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Anonymous
The History of The Summit Lighthouse (Livingston,
MT: Church Universal and Triumphant, 1994)
Short history celebrating its founder Mark Prophet.
Balch, Robert W. & Langdon, Stephan
"How the Problem of Malfeasance Gets Overlooked in
Studies of New Religions: An Examination of the AWARE Study
of Church Universal and Triumphant" in Anson Shupe,
Ed., Wolves within the Fold (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers
University Press, 1998) Critique of the Lewis
& Melton study for being methodologically unsound
and too soft on CUT.
Braden, Charles S.
These Also Believe: A Study of Modern American Cults and
Minority Religious Movements (New York: Macmillan, 1949)
Has chapters on the “I AM” movement (257-307),
the Theosophical Society and the Liberal Catholic Church.
Bruton, David
Baird T. Spalding As I Knew Him (Los Angeles: DeVorss
& Company, 1954)
Small biography on the author of the Life and Teaching
of the Masters of the Far East. Makes the claim that
the book was based on an original document of his grandfather,
the real protagonist of the story.
Anon. (Buresz, Allen)
"A
History of Ascended Master Activities." The
Temple of the Presence. 1999. Eds. Monroe and Carolyn Shearer.
A condensed historical paper similar to "The Masters
and Their Emissaries."
Campbell, Bruce F.
Ancient Wisdom Revived: A History of the Theosophical Movement
(Los Angeles: Univ. of California Press, 1980)
Subtitle says all. Best study so far.
Ellwood Jr., Robert S.
Religious and Spiritual Groups in Modern America (Englewood
Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1973)
Scholarly presentation of different spiritual organizations
like the Theosophical Society and the “I AM” movement
by a Theosophist and professor of religious studies.
Goddess of Liberty
“The Mutable Soul is Entrusted with the Immutable Spirit”
Pearls of Wisdom 23/12 (March 23, 1980): 63-68.
Dictation by a cosmic being with reference to El Morya,
Kuthumi and their support of the TS (66).
Stephen A. Kent and Theresa Krebs
"When
Scholars Know Sin: Alternative Religions and Their Academic
Supporters" Skeptic Magazine (Vol. 6, No.
3, 1998). Paper addressing the moral and methodological
issues involved when scholars get too close to their subject
of study, for example J. R. Lewis and J. Gordon Melton's
study Church Universal and Triumphant In Scholarly Perspective.
King, Godfre Ray [Guy Ballard]
Unveiled Mysteries (Chicago: Saint Germain Press,
1934)
Autobiography of the founder of the I AM movement reporting
or inventing his first encounters with the Ascended Master
Saint Germain and the teachings he received from him.
King, Godfre Ray [Guy Ballard]
The Magic Presence (Chicago: Saint Germain Press,
1936)
Continuation of Unveiled Mysteries with more adventures
with and teachings from Saint Germain.
Kuthumi
“An Exposé of False Teachings” Pearls
of Wisdom 19/5 (1 February 1976): 25-30.
Master Kuthumi’s critique of K and his teachings (29).
Also explains some of the principles ruling the Master’s
relations with their emissaries (28). (Relevant
Paragraphs)
Kuthumi
“Kuthumi's Discourse” In Ascended
Master Light (Schaumburg, IL: Saint Germain Press, 1938)
Master Kuthumi looking back to his efforts with Theosophy,
with a veiled reference to K (316-317, 323).
Lewis, J.R.
“Introduction” in Church Universal and
Triumphant In Scholarly Perspective. J.R. Lewis and J. Gordon
Melton, eds. (Stanford, CA: Center for Academic Publication,
1994) Deflates and refutes many of the sensationalistic
allegations against Elizabeth Clare Prophet and CUT. Study
was later challenged for being methodologically unsound
and too soft on CUT.
Melton, J. Gordon
“The Church Universal and Triumphant: Its Heritage
and Thoughtworld” in Church Universal and
Triumphant In Scholarly Perspective, J. R. Lewis and J.
