The Mother female, deceased

Mirra Alfassa, later Morisset and Richard (February 21, 1878 - November 17, 1973) but better known as The Mother, was the spiritual partner of Sri...

J. Gordon Melton male

John Gordon Melton (b. September 19, 1942) is an American religious scholar who was the founding director of the Institute for the Study of...

Eileen Barker female

Eileen Vartan Barker (born 21 April 1938), OBE, FBA is a professor in sociology, an emeritus member of the London School of Economics (LSE), and a...

Timothy Miller male

Timothy Miller is a historian of religion whose special interest is new and alternative religions and the history of communitarianism. Miller...

Andrew Cohen male

Andrew Cohen (b.1955) is an American guru, spiritual teacher, magazine editor, author, and musician who has developed what he characterizes as a...

Ronald Enroth male (Santa Barbara, ca, United States)

Ronald M. Enroth (born October 28, 1938) is Professor of Sociology at Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California, and a prominent evangelical...

Irving Hexham male

Irving Hexham (April 14, 1943) is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He is married to Karla Poewe who is...

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi male, deceased ( Vlodrop, Netherlands)

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the founder of the Transcendental Meditation program, has inspired numerous schools, colleges, universities, health-care...

Edgar Cayce male, deceased

Edgar Cayce (March 18, 1877 - January 3, 1945) was an American who claimed psychic abilities. He claimed an ability to channel answers to questions...

Adi Albert Da male

Adi Da Samraj (born Franklin Albert Jones, November 3, 1939 in Jamaica, New York is a contemporary and controversial guru or spiritual master,...