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that had reached its level of structure and prominence; he said that while personally he believed that Scientology's vision of "a world completely governed by L. Ron Hubbard's doctrine isn't very appealing, and I wouldn't like to live there", he believed the group had a limited ability to impose its laws on others and therefore posed a limited risk to democracy, though noted that "certain Scientology departments have intelligence activities on their opponents". Speaking of monitoring of cults, he said that the Swiss state could not have monitored the Solar Temple as it was barely known prior to the tragedies, noting difficulties in deciding what groups should or should not be monitored. He said that to avoid cult-related tragedies outside pressure and an internal "critical spirit" was often helpful, but that the Church of Scientology had an "an annoying tendency to regard any critic as a criminal", and that while Scientologists could admit they made mistakes, "these mistakes are repeated, regularly."
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particularly focused on cults/NRMs, instead religion more broadly. He is also the writer of the Religioscope website, a separate bilingual project run by Mayer, started in 2002. In an encyclopedia entry from 2004, Daren Kemp described the site as being then the "foremost Internet source in French for scholarly information on religion, including NRMs." He is associate editor of the periodical
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feeding conspiracies and narratives that the cult had promoted, only fell into their "trap" and became the "executor's of Di Mambro's will". Following the second mass suicide by the group, he did not rule out the possibility that a third would occur; this later happened in 1997. Mayer was described by fellow scholar of religion
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When asked about this in 1994, he admitted he was far-right in his youth, and stated: "I wouldn't say, as some do, that it was a youthful error. That would be a lack of courage and dignity, it seems to me. There are things I wouldn't do again, that's for sure, but it was an experience, among others."
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and lies by the leaders of the cult, as well as members of related religious movements who did not reflect on their beliefs after the deaths. In his view the deaths were motivated by the paranoid personality of the leader and his desire for media speculation and attention. In his view, the media, by
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Following the story breaking, he received many calls from journalists and requests for interviews, until he was requisitioned by a judge for the investigation. Following this he was advised not to speak to the media. While the investigation was ongoing, his far-right past attracted media controversy
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Interviewed about the Church of Scientology in 1996, he argued against the idea that they be banned, saying that doing so would turn its members into martyrs and there was no legal basis for defining a cult. He described Scientology as the only "para-religious group" with a "psychotherapeutic base"
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discussing the group; Mayer's chapter was described by one reviewers as a "welcome addition" to what limited scholarship on the group there was. Another reviewer praised what he viewed as "good scholarship" on the part of Mayer in weighing the different arguments as to what occurred with the group,
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the same year, which was surprised at his very high position in the government given his past political views. Faubert did not mind that Mayer was not leading "a crusade against gurus", but criticized what he perceived as an "allegedly scientific uncritical" tone, and was concerned by his past
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He was, as of 1997, the only full time Swiss cult researcher, and further one of only a few Francophone ones. He was referred to by several Swiss newspapers as the country's "Mr. Cults". For three years from the late 1980s to the early 1990s, he took part in a program of new religious movement
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In 2007, Mayer founded the Religioscope Institute and became the director; this organization aims to study religion's influence on the modern world, as well as to disseminate information on the topic, with a "Media and Religion" project focusing on informing the press. Religioscope is not
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in 1993 that while he did not regret his past experiences, his "approach has changed quite a bit" and he no longer subscribed to any political ideology, and that as to the magazines he had published in, "I'm a free man, I write what I want where I want I don't have to answer to anyone."
217:. Having been the only person to study the group prior to their deaths, he was personally consulted by the Swiss police in their investigation of the organization, and was appointed as an expert in the case. He has been described by fellow new religious movement scholar 341:, Mayer abandoned any political affiliation after returning to Switzerland, and former friends who were members of the Nouvel ordre social stated they no longer had contact with him. Faubert however claimed had written a book review for a publication of 432:
research operated by the SNSF, funded by a national grant of nearly 200,000 Swiss francs. He researched many groups, developing a "a network of informers" and contacts with other specialists. As a result of this program, he wrote the book
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Une honteuse exploitation des esprits et des porte‑monnaie? Les polémiques contre l'Armée du Salut en Suisse en 1883 et leurs étranges similitudes avec les arguments utilisés aujourd'hui contre les "nouvelles
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as a "veritable bible" for those wishing to look into cults. This program was completed in 1990: he had expected there to be a follow up to it, however it was not continued and he was then unemployed.
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Les Mormons et la Polygamie: Trois textes mormons du XIXe siècle en langue française, précédés d'une introduction à l'histoire et la pratique du mariage plural chez les saints des derniers jours,
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said he seemed to have been wandering "in a frantic search for spiritual roots". He later credited his interest in cults as stemming from his teenage interest in a book on the topic,
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doubted he was still far-right, saying that not even "the best magnifying glass" could detect any right-wing political sympathies in the many newspaper articles he had written.
