Sex, Magic, and the Police: The Saga of Guru Jára

The Guru Jára Path is a Czech new religious movement, founded in 1995 by Jaroslav (Jára) Dobeš and teaching an esoteric system mostly based on Shivaite Tantrism. Although teachings on sexuality are but a part of the Path’s doctrine, rituals involving sexual practices led...

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Published in:The journal of CESNUR
Main Author: Introvigne, Massimo 1955- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [2019]
In: The journal of CESNUR
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Dobeš, Jára / Tantrism / New religion / Czech Republic / Persecution / Sexual abuse
RelBib Classification:AZ New religious movements
BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism
KBK Europe (East)
KBM Asia
Further subjects:B Barbora Plášková
B Anti-Cult Movements in the Czech Republic
B Jaroslav Dobeš
B Guru Jára Path
B New Religious Movements in the Czech Republic
B Sex Magic
B Guru Jára
B Neo-Tantrism
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Summary:The Guru Jára Path is a Czech new religious movement, founded in 1995 by Jaroslav (Jára) Dobeš and teaching an esoteric system mostly based on Shivaite Tantrism. Although teachings on sexuality are but a part of the Path’s doctrine, rituals involving sexual practices led to slander by anti-cultists and police action. The movement’s two leaders, Jára and Barbora Plášková, were sentenced to jail penalties (although a recourse to the Czech Constitutional Court is pending), and are currently detained in the Philippines, awaiting a final decision on their requests for asylum. What the Czech media describe as a legitimate police action against sexual abuse is denounced by the Path as systematic religious persecution.
ISSN:2532-2990
Contains:Enthalten in: The journal of CESNUR
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2019.3.4.1