TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2004//
TI  - Aum Shinrikyo: The Threshold Crossed
JO  - Journal of aggression, maltreatment and trauma
A1  - Lifton, R. J.
SP  - 57
EP  - 66
VL  - 9
IS  - 1-2
N2  - Aum Shinrikyo and its guru, Shoko Asahara, burst into world consciousness in 1995 when the cult released sarin, a highly lethal nerve gas, into the Tokyo subway. Aum Shinrikyo emerged from the apocalyptic underbelly of Japanese society, but there is little that is uniquely Japanese about it. It epitomizes a category of cult led by a megalomanic guru who guided his disciples into induced mystical experiences in pursuit of his apocalyptic vision of renewing the world spiritually by initiating World War III and bringing about a biblical Armageddon.<p />
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SN  - 1092-6771
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J146v09n01_05
ID  - ref1
ER  -