After the collective suicide in Switzerland of some members of the sect of the Order of the Solar Temple, testimony of a former adept. It thus evokes the indoctrination that is done slowly and that falls asleep. Very moved, she confides "We want to be positive, better than others, we want so much that we become selfish, and that we are able to suppress ourselves".
Stemming from the Hippie movement in 1974, "Children of God" is a sect suspected of indecent assault and incitement of minors to debauchery. In Los Angeles, meet Merry Berg, granddaughter of the guru, David Berg. She recounts the repeated rapes she suffered by her grandfather. "I thought it was the best way not to be rejected by the group, I was terrified".
Settled in the Drôme, the members of the Horus sect live outside the world, under the domination of their guru Maïté Castano. Like their parents, children must participate in the community. From an early age, Maïté taught them the sacred songs of Horus.
In the Parisian mansion occupied by the Moon sect, Henri BLANCHARD, French president of the sect, responds with irony to the accusations of the press, then explains their financial resources.
Interviewed on November 28, 1987, Luc JOURET, guru of the sect of the Order of the Solar Temple, holds an incomprehensible speech where he speaks of force of dispersion, disintegration, and cohesion. "The Apocalypse is to be recognized and lived on the energetic plane of man," he says.
Claude VORILHON, aka Raël, founder of the Raelian movement, makes revelations about extraterrestrials, explaining that these beings would have come to earth a very long time ago and would have made all life on earth thanks to their huge laboratories. Its mission: to build an embassy where they will officially testify to the authenticity of the creation of life on earth by these aliens.
A follower of the Hare Krishna sect explains the purpose of the movement: to bring back a spiritual life to the whole world. According to her, the reason people are unhappy is that they do not have God as a point of reference.
Interview with Cyril VOSPER, former adept of Scientology and denied by his peers. "I had offended their moral code, I no longer believed in them". According to him, no Scientologist is free of his thoughts. "They are quite fascist".
The guru of an apocalyptic cult, Robert Le Dinh, dit Tang, sentenced to 15 years in prison for rape and abuse of weakness, appeals his conviction. A couple of former followers recounts their total grip and indoctrination, even going as far as forced sexual relations for the woman.
Meeting with members of the Raelian movement, one of them explains what "being Raelian" means. In this sect, everything is based on the senses, man must consume healthy food. During a lunch, followers are invited to smell and touch food.
Parents came to pick up their daughter, a follower of the Moon cult. They try to make him listen to reason, in vain, and end up taking him away by force.
At the monastery of Mandarom Shambasalem in Castellane in the Alpes de Haute Provence, where alms holds its world headquarters, meet Pavana, priest of alms, on the missions of the association of knights of the golden lotus. He expresses his veneration for Gilbert Bourdin, founder of the movement . "I knew it was the messiah," he stresses.