Books

Books/chapters in books about the OTS.

Non-Fiction

• 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.
• Bogdan, Henrik (13 August 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.
• Palmer, Susan (21 October 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).
• Lewis, James R., ed. (2006). The Order of the Solar Temple: The Temple of Death. Controversial New Religions. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-7546-5285-4. OCLC 1027650107.
• 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).
• Fusier, Maurice (2006). Secret d'Etat ? Enquête au cœur d'une secte... Ordre du Temple solaire... [State secret? Investigation into the heart of a cult... Order of the Solar Temple...] (in French). Editions des Traboules. ISBN 978-2-915681-16-1.
• 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 978-1-55263-877-4. via Archive.org.
• 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 978-0-19-515682-9.
• Walliss, John (2004). Apocalyptic Trajectories: Millenarianism and Violence in the Contemporary World. Oxford, Bern, Berlin: Peter Lang. ISBN 978-3-03910-290-7.***
• English, Christian; Thibaud, Frédéric (15 June 2004). "Le suicide collectif de l'ordre du Temple solaire" [The collective suicide of the Order of the Solar Temple]. Affaires non classées (in French). Vol. 2 (1st ed.). ISBN 2876919095.***
• Fusier, Maurice (1 June 2003). Des Mots qui font des morts: Le proces Tabachnik et le Temple Solaire [Words that kill: The Tabachnik trial and the Solar Temple] (in French). Pandora Publishing. ISBN 2-9700386-0-9.***
• 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).
• Chaumeil, Jean-Luc (2001). L'Affaire de l'ordre du Temple solaire: Le dossier secret [The Affair of the Order of the Solar Temple: The Secret File] (in French). ACM Édition. ISBN 978-2840871163.***
• Bouchard, Alain (2001). “Un règlement de « conte » avec les sectes ?”. Chercheurs de dieux dans l’espace public - Frontier Religions in Public Space. In Côté, Pauline (ed.). University of Ottawa Press via OpenEdition Books.
• 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 (Reprint ed.). London [u.a.]: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-19277-4.
• Wessinger, Catherine (2000). How the Millennium Comes Violently: From Jonestown to Heaven's Gate. New York: Seven Bridges Press. ISBN 978-1-889119-24-3. via Archive.org.
• Bédat, Arnaud; Bouleau, Gilles; Nicolas, Bernard (23 February 2000). L'Ordre du Temple solaire: Les Secrets d'une manipulation [The Order of the Solar Temple: The Secrets of Manipulation] (in French). Flammarion. ISBN 978-2-08-067842-3.
• Jaton, Rose-Marie (1999). OTS: en quête de vérité [OTS: the quest for truth] (in French). Slatkine. ISBN 978-2051017855.***
• Moran, Sarah (1999). The Secret World of Cults: From Ancient Druids to Heaven's Gate. Surrey: CLB. pp. 66–71. ISBN 9781841001326. via Archive.org.
• Caillet, Serge; Bernard, Raymond (1997). L'Ordre rénové du temple: aux racines du Temple solaire [The Renewed Order of the Temple: to the roots of the Solar Temple] (in French). Dervy. ISBN 978-2850769245.***
• Bédat, Arnaud; Bouleau, Gilles; Nicolas, Bernard (1997). L'Ordre du Temple Solaire: Enquête et révélations sur les chevaliers de l'apocalypse [The Order of the Solar Temple: Investigation and revelations on the Knights of the Apocalypse] (in French). Montréal: Libre Expression. ISBN 978-2-89111-707-4. via Archive.org.
• Bédat, Arnaud; Bouleau, Gilles; Nicolas, Bernard (1996). Les Chevaliers de la mort: Enquête et révélations sur l'Ordre du Temple Solaire [The Knights of Death: Investigation and revelations on the Order of the Solar Temple] (in French). TF1 Éditions. note: seems to be same book with different title***
• Marhic, Renaud (1 December 1996). L'Ordre du temple solaire [The Order of the Solar Temple]. Enquête sur les extrémistes de l'occulte (in French). Vol. 2. Horizon Chimérique. ISBN 978-2-907202-58-9.
• Delorme, Hermann (1 November 1996). Crois et meurs dans l'Ordre du Temple Solaire [Believe and die in the Order of the Solar Temple] (in French). Favre. ISBN 978-2828905095.***
• Mayer, Jean-François (1996). Les mythes du Temple solaire [The Myths of the Solar Temple] (in French). Genève: Georg. ISBN 978-2-8257-0554-4. via Archive.org.
• Introvigne, Massimo (1996). Les Veilleurs de l'Apocalypse: Millénarisme Et Nouvelles Religions Au Seuil De L'an 2000 [The Watchers of the Apocalypse: Millenarianism and New Religions on the Threshold of the Year 2000] (in French). Claire Vigne. ISBN 978-2841930241.***
• Marhic, Renaud (1995). Enquête sur les extrémistes de l'occulte : de la loge P2 à l'ordre du temple solaire [Investigating occult extremists: from the P2 Lodge to the Order of the Solar Temple] (in French). Bordeaux: Horizon Chimérique. ISBN 978-2-907202-56-5.***
• Campiche, Roland J. (1995). Quand les sectes affolent: Ordre du Temple Solaire, médias et fin de millénaire [When cults cause panic: Order of the Solar Temple, the media and the end of the millennium] (in French). Labor et Fides. ISBN 9782830907940.***
• Leleu, Christophe (1995). La Secte du Temple Solaire: Explications autour d'un massacre [The Solar Temple Cult: Explaining a massacre] (in French). Paris: Claire Vigne. ISBN 978-2841930043. via Archive.org.
• Aubert, Raphaël; Keller, Carl-Albert (1994). Vie et mort de l'Ordre du temple solaire [Life and death of the Order of the Solar Temple] (in French). Vevey [Genève] [Saint-Julien-en-Genevois]: Éd. de l'Aire Éd. Jouvence. ISBN 978-2-88353-080-5.

