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On the Web
- Raelians - Profile of the Raelian Movement, links with abstracts, and a print bibliography. From the New Religious Movements Homepage.
- Raël Love - Salon.com writer Taras Gresco relates experience with a gathering of Raelians and describes the movement's beliefs and history.
- UFO Cults - General discussion of religious movements related to UFOs, with short profiles of several groups. From the New Religious Movements Homepage.
- Clone Ranger - Village Voice author Rebecca Segall interviews a Raelian and discusses the movement's reception in New York City and in the scientific community.
- Modern Paths - Organized links, with explanations, on various groups and aspects of modern spirituality.
- UFOland - Information about and video tour of this structure in Quebec, construction of which was inspired by the messages that Rael received from an extraterrestrial visitor. Also includes general information about the Raelian movement and its beliefs.
- Behind a Cult and Cloning - New York Times article recounts the history of the Raelians and compares the movement to some historical antecedents, including the Oneida Community. [Requires free registration.]
- The Raelian Revolution - Official website for the Raelian Movement. Includes descriptions of beliefs and positions, organization structure, and intiatives; information for prospective members; and online sale of books and e-books.
- Of Free Love, Extraterrestrials and Masturbation - Article in the Toronto Globe and Mail describes the beliefs of the movement and discusses its attempt to clone humans.
- The Rael Deal - Article by Susan J. Palmer, a religion teacher who is writing a book about the Rael cult, discusses the movement's history and its involvement in human cloning.
Wikipedia Articles
- List of literary movements - This is a list of modern literary movements: that is, movements after the Renaissance. These terms, helpful for curricula or anthologies, evolved over time to group writers who are often loosely related.
- Mid-Century modern - Mid-Century modern is an architectural, interior and product design form that generally describes post-war developments in modern design from roughly 1945 to 1965. Mid-century architecture was a further development of Frank Lloyd Wright's principles of organic architecture combined with many elements reflected in the International and Bauhaus movements.
- Jewish denominations - Several groups, sometimes called denominations, "branches," or "movements," have developed among Jews of the modern era, especially Ashkenazi Jews living in anglophone countries. Despite the efforts of several of these movements to expand their membership in Israel and achieve official recognition by the Israeli government, non-Orthodox movements have remained largely a feature of Judaism in the diaspora.
- World Prayer Movements - Modern World Prayer Movements
- Radical Traditionalism - Radical Traditionalism is the name given to modern movements that seek to revive pre-modern values of the Indo-European Tradition concerning the spiritual aspects of life. In contrast to modern culture, which they see as marked by materialism, mechanization and urbanism, radical traditionalists promote traditional and local culture and folklore, respectful treatment of the earth ...