Links
to Cults, Sects, and New Religious
Movements
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A note about the title of this page.*
Page table of contents:
Animists, pagans, voodoo, magic, Satanism
Meditation, spiritualism, enlightenment,
metaphysics
Cults, sects, and new religious movements generally
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Animists, pagans, voodoo, magic,
Satanism
[Note that the categorizations below are somewhat arbitrary, as it is common for believers to commonly identify themselves as being in the tradition of more than one of the categories below.]
► Magicks, Paganism
■ Magic, magicks
□
Council
of the Magickal Arts
Magic generally
Also covers witchcraft and paganism
■ Neopaganism
□
Asatru (Norse Heathenism) [No online site]
+
Irminsul Aettir
+ Ring of Troth
Asatru generally
Profile of the tradition from The Witches
Voice webpage
From the Ontario
Consultants on Religious Tolerance site
□
Druidry
+
Ancient
Keltic Church
Reclaiming tradition
generally
Reclaiming Tradition
Profile of the tradition from The Witches
Voice webpage
+ Ár nDraíocht Féin
ADF generally
Profile of the tradition from The Witches
Voice webpage
BDO generally
Profile of the tradition from The Witches
Voice webpage
+
Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids, The
+
Reformed Druids of North
America
Druidry generally
From the Ontario
Consultants on Religious Tolerance site
Profile of the tradition from The Witches
Voice webpage
top
□
Goddess Worship
+
Fellowship of Isis
+
MAMAROOTS AJAMA-JEBI Sistahood
+
Reformed Congregation of the Goddess-International,
Inc.
Goddess worship generally
□ Pagans
+ Pagan Federation Canada
+ Southeastern Pagan Alliance
+ Universal Federation of Pagans
□ Wicca, witchcraft
Arician Tradition generally
Home of Authentic Italian Witchcraft
+
Central Valley Wicca (Kingstone Tradition)
Unicorn Tradtion generally
Profile of the tradition from The Witches
Voice webpage
+
Iberian
Tradition (Tradiçăo Ibérica)
+
New
England Covens of Traditionalist Witches
+
Ophidian
Traditional Witchcraft (Serpent-venerating)
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Universal Eclectic Wicca
:
Church of Universal
Eclectic Wicca
Universal
Eclectic Wicca generally
Universal Eclectic Wiccan Tradition
Profile of the tradition from The Witches Voice webpage
Wicca and witches generally
A general page on witches and pagans
How
to contact a Wiccan or coven
From the Ontario
Consultants on Religious Tolerance site
Profiles of the Wiccan and witchcraft
traditions, paths, and churches tradition from The Witches Voice webpage
Mjolnir’s
Pagan and Wicca Page
Links and
information
Basics on
beliefs
From the Ontario
Consultants on Religious Tolerance site
Eclectic
Covers the Witch, Wicca, Pagan and Heathen communities
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Neo-paganism generally
An
essay about Paganism for school teachers
From the Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance site
From The
Witches Voice
page; has excellent set of links describing different neopagan traditions and
beliefs
Meanings
of the terms Pagan and Paganism
Also from the Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance site
Neo-Pagan
religious tradtitions
And yet more
from the Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance
site
The International Pagan Pride Project Website
The Pagan Pride Project sponsors education in Pagan identity
An alliance of Witchcraft, Pagan and Wiccan groups in the
southeastern US. Excellent set of links to groups
□ Thelema
+
Society for the Promulgation of the Religion of
Thelema
+
Thelemic Order of the Golden Dawn (Aleister Crowley)
Thelemism generally
From the Ontario
Consultants on Religious Tolerance site
Profile of the tradition from The Witches
Voice webpage
► Pantheism
■ Church of Four Quarters
■ Pantheist Association for Nature
■ Pantheist Temple of Hamilton
■ Universal Pantheist Society
■ World Pantheist Movement
Pantheism generally
Pantheists resources
► Regla de Ocha (The Rule of the Orisha) [Santeria]
Santeria generally
Orishaweb -- El sitio para
santeros
Santeria, La Regla Lucumi,
Lukumi
►
Satanism
Church of Satan generally
Satanism
generally
► Vodun (Voodoo and related religions)
Vodun generally
Vodun (and related religions
of Candomble, Lucumi, Macumba, Voodoo, Vodoun & Yoruba)
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Avowedly Christian groups [For “Christian Spiritualist”
churches, see section on Spiritualism, below.]
► Bible Believers Association
► British-Israelism, Anglo-Israelism, Christian Identity
Note: I’m all for religious tolerance, but you should be
aware that
most of these sites and groups are frankly racist
■ America’s Promise Ministries
■ Anglo-Saxon
Federation of America [No online
site]
Anglo-Saxon Federation of
■ British Israel World
Federation
■ British-Israel-World
Federation (Canada), Inc.
