By Gabriel ANDREESCU

The study makes an assessment of the repression of some spiritual and religious movements that practice sacred eroticism. I borrowed the term “sacred eroticism” from a book by Massimo Introvigne published in 2022. An important resource for the analysis were the investigations of the Center for the Study on New Religions (CESNUR), among which the contribution of Introvigne and his collaborators stands out. This text capitalizes on the research I have done on the “case” of the Movement for Spiritual Integration into the Absolute (MISA) over about two decades. In analyzing and interpreting the repression to which the followers of sacred eroticism were subjected, I consider the political and institutional framework of the events, but the emphasis was placed on the violation of fundamental rights and freedoms guaranteed by national legislation and international human rights law. The study evolves from a presentation of the attacks against communities practicing sacred eroticism in Romania, the Czech Republic, Italy, Argentina, France, to the doctrinal arguments that highlight the denial of the rights of discerning adults, the discrimination and the cruel actions to which the followers of sacred eroticism have been subjected. 

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