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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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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[2019]
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The journal of CESNUR
Year: 2019, Volume: 3, Issue: 4, Pages: 3-30 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Dobeš, Jára
/ Tantrism
/ New religion
/ Czech Republic
/ Persecution
/ Sexual abuse
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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. |
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ISSN: | 2532-2990 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of CESNUR
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2019.3.4.1 |