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The picture above is Guy Ballard. He started a very strange Church in America back in the 1930s, and not only did he start an weird church, he went to court and established part of the rules for religion in America. There are still 300 active branches of this church today.

His movement was known as the "I AM" Activity. They were basically a group of Spiritualists (Theosophists specifically) that used the ideas of Heaven, Jesus, Buddha, etc. to preform their Seyonces.

He went to the Supreme Court and in his Supreme Court Case it was decided that no Religion has to define a supreme being. This case has been used to support Atheist churches in their right to tax exempt status, since Atheists are an organization that focuses on religious belief, and they do not have to define a supreme being.
 
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A Cyberchurch is kind of like what I am starting. Once the book B.I.B.L.E. is written I will start passing out paper copies and then eventually start a small Temple, which will eventually become a bigger Temple and we will work together with other Temples to make an offline network. But I will start of by using Forums, Youtube, Blogs, etc. To reach people and to get other people reaching each other.

Usually Cyberchurches are Christian, for example the people on Google+ have probably heard of "G man" who has the Cyberchurch called "Preaching to the Choir Ministries". But there are are also a lot of other Cyberchurches doing ministries online and getting people together online. Another example is "Hash Church" on Youtube.

Even Facebook or Google groups could be considered a form of Cyberchurch.
 
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Alice Ann Bailey started the Arcane School in the early 1900s by writing her 2 books "The 7 Rays of Energy" which is based on a "7 Ray" theme that is common in Theosophy and Esoteric Astrology which she said was based on teachings from Tibetan Master Djwhal Khul.

This could actually be considered a branch of Christianity, but it is based on the Aquarian Gospels of Christ, so other Christians look at it like Mormonism or Gnosticism. The Religion has a goal of uniting all religions under the "Spirit of Religion".

This is an example of "New Age" Religion where people take Ancient ideas without fully attempting to reconstruct them and usually using things like the Aquarian Gospel of Christ as the backbone.

There are now Multiple New Age groups that have branched off from the Arcane School. Here is the "Great Invocation" given to the Arcane School by Bailey, and it is still used in New Age circles
"From the point of Light within the Mind of God, let light stream forth into the minds of men."
 
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Nicholas Roerich is the person who drew the Symbol on the modern American Dollar. He drew the Pyramid with the Eye on top and the American President really looked up to Nicholas Roerich Spiritually, so when the Symbols were being made on the Dollar his symbols were used.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Seal_of_the_United_States




I don't want to say too much about Nicholas Roerich because if I start to talk about him I will sound like a Conspiracy Theorist, even though I am not a Conspiracy theorist.

All I will say is that Nicholas Roerich was a Theosophist who was in like the inner inner Russian circles, and Russia is where a lot of this stuff started. The books below were originally in Russian but they have been translated.

Nicholas Roerich and his wife (maybe other people also) wrote these and they outline what is now called "Agni Yoga" which is the Religion that was left to the world by Nicholas Roerich. A lot of important people in the world considered him to be important, and a lot of historians and scholars and kind of obsessed with him, so this is a kind of important religion that is never talked about.

Agni is the Hindu Fire God.

