Pana Wave
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パナウェーブ研究所 | |
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Parent organization | Chino-Shoho |
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The Pana-Wave Laboratory (Japanese: パナウェーブ研究所) is a division of the Chino-Shoho group, which is a Japanese new religious group.
Overview
[edit]Pana-Wave is a division of a religious group called Chino-Shoho based in Shibuya, Tokyo, founded by a woman called Yuko Chino in 1977 and combining elements of Christianity, Buddhism and New Age doctrines.[1] Estimates of membership range from several hundred to 1,200.[2] It has been classified as a contactee or UFO religion.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Murguia 2011, pp. 99–100.
- ^ Metropolis, "Fortean Japan", 27 June 2008, p. 12.
- ^ Tumminia 2007, pp. 310–311.
Works cited
[edit]- Tumminia, Diana G., ed. (2007). Alien Worlds: Social and Religious Dimensions of Extraterrestrial Contact. Religion and Politics. Syracuse University Press. ISBN 978-0-8156-0858-5.
- Murguia, Salvador Jimenez (2011). "When Prophets Fail to Fail: A Case Study of Yuko Chino, Chino Shoho, and the Pana-Wave Laboratory". In Tumminia, Diana; Swatos, William H. (eds.). How Prophecy Lives. BRILL. pp. 99–113. doi:10.1163/9789004222687_007. ISBN 978-90-04-22268-7.
Further reading
[edit]- "Doomsday cult misses the call". The Age. Melbourne. 17 May 2003. ISSN 0312-6307.
- French, Howard W. (14 May 2003). "Japanese Cult Vows to Save a Seal and the World". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.
