Books

Books/chapters in books about the OTS.

Non-Fiction

warning my sectioning here is pretty arbitrary

Academic

• Westbrook, Donald A. (2024). "From the Solar Temple to MIVILUDES: Anticultism in France, Past and Present"Anticultism in France: Scientology, Religious Freedom, and the Future of New and Minority Religions. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-00-955180-9. ISSN 2635-2311.
• Baccard, Eric. (2022). Nécropoles (in French). L'Harmattan. ISBN 978-2-336-44371-3. ***
• Stausberg, Michael; Wright, Stuart A.; Cusack, Carole M., eds. (2020). The Demise of Religion: How Religions End, Die or Dissipate. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 978-1-350-16293-8.
• Stausberg, Michael; Wright, Stuart A.; Cusack, Carole M. "How Religions End: Terms and Types". In Stausberg & Wright & Cusack (2020).
• Wright, Stuart A. "State Actions in Western Democracies Leading to the Dissolution of Religious Communities". In Stausberg & Wright & Cusack (2020). *M*
• Cusack, Carole M.; Lewis, James R. "Mass Suicides and Mass Homicides: Collective Violence and the Demise of New Religious Movements". In Stausberg & Wright & Cusack (2020).
• Clusel, Shannon; Palmer, Susan J. (2020). "The Solar Temple in Quebec and the Saint-Casimir "Transit"". In Palmer, Susan J.; Geoffroy, Martin; Gareau, Paul L. (eds.). The Mystical Geography of Quebec. Palgrave Studies in New Religions and Alternative Spiritualities. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 217–245. ISBN 978-3-030-33061-3.
• Mayer, Jean-François (2014). "The Order of the Solar Temple: From Apocalypse to Court". In Richardson, James T.; Bellanger, François (eds.). Legal Cases, New Religious Movements, and Minority Faiths. Farnham; Burlington: Ashgate. ISBN 978-1-4724-2874-5.
• Bogdan, Henrik (2014). "The Order of the Solar Temple". In Lewis, James R.; Petersen, Jesper Aa (eds.). Controversial New Religions (2nd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-931531-4.
• Bogdan, Henrik (2014). "Purification, Illumination, and Death: The Murder-Suicides of the Order of the Solar Temple". In Lewis, James R.; Cusack, Carole M. (eds.). Sacred Suicide. Ashgate New Religions. Burlington: Ashgate. ISBN 978-1-4094-5086-3.
• van Eck Duymaer van Twist, Amanda (ed.) (2014). Minority Religions and Fraud: In Good Faith. Ashgate Inform Series on Minority Religions and Spiritual Movements. Burlington: Ashgate. ISBN 978-1-4724-0911-9.
• Bromley, David G. "New Religions and Fraud: A Double Constructionist Approach". In van Eck Duymaer van Twist (2014).*M*
• Folk, Holly. "Minority Religions and Fraud: Preliminary Theories on Ritual Deception". In van Eck Duymaer van Twist (2014).
• Kirkham, David M., ed. (2013). State Responses to Minority Religions. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-89806-5.
• Ollion, Etienne. "The French ‘War on Cults’ Revisited: Three Remarks on an On-going Controversy". In Kirkham (2013).
• Knobel, Brigitte. "Switzerland and Religious Minorities: Legal, Political and Educational Responses". In Kirkham (2013).
• Palmer, Susan (2011). The New Heretics of France: Minority Religions, la Republique, and the Government-Sponsored "War on Sects". Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199735211.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-973521-1.
• Lewis, James R., ed. (9 March 2011). Violence and New Religious Movements. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199735631.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-973563-1.
• Bromley, David G. "Deciphering the NRM-Violence Connection". In Lewis (2011).
• Richardson, James T. "Minority Religions and the Context of Violence: A Conflict/Interactionist Perspective". In Lewis (2011).
• Bogdan, Henrik. "Explaining the Murder-Suicides of the Order of the Solar Temple: A Survey of Hypotheses". In Lewis (2011).
• Gauthier, Guy (2009). "L'Ordre du Temple solaire". Secrets d'ossements: La science au service des énigmes de l'Histoire (in French). EDP Sciences. pp. 122–124. ISBN 78-2-7598-0370-5.
• Fontenelle, Sébastien; Icard, Romain (2006). La France des sociétés secrètes (in French). Fayard. ISBN 978-2-213-62701-4. ***
• Walliss, John (2006). "Millenarianism and Violence in the Contemporary World" In Newport, Kenneth G. C.; Gribben,Crawford (eds.). Expecting the End: Millennialism in Social and Historical Context. Baylor University Press. ISBN 978-1-932792-38-6.
• Lewis, James R., ed. (2006). The Order of the Solar Temple: The Temple of Death. Controversial New Religions. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Company. ISBN 0-7546-5285-8.
• Mayer, Jean-François R. "Templars for the Age of Aquarius: The Archedia Clubs (1984–1991) and the International Chivalric Order of the Solar Tradition". In Lewis (2006).
