In the second half of the 20th century, modern societies have witnessed the emergence of new religious groups and sects among themselves. Such new religious sects sometimes arise and are related to great and classical or traditional religions, and sometimes they are completely independent and appear new; Sometimes they are organized like classical religions and sometimes they are not. The causes of their appearance, even their multiplicity, especially in modern societies, have occupied many sociologists and religious scholars.
Opposition to the new religious movements grew in the 1960s, especially among parents. Recruiting and recruitment sometimes led to the expulsion of young people from the university and abandoning the path of goals, and accepting a full-time religious life in an unfamiliar group situation. The unification of members based on honesty, loyalty, order and politeness group of They wanted to sound the alarm. The group might ask them to wear strange clothes, adopt an unusual or strict diet, and on certain occasions, play [worshipful] music or meditate. , or choose a new name for themselves. Some groups wanted members to live in isolated communities and banned members or those whose membership was terminated to live with family members, and others outside the sect.
Cults are “anti-rational” and “brainwashing” is one of the most important solutions. Because the leader of a sect wants to manage and everyone obeys him, they are irrational
Parents and other affiliates accused the cults of using deception and psychological manipulation to attract and retain new members, an operation known as mind control or brainwashing. They later accused the cults of Brainwashing techniques are used to deprive members of their intellectual and practical independence. Accusations of brainwashing after the mass suicide of members of the “People’s Temple”, a communal farm in “Jonestown” in Guyana, in 1975. It got stronger. According to the order of their leader “Jim Jones”, more than 900 followers of the cult, who were mostly Americans, were poisoned and died.
General division of sects
When we examine sects, they are divided into several categories:
۱- Indian mystics
۲- American mystics
۳- Chinese and Far Eastern mystics
۴-Christian mysticism
۵-Jewish mysticism
۶- European mystics
These few categories are the most important categories of these new mysticisms in the world. Of course, there are also “African” mystics, but they were not mentioned much, because Africans did not have strong media and propaganda power.
Common features of all sects
۱- These currents have almost common features. Most of these are “human-centered” because they are “humanistic”. When you research these sects, you will see that everything they say is for man, not for man to reach God, “man with man”. Peace, trance, solitude, meditation, concentration, self-awareness, and even self-godliness and… are issues. which each of these mysticisms promote. That is, all for yourself (self).
It is true that the self is included in Islamic mysticism, but the self is for transcending the self. Hazrat Amir says: “Arif is the one who knows the soul and cleanses it and frees it from everything that keeps it away from God.” In the words of Khwaja Shiraz, “I am the slave of my heart, the one who belongs under the blue wheel / what color poison is free” means to know yourself in order to use your potentials to reach God, but this is not the case in pseudo-mystics. Because they are not God-centered, they are human-centered.
۲- The second issue is that these sects are mainly “anti-Resurrectionist” and “reincarnationist”. That is, they believe that when a person dies in this world, the body is destroyed, but the soul remains and enters another body; And it keeps circulating until it reaches the final eternity and the final evolution of the universe. Some believe that in a period of time, the soul and the body will disappear together and end; That is, they do not believe in resurrection.
۳- The third characteristic is being “anti-Sharia”. Most of the sects fight against Sharia, especially Islam. Cults are mainly “person-oriented” and “leader-oriented”. Islam is not person-centered; It is “book oriented”. It is “law-oriented”, it is “document-oriented”. It is “revelation oriented”. But in these mysticisms, the person is the center. For example, “Osho” becomes an axis, whatever Osho’s thought is, it fights with religion and sharia. Paulo Coelho is a person. These are very important.
The five-pointed star, two inverted triangles on top of each other (Star of David), inverted cross (anti-Christianity) and the sign of Amon, the Egyptian god, are among the symbols of the followers of Satanism.
۴- These generally try to keep people away from the social space and the space of social activities. This is the fourth feature. That is, seclusion, yoga, meditation, concentration, private sessions and self-calming. Of course, they have tricks to make people raw. That is, they use different tactics. They say, doesn’t prayer calm a person? Yoga also relaxes a person! Apparently, you may temporarily calm down and get temporary relief, but it is not permanent. These are anti-Shariat and anti-Shariat; They run away not only from Islamic law, but also from Jewish and Christian law.
۵- Sects are “anti-rational” and “brainwashing” is one of the most important solutions. Because the leader of a sect wants to manage and everyone obeys him, they are irrational. They fight with reason and try to bring a person in society who fights with reason.
۶- They are “dignity oriented”. That is, they try to promote a series of extraordinary works. Tay al-Ariz and… these things that men preach in the name of Islamic mysticism are also wrong and we disagree; Because Islamic mysticism does not aim at these things. such as the earth, the world, heavenly lives, flying saucers and…
In the same temple sect that was mentioned earlier, these 913 people committed suicide so that the heavenly flying saucers would come and take their souls. That is, they were so brainwashed that they all believed and committed suicide with their wives and children. A group of people horribly killed themselves to join a spaceship.
Satanism trends and emerging cults
The next point is the emergence of satanic currents in these sects. Not long ago, a research group on the expansion
Satanism in the society had warned and informed that now more than 70 sects of Satanism are active in the country.
Satanism is now transferring symbols to society and will soon transfer ideology as well. Satanism has a worldview, and Satanists have many evidences to prove their truth, and in some cases they can take people from 6 to 60 years old with them.
According to this report, Satanists are now infiltrating universities and among students and performing programs including concerts in universities.
Satanists consider Satan as the dominant power in the world, and if someone wants to live well in the world, he must be with Satan, as they believe that the way to God is through communication with Satan!
But the interesting thing to note is that they promote satanism through the production of movies and music, and now this music is spreading among some young people.
Mazaheri Saif, a writer and sociologist, says: The five-pointed star, two inverted triangles on top of each other (Star of David), inverted cross (anti-Christianity) and the sign of Amon, the Egyptian god, are among the symbols of the followers of Satanism.
He also emphasizes: In order to deal with these sects, a cultural wave should be created in the country so that the nature of these deviant sects is recognized as much as possible by the society.
Meanwhile, a senior police official says: One of the conditions for membership and acceptance by emerging satanic groups is the consumption of very strong drugs, including cocaine, hashish, and X pills.
He states: The reason for the use of these substances by these groups is to enter a state of trance to perform their special ceremonies.
This law enforcement official of the country notes: Satanism is not a new phenomenon in Iran, as before in some cities of the country, including one of the cities of Kermanshah province, Satanism cults had officially announced their existence and activities.
This police official states: More than 90% of those arrested in the party of a satanist group in Karaj, which was held in the form of a concert, were from the prosperous areas of Tehran, and of course, after the arrest of many of these participants, it was found that the vast majority of them had no They had no knowledge of the nature of Satanism and the organizers of this party, and they had come together with the intention of participating in a night party.
The last word:
Informing the young generation and educating them about the sinister end of this counter-cultural movement through the media can prevent the spread of their movement and eradicate them if it continues.
This expert in behavioral sciences and social pathologist said: Due to the ever-increasing expansion of the activities of Satanist groups in the region of Islamic countries, especially Iran, the danger of these groups has reached a crisis stage in terms of culture and morality.
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