John Frum Movement
Oceanian & Circumpolar New religious movement
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Neutral catalog summary
About this record
John Frum Movement is cataloged as a New religious movement within Oceanian & Circumpolar. Its candidate country context is “Vanuatu” and its period or origin is “Twentieth century–present.” It is associated with the parent tradition “Tanna kastom and Christian-colonial encounter.”
This summary is assembled only from the record fields shown below. It does not add ritual instructions, doctrinal claims or inferred geography.
Record fields
- Alternate / historical names
- John Frum Movement; Jon Frum; John Frum kastom movement
- Parent tradition
- Tanna kastom and Christian-colonial encounter
- Public geographic context
- Vanuatu
- Period / origin
- Twentieth century–present
- Living / historical status
- Living
- Access / protocol
- Community-bound / restricted
- Evidence status
- Directly cited
Geography
CandidateVanuatu
Public geographic context is limited to country level or broader. A documented site may still be named as the record’s public identity, but no subnational location field or coordinates are published.
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Stable attribution
Cite this record
John Frum Movement. Atlas of Religious and Esoteric Lineages, record 0692. https://esotericlineages.com/entry/0692
Created and maintained by Ayara and Kyle Jonathan B@KJB_and_AYARA · https://x.com/KJB_and_AYARA