• Introvigne, Massimo. "Ordeal by Fire: The Tragedy of the Solar Temple". In Lewis (2006).
• Palmer, Susan J. "Purity and Danger in the Solar Temple". In Lewis (2006).
• Hall, John R.; Schuyler, Philip. "The Mystical Apocalypse of the Solar Temple". In Lewis (2006).
• Mayer, Jean-François R. "The Dangers of Enlightenment: Apocalyptic Hopes and Anxieties in the Order of the Solar Temple". In Lewis (2006).
• Walliss, John. "Crises of Charismatic Authority and Millenarian Violence: The Case of the Order of the Solar Temple". In Lewis (2006).
• Chryssides, George D. "Sources of Doctrine in the Solar Temple". In Lewis (2006).
• Bogdan, Henrik. "Death as Initiation: The Order of the Solar Temple and Rituals of Initiation". In Lewis (2006).
• Labelle, Marc. "The Ordre du Temple Solaire and the Quest for the Absolute Sun". In Lewis (2006).
• Campiche, Roland J. "Sects, Media and the End of the World". In Lewis (2006).
• Lewis, James R. (2005). "The Solar Temple "Transits": Beyond the Millennialist Hypothesis". In Lewis, James R.; Petersen, Jesper Aagaard (eds.). Controversial New Religions (1st ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-515682-X.
• Richardson, James T., ed. (2004). Regulating Religion: Case Studies from Around the Globe. Critical Issues in Social Justice. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers. ISBN 0-306-47887-0.
• Beckford, James A. "'Lalcite,' 'Dystopia,' and the Reaction to New Religious Movements in France". In Richardson (2004).
• Duvert, Cyrille. "'Anti-Cultism in the French Parliament: Desperate Last Stand or an Opportune Leap Forward? A Critical Analysis ofthe 12 June 2001 Act". In Richardson (2004).
• Luca, Nathalie. "Is There a Unique French Policy of Cults? A European Perspective". In Richardson (2004).
• Seiwert, Hubert. "The German Enquete Commission on Sects: Political Conflicts and Compromises". In Richardson (2004). *M*
• Fautre, Willy. "Belgium's Anti-Sect Policy". In Richardson (2004). *M*
• Richardson, James T.; Introvigne, Massimo. "Brainwashing Theories in European Parliamentary and Administrative Reports on Cults and Sects". In Richardson (2004).
• Swantko, Jean A. "The Twelve Tribes Messianic Communities, the Anti-Cult Movement, and Governmental Response". In Richardson (2004). *M*
• Singelenberg, Richard. "Foredoomed to Failure: The Anti-Cult Movement in the Netherlands". In Richardson (2004). *M*
• Richardson, James T.; Edelman, Bryan. "Cult Controversies and Legal Developments Concerning New Religions in Japan and China". In Richardson (2004). *M*
• Frigerio, Alejandro; Wynarczyk, Hilario. "Cult Controversies and Government Control of New Religious Movements in Argentina, 1985-2002". In Richardson (2004). *M*
• Richardson, James T.; White, Mary Stewart. "Medicalization and Regulation of Deviant Religions: An Application of Conrad and Schneider's Model". In Richardson (2004). *M*
• Mayer, Jean-François (2004). ""Our Terrestrial Journey is Coming to an End": The Last Voyage of the Solar Temple". In Lewis, James R. (ed.). The Encyclopedic Sourcebook of New Age Religions. Prometheus Books. ISBN 1-61592-762-X.
• Walliss, John (2004). Apocalyptic Trajectories: Millenarianism and Violence in the Contemporary World. Oxford, Bern, Berlin: Peter Lang. ISBN 3-03-910290-7.
• Bromley, David G.; Melton, J. Gordon, eds. (2002). Cults, Religion, and Violence. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-66064-8 – via Archive.org.
• Bromley, David G. "Dramatic Denouements". In Bromley & Melton (2002).
• Robbins, Thomas. "Sources of Volatility in Religious Movements". In Bromley & Melton (2002).
• Dawson, Lorne L. "Crises of Charismatic Legitimacy and Violent Behavior in New Religious Movements". In Bromley & Melton (2002).
• Wright, Stuart A. "Public Agency Involvement in Government—Religious Movement Confrontations". In Bromley & Melton (2002).
• Barker, Eileen. "Watching for Violence: A Comparative Analysis of the Roles of Five Types of Cult-Watching Groups". In Bromley & Melton (2002).
• Introvigne, Massimo; Mayer, Jean-François. "Occult Masters and the Temple of Doom: The Fiery End of the Solar Temple". In Bromley & Melton (2002).
• Melton, J. Gordon; Bromley, David G. "Lessons From the Past, Perspective for the Future". In Bromley & Melton (2002).
• Mayer, Jean-François (2001). "The Dangers of Enlightenment: Apocalyptic Hopes and Anxieties in the Order of the Solar Temple". In Caron, Richard; Godwin, Joscelyn; Hanegraaf, Wouter J.; Viellard-Baron, Jean-Louis (eds.). Ésotérisme, gnoses & imaginaire symbolique: Mélanges offerts à Antoine Faivre (in French). Louvain: Peeters. pp. 205–223. ISBN 90-429-0955-2.***, reprinted in Lewis 2006
• Côté, Pauline, ed. (2001). Chercheurs de dieux dans l’espace public - Frontier Religions in Public Space. Actexpress (in English and French). University of Ottawa Press. doi:10.1353/book.12414. ISBN 2-7603-0535-X. ISSN 1480-4743 – via OpenEdition Books.
