Cultic Studies Review, Vol. 2, No. 2, 2003, Page 200
Lakes Conference in North America‘ (note 58) ‗Persons in Charge of the European Fa
Conference and All Attendees‘, 19 March 2001,
http://www.clearwisdom.net/eng/2001/Mar/20/JingWen032001.html.
62 See Ian Reader, Religious Violence in Contemporary Japan: The Case of Aum Shinrikyo (Honolulu:
University of Hawaii Press) 2000. Also, see Catherine Wessinger, How the Millennium Comes
Violently: From Jonestown to Heaven‘s Gate (New York: Seven Bridges Press) 2000.
63 Li Hongzhi, ‗Teaching the Fa at the 2001 Canada Falun Dafa Cultivation Experience Sharing
Conference‘, 19 May 2001, http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2001/5/22/10271.html.
64 Rapoport (note 54) p.208.
65 Scott Lowe, ‗Western Millennial Ideology Goes East: The Taiping Revolution and Mao‘s Great Leap
Forward‘, in Catherine Wessinger (ed.), Millennialism, Persecution, and Violence: Historical
Cases (Syracuse: Syracuse Press 2000) p.23.
66 The FLG internal-campaign against Jiang Zemin became intense during his trip abroad in April
2002, when practitioners were to Send Forth Righteous Thoughts every hour to eliminate this
‗chief wretch‘. See ‗Fa-rectification During Jiang‘s Trip to Germany–l‘, 21 April 2002,
http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2002/4/17/28616.html.
67 ‗What Pengpeng Saw in Other Dimensions on the Morning of May 27, Beijing Time‘, 29 May 2001,
http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2001/5/29/10543.html ‗What Shanshan Saw in
Other Dimensions (VII). Events that Took Place in Other Dimensions During the Fa–
Rectification‘, 30 May 2001, http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2001/5/30/10591.html.
These testimonies by children about events taking place in the ‗other dimensions‘ came in
series and were referred to in other postings.
68 Philip P. Pan. ‗Falun Gong Seized City‘s State-Run TV to Broadcast Message‘, Washington Post
Foreign Service, Friday 8 March 2002, p.A20.
69 ‗Excerpt from the Discussion about ―Sending Forth Righteous Thoughts, Eradicating the Evil‖‘, 3
June 2001, http://www.minghui.ca/mh/articles/2001/6/1/11708.html.
70 According to Reader (note 62) the loss of the political election and the harsh ridicule had a major
influence on Aum. After this, the group‘s leader Asahara, changed his teachings from striving
towards the enlightenment of all beings to the salvation of his followers as the elect few,
finally leading to the belief that the outside world was evil, intent on destroying Aum, and
deserving of retribution.
71 http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2001/10/30/18838.html.
72 ‗With appeal for data, Falungong promises to deploy US justice against China‘, AFP, 5 Sept 2001.
‗The group has already slapped US civil lawsuits on several top Chinese officials during visits
to the United States under legislation that extends US jurisdiction over foreign cases of
torture‘. Also, see Barry Schweid, ‗Expelled Protesters Rally in D.C‘, 19 Feb 2002, ‗94 House
members sent Bush a letter last weekend asking him to express concern over what the Falun
Gong calls a campaign of terror. In a separate letter, five US senators expressed concern
about restrictions on the sect and treatment of its adherents‘.
73 Li Hongzhi, ‗Towards Consummation‘, 16 June 2000,
http://www.minghui.ca/eng/2000/Jun/17/JingWen061700.html. Li says that ‗Disciples are
waiting to reach Consummation, and I can wait no more‘. This theme of not wanting to wait
anymore is reflected in statements and testimonials by practitioners. It may be an indication
that practitioners are motivated in part by a sense of imminence. If so, this could fit into a
pattern of conditions necessary for religious messianism to turn violent. Rapoport states that
two conditions are necessary for this to occur: ‗Believers must think that the day of
deliverance is near or imminent, and they must also think that their actions can or must
consummate the process‘ (note 54) p.197. As of June 2001 comments have begun to appear
on the FLG website warning practitioners not to become ‗attached‘ to reaching Consummation,
possibly a message to calm down the sense of imminence for those who ‗can‘t wait‘.