■ Canadian
British-Israel Association
■ Christian Separatist Church
Society
■ Church
of Jesus Christ Christian/Aryan Nations
■ Congregation of God Seventh
Day
■ Covenant People’s Fellowship
■ God’s Order Affirmed in Love
■ Worldwide
British-Israelism, Anglo-Israelism generally
British Israel World Federation
Religious Movements British-Israelism-Anglo-Israel
Worldwide Church of God Home
Page
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► Christadelphian and Christadelphian tradition
■ Amended Christadelphians [Note: there is no central Christadelphian body]
□ Christadelphian Ecclesias in Canada
□ Christadelphian Ecclesias in Central America
□ Christadelphian Ecclesias in South America
□ Christadelphian Ecclesias in the United States
□ Christadelphian Ecclesias World Wide
■ Unamended Christadelphians [Note: there is no central Christadelphian body]
+ Mississippi Unamended Christadelphians
+ Orlando, Florida Unamended Christadelphian Ecclesia
+ Republic, Missouri, Unamended Christadelphian Ecclesia
+ Texas Unamended Christadelphians
Unamended Christadelphians generally
Newspaper for Unamended Christdelphians
Welcome to the Bible
Student's Page
Interpreting Scripture from the UC perspective
Ditto
■ Church of God of the Abrahamic Faith
■ United Church of God, an International Association
Christadelphians generally
►
Christian Science
►
Church of the Living Word [No online site]
Church of the Living Word generally
From the Psychic Investigator page
Background
to the "Holy Laughter" Movement
By Tom and Sheila Smith
By William J.
Kingsnorth on the Evangelize
By Woodrow
Nichols on TheoNet
► Churches of Illumination (Rosicrucian)
■ A.’.A.’.
■ Ancient Rosae Crucis
■ Authentic
Hermetic Order Of The Golden Dawn
Golden
Dawn generally
Profile of the tradition from The Witches
Voice webpage
■ Canadian
Rosicrucian Society
■ Church
Of Light (Brotherhood Of Light)
■ Church
Of The Eternal Source
■ ConFraternity Rosae + Crucis
■ Corona Fellowship of Rosicrucians [No online site]
■ Elder Brothers of the Rose-Croix (Les Freres Aînés de la Rose-Croix) [No online site]
■ Fraternitas Rosć Crucis (Beverly Hall Corporation)
■ Fraternitas Rosicruciana Antiqua
■ Fraternity
Of The Hidden Light
■ Grand
Lodge Ancient Universal Mysteries
■ Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn
■ Lectorium
Rosicrucianum (International School of the Golden Rosy Cross)
■ Order
Of The Grail, Grand Commandery
■ Order
Of The Grail, Joan Of Arc Commandery
■ Order
of the Militia Crucifera Evangelica
■ Ordo
Templi Orientis- U.S. Grand Lodge
■ Philosophical
Research Society
■ Roscrucian Order Of The Grail
■ Rosicrucian
Fellowship (Association of Christian Mystics)
■ S.O.T.O.- Society Ordo Templi Orientis
■ Scarlet
Woman Lodge- Ordo Templi Orientis
■ Silver
Moon Sanctuary - Temple Of The Western Mysteries
■ Societas
Rosicruciana in America
■ Societas
Rosicruciana in Anglia [No online site]
■ Societas
Rosicrucianas In Civitatibus Foederatis
■ The
Hermetic Alchemical Order Of The Qblh
■ The Hermetic Order Of The Golden Dawn
■ The
Hermetic Order Of The Morning Star International
■ The Hermetic Temple & Order Of The Golden
Dawn
■ The
Order Of The Temple Of Astarte
■ The Society Of The Inner Light
Churches of Illumination (Rosicrucian) generally
The Original Rosicrucian
Fraternity From 1614
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► Gnostic churches
■ Ecclesia Gnostica
■ Ecclesia Gnostica Apostolica U.S.A.