• Côté, Pauline. "Avant-propos". In Côté (2001). *M*
• Côté, Pauline. "Public Space-Building in Religion: A Multidimensional Phenomenon". In Côté (2001). *M*
• Beckford, James A. "The Continuum Between "Cults" and "Normal" Religion". In Côté (2001). *M*
• Barker, Eileen. "Inform: Bringing The Sociology of Religion to the Public Space". In Côté (2001). *M*
• Dawson, Lorne L. "New Religions in Cyberspace The Promise and The Perils of a New Public Space". In Côté (2001). *M*
• Introvigne, Massimo. "Le fantôme de la liberté : Les controverses sur les « sectes » et les nouveaux mouvements religieux en Europe". In Côté (2001).
• Campiche, Roland J. "The Media and Socio-Cultural Regulation of Religion". In Côté (2001).
• Bouchard, Alain. "Un règlement de "conte" avec les sectes? Drame religieux et gestion de crise: le cas de Saint-Casimir". In Côté (2001).
• Palmer, Susan J. "Ambushing the Apocalypse: Sects, Suicide and Stigma in the Media". In Côté (2001).
• Côté, Pauline. "Échange généralisé et politique de prestige religieux dans l'espace public-monde". In Côté (2001).*M*
• Chryssides, George D. (2000). Exploring New Religions. Continuum. ISBN 0-304-33651-3.
• Introvigne, Massimo (2000). "The Magic of Death: The Suicides of the Solar Temple". In Wessinger, Catherine (ed.). Millennialism, Persecution, and Violence: Historical Cases. Syracuse University Press. ISBN 0-8156-0599-4.
• Hall, John R.; Schuyler, Philip D. (2000). "The Mystical Apocalypse of the Solar Temple". Apocalypse Observed: Religious Movements and Violence in North America, Europe, and Japan. London; New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-19276-5.
• Wessinger, Catherine (2000). How the Millennium Comes Violently: From Jonestown to Heaven's Gate. New York: Seven Bridges Press. ISBN 1-889119-24-5 – via Archive.org.
• Bédat, Arnaud; Bouleau, Gilles; Nicolas, Bernard (23 February 2000). L'Ordre du Temple solaire: Les Secrets d'une manipulation (in French). Flammarion. ISBN 2-08-067842-6.
• Mayer, Jean-François (1999). "Les chevaliers de l'Apocalypse : l'Ordre du Temple Solaire et ses adeptes". In Champion, Françoise; Cohen, Martine (eds.). Sectes et Démocratie
• Lewis, James R. (1998). "Solar Temple". Cults in America: A Reference Handbook. Contemporary World Issues. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. pp. 114–116. ISBN 1-57607-031-X.
• Bayard, Jean-Pierre (1998). Les sociétés secrètes et les sectes (in French). Le Félin. ISBN 2-86645-255-0.
• Caillet, Serge; Bernard, Raymond (1997). L'Ordre rénové du temple: aux racines du Temple solaire (in French). Dervy. ISBN 2-85076-924-X.
• Robbins, Thomas; Palmer, Susan J. (eds.). Millennium, Messiahs, and Mayhem: Contemporary Apocalyptic Movements London; New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-91648-8.
• Palmer, Susan J. "Woman as World Savior: The Feminization of the Millennium in New Religious Movements". In Robbins & Palmer (1997). *M*
• Anthony, Dick; Robbins, Thomas. "Religious Totalism, Exemplary Dualism, and the Waco Tragedy". In Robbins & Palmer (1997). *M*
• Hall, John R.; Schuyler, Philip D. "The Mystical Apocalypse of the Solar Temple". In Robbins & Palmer (1997).
• Bédat, Arnaud; Bouleau, Gilles; Nicolas, Bernard (1996). Les Chevaliers de la mort: Enquête et révélations sur l'Ordre du Temple Solaire (in French). TF1 Éditions – Gallica. ISBN 2-89111-707-7 – via Gallica.
• Bédat, Arnaud; Bouleau, Gilles; Nicolas, Bernard (1997). L'Ordre du Temple Solaire: Enquête et révélations sur les chevaliers de l'apocalypse (in French). Montréal: Libre Expression. ISBN 2-89111-707-7 – via Archive.org.
- note: Canadian edition of same book
• Mayer, Jean-François (1996). Les Mythes du Temple Solaire (in French). Genève: Georg. ISBN 2-8257-0554-3 – via Archive.org.
• Mayer, Jean-François (1997). Il Tempio Solare (in Italian). Translated by Zoccatelli, PierLuigi. Leumann: Editrice Elledici. ISBN 88-01-00869-4.
• Mayer, Jean-François (1998). Der Sonnentempel: Die Tragödie einer Sekte (in German). Translated by Lauble, Michael. Freiburg: Paulusverlag. ISBN 3-7228-0437-X.***
• Introvigne, Massimo (1996). Les Veilleurs de l'Apocalypse: Millénarisme Et Nouvelles Religions Au Seuil De L'an 2000 (in French). Claire Vigne. ISBN 2-84193-024-6.
• Campiche, Roland J. (1995). Quand les sectes affolent: Ordre du Temple Solaire, médias et fin de millénaire (in French). Labor et Fides. ISBN 2-8309-0794-9.
• Introvigne, Massimo. (1995). Idee che uccidono: Jonestown, Waco, il Tempio Solare (in Italian). Mimep-Docete. ISBN 88-86242-10-7
• Aubert, Raphaël; Keller, Carl-Albert (1994). Vie et Mort de l'Ordre du temple solaire (in French). Vevey [Genève] [Saint-Julien-en-Genevois]: Éd. de l'Aire Éd. Jouvence. ISBN 2-88353-080-7.