Lakes Conference in North America‘ (note 58) ‗Persons in Charge of the European Fa
Conference and All Attendees‘, 19 March 2001,
http://www.clearwisdom.net/eng/2001/Mar/20/JingWen032001.html.
62 See Ian Reader, Religious Violence in Contemporary Japan: The Case of Aum Shinrikyo (Honolulu:
University of Hawaii Press) 2000. Also, see Catherine Wessinger, How the Millennium Comes
Violently: From Jonestown to Heaven‘s Gate (New York: Seven Bridges Press) 2000.
63 Li Hongzhi, ‗Teaching the Fa at the 2001 Canada Falun Dafa Cultivation Experience Sharing
Conference‘, 19 May 2001, http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2001/5/22/10271.html.
64 Rapoport (note 54) p.208.
65 Scott Lowe, ‗Western Millennial Ideology Goes East: The Taiping Revolution and Mao‘s Great Leap
Forward‘, in Catherine Wessinger (ed.), Millennialism, Persecution, and Violence: Historical
Cases (Syracuse: Syracuse Press 2000) p.23.
66 The FLG internal-campaign against Jiang Zemin became intense during his trip abroad in April
2002, when practitioners were to Send Forth Righteous Thoughts every hour to eliminate this
‗chief wretch‘. See ‗Fa-rectification During Jiang‘s Trip to Germany–l‘, 21 April 2002,
http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2002/4/17/28616.html.
67 ‗What Pengpeng Saw in Other Dimensions on the Morning of May 27, Beijing Time‘, 29 May 2001,
http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2001/5/29/10543.html ‗What Shanshan Saw in
Other Dimensions (VII). Events that Took Place in Other Dimensions During the Fa–
Rectification‘, 30 May 2001, http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2001/5/30/10591.html.
These testimonies by children about events taking place in the ‗other dimensions‘ came in
series and were referred to in other postings.
68 Philip P. Pan. ‗Falun Gong Seized City‘s State-Run TV to Broadcast Message‘, Washington Post
Foreign Service, Friday 8 March 2002, p.A20.
69 ‗Excerpt from the Discussion about ―Sending Forth Righteous Thoughts, Eradicating the Evil‖‘, 3
June 2001, http://www.minghui.ca/mh/articles/2001/6/1/11708.html.
70 According to Reader (note 62) the loss of the political election and the harsh ridicule had a major
influence on Aum. After this, the group‘s leader Asahara, changed his teachings from striving
towards the enlightenment of all beings to the salvation of his followers as the elect few,
finally leading to the belief that the outside world was evil, intent on destroying Aum, and
deserving of retribution.
71 http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2001/10/30/18838.html.
72 ‗With appeal for data, Falungong promises to deploy US justice against China‘, AFP, 5 Sept 2001.
‗The group has already slapped US civil lawsuits on several top Chinese officials during visits
to the United States under legislation that extends US jurisdiction over foreign cases of
torture‘. Also, see Barry Schweid, ‗Expelled Protesters Rally in D.C‘, 19 Feb 2002, ‗94 House
members sent Bush a letter last weekend asking him to express concern over what the Falun
Gong calls a campaign of terror. In a separate letter, five US senators expressed concern
about restrictions on the sect and treatment of its adherents‘.
73 Li Hongzhi, ‗Towards Consummation‘, 16 June 2000,
http://www.minghui.ca/eng/2000/Jun/17/JingWen061700.html. Li says that ‗Disciples are
waiting to reach Consummation, and I can wait no more‘. This theme of not wanting to wait
anymore is reflected in statements and testimonials by practitioners. It may be an indication
that practitioners are motivated in part by a sense of imminence. If so, this could fit into a
pattern of conditions necessary for religious messianism to turn violent. Rapoport states that
two conditions are necessary for this to occur: ‗Believers must think that the day of
deliverance is near or imminent, and they must also think that their actions can or must
consummate the process‘ (note 54) p.197. As of June 2001 comments have begun to appear
on the FLG website warning practitioners not to become ‗attached‘ to reaching Consummation,
possibly a message to calm down the sense of imminence for those who ‗can‘t wait‘.