► Jehovah’s Witnesses (Watch Tower Society) and related Bible Studies Groups
■ Jehovah’s Witnesses (Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society)
Jehovah’s Witnesses generally
Watchman Fellowship on
Jehovah’s Witnesses
■ Bible Studies Groups (spinoffs from Watch Tower Society)
□
Christian Bible Students
Association
□
Christian Millennial Fellowship
□
Epiphany Bible Students
Association
□
Dawn Bible Students Association
□
Laodicean Home Missionary Movement [No online
site]
□
Philanthropic Assembly [No online
site]
□ Laymen’s Home Missionary Movement
► Mormons and related groups
■ Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints
■ Church
of Jesus Christ (Bickertonites)
■ Church of Jesus Christ (Temple Lot)
■ Church
of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints (Strangites)
■ Community
of Christ (fmr RLDS Church)
■ Restoration Branches (fmr RLDS)
Restoration LDS Branches
generally
Restoration RLDS Branch Directory
CenterPlace.org - Representing Restoration RLDS
Mormonism generally
Watchman
Fellowship Resources on Mormonism
Introduction: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints
► New Thought Movement
[In using
this nomenclature, I am adopting the classification used by the New Thought Movement Home
Page. Also note that it is inaccurate
to claim that some of the groups listed below are avowedly Christian. (The Seicho-No-Ie Truth of Life
Movement is not, for
example.) Yet many are. So I have
cross-referenced this entry under Meditation, spiritualism,
enlightenment, metaphysics, but the groups’ entries are all
here.]
■ Association for Global New Thought
■ Divine
Science
□
Divine Science Church of the
Healing Christ
□ Divine Science Federation International
□
Divine Science Metaphysical
School
□
United Divine Science
Ministries International
Divine Science parishes
First Divine Science Church
of St. Louis. Missouri
Metro Divine Science Churches of Greater St. Louis,
Missouri
■ International New Thought Alliance
■ Religious Science (Science of Mind) related groups
□ Affiliated New Thought Network
□ Global Religious Science Ministries
□ Process Science of Mind
□ Religious Science International
□ United Church of Religious Science
■ Seicho-No-Ie Truth of Life Movement
■ Unity family of groups
□
Association of Unity Churches
□
Christ Universal Temple
□
Unity School of Christianity
□
Unity-Progressive Council
□
Universal Foundation for Better Living
□ World Federation of Unity Churches
New
Thought Movement generally
New Thought Movement Home Page
Very helpful set of links and resources
Created by Alan Anderson
► Scientology
Scientology generally
Watchman Fellowship Resources on Scientology
►
Swedenborgian Church
► Unification Church
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Avowedly
Jewish groups
► Black Israelites
■ 12 Tribes of Israel
■ B'nai Zakin Sar Shalom [No online site]
■ Gospel of the Kingdom Temple
■ House of Judah [No online site]
■ Lawkeepers International
■ Moorish Zionist Temple
■ Nation of Yahweh
■ Nubian Islamic Hebrews [Unofficial]
Black Israelites generally
Black Jews, Hebrews, and
Israelites
An
essay on the subject by Rabbi Sholomo Ben Levy, Beth Elohim Hebrew
Congregation,
Nation of Yahweh : Yahweh Ben Yahweh - religious cults and sects
Entry in the Apologetics Index
Religious Movements Homepage: Nuwaubian Nation of
Moors
From the
Religious Movements Homepage at the
top
Avowedly
Islamic groups
►
Ahmadiyya/Qadiani Movement
► Alawites
Alawites generally
Religious cults and sects, world religions,
doctrines and practices - Alawites
►
International Community of Submitters
(Submission Islam)
►
Nation of Gods and Earths (5% Nation
of Islam)
►
Nation Of Islam
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Meditation,
spiritualism, enlightenment, metaphysics
► Adidam, The Way of the Heart
Adidam generally
Regligous Beliefs Web Site Adidam, The Way of the
►
Ananda Church of Self-Realization
Ananda generally
Religious
Movements Homepage (Ananda Church)
►
Ananda Marga
Ananda Marga generally
Religious
Movements Homepage Ananda Marga Yoga Society
► Eckankar (Religion of the Light and Sound of God)
Eckankar generally
► Falun Dafa (Falun Gong)
Falun Dafa generally
► Hare Krishna (International Society for Krishna Consciousness)
ISKCON generally
Hare Krishna & International Society For Krishna Consciousness
[Note: many groups describe themselves as
“spiritualist metaphysical” denominations. Groups listed here seem to emphasize
the metaphysical. But check also in the sub-section on Spiritualism.]
■ Institute for Spiritual
Development
■ Interfaith Church of
Metaphysics (and School of Metaphysics)
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► New Thought Movement
► New Thought Movement
[It is inaccurate to claim that all New Thought groups listed are avowedly Christian. (The Seicho-No-Ie Truth of Life Movement is not, for example.) Yet many are. So follow this link to the groups’ entries in the Avowedly Christian groups section.]