Popular

layman summaries

• Mellor, Lee (2013). "The Disciple and the Ideological Killer". Rampage: Canadian Mass Murder and Spree Killing. Dundurn. pp. 241–252. ISBN 978-1-4597-0721-4.
• "Un écran de fumée devant le soleil" [A smokescreen in front of the sun]. Les Crimes du Québec: Un tour du Québec en 50 histoires criminelles [Crimes of Quebec: A tour of Quebec in 50 crime stories] (in Canadian French). Editions Caractère. 2013. pp. 189–194. ISBN 978-2-89642-627-0.
• Goldwag, Arthur (2009). "Order of the Solar Temple". Cults, Conspiracies, and Secret Societies: The Straight Scoop on Freemasons, the Illuminati, Skull and Bones, Black Helicopters, the New World Order, and Many, Many More. Vintage Books. pp. 76–79. ISBN 978-0-307-39067-7.
• King, Melanie (2009). "Joseph Di Mambro". Prophets, Seers & Visionaries. Quercus. pp. 141–146. ISBN 978-1-84724-192-4.
• Holberg, Jay B. (2007). "Modern Mysteries". Sirius: Brightest Diamond in the Night Sky. Springer Praxis Books in Popular Astronomy. Springer Science+Business Media. ISBN 978-0-387-48941-4.
• Reynolds, John Lawrence (2006). "Critics, Alarmists and Conspiracy Theorists: When Does Paranoia Make Sense?". Shadow People: Inside History's Most Notorious Secret Societies. Key Porter Books. pp. 271–293. ISBN 1-55263-743-3 – via Archive.org.
• Steiger, Brad; Steiger, Sherry (2006). "Order of the Solar Temple". Conspiracies and Secret Societies: The Complete Dossier. Canton: Visible Ink Press. ISBN 1-57859-174-0.
• Klein, Shelley (2005). "Order of the Solar Temple: Trial by Fire". The Most Evil Secret Societies in History. Metro Books. pp. 82–92. ISBN 978-0-7607-7217-1 – via Erenow.
• Cohen, David (2004). Diana: Death of a Goddess. Century. ISBN 1-84413-795-3.
• Coleman, Loren L. (2004). "Cultic Copycats". The Copycat Effect: How the Media and Popular Culture Trigger the Mayhem in Tomorrow's Headlines. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 1-4165-0554-7.
• Moran, Sarah (1999). The Secret World of Cults: From Ancient Druids to Heaven's Gate. Surrey: CLB. pp. 66–71. ISBN 1-84100-132-5 – via Archive.org.

Conspiratorial

do you have paranoid schizophrenia? do you want to have paranoid schizophrenia?