Memoirs

• Dauvergne, Charles (2008). Temple Solaire, un ex-dignitaire parle: Vingt ans au soleil du Temple [Solar Temple, an ex-dignitary speaks: Twenty years in the Temple sun] (in French). Paris: Desclée de Brouwer. ISBN 978-2-220-06036-1.***
• Vuarnet, Alain (27 September 2007). Ma rage de vivre: Un destin dans la tourmente de l'Ordre du Temple solaire [My rage to live: A fate in the tempest of the Order of the Solar Temple] (in French). Éditions du Rocher. ISBN 978-2268062686.***
• Tabachnik, Michel (1997). Bouc émissaire: dans le piège du Temple solaire [Scapegoat: In the trap of the Solar Temple] (in French). Paris: Michel Lafon. ISBN 978-2-84098-308-8.***
• Vuarnet, Jean (1996). Lettres à ceux qui ont tué ma femme et mon fils [Letters to those who killed my wife and son] (in French). Paris: Éditions Fixot. ISBN 978-2286102708.***
• Vailly, René de (1995). La vérité sur l'Ordre du Temple Solaire [The truth about the Order of the Solar Temple] (in French). Outremont: Les Éd. Qubecour. ISBN 978-2-7640-0005-2.***
• Huguenin, Thierry (1995). Le 54e [The 54th] (in French). Paris: Fixot. ISBN 978-2-221-08045-0. Retrieved 2024-03-06 – via Archive.org.

Journals

• Casoni, Dianne; Brunet, Louis (2005). "Processus groupal d'idéalisation et violence sectaire" [Group idealization process and sectarian violence]. Déviance et Société. 29 (1). 75-88. doi:10.3917/ds.291.0075. ISSN 0378-7931.
• 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.
• 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)
• Haught, James A. (1995). "And Now, the Solar Temple". Free Inquiry. 15 (1): 31. ISSN 0272-0701.
• 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)

Reviews

• O’Callaghan, Sean (1 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.***
• 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. ISSN 0335-5985. JSTOR 30119368.
• Rosenfeld, Jean E. (1 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 Mythes du Temple Solaire" [The Myths of the Solar Temple]. Archives de sciences sociales des religions (in French). 43 (98). 91–92. – via Persée.

Reports

• Frapet, David (January–February 2015). L'ordre du Temple Solaire - Un drame initiatique [The Order of the Solar Temple - An initiatory drama] (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. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
• 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 infosect.freeshell.org.

Mentions

• Boisset, Yves (17 November 2011). La vie est un choix [Life is a choice] (in French). Place des éditeurs. ISBN 978-2-259-21632-6.
• 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 978-0-306-47887-1.
• Camy, Gérard; Riou, Alain (2002). 50 films qui ont fait scandale [50 films that caused scandal] (in French). Corlet-Télérama. ISBN 978-2-85480-772-1.***
• Mayeur, Jean-Marie; Hilaire, Yves Marie; 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: Beauchesne. ISBN 978-2-7010-1418-0.***