► Sant Mat (Holy Path; Sant Thakar Singh)
■ Know Thyself as Soul Foundation
Sant Mat and KTS generally
Know Thyself as Soul Foundation - religious cults and sects
From the Apologetics Index site
► Spiritualism
[Note: many groups describe themselves as “spiritualist metaphysical” denominations. Groups listed here seem to emphasize spiritualism. Note that some self-describe as being “Christian Spiritualist” churches. But check also in the sub-section above on Metaphysics. Some groups listed below, such as the International Spiritualist Federation, are not “churches” per se but groups of individual churches. They are listed here in part to provide directory assistance.]
■ Federation of Spiritual Churches and Associations
■ First
Spiritual Temple [Note that FST is self-described as a “Christian Spiritualist
Church
■ Harmony Grove Spiritualist Association
■ Institute of Spiritualist Mediums
■ International Spiritualist Federation
■ National Spiritual Alliance of the U.S.A.
■ National Spiritualist Association of Churches
□ Morris Pratt Institute
Educational Bureau of the NSAC
■ Spiritualists'
National Union [Based in the U.K.
□
Journey
Within Spiritualists’ National Union Church, The
□
Open Door Spiritualist Sanctuary
■ Universal Church of the Master
UCM generally
From the Solar Cross “A New Beginning” website
From the Centre
of Peaceful Light Ministry website
■ Spiritualist Churches outside of North America
□
Greater World Christian Spiritualist
Association [Note that GWCSA is self-described as a Christian
Spiritualist church.]
+
Greater
World Christian Spiritualist Church of Jersey [GWCSA member churches are listed
separately, since GWCSA reserves the right to differ from them doctrinally]
□
Spiritualist Church of New Zealand
□
Wilton Spiritualist Church
Spiritualism generally
World Directory of Spiritualist Churches
Maintained by the J.T. and E.J. Crumbaugh
Spiritualist Church
Sources of information on Spiritualist history
psychics-cafe.com
- the Psychic Portal - "Psychics' Search Engine"
A source of directory information for Spiritualist churches
► Theosophy
■ Church
of the Resurrected Life (Theosophical Fellowship)
■ General Anthroposophical Society
[Note: classified as theosophical on the Religions of the World web site. Anthroposophicalists seem not to mention it, so group may be mis-classified by me.]
□ Anthroposophical Society in New Zealand
□ Anthroposophical Society in America
■ New York Theosophical Society
■ Theosophical Society
□
Theosophical Society in America
■ United Lodge of Theosophists
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Unclassified
groups
► Aetherius Society
Aetherius Society generally
Religious Movements Homepage: The Aetherius Society
From the
Religious Movements Homepage at the
► Aleph (former Aum Shinrikyo)
Aleph
generally
Religious Movements Homepage: Aleph
From the
Religious Movements Homepage at the
► Aumism, the Religion of the Unity of the Faces of God
► Association for Research and Enlightenment
ARE
generally
Religious Movements Homepage: ARE
From the
Religious Movements Homepage at the
► Brethren, The (Roberts Group) [No online site]
The Bretheren generally
From the Ontario
Consultants on Religious Tolerance site
► Church Universal and Triumphant
► Family, The (Children of God, Family of Love)
Children Of God generally
Children
Of God - Family Of Love - The Family
From the Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance site
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Cults, sects, and new religious movements
generally
Apologetics research resources on religious cults and sects
The
Apologetics Index Website; has a somewhat anti-cult perspective
Controversial Groups A to Wicca
Site
maintained by the Foundation for Religious Freedom
Institute for the Study of
American Religion
A religious
studies research facility with a particular focus upon the smaller religions of
the
Watchman Fellowship: A
Christian Response to Cults and New Religious Movements
Information on groups from a decidedly anti-cult/NRM perspective
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* I agree
with the sentiments expressed by Prof. Jeffrey K. Hadden on the “Religious Movements Page @ the University of Virginia“
Web site. Prof. Hadden’s very useful Webpage catalogues emerging religious
movements. Each of the entries on his site carries the statement
“Negative sentiments are typically
implied when the concepts ‘cult’ and ‘sect’ are employed in popular discourse.
Since the Religious Movements Homepage seeks to promote religious tolerance and
appreciation of the positive benefits of pluralism and religious diversity in
human cultures, we encourage the use of alternative concepts that do not carry
implicit negative stereotypes.”
Prof.
Hadden goes on, however, to make a strong defense of the use of the terms
“cult” and “sect” for the purpose of precision in social-scientific study. (See
his page, “Conceptualizing ‘Cult’ and ‘Sect’.”) He
also notes the practical problems encountered in using the alternative term
preferred by some, namely “new religious movements,” with the chief problem
being that most people have no idea what you are talking about! Readers will
notice that I have not characterized any of the groups listed on this page as
being either cults or sects beyond listing including them in a page captioned
“Cults, Sects, and New Religious Movements.”