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Siderella
Siderella, originally Iso-Zen, also known as Galacteus among many other names, was a French UFO religion. It was founded and led by Jean-Paul Appel, who founded the group in 1966 in Paris, France. The views of the group involved ufological and New Age themes, and took elements of Buddhism and Tantrism. They believed an apocalypse was imminent and that members of the group would be saved by aliens and taken to Alpha Centauri. Members of Siderella lived communally, and preached consciousness expansion and preparing for contact with aliens, which involved group sex. They worshipped aliens. It counted two notable comic book artists among its membership, Jean Giraud and Sergio Macedo. Their advertisements involved science fiction, and in 1982 they published a comic book, '' Timeless Voyage'', which was based on their beliefs. Guery claimed he had been conceived through alien intervention and that at the age of 12 he had been contacted by extraterrestrials. Most active in Franc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timeless Voyage
''Timeless Voyage: Earth Sky Connection'' () is a comic book, illustrated by Sergio Macedo and written by Appel Guery. It was published in 1982 by Editions Glénat. An English translation was published in 1987 by Transtar Pacific. The book's author, Appel Guery, was the leader of the UFO religion Siderella. The comic follows a group of UFO believers, influenced by a group of cosmic beings seeking to restore humanity from evil influences through a figure called Yogan. The chosen few are picked up by a flying saucer before the Earth is destroyed. The comic carries the themes and beliefs of Siderella, with elements taken from Guery's life and others being fictional. The book later received attention for its connections to a different religious group, the Order of the Solar Temple (OTS), who committed mass suicide in Switzerland in 1994. Commentators highlighted its similarities to the OTS's actions and beliefs, and its strange and visionary elements. Plot The book's preface was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergio Macedo
Sergio Macedo (born 8 April 1951) is a Brazilian comic artist. Born in Além Paraíba, he pursued a career in illustrating for advertising and journalism, before illustrating for Brazilian newspapers and magazines. In the 1970s, he moved to France, where he published comics in the publications ''Métal hurlant'' and '' Heavy Metal''. He eventually moved to French Polynesia, where he published several comics, many of which focus on the indigenous peoples of the region and others. Other works focus on aliens and esoteric themes. Early life Sergio Macedo was born 8 April 1951 in Além Paraíba, Minas Gerais, Brazil. He began drawing early in life. In 1954, he moved to Juiz de Fora. He credited his artistic inspiration as a child to both foreign and Brazilian comic book artists, as well as realist artists. Later on, in the late 60s and early 1970s, he became inspired by American and French underground comic artists. He was self taught. Career He pursued a career in illustrations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Religious Movement
A new religious movement (NRM), also known as a new religion, is a religious or Spirituality, spiritual group that has modern origins and is peripheral to its society's dominant religious culture. NRMs can be novel in origin, or they can be part of a wider religion, in which case they are distinct from pre-existing Religious denomination, denominations. Some NRMs deal with the challenges that the modernizing world poses to them by embracing individualism, while other NRMs deal with them by embracing tightly knit collective means. Scholars have estimated that NRMs number in the tens of thousands worldwide. Most NRMs only have a few members, some of them have thousands of members, and a few of them have more than a million members.Eileen Barker, 1999, "New Religious Movements: their incidence and significance", ''New Religious Movements: challenge and response'', Bryan Wilson and Jamie Cresswell editors, Routledge There is no single, agreed-upon criterion for defining a "new religi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esoteric
Western esotericism, also known as the Western mystery tradition, is a wide range of loosely related ideas and movements that developed within Western society. These ideas and currents are united since they are largely distinct both from orthodox Judeo-Christian, Judeo-Christian religion and Age of Enlightenment rationalism. It has influenced, or contributed to, various forms of Western philosophy, mysticism, Western religions, religion, science, pseudoscience, Western art history, art, Western literature, literature, and Western culture#Music, music. The idea of grouping a wide range of Western traditions and philosophies together under the term ''esotericism'' developed in 17th-century Europe. Various academics have debated numerous definitions of Western esotericism. One view adopts a definition from certain esotericist schools of thought themselves, treating "esotericism" as a perennial philosophy, perennial hidden inner tradition. A second perspective sees esotericism as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Jonasz
Michel Jonasz (born 21 January 1947 in Drancy, France) is a French composer-songwriter, singer and actor. His compositions include: ''La boîte de jazz'', ''Joueurs de blues'' and ''Les vacances au bord de la mer''. Born of Hungarian immigrant parents, Michel Jonasz left school at the age of 15 to find his way in the arts. Painting, theatre and music interested him, but he began his artistic career as a pianist. After working with both Vigon and The Lemons, in 1966 he created the band King Set with his friend, the guitarist Alain Goldstein. Two radio successes made his voice and his talent for rhythm known: an original composition, ''Apesanteur'' (Weightlessness), in 1967, and ''Jezebel'' in 1968. His solo career began slowly with a single ("45t") at the end of 1968 under the name of Michel Kingset, the next in 1970 under his own name. He had to wait until 1974 to find a large audience with two simultaneous hits ("tubes"): ''Dites-Moi'' and ''Super Nana''. Discography ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'Illustré
