Books

Books/chapters in books about the OTS.

Non-Fiction

warning my sectioning here is pretty arbitrary

Academic

books from people qualified to write about this topic. sometimes highbrow

• 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.
• Kirkham, David M., ed. (2013). State Responses to Minority Religions. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-89806-5.
• 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).
• 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.
• 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).
• 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.
• 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 [The Order of the Solar Temple: The Secrets of 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" [The Knights of the Apocalypse: the Order of the Solar Temple and its followers]. In Champion, Françoise; Cohen, Martine (eds.). Sectes et Démocratie [Cults and Democracy] (in French). Paris: Éditions du Seuil. pp. 205–223. ISBN 2-02-031209-3 – via mayer.lt.
• 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 2-85076-924-X.
• 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 – 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 [The Order of the Solar Temple: Investigation and revelations on the Knights of the 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 [The Myths of the Solar Temple] (in French). Genève: Georg. ISBN 2-8257-0554-3 – via Archive.org.
• Mayer, Jean-François (1997). Il Tempio Solare [The Solar Temple] (in Italian). Translated by Zoccatelli, PierLuigi. Leumann: Editrice Elledici. ISBN 88-01-00869-4.
• Mayer, Jean-François (1998). Der Sonnentempel: Die Tragödie einer Sekte [The Order of the Solar Temple: The Tragedy of a Sect] (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 [The Watchers of the Apocalypse: Millenarianism and New Religions on the Threshold of the Year 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 [When cults cause panic: Order of the Solar Temple, the media and the end of the millennium] (in French). Labor et Fides. ISBN 2-8309-0794-9.
• 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 2-88353-080-7.

Popular

layman summaries

• Bourseiller, Christophe (2014). Les Faux Messies: Histoire d'une attente (in French). Pocket. ISBN 978-2-266-25014-6.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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?

• 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... [State secret? Investigation into the heart of a cult... Order of the Solar Temple...] (in French). Editions des Traboules. ISBN 2-915681-16-3.
• English, Christian; Thibaud, Frédéric (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 2-87691-909-5.***
• Fusier, Maurice (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.***
• 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 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.
• 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 2-907202-56-1.
• Marhic, Renaud (1996). Enquête sur les extrémistes de l'occulte: L'Ordre du temple solaire [Investigating occult extremists: The Order of the Solar Temple] (in French) (2nd ed.). Horizon Chimérique. ISBN 2-907202-58-8. note: same book with different title***
• 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 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 [Truth and revelations about the Order of the Solar Temple. Operation Faust, chronicle of an announced massacre] (in French). Savoir pour Être. ISBN 978-2-87387-068-3.

Memoirs

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

• Boisset, Yves (2011). La vie est un choix [Life is a choice] (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 [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 (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 978-2-268-06268-6.
• Jaton, Rose-Marie (1999). OTS: en quête de vérité [OTS: the quest for truth] (in French). Slatkine. ISBN 2-05-101785-9.
• 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 2-84098-308-7.
• Delorme, Hermann (1996). Crois et meurs dans l'Ordre du Temple Solaire [Believe and die in the Order of the Solar Temple] (in French). Favre. ISBN 2-8289-0509-8.***
• 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 2-286-10270-8.
• 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 Éditions Québecor. ISBN 2-7640-0005-7.***
• Huguenin, Thierry (1995). Le 54e [The 54th] (in French). Paris: Fixot. ISBN 2-221-08045-9. Retrieved 2024-03-06 – via Archive.org.

Encyclopedia Chapters

about the OTS or mention the OTS or related topics

• Campbell, Melodie; Kent, Stephen A. (1998). "UFO/Flying Saucer Cults". In Swatos, William H. (ed.). Encyclopedia of Religion and Society. AltaMira Press. ISBN 0-7619-8956-0.
• Introvigne, Massimo (1998). "Renewed Order of the Temple". In Lewis, James R. (ed.). The Encyclopedia of Cults, Sects, and New Religions. Prometheus Books. pp. 406–407. ISBN 1-61592-738-7.
• Introvigne, Massimo (1998). "Solar Temple". In Lewis, James R. (ed.). The Encyclopedia of Cults, Sects, and New Religions. Prometheus Books. pp. 446–449. ISBN 1-61592-738-7.
• Introvigne, Massimo (1998). "Templars (The Neo-Templar Tradition)". In Lewis, James R. (ed.). The Encyclopedia of Cults, Sects, and New Religions. Prometheus Books. pp. 470–474. ISBN 1-61592-738-7.

Journals

• 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.
• 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.
• 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
• 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.
• 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 (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.
• "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). May 1, 2007. ISSN 0887-3763.
• 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 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.
• 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.

Mentions

• 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.