Aum Shinrikyo / Aleph
Modern Spiritual Movements New religious movement
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Neutral catalog summary
About this record
Aum Shinrikyo / Aleph is cataloged as a New religious movement within Modern Spiritual Movements. Its candidate country context is “Japan” and its period or origin is “1984–present through successor organizations.” It is associated with the parent tradition “Japanese new religious movements.”
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
- Aum Shinrikyo / Aleph; Aum; Aleph; Hikari no Wa (related offshoot)
- Parent tradition
- Japanese new religious movements
- Public geographic context
- Japan
- Period / origin
- 1984–present through successor organizations
- Living / historical status
- Aum historically violent; successor groups active and monitored
- Access / protocol
- Open / public
- Evidence status
- Directly cited
Geography
CandidateJapan
This record also has global, transnational, diaspora, textual or doctrinal context and is not reduced to one country.
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.
Where to read more
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Related Atlas entries
Stable attribution
Cite this record
Aum Shinrikyo / Aleph. Atlas of Religious and Esoteric Lineages, record 0715. https://esotericlineages.com/entry/0715
Created and maintained by Ayara and Kyle Jonathan B@KJB_and_AYARA · https://x.com/KJB_and_AYARA