• Livingstone, David (2013). Black Terror, White Soldiers: Islam, Fascism & The New Age. Sabilillah Publications. ISBN 978-1-4812-2650-9.
• Fusier, Maurice (2010). O.T.S.: l’impossible procès (in French). Brignais: Editions des Traboules. ISBN 978-2-915681-87-1.
• Fusier, Maurice (2006). Secret d'Etat ? Enquête au cœur d'une secte... Ordre du Temple solaire... (in French). Editions des Traboules. pp. 315–352. ISBN 2-915681-16-3.
• English, Christian; Thibaud, Frédéric (2004). "Le suicide collectif de l'ordre du Temple solaire". Affaires non classées (in French). Vol. 2 (1st ed.). ISBN 2-87691-909-5.***
• Fusier, Maurice (2003). Des Mots qui font des morts: Le proces Tabachnik et le Temple Solaire (in French). Pandora Publishing. ISBN 2-9700386-0-9.***
• Chaumeil, Jean-Luc (2001). L'Affaire de l'ordre du Temple solaire: Le dossier secret (in French). ACM Édition. ISBN 2-84087-116-5.***
• Abgrall, Jean-Marie (1999). "L'Ordre du Temple solaire". Les sectes de l'apocalypse: gourous de l'an 2000 (in French). Paris: Calmann-Lévy. ISBN 2-7021-2954-4.
• Keith, Jim (1997). "Creating Cults". Mind Control, World Control: The Encyclopedia of Mind Control Adventures Unlimited Press. ISBN 0-932813-45-3.
• Marhic, Renaud (1996). Enquête sur les extrémistes de l'occulte: L'Ordre du temple solaire (in French) (2nd ed.). Horizon Chimérique. ISBN 2-907202-58-8. note: same book with different title
• Marhic, Renaud (1995). Enquête sur les extrémistes de l'occulte : de la loge P2 à l'ordre du temple solaire (in French). Bordeaux: Horizon Chimérique. ISBN 2-907202-56-1.
• Leleu, Christophe (1995). La Secte du Temple Solaire: Explications autour d'un massacre (in French). Paris: Claire Vigne. ISBN 2-84193-004-1 – via Archive.org.
• Facon, Roger (1995). Vérité et révélations sur l'ordre du Temple solaire. Opération Faust, chronique d'un massacre annoncé (in French). Savoir pour Être. ISBN 978-2-87387-068-3.
• Constantine, Alex (1995). Psychic Dictatorship in the U.S.A. Feral House. ISBN 0-922915-28-8.

Memoirs

books from those personally involved in either the events or investigation (except mayer, i guess)

• Boisset, Yves (2011). La vie est un choix (in French). Place des éditeurs. ISBN 978-2-259-21632-6.
• Dauvergne, Charles (2008). Temple Solaire, un ex-dignitaire parle: Vingt ans au soleil du Temple (in French). Paris: Desclée de Brouwer. ISBN 978-2-220-06036-1.***
• Vuarnet, Alain (2007). Ma rage de vivre: Un destin dans la tourmente de l'Ordre du Temple solaire (in French). Éditions du Rocher. ISBN 978-2-268-06268-6.
• Jaton, Rose-Marie (1999). OTS: en quête de vérité (in French). Slatkine. ISBN 2-05-101785-9.
• Tabachnik, Michel (1997). Bouc émissaire: dans le piège du Temple solaire
• Delorme, Hermann (1996). Crois et meurs dans l'Ordre du Temple Solaire (in French). Favre. ISBN 2-8289-0509-8.***
• Vuarnet, Jean (1996). Lettres à ceux qui ont tué ma femme et mon fils (in French). Paris: Éditions Fixot. ISBN 2-286-10270-8.
• Vailly, René de (1995). La vérité sur l'Ordre du Temple Solaire (in French). Outremont: Les Éditions Québecor. ISBN 2-7640-0005-7.***
• Huguenin, Thierry (1995). Le 54e (in French). Paris: Fixot. ISBN 2-221-08045-9. Retrieved 2024-03-06 – via Archive.org.