''L'Illustré'' () is a weekly consumer magazine published in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is one of the earliest magazines published in the country and has been in circulation since 1921. History and profile ''L'Illustré'' was first published in Romandie on 10 September 1921. The magazine was printed and published in Zofingen. During its initial phase, it covered French translations of the articles published in the Swiss German magazine ''SIZ''. Over time it had its own editorial profile, leaving its German focus. ''L'Illustré'' is part of the Ringier AG and is based in Lausanne. The magazine was published on a weekly basis by L'illustré publishing. As of 2012 Michel Jeanneret was the editor-in-chief. In December 2014 Ringier AG and Axel Springer SE reported that they would establish a new joint venture under the name of Ringier Axel Springer Medien Schweiz and that ''L'Illustré'' would be part of this company among the other publications. The partnership of the companies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'Impartial
() was a Swiss French language daily newspaper published by in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Canton of Neuchâtel. Published since 1881, it was a sister newspaper to ''L'Express.'' The last edition of the newspaper was published on 22 January 2018. It merged with ''L'Express'' to create ''ArcInfo''. History The paper was founded by Alexandre Courvoisier in 1881 in La Chaux-de-Fonds. The publisher of the paper took over the Le Locle paper in 1967, giving its publisher a monopoly of journalism in the northern part of the canton. In 1992, Gassman AG (owner of the and newspapers) bought a majority of shares in . In 1996, it partially merged with another Neuchâtel newspaper, '. Afterwards, the two papers shared much of the same content and an editorial team, but differed in some of their regional coverage. No jobs were lost at either paper in the process of the merger. The publishing companies behind both papers merged in 1999, forming the . It merged with to create ''ArcInfo Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hippie
A hippie, also spelled hippy, especially in British English, is someone associated with the counterculture of the 1960s, counterculture of the mid-1960s to early 1970s, originally a youth movement that began in the United States and spread to different countries around the world. The word ''Etymology of hippie, hippie'' came from ''Hipster (1940s subculture), hipster'' and was used to describe beatniks who moved into New York City's Greenwich Village, San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district, and Chicago's Old Town, Chicago, Old Town community. The term ''hippie'' was used in print by San Francisco writer Michael Fallon, helping popularize use of the term in the media, although the tag was seen elsewhere earlier. The origins of the terms ''Hip (slang), hip'' and ''hep'' are uncertain. By the 1940s, both had become part of African-American culture, African American Glossary of jive talk, jive slang and meant "sophisticated; currently fashionable; fully up-to-date". The Beats adopted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raëlism
Raëlism, also known as Raëlianism, is a UFO religion founded in 1970s France by Claude Vorilhon, now known as Raël. Scholars of religion classify Raëlism as a new religious movement. The group is formalised as the International Raëlian Movement (IRM) or Raëlian Church, a hierarchical organisation under Raël's leadership. Raëlism teaches that an extraterrestrial species known as the Elohim created humanity using their advanced technology. An atheistic religion, it holds that the Elohim have historically been mistaken for gods. It claims that throughout history the Elohim have created 40 Elohim/human hybrids who have served as prophets preparing humanity for news about their origins. Among them are The Buddha, Jesus, and Muhammad, with Raël himself the 40th and final prophet. Raëlists believe that since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945, humanity has entered an Age of Apocalypse in which it threatens itself with nuclear annihilation. Raëlism holds that humanity ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'Express
(, stylized in all caps) is a French weekly news magazine headquartered in Paris. The weekly stands at the political centre-right in the French media landscape, and has a lifestyle supplement, ''L'Express Styles'', and a job supplement, ''Réussir''. Founded in 1953 by Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber and Françoise Giroud, ''L'Express'' would be considered France's first American-style news weekly. ''L'Express'' is one of the three major French news weeklies alongside '' Le Nouvel Obs'' and '' Le Point''. History and profile was co-founded in 1953 by Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, future president of the Radical Party, and Françoise Giroud, who had earlier edited '' Elle'' and went on to become France's first minister of women's affairs in 1974 and minister of culture in 1976. ''L'Express'' first issue was released on Saturday 16 May 1953, at the corner of the end of the Indochina War and the Algerian War which was about to break out. It was founded as a weekly supplem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agence France-Presse
Agence France-Presse (; AFP) is a French international news agency headquartered in Paris, France. Founded in 1835 as Havas, it is the world's oldest news agency. With 2,400 employees of 100 nationalities, AFP has an editorial presence in 260 cities across 150 countries. Its main regional headquarters are based in Nicosia, Montevideo, Hong Kong and Washington, D.C. AFP publishes stories, videos, photos and graphics in French, English, Arabic, Portuguese, Spanish, and German. Two-thirds of its turnover comes from its own commercial activities, with the remaining one-third being provided by the French government (amounting to 113.3 million euros in 2022) as compensation for carrying out its mission of general interest. In December 2024, AFP was ranked as the 27th most visited news site in the world, with over 105 million monthly readers. History Agence France-Presse has its origins in the Agence Havas, founded in 1835 in Paris by Charles-Louis Havas, making it the world's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
