Hazing

Traditional hazing at colleges means for a new freshman or “pledges” to perform strenuous, humiliating, or dangerous tasks in order to be accepted into a sorority. At a California State university two young pledges were found dead due to drowning on a beach near Los Angeles. It was discovered that the pledges were blind folded and their hands were tied before entering the water. The two women were forced to do this after days of no sleep, and the women were also forced to do embarrassing and hard chores for the sorority members. Traditions aren’t only for college hazing’s, there are also traditions followed in cults. One unparticular would be The Solar temple which is a secret society based upon the modern myth of continuing existence of “the knights Templar. “ This cult was created by Joseph Di Mambro and Luc Jouret in 1984 in Geneva. In October 1994 one of the member’s infant son of 3 months was killed at the groups center in Morin Heights, Quebec. The baby had been The baby had been stabbed repeatedly with a wooden stake. It is believed that Di Mambro ordered the murder, because he identified the baby as the Anti-Christ described in the Bible. Di mambro also believed that the Anti-Christ was born to prevent Di Mambro from succeeding in his spiritual aim. A few days later mass murders and suicides were conducted. Shortly after these suicides and murders 15 inner circle members committed suicide with poison, 30 were killed by bullets or smothering, and 8 others were killed by other causes. Victims in Switzerland were found in a secret underground chapel with mirrors and other items that were symbolized the cult. The victims’ bodies were dressed in ceremonial robes and were in a circle, feet together, and heads outward, most with plastic bags tied over their heads. They had each been shot in the head. It is believed that the plastic bags were a symbol of disaster that would befall the human race after the cults members moved on to Sirius.