Inform is an independent charity providing up-to-date and reliable information about cults, sects, new and minority religious movements. Based at @kingstrs 📚🗣
From the Archive: David Farrant's 'Beyond the Highgate Vampire' - 1997.
This book explores the Supernatural Occurrences and Vampirism That Centred Around London's Highgate Cemetery
All copyrights belong to David Farrant.
#academic#vampire#magic#dracular#history#highgate
From the Archive: The Sun Newspaper 1995 'Nostradamus prophecy'.
This issue discussed the predicted 1999 meteor shower and the 'glorious return' of Jesus Christ.
All copyrights belong to The Sun.
#academic#prophecy #2000 #millennium#thesun
From the Archive: Trishula 'Travel for a New Era' magazine 1990-91.
This issue included 'itineraries designed along specific themes: healing, pilgrimage, festival'. All copyrights belong to Trishula.
Please get in touch via our email inform@kcl.ac.uk if you have any questions
Congratulations to the many new students who started their studies last month!
If you have any more specific questions regarding what Inform does, information about New Religious Movements, or even any general queries, then head over to our website or email inform@kcl.ac.uk
Are you a @KCL theology and religious studies student who is interested in the study of new and minority religious movements? If so, we encourage you to reach out to us to discuss possible internship opportunities ✍️ Email us at inform@kcl.ac.uk
@kings_trs
#internship#trs
From the Archive: Independent Newspaper article on 'the Pagan lure of the occult' published in 1989.
This article discusses why witchcraft is the manipulation of the credulous by the misguided.
All copyrights belong to The Independent.
#pagan#occult#historicalimages#history
From the Archive: Citizens Commission on Human Rights magazine - Psychiatry Destroying Religion 1995.
This issue included an article entitled 'Religion under attack' which discusses the place of religion in an increasingly modern technological society.
Copyrights belong to CCHR
Hello to all of our new followers! Here is a quick recap of what we do and how we do it 🗣️
Inform is an independent educational charity providing information about minority religions and sects which is as accurate, up-to-date and as evidence-based as possible.
#re#education
From the Archive: Newspaper clipping from Scotland on Sunday covering the Waco siege - a siege by the U.S. government & law enforcement of the Branch Davidians compound in 1993.
All copyrights belong to Andrew Malone and Scotland on Sunday.
#waco#branchdavidians
From the Archive: Inform leaflet from the 1990s.
This leaflet focuses on the occult, paganism and witchcraft.
Please get in touch via our email inform@kcl.ac.uk if you have any questions or concerns relating to minority religious movements.
#witchcraft#historicalimage#occult
We are pleased to announce the official publication of Dr @GDChryssides latest work 'Fieldwork in New Religious Movements'.
Cambridge University Press is offering 2 weeks (ending 24 April 2024) when the book can be downloaded free of charge - buff.ly/4avIQm3
Our climate justice workshops are open to anyone, but especially to people who want a refresher or want to delve more deeply into what "climate justice" means.
You can register for the workshops here buff.ly/49DQCt6 👏
#climatejustice#climateaction#environmental
People use different terms to describe their beliefs about the world but what does religion, faith, spirituality and worldviews mean?
Check out the animation from our Religion, Belief, and Worldviews hub:
youtube.com/watch?v=u4NBPRid…
@thebasr @informreligion@kingstrs@OU_FASS
From the Archive: 'Beware of the Moonies' poster that we believe was distributed in the early 1980s.
This poster is one example of how the fears surrounding the Unification Church were manifested in the late 20th century.
#archive#religionandtheology#historicalimages
From the Archive: Moonshine: A Magazine on the Theory and Practice of Pagan Thought and Life - believed to have been published sometime between 1988-1990.
This issue included a Trance & Shamanism, Starhawk Interview.
#academic#moonshine#historicalimages#pagan#paganmagazine