable. Because whether they ended in mass murder-suicide or a different form of violence, in spite of the striking ideological differences between them, there were some similarities – in all of these groups that ended with such undeniable tragedy. Support Let's Talk About Sects Links: Violence and New Religious Movements — by James R. Lewis, Oxford University Press, 2011Millennium, Messiahs, and Mayhem: Contemporary Apocalyptic Movements — by Thomas Robbins & Susan J. Palmer, Psychology Press, 1997Pont-Saint-Esprit poisoning: Did the CIA spread LSD? — by Mike Thomson, BBC News, 23 August 2010Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis — AMORC international websiteAncient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis — AMORC Austral-Asia websiteThe Tragedy Of The Solar Temple Cult — by Stephen Dafoe, TemplarHistory.com, 1 April 2010Joseph Di Mambro Biography — Biography.com listing for Joseph Di Mambro, 2 April 2014A Preacher With a Dark Side Led Cultists to Swiss Chalets — by Alan Riding, The New York Times, 9 October 1994Homeopathy — Homeopathy listing on the Victoria State Government's Better Health ChannelThe Order of the Solar Temple: The Temple of Death — by Professor James R Lewis, Ashgate Publishing, 2013Coroner's Report into the deaths at Morin Heights, Cheiry and Salvan — in French, June 1996"Our Terrestrial Journey is Coming to an End": The Last Voyage of the Solar Temple — by Jean-Francois Mayer, Nova Religio, 1999Swiss Say They've Identified Body of Solar Temple Leader — by Alan Riding, The New York Times, 14 October 1994Quebec Fire Kills 2; Linked to Cult in Switzerland — by Clyde Farnsworth, The New York Times, 6 October 1994Canada Seeks Money Trail Of Secret Cult — by Clyde Farnsworth, The New York Times, 16 October 1994Wife of Top Cult Leader Identified — Associated Press, 21 October 1994Cults: The One Thing I Will Never Write About — by Hannah Mary McKinnon, CrimeReads, 19 April 2018Suspected cult leader faces second trial — SWI swissinfo.ch, 24 October 2006Geneva seeks to temper influence of cults — SWI swissinfo.ch, 3 November 2001Fire kills 5 Canadian cultists — The Victoria Advocate, 24 March 1997Le miraculé du Temple solaire — by Renaud Leblond, l'express, 3 August 1995 (in French)Millennialism, Persecution, and Violence: Historical Cases — by Catherine Wessinger, Syracuse University Press, 2000"There Is no Place for Us to Go but Up": New Religious Movements and Violence — by Massimo Introvigne, Conference of the International Society for the Sociology of Religion (SISR), 21 August 2001Sects and Violence: The "Standard Model" of New Religions Violence — by James R Lewis, Journal of Religion and Violence 1:1, 2013The gory details of the Solar Temple cult at Morin Heights — Jed Kahane, CBC News, 8 October 1994Is the Solar Temple a doomsday cult or New Age religion? — Tina Srebotnjak, CBC News, 6 October 1994Solar Temple cult leader Joseph Di Mambro confirmed dead — Heather Hiscox, CBC News, 10 October 1994Brainwashed or free will? A former Solar Temple cult member speaks — Neil MacDonald, CBC News, 6 October 1994Searching for answers in Solar Temple cult deaths — Tom Kennedy, CBC News, 24 March 1997Quebec Police Say Baby Was Target of Cult — by Clyde H. Farnsworth, The New York Times, 20 November 199448 in Sect Are Killed in Grisly Ritual in Switzerland — by Alan Riding, The New York Times, 6 October 1994Theosophy Wiki: Alice BaileyThe Externalisation of the Heirarchy — by Alice A. Bailey, Lucis Trust, 1957Solar Temple death case in court — News24, 17 April 2001"The sect still exists and can k