202:. In the 1990s, he was an analyst for the Swiss federal government on international affairs and policy. Following this, he became a lecturer and research associate at the 583: 265: 2988: 412:(BAIMR), a French-speaking anti-cult organization in Switzerland, founded in 1989. BAIMR distributed Mayer's "instruction manual" for dealing with cults in 1991, 416:, which warns those "in search of spirituality" against cults, but also advises families of cult members on how to deal with the situation, recommending against 167:, author, and translator. He is also Director of the Religioscope Institute, which he founded. He received his masters degree, and then his doctorate, from the 380: 2602: 313: 1671: 370:(Fribourg Ecologist Party, PEF), which he was the president of for two years. He was on the party's submitted list of five electoral candidates in the 579:
in their comparative science of religions unit. In 1999, he founded a firm of strategic research consultancy called the JFM Recherches et Analyses.
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at the time listed Mayer among those who may be "potential supporters" of the organization, along with other religious specialists like
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with updates on the strategic situation. In 1995 he wrote a report published by the OCD focusing on the impact of religious aspects on
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practices. During the 1980s he operated the Fribourg-based publisher Les Trois Nornes. In the mid 1980s, while researching the
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Templars for the Age of Aquarius: The Archedia Clubs (1984–1991) and the International Chivalric Order of the Solar Tradition
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falsely accused Mayer of having been summoned to court due to a personal connection to the group, which was repeated by the
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politics. Following Mayer's appointment as an expert to the OTS case, he expressed his surprise. At the same time,
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as "probably the world's leading authority on the Solar Temple". Mike Kropveld of the cult watching organization
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in 1979, and his doctorate degree in history at the same institution in 1984. His doctoral thesis was written on
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described his works as, being on highly controversial topics, notable for their restraint and uncritical tone.
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Rosenfeld, Jean E. (April 1999). "Response to Mayer's "Our Terrestrial Journey is Coming to an End"".
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Following a brief career in radio, he undertook an analysis of new religions in Switzerland for the
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La Nouvelle Eglise de Lausanne et le mouvement swedenborgien en Suisse romande, des origines à 1948
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in January 1993. Mayer had personally attended OTS meetings as far back as 1987, meeting leader
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He left the OCD in 1998. Following this, he resumed his studies of NRMs and taught at the
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Following this, he could no longer afford to research; he then accepted a position at the
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L'Évêque Bugnion ou les Voyages extraordinaires d'un aventurier ecclésiastique vaudois
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Mayer is the author of several books on new religious movements. In 1987 he published
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Les nouvelles voies spirituelles: Enquête sur la religiosité parallèle en Suisse
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accused him of having then been the distributor of another similar publication,
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in 1979 and 1984. His writing focuses on religion, with a particular focus on
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Dyrendal, Asbjørn (2013). "Review of Violence and New Religious Movements".
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Kemp, Daren (2004). "Literature in French on NRMs". In Clarke, Peter (ed.).
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Mayer later published a book on his research into the Solar Temple in 1996,
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L'évolution des chrétiens évangéliques et leur perception en Suisse romande
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Orthodox Identities in Western Europe: Migration, Settlement and Innovation
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Cohen, Martine (1990). "Review of Confessions d'un chasseur de sectes".
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Newcombe, Suzanne; Harvey, Sarah, eds. (2016). "Notes on Contributors".
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in Switzerland. As a teenager, he organized an anniversary party of the
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Mayer became much more well known following his investigation into the
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Apocalyptic Millennialism in the West: The Case of the Solar Temple
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The Radical Right in Switzerland: Continuity and Change, 1945-2000
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though he said this did not lead Mayer to "any firm conclusion".
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Les sectes: Non-conformismes chrétiens et nouvelles religions
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in 1986, which is right-wing. He stated in an interview with
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Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God
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Bureau d'aide et d'information sur les mouvements religieux
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founder Mike Kropveld as the "foremost expert" on the OTS.
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I nuovi movimenti religiosi: Sette cristiane e nuovi culti
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The book received positive reviews. In 2002 he authored
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Prophecy in the New Millennium: When Prophecies Persist
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Les Sectes et vous: Petit manuel d'information pratique
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Bellini, Catherine; Rebetez, Alain (10 October 1996).
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Index

Fribourg
MA
Alma mater
Jean Moulin University Lyon 3
Academic study of new religious movements
University of Fribourg
Les Mythes du Temple Solaire
mayer.info
religious historian
Jean Moulin University Lyon 3
new religious movements
cults
Unification Church
Church of Scientology
Pilgrims of Arès
Swiss National Science Foundation
University of Fribourg
Order of the Solar Temple
media frenzy
George D. Chryssides
Info-Secte
Fribourg
Opus Dei
Latin Catholic Church
Quakers
Orthodox Catholic Church
Lutheranism
L'Hebdo
L'Offensive des Sectes
far-right politics

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