Encyclopedia entries

about the OTS or mention the OTS or related topics

• Gallagher, Eugene V.; Willsky-Ciollo, Lydia, eds. (2021). "Order of the Solar Temple, The". New Religions: Emerging Faiths and Religious Cultures in the Modern World. ABC-CLIO. pp. 472–474. ISBN 978-1-4408-6235-9.
• Wendell G. Johnson, ed. (2017). "Order of the Solar Temple". End of Days: An Encyclopedia of the Apocalypse in World Religions . ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-4408-3940-5.
• Davidson, Jonathan (2014). "Luc Jouret". A Century of Homeopaths: Their Influence on Medicine and Health. New York: Springer Science+Business Media. pp. 194–195. ISBN 978-1-4939-0527-0.
• Chryssides, George D. (2012). Historical Dictionary of New Religious Movements. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6194-7.
• Chryssides, George D. "About-Picard Law". In Chryssides (2012). p. 23–24. *M*
• Chryssides, George D. "Di Mambro, Joseph (1920–1994)". In Chryssides (2012). p. 112.
• Chryssides, George D. "Doomsday Cult". In Chryssides (2012). p. 116. *M*
• Chryssides, George D. "Jouret, Luc (1947–1994)". In Chryssides (2012). p. 191–192.
• Chryssides, George D. "Mayer, Jean-François (1947–1994)". In Chryssides (2012). p. 228–229. *M*
• Chryssides, George D. "Neo-Templarism". In Chryssides (2012). p. 247. *M*
• Chryssides, George D. "Solar Temple". In Chryssides (2012). p. 325.
• Chryssides, George D. "Templarism". In Chryssides (2012). p. 339. *M*
• Clarke, Peter B. (2006). Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-26707-2.
• Introvigne, Massimo. "Brainwashing". In Clarke (2006). p. 74–78. *M*
• Introvigne, Massimo. "CESNUR". In Clarke (2006). p. 101–103. *M*
• Richardson, James T. "Cult and New Religions". In Clarke (2006). p. 144–147. *M*
• Kemp, Darren. "Literature in French on NRMs". In Clarke (2006). p. 346–350. *M*
• Hummel, Reinhart. "Literature in German on NRMs". In Clarke (2006). p. 350–357. *M*
• Introvigne, Massimo. "Literature in Italian and Spanish on NRMs". In Clarke (2006). p. 357–362. *M*
• Zoccatelli, Pierluigi. "Neo-Templarism". In Clarke (2006). p. 438–439. *M*
• Clarke, Peter B. "New Religions and Violence". In Clarke (2006). p. 455–458. *M*
• Clarke, Peter B. "Order of the Solar Temple". In Clarke (2006). p. 472–473.
• Melton, J. Gordon. "Resource guide to NRM studies". In Clarke (2006). p. 530–539. *M*
• Partridge, Christopher (2004). "Temple Solaire". Encyclopedia of New Religions: New Religious Movements, Sects and Alternative Spiritualities. Lion Publishing. ISBN 0-7459-5073-6.
• Miller, David. "Aum Shinrikyo". In Partridge (2004). p. 261–262. *M*
• O'Callaghan, Sean. "Neo-Templar Orders". In Partridge (2004). p. 317–319.
• Mayer, Jean-François. "The Order of the Solar Temple". In Partridge (2004). p. 347–348.
• Wojcik, Daniel. "Apocalypticism and Millenarianism". In Partridge (2004). p. 388–395.
• Greer, John Michael (2003). "Temple Solaire". The New Encyclopedia of the Occult. Llewellyn Publications. ISBN 1-56718-336-0.
• Atkins, Stephen E. (2002). "Solar Temple Cult". Encyclopedia of Modern American Extremists and Extremist Groups. Greenwood Press. pp. 282–283. ISBN 0-313-31502-7.
• Melton, Gordon J. (ed.) (2001a). Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology. A-L Volume 1 (5th ed.). Gale Group. ISBN 0-8103-9488-X.
• "Jouret, Luc (1947–1994)". In Melton (2001a). p. 838.
• "Di Mambro, Joseph (1924–1994)". In Melton (2001a). pp. 416–417.
• Melton, Gordon J. (ed.) (2001b). Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology. M-Z Volume 2 (5th ed.). Gale Group. ISBN 0-8103-9489-8.
• "Solar Temple". In Melton (2001a). pp. 1432–1433.
• "Sovereign and Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem". In Melton (2001a). pp. 1447–1448. *M*
• "Templars". In Melton (2001a). pp. 1545–1447. *M*
• Landes, Richard A. (ed.). (2000). Encyclopedia of Millennialism and Millennial Movements. Routledge Encyclopedias of Religion and Society. Routledge. pp. 282–283. ISBN 0-415-92246-1.
• Gallagher, Eugene V. "Cults". In Landes (2000). pp. 196–201. *M*
• Wojcik, Daniel. "Fatalism". In Landes (2000). pp. 266–275. *M*
• Wessinger, Catherine. "Fragile Millenial Groups". In Landes (2000). pp. 289–290. *M*
• Wessinger, Catherine. "Persecution". In Landes (2000). pp. 546–555. *M*
• Palmer, Susan J. "The Solar Temple". In Landes (2000). pp. 701–706.
• Palmer, Susan J. "Women". In Landes (2000). pp. 770–779.
• Lewis, James R. (1999). Peculiar Prophets: A Biographical Dictionary of New Religions. St. Paul: Paragon House. ISBN 1-55778-768-9.***
• Beit-Hallahmi, Benjamin (1998). "Solar Temple, Order of (Ordre du Temple Solaire)". The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Active New Religions, Sects, and Cults (Revised ed.). Rosen Publishing Group. pp. 333–334. ISBN 0-8239-2586-2.
• Swatos, William H, ed. (1998). Encyclopedia of Religion and Society. AltaMira Press. ISBN 0-7619-8956-0.
• Robbins, Thomas. "Charisma". In Swatos (2012). p. 78–80. *M*
• Campbell, Melodie; Kent, Stephen A. "UFO/Flying Saucer Cults". In Swatos (2012). p. 531–532. *M*
• Lewis, James R. (ed.). The Encyclopedia of Cults, Sects, and New Religions. Prometheus Books. ISBN 1-61592-738-7.
• Introvigne, Massimo. "Renewed Order of the Temple". In Lewis (1998). pp. 406–407.
• Introvigne, Massimo. "Solar Temple". In Lewis (1998). pp. 446–449.
• Introvigne, Massimo. "Templars (The Neo-Templar Tradition)". In Lewis (1998). pp. 470–474.