http://www.agniyoga.org/ay_pdf/ay_lomg1.pdf
http://www.agniyoga.org/ay_pdf/ay_lomg2.pdf
http://www.agniyoga.org/ay_pdf/ay_community.pdf
http://www.agniyoga.org/ay_pdf/ay_ay.pdf
http://www.agniyoga.org/ay_pdf/ay_infinity1.pdf
http://www.agniyoga.org/ay_pdf/ay_infinity2.pdf
http://www.agniyoga.org/ay_pdf/ay_hierarchy.pdf
http://www.agniyoga.org/ay_pdf/ay_heart.pdf
http://www.agniyoga.org/ay_pdf/ay_fw1.pdf
http://www.agniyoga.org/ay_pdf/ay_fw2.pdf
http://www.agniyoga.org/ay_pdf/ay_fw3.pdf
http://www.agniyoga.org/ay_pdf/ay_aum.pdf
http://www.agniyoga.org/ay_pdf/ay_broth.pdf
http://www.agniyoga.org/ay_pdf/ay_supm1.pdf
http://www.agniyoga.org/ay_pdf/ay_supm2.pdf
http://www.agniyoga.org/ay_pdf/ay_supm3.pdf
http://www.agniyoga.org/ay_pdf/ay_supm4.pdf
http://www.agniyoga.org/ay_pdf/ay_lohr1.pdf
http://www.agniyoga.org/ay_pdf/ay_lohr2.pdf
http://www.agniyoga.org/ay_pdf/ay_crossroads.pdf
http://www.agniyoga.org/ay_pdf/ay_FoB.pdf
http://www.agniyoga.org/ay_pdf/ay_glossary.pdf
 
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Unclebaldrick said:
Who tha fuk asked him "Fin, what did Wikipedia teach you today"

Take all this energy and redirect it into your life Fin. You might get a wife or child.
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Lol. I don't want a wife or child. I am busy with my real life. This is a book I am writing, lol.
 
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The AMORC is what a lot of people might call the Illuminati. They believe that Jesus dying on the cross is a Metaphor and they use the Symbol of a Rose on a Cross. I am not going to say too much about them or else I will sound like a conspiracy theorist. But they are on Facebook and stuff. They even do free online classes and stuff.
http://www.amorc.org/



Here is them on Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOCdFDXe5jQ

Here is their Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/Rosicrucian.Order.AMORC

And their Twitter
https://twitter.com/amorc
 
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BOTA is another group that if I say too much about them I will sound like a Conspiracy theorist. They are similar to the AMORC and they branched off from a Masonic lodge and the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, so they are something like a Club for Alchemists.

They are semi-Christian, but also practice Jewish Mystery tradition and other Mystery traditions.
 
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DUP is a Sufi sect (so Mystic Islam) that uses Sacred Passages from all world religions in order to sing and dance for God. They promote peace between religions and Gnostic type teachings that see Sacred Texts as more of a Metaphysical work.

They also do what is called "Sufi Whirling" which is a dance that is based on the movement of the planets in our solar system.

The practice first started in California but now has practitioners in 28 countries.

 
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Unclebaldrick said:
Self publishing is the way to go Fin. Sell one to your mother. Glad you finished your comprehensive study of law. How did that supreme court case go on your sister's gram?
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The law study is also part of the book, that is not complete either and I have not been to court yet. I have to start with Texas County court and see what happens before I even could end up in the supreme court. I think I can legalize it on the Local level, the Supreme court is just where I will appeal.
 
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Caodaism was established in 1926 in Vietnam and at this point if all branches are counted there are around 5 Million Adherents. The Goal of the religion is to Unite all people and bring forth a connection with Human kind and God that has never before been experienced.

The Church believes that God has sent many prophets and messengers, but now is the time for God to speak directly to all people in the same way that we have connected to each other via Plane, Train and Automobile.

They focus a lot on God's left eye. I am not exactly sure why, the religion comes from a mixture of Ancient Taoist ideas mixed with Theosophy that was spreading around the world in the early 1900s.
 
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This Temple was established in the 1930s after a woman named Ivah Bergh Whitten was cured of an Incurable disease, and she claimed it was done through "Color Awareness". Color Awareness is something like a Zodiac for colors that says Colors have different healing properties and are associated with different things. The members of this temple attempt to find out what Color they are born under, then let that guide their lives.

I am not saying that this is a 100% accurate science, but there are some studies that show different colors of light can have effects on the brain, and I am sure there are studies about colors that are on materials instead of in light spectrums also, but all of these studies have to do with light spectrums.


