Salem Abbey [SEP] religious order
Salem Abbey
Salem Abbey (Kloster or Reichskloster Salem), also known as Salmansweiler and in Latin as "Salomonis Villa", was a very prominent Cistercian monastery in Salem in the district of Bodensee about ten miles from Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The buildings are now owned by the State of Baden-Württemberg and are open for tours as the Salem Monastery and Palace.
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The abbey was founded in 1136 by Gunthram of Adelsreute (d. 1138) as a daughter house of Lützel Abbey in
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Selected works Doctoral thesis.
- A Psycho-social Study of Religious Cults From the Perspective of Self Psychology (University Microfilms International, 1980), can be found here.
- Appendix A to this doctoral thesis describes the recruitment process by which followers are inducted into a religious cult, Guru Mahara Ji's Divine Light Mission.