Journals

• Felthous, Alan R.; Masood, Yasir; Safari, Delavar; Rodgers, Emily; Chennu, Navreet; Kahlon, Chanchal; Angly, Mary (2024). "A classification of combined homicide-suicide: An update—Part III: Extrafamilial homicide-suicide". Journal of Forensic Sciences. 69 (1): 241–251. doi:10.1111/1556-4029.15392. ISSN 1556-4029.
• York, Michael (15 August 2024). "Geocentric and Cosmocentric Spiritualities from a Contemporary Western Pagan Perspective". Journal of Astronist Studies. 1 (1): 130–162.
• Rouiller, Sybille; Gilbert, Philippe; Baumgartner, Aline (2024). "Dépasser « l'irrationnel » avec la pensée critique : l'Ordre du Temple Solaire (OTS) comme étude de cas en sciences des religions" [Overcoming the "irrational" with critical thinking: the Order of the Solar Temple (OTS) as a case study in religious studies]. Zeitschrift für Religionskunde / Revue de didactique des sciences des religions (in French) (12): 117–136. doi:10.26034/fr.zfrk.2024.4702. ISSN 2297-6469.
• Palmer, Susan J. (2008). "France's "War on Sects": A Post-9/11 Update". Nova Religio. 11 (3): 104–120. doi:10.1525/nr.2008.11.3.104. ISSN 1092-6690. *M*
• Casoni, Dianne; Brunet, Louis (2005). "Processus groupal d'idéalisation et violence sectaire" [Group idealization process and cult violence]. Déviance et Société. 29 (1). 75-88. doi:10.3917/ds.291.0075. ISSN 0378-7931.
• Clément, Fabrice (March 2003). "The Pleasure of Believing: Toward a naturalistic explanation of religious conversions". Journal of Cognition and Culture. 3 (1): 69–89. doi:10.1163/156853703321598581. ISSN 1567-7095.
• Kropveld, Mike (2003). "An Example for Controversy: Creating a Model for Reconciliation". Cultic Studies Review. 2 (2): 130–150. ISSN 2154-7270.
• Introvigne, Massimo (June 2002). ""There is No Place for Us to Go but Up": New Religious Movements and Violence". Social Compass. 49 (2): 213–224. doi:10.1177/0037768602049002006. ISSN 0037-7686. (alt link)
• Mayer, Jean-François (1 September 2001). "Cults, Violence and Religious Terrorism: An International Perspective". Studies in Conflict & Terrorism. 24 (5): 361–376. doi:10.1080/105761001750434222. ISSN 1057-610X – via mayer.lt.
• Krompecher, T; Brandt-Casadevall, C; Horisberger, B; Perrier, M; Zollinger, U (June 2000). "The challenge of identification following the tragedy of the Solar Temple (Cheiry/Salvan, Switzerland)". Forensic Science International. 110 (3): 215–226. doi:10.1016/S0379-0738(00)00176-6. ISSN 1875-1741.
• Mayer, Jean-François (April 1999). ""Our Terrestrial Journey is Coming to an End": The Last Voyage of the Solar Temple". Nova Religio. 2 (2). Translated by Siegler, Elijah: 172–196. doi:10.1525/nr.1999.2.2.172. ISSN 1092-6690.
• link at Religioscope
• reprinted in Lewis 2004
• Tanner, Erwin (1997). "Sonnentempleorden: Leben und Sterben" [Order of the Solar Temple: Life and death]. Schweizerische Kirchenzeitung (in German). 25 (165): 390–396. ISSN 1420-5041 – via E-Periodica.
• Palmer, Susan J. (October 1996). "Purity and Danger in the Solar Temple". Journal of Contemporary Religion. 11 (3): 303–318. doi:10.1080/13537909608580777. ISSN 1353-7903.
- note: republished in Lewis (2006)
• Introvigne, Massimo; Melton, J. Gordon (Winter 1995). "The Solar Temple: A Preliminary Report on the Roots of a Tragedy". Gnosis. (34): 88–89. ISSN 0894-6159.
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• Haught, James A. (1995). "And Now, the Solar Temple". Free Inquiry. 15 (1): 31. ISSN 0272-0701.
• Gavillet, André (1995). "La captation religieuse d'un pouvoir" [The religious capture of power]. Domaine Public (in Swiss French). 32 (1197): 7. doi:10.5169/seals-1015356. – via E-Periodica.
• Introvigne, Massimo (October 1995) "Armageddon in Switzerland: The Solar Temple Remembered." Theosophical History. 5 (8): 281-298. (note: pretty much the same as Ordeal by Fire)
• Introvigne, Massimo (July 1995). "Ordeal by Fire: The Tragedy of the Solar Temple". Religion. 25 (3): 267–283. doi:10.1006/reli.1995.0023. ISSN 0048-721X.
- note: republished in Lewis (2006)
• Mayer, Jean-François (January 1993). "Des Templiers pour l'Ere du Verseau: les Clubs Archédia (1984–1991) et l'Ordre international chevaleresque Tradition Solaire" [Templars for the Age of Aquarius: the Archedia Clubs (1984–1991) and the International Chivalric Order of the Solar Tradition]. Mouvements religieux (153): 2–10. ISSN 0242-7931 – via mayer.lt.
- note: republished in Lewis (2006)

