Aleph

Movement·Founded 2000 CE·About 1,600 in Japan across Aleph and the related factions, per the Public Security Intelligence Agency, plus members in Russia. The figure comes from the state, not the group.

Aum Shinrikyo → Aleph

AlephThe recordPublic Security Intelligence Agency, Ministry of Justice, Japan

Branch
Overview Belief 3How to Live 1Practice 1Stories & Scripture 1 You × Aleph Discussion

Stories

the narratives it tells itself
The renaming, and the split. Joyu Fumihiro renamed the group Aleph in February 2000 and tried to build a version of it that did not centre on Asahara. By 2007 the majority had gone back to Asahara-centred practice and Joyu left with a few hundred people to found Hikari no Wa. Aleph is what stayed. Read it in full — context →

The Scriptures

the texts that carry the stories — and everything else

Asahara's lecture transcripts, in restricted internal circulation

Aleph's own public statements and the Aleph website

Numbers count Panfaith activity only — never real-world adherence.

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