Theos-Talk Archives (November 1997 Message tt00122)

Daniel,

thanks for responding to my question. I am familiar with the I AM movement and Summit Lighthouse,
having read some of their books etc, but I have not heard about the "I AM temple" that Brenda is
referring to. Brenda, is it simply the name for a meeting place, or "church", that is run by the I Am
activity?

Bjorn


Caldwell/Graye wrote:
>
> > Is the I AM temple a new movement? Who brought forth the teachings they
> >are using?
> >
> >Bjorn
>
> The original "I Am" movement dates from the 1930s. Guy Ballard and his
> wife Edna were the founders of this group. While hiking around Mt.
> Shasta (California), Mr. Ballard claimed he meet the Ascended Master
> Saint Germain. Etc. Etc.
>
> A good 10 page overview of the movement is found in Gordon Melton's
> ENCYCLOPEDIC HANDBOOK OF CULTS IN AMERICA. (2nd ed., 1992)
>
> A later offshoot of the "I AM" group was Elizabeth Clare Prophet's Church
> Universal and Triumphant. See Melton's book for a 9 page review of this
> cult.
>
> For another overview of the "I AM" group, read the chapter written by
> Charles S. Braden in his 1949 book THESE ALSO BELIEVE.
>
> For a critical look at the Ballards, see Gerald B. Bryan's PSYCHIC
> DICTATORSHIP IN AMERICA (1940).
>
> Daniel