Reviews

• Helasdottir, Abby (14 February 2020). "The Order of the Solar Temple: The Temple of Death – Edited by James R. Lewis". Scriptus Recensera.
• Polyphilus, T (22 May 2017). "The Order of the Solar Temple". The Hermetic Library Blog.
• "Les mythes du temple solaire". Radicalisation Research. 27 February 2012.
• Cusack, Carole M. (May 2010). "James R. Lewis (ed.), The Order of the Solar Temple: The Temple of Death". BASR Bulletin (116): 19–20.
• O'Callaghan, Sean (April 2010). "The Order of the Solar Temple: Order of Death by James R. Lewis, ed". Alternative Spirituality and Religion Review. 1 (1): 94–96. doi:10.5840/asrr20101141. eISSN 1946-0538.
• Folk, Holly (2008). "The Order of the Solar Temple: The Temple of Death". Communal Societies. 28 (2): 96–98. ISSN 0739-1250.
• Dericquebourg, Régis (2007). "Review of The Order of the Solar Temple. The Temple of Death". Archives de sciences sociales des religions (in French). 52 (140): 243–244. doi:10.4000/assr.11143. ISSN 0335-5985. JSTOR 30119368 – via OpenEdition Journals.
• "The Order of the Solar Temple; the temple of death". Reference & Research Book News. 22 (2). 1 May 2007. ISSN 0887-3763.
• "The Perfect Heresy: The Revolutionary Life and Death of the Medieval Cathars". Kirkus Reviews. 22 (2). 1 July 2000. *M*
• Rosenfeld, Jean E. (April 1999). "Response to Mayer's "Our Terrestrial Journey is Coming to an End"". Nova Religio. 2 (2): 197–207. doi:10.1525/nr.1999.2.2.197. ISSN 1092-6690.
• Champion, Françoise (1997). "Les Nouvelles voies spirituelles. Enquête sur la religiosité parallèle en Suisse". Archives de sciences sociales des religions. 42 (98): 92–93. ISSN 0335-5985. JSTOR 30122658.
• Champion, Françoise (1997). "Les Mythes du Temple Solaire" [The Myths of the Solar Temple]. Archives de sciences sociales des religions (in French). 43 (98). 91–92. ISSN 0335-5985 – via Persée.
• Zorn, Jean-François (1997). "Roland J. Campiche, Quand les sectes affolent : Ordre du Temple Solaire, médias et fin de millénaire. Entretiens avec Cyril Dépraz, Genève : Labor et Fides/Institut d'Éthique sociale, 1995". Études théologiques et religieuses (in French). 72 (4): 603–604. ISSN 0014-2239 – via Persée.
• Scheuer, Jacques (1996). "Roland Campiche, Quand les sectes affolent. Ordre du Temple Solaire, médias et fin de millénaire. Entretien avec Cyril Dépraz, 1995". Revue Théologique de Louvain (in French). 27 (3): 387–388. ISSN 0080-2654 - via Persée.
• Pace, Enzo (1996). "Campiche (Roland J.), Quand les sectes affolent. Ordre du Temple Solaire, médias et fin du millénaire". Archives de sciences sociales des religions (in French). 94 (1): 62. ISSN 0335-5985 – via Persée.
• Bonard, Olivier (1995). "Un miroir tendu" [A mirror held up]. Domaine Public (in Swiss French). 32 (1230): 8 – via Scriptorium.

Reports

• Frapet, David (January–February 2015). L'ordre du Temple Solaire - Un drame initiatique [The Order of the Solar Temple - An initiatory tragedy] (in French). Association d'étude et d'information sur les mouvements religieux.
• Mayer, Jean-François (13 November 1998). Apocalyptic Millennialism in the West: The Case of the Solar Temple. Critical Incident Analysis Group at the University of Virginia.
• Naud, Yvon (8 October 1997). Rapport d'investigation du coroner (Report) (in Canadian French). Gouvernement du Québec: Bureau du coroner.
• Michaud, Roger C. (20 June 1996). Rapport d'investigation du coroner [Coroner's investigation report] (in Canadian French). Gouvernement du Québec: Bureau du coroner – via Info-Secte.

Theses

• Verreauit, Marie-Josée (August 1998). Le christianisme et les mouvements sectaires: Explication par la tradition et l'apport d'Ernst Troeltsch [Christianity and sectarian movements: Explanation through tradition and the contribution of Ernst Troeltsch] (Masters thesis) (in Canadian French). Université Laval. ISBN 0-612-38211-7.

Mentions

• Rosales, Jamie Rubio (2008). Historia Oculta de Canarias (in French). Self-published. ISBN 978-84-604-4766-5.***
• Camy, Gérard; Riou, Alain (2002). 50 films qui ont fait scandale [50 films that caused scandal] (in French). Corlet-Télérama. ISBN 2-85480-772-3.***
• Chantin, Jean-Pierre (2001). Les Marges du christianisme: « Sectes », dissidences, ésotérisme [The margins of Christianity: "cults", dissidences, esotericism]. Dictionnaire du monde religieux dans la France contemporaine (in French). Vol. 10. Paris: Éditions Beauchesne . ISBN 2-7010-1418-2.

OTS literature

• Breyer, Jacques (1959). Arcanes Solaire: Ou, les Secrets du Temple Solaire. Paris: La Colombe.