Recently a Photoreceptor known as Melanopsin was discovered in the Human eye, it is special because it does not just function as a receptor, but the receptor actually has a deeper effects on our brain because it is meant to maintain your sleep cycle and other things that have to do with the 24 hour cycle we are used to.You have probably heard someone say "The Blue light of a computer screen can make you stay awake longer without meaning too" and this actually has scientific basis. If you grow plants, you know that plants respond to light and that the flower Cycle usually requires a red spectrum of light.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanopsin

Phytochrome is the molecule in plants that is sensitive to red light.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phytochrome

Here is the Light Research Center's study on Red light
http://www.lrc.rpi.edu/resources/newsroom/pr_story.asp?id=253#.VK8cdCvF9lo

Here is the Light Research Center's study on the effects of light on the Endocrine System
http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ije/2010/829351/

Here is what Harvard says about blue light
http://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletters/Harvard_Health_Letter/2012/May/blue-light-has-a-dark-side/

Blue Light compared to Caffeine in a study
http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0076707

This paper explains a test where Blue and Green light were tested against each other in an MRI in a group of people.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21628552

This paper explain how if someone was exposed to Orange light, they had different results on a test.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140310152023.htm

This explains a double blind study that was done that showed if your ear canal is exposed to light, your brain has more cognitive function
http://www.science20.com/news_articles/brain_tissue_responsive_light_says_study-90499


If you watch the Space Ghost Coast to Coast episode with Timothy Leary before he died (you can find it somewhere online if you look hard enough) he was talking about how he was able to use lights to stimulate LSD like hallucinations in people and even got them to see angels.
 
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Walter Eugene King was a man who group up with a deep interest in his people's history. He was born in Detroit, but eventually he made his way to Cuba after practicing Voodou in Haiti and he was initiated into the Yoruba Voodoo tradition.

He came back to America and declared himself a Yoruba king, then established the African Theological Archministry in North Carolina.

Now there are 19 Centers in America for this African-Cuban mix Vodou.
 
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This is completely random, but when people say "The Big Kahuna", they are actually using a Hawaiian term. A "Kahuna" is a Priest, or a Wizard, or a Sorcerer, or a Shaman. And it can pretty much be used to refer to a person that is an expert in anything. So, the reason people say they are the "Big Kahuna" or say someone else is the "Big Kahuan" is because in Hawaiian tribes if someone was injured or sick or something, you would go get the Kahuna.
 
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You have maybe heard of the people who say they don't need food and only eat Sunlight, but I bet you didn't know people have died practicing this. There is a city in New Mexico or Arizona that I can't remember the name of right now, and the people there believe there are weird energy Vortexes all over town and a lot of them are Sun Eaters.

Fasting (not eating) has been used as a religious ritual to induce visions since the beginning of time. The Breatharians believe that they are actually eating "Prana" from the Sun, 60 minutes did a test around 1999 on one of the Bretharians, she claimed to be able to go months without eating but her house was stocked with food which is sketchy. Then they did a 3 day test in a Hotel where she tried not eating, but then she said that she was too close to the road and needed fresh air to do it right. So they took her to a mountain where she fasted for 4 days, then Doctors made her stop because she was getting dehydrated.
 
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The Bahai faith is a Monotheistic religion that accepts all faiths. They exist in the middle east (even some ISIS regions) as well as Israel, America and Australia. Their main goal is to unify all people of all religions, all creeds, all nationalities and all races.

Bahai is similar to Hinduism or Buddhism in that it has a place for all the world's historic religious leaders, similar to how Buddhists say Jesus was an incarnation of the Buddha.

I don't know much more about Bahai than that, this is one religion I have not done much research on because it is kind of the opposite of my religion. It is like Polytheism because it accepts all faiths, but it says they should all be united under one God. And in my opinion that could eventually turn into something like ISIS if people took it too far in the future.

I think it is a great Church though, if it spread through the middle east (or even just on the American news) it could maybe make a difference in the Middle East.

 
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