| Type | New religious movement |
|---|---|
Founder | Appel Guery |
Siderella, also called Isozen or Iso-Zen, Futura, Galacteus, Euro-Culture, Italia, Résonances nouvelles, Azur Mieux-Ëtre, and les Voyageurs intemporels, is a French UFO religion and new religious movement. It was founded and lead by Appel Guery (real name Jean-Paul Appel-Guéry). The group was listed as a cult in the 1995 report of the Parliamentary Commission on Cults in France.
History
editIn 1982, Guery wrote Voyage Intemporel, a comic book. It was illustrated by Macedo
Guery claimed he was inspired by "a source more extraterrestrial than human".[1][2]
Sergio Macedo had joined this group in 1980; after which he supposedly received visions of extraterrestrials, which would feature more prominently in his works from then on.[3] The group was listed as a cult in the 1995 report of the Parliamentary Commission on Cults in France.[4][5] The comic artist Mœbius used to live near him, and described him as "a man of superior intelligence".[1]
Beliefs
editThe group's activities centered around preparing for contact with aliens, and group sex.[5][4]a UFO religion .[4][5]
References
edit- ^ a b David, Marc (10 January 1996). "Jouret et Di Mambro la recommandaient: La BD qui annonçait le massacre" [Jouret and Di Mambro recommended: The comic book that foretold the massacre]. L'Illustré (in Swiss French). pp. 26–27. Retrieved 5 September 2024 – via Scriptorium.
- ^ Mayer 1999, p. 181.
- ^ Silva 2017, p. 108.
- ^ a b c Mayer 1999, p. 195.
- ^ a b c Abgrall 1999, p. 95.
- Sources
- Abgrall, Jean-Marie (1999). "Sectes Ufologiques". Les sectes de l'apocalypse: gourous de l'an 2000 (in French). Paris: Calmann-Lévy. ISBN 978-2-7021-2954-8.
- Mayer, Jean-François (April 1999). ""Our Terrestrial Journey is Coming to an End": The Last Voyage of the Solar Temple". Nova Religio. 2 (2). Translated by Siegler, Elijah: 172–196. doi:10.1525/nr.1999.2.2.172. ISSN 1092-6690.
- Silva, Matheus Moura (19 December 2017). "Quadrinhos visionários de Sergio Macedo" [Sergio Macedo's visionary comics]. Art&Sensorium (in Portuguese). 4 (2): 97–116. doi:10.33871/23580437.2017.4.2.097-116. ISSN 2358-0437.
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- ^ Sadoul, Numa; Giraud, Jean; Moebius (12 December 2023). Doctor Moebius and Mister Gir. Dark Horse Comics. ISBN 978-1-5067-1343-4.
- ^ Booker, M. Keith (28 October 2014). Comics through Time: A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas [4 volumes]. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 978-0-313-39751-6.
- ^ Groensteen, Thierry (5 October 2017). The Expanding Art of Comics: Ten Modern Masterpieces. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1-4968-1370-1.
- ^ Levy, Michael M.; Mendlesohn, Farah, eds. (2019). Aliens in popular culture. Santa Barbara, California: Greenwood, An Imprint of ABC-CLIO-LLC. ISBN 978-1-4408-3832-3.
- ^ Marhic, Renaud; Kerlidou, Alain (1996). Sectes & mouvements initiatiques en Bretagne: (du celtisme au nouvel âge) (in French). Terre de Brume. ISBN 978-2-908021-78-3.
- ^ Quillien, Christophe (17 May 2024). Jean Giraud alias Moebius (in French). Seuil. ISBN 978-2-02-147720-7.
- ^ Abgrall, Jean-Marie (2007). Soul Snatchers: The Mechanics of Cults. Algora Publishing. ISBN 978-1-892941-38-1.
- ^ Felecan, Oliviu (30 April 2019). Onomastics between Sacred and Profane. Vernon Press. ISBN 978-1-62273-401-6.