The Organisation and Religion to Re-unite All Religions

List of Cults, Sects and Movements
Pre - 1980
Updated 2010

CULT / MOVEMENT	FOUNDER	COUNTRY	DATE
Aetherius Society	George King	UK	1956
Ainsarii Ishmaelite Sect	-	-	-
Albigensis Sect	-	France	12th Century
Alli Allahis Sect	-	Persian	-
Anthroposothy	Rudolf Steiner	German	Unknown
Apostles of Infinite Love	Michael Colin	Canada	1951
Atlanteans	Unknown	England	1960's
Barry Long Foundation	Barry Long	Australia	Unknown
Basilidian Sect (Gnostic)	Basilides	-	2nd Century
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh	Mohan Chandra Rajneesh	India	1971
Blood Friends	Klaus Ludwig	Germany	1550
Branch Davidians	David Koresh	United States	1955
British Israelism	Richard Brothers	UK	1787
Carpocrations (Gnostic Sect)	Carpocrites	-	-
Central Church of Holy God	Tamotsu Kin	Japan	Unknown
Christian Science	Mary Baker Eddy	United States	Unknown
Christian Voice	Stephen Green	UK	1994
Church of Santa Daime	Raimundo Irineu Serra	Brazil	1930's
Dervishes Sect	-	-	-
Dignity Colony	Paul Schafer	Chile	1961
Dionysian	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Emmaus Community	Abbe Pierre	France	1949
The Essenes (Jewish Sect)	-	-	-
Findhorn Foundation	Eileen Caddy & Dorothy Maclean	UK	1962
Flat Earth Society	Samual Rowbotham	UK	1892
Focolare Movement	Chiara Lubich	Italy	1944
Four Square Gospellers	Aimee Semple Mcpherson	USA	20th Century
Free Union for Creative Karma	Unknown	USA	Unknown
Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints	Leader: Warren Jeffs	USA	1890's
Ganas Commune	Unknown	USA	1979
Garbage Eaters - (The Brethren)	Jim Roberts	United States	1972
Golden Dawn (The)	William Wynn Westcott	UK	1888
Goreans	John Norman	Unknown	Unknown
Hastraun Sect	-	Palastine / Babylon	-
Hare Krishna	AC Bhaktivedanata Swami Prabhupada	India	1965
Heavens Gate	Marshall Applewhite	United States	Unknown
Hellfire Clubs	Unknown	Various	1720's
Holy Spirit Movement	Alice Lakwena	Uganda	Unknown
I Am	Guy W. Ballard	USA	1930's
International Saturday Group	Unknown	Various	Unknown
Jesus Army (The)	Unknown	UK	1969
Kabbalah Centre	Rav Yehuda Ashlag	United States	1969
Kaotians	Lee Thompson	UK	Unknown
Laestadians	Laestadius	Sweden	Unknown
Les Flammes du Cosmos	Alfred Belmonte	France	1960's
Le Tres Haut Lunaire	Unknown	France	Unknown
Manson Family (The)	Charles Manson	United States	1967
Millerites	William Miller	United States	1818
Moorish Science	Unknown	USA	1913
Moqtada al-Sadr	Unknown	Middle East	Unknown
Morningland	Sri Patricia	United States	1973
Mungiki Sect	Unknown	Kenya	1950's
Mysteria Mystica Maxima (The)	Aleister Crowley	UK	Unknown
Nation of Islam (The)	Wali Fard Mohammed	United States	1930
Nation of Yahweh (The)	Yahweh Ben Yahweh	United States	1979
Neturei Karta	Unknown	Israel	Unknown
New Acropolis	Jorge Angel Livranga Rizzi	Argentina	1957
Ophites (Gnostic Sect)	-	-	2nd Century
Opus Dei	Josemaria Excriva de Balaguer	Spain	1928
Ordo Templi Orientalis - OTO	Unknown	International	1904
Panacea Society (The)	Joanna Southcott	UK	1926
Panawave Laboratory Group (The)	Yuko Chino	Japan	1977
Peoples Temple (The)	Jim Jones	United States / Guyanan	1953
Plymouth Brethren (The)	Unknown	Ireland	1820's
Queen Shahmia	Richell Denise Clark Bradshaw	United States	1991
Raelism	Claude Vorilhon	France	1973
Ranters (The)	Unknown	England	1649
Sakta Cult	-	India	-
Sathya Sai Baba	Sathya Sai Baba	India	1925
Scientology	L. Ron Hubbard	United States	1954
Society of Women in the Wilderness	Johann Jacob Zimmerman	Germany	1693
Tablighi Jamaat	Muhammed Ilyas	India	1927
Temple of the Builders of the Adytum	Unknown	USA	Unknown
Temple of the More Abundant Way of Life	William Franklyn Wolsey	Canada	20th Century
Three Grade Servant Church	Unknown	China	Unknown
The Thugs	Unknown	India	13th Century
The Ticklers	Unknown	Russia	19th Century
The Children of God	David Brandt Berg	United States	1967
The Church of Thelema	Aleister Crowley	UK	Unknown
The Coalition Against Civilisation	Unknown	United States	Unknown
The Cynics	Antisthenes	Greece	400 BC
The Emin	Raymond Armin	UK	1970
The True Russian Orthodox Church	Pyotr Kuznetsov	Russia	1971
Truth Missionaries Chapter of Positive Accord	Unknown	United States	1973
Umtata	Nokulunga Fiphaza	South Africa	Unknown
Unarius	Ernest & Ruth Norman	United States	1954
Unification Church (Moonies)	Sun Myang Moon	Korea	1954
Vedanta	Sri Ramakrishna	India	19th Century
Vibrational Individuation programme	Unknown	Australia	Not Known
Waldenses (Christian Sect)	-	France	Approx. 1170
Westboro Baptist Church	Fred Phelps	United States	1967
White Lotus	Unknown	China	Unknown
Wisdom, Knowledge, Faith and Love Fountain of the World Sect	Krishna Venta (Francis Heindswatzer Pencovic)	USA	1950's
XXXX	William Irvine	Ireland	1901

Please let us know your experiences about any of the above or any groups not listed, whether they be good or bad. Thanks. Contact Rob gnosticrob@aol.com

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