Gordon Melton, eds. (Stanford, CA: Center for Academic
Publication, 1994) Academic study tracing the roots
of the teachings of C.U.T. to Theosophy, “I AM”
and New Thought, and gives a little historical account of
the different organizations.
Mighty Victory
“Becoming more of God Day by Day” Pearls
of Wisdom 37/32 (August 7, 1994): 373-382.
This 'dictation' contains a paragraph critical about the
esoteric organizations the Masters helped founding (376-377).
Morya, El
The Chela and the Path: Meeting the Challenge of Life
in the Twentieth Century (Malibu, CA: Summit University
Press, 1975)
Set of letters allegedly from El Morya to his chelas. One
letter gives a chronological overview of the different persons
the Masters have sponsored (121-122). (Relevant
Paragraphs)
Morya, El
Encyclical
on World Good Will (Colorado Springs: The Summit
Lighthouse, 1975 [1963])
A priceless document allegedly by El Morya in his capacity
as Chief of the Darjeeling Council. Though released in 1963
his perceptive analysis of world affairs is still very relevant
today and his advice for moving society towards a Golden
Age most practical.
Paolini, Kenneth & Paolini, Talita
400 Years of Imaginary Friends: A Journey into the World
of Adepts, Masters, Ascended Masters, and Their Messengers
(Livingston, MT: Paolini International LLC, 2000) "...
a well-informed, though critical, ex-member’s view
of Church Universal and Triumphant and related groups."
(Review)
Pietrangelo, John Joseph, Jr.
Lambs to Slaughter: My Fourteen Years with Elizabeth
Clare Prophet and Church Universal Triumphant (Tucson:
Self-published, 1994) "This is a story about manipulated
devotion and mind control from the perspective of a former
true believer. It is also an intimate look at a prophet-guru
during her formative years as the leader of her own marginal
religious movement." (Review)
Printz, Thomas (El Morya)
The First Ray (Mount Shasta, CA: Ascended Master
Teaching Foundation, 1986. Originally published by the Bridge
to Freedom in 1954)
Messages of this Master to his pupil Geraldine Innocente
given in the 1950s.
Prophet, Elizabeth Clare
“I’m Stumping for the Coming Revolution in Higher
Consciousness” Audio-tape no. A7945 (Corwin Springs,
MT: The Summit Lighthouse, 1979)
Has a large autobiographical segment about her involvement
with Mark Prophet, The Summit Lighthouse and El Morya.
Prophet,Erin
Prophet's Daughter: My Life with Elizabeth Clare Prophet
inside the Church Universal and Triumphant (Guilford,
Connecticut: Lyons Press, 2008)
"... the result of almost two decades of reflection
on the rise and fall of Elizabeth Clare Prophet, and should
be read by everyone with a scholarly or personal interest
in alleged messengers of the Great White Brotherhood"
(Review1,
review2)
Schmook, Kathy Grizzard
"Purely for Prophet" MS, 1990.
An important, scathing insider's account written with the
help of one of Prophet's daughters (who withheld at the
last moment permission to publish, allegedly under pressure
from the family).
Schüller, Govert W.
Krishnamurti and
the World Teacher Project: Some Theosophical Perceptions
(Fullerton, CA: Theosophical History, 1997)
Centers around two important theosophical questions regarding
K: 1) Was the WT Project with K genuine or not? and 2) Was
the Project successful or not? Presents the views of Guy
Ballard and Elizabeth Clare Prophet.
Schüller, Govert W.
"Krishnamurti: An Esoteric View of his Teachings"
(Carol Stream, IL: the author, 1997)
By combining different Theosophical and Ascended Master
sources this pamphlet formulates an esoteric critique of
K’s philosophy.
Schüller, Govert W.
"The
Masters and Their Emissaries: From H.P.B. to Guru Ma and
Beyond" (Carol Stream, IL:
the author, 1997, 1999 [2nd Ed.])
Chronological overview of the Master’s involvement
with most of their emissaries, and Kriahnamurti’s pivotal
role in this story.
Singelenberg, Richard; Brederode, Ariane; Wittenhorst,
Henrice
“Het Orakel van Uncle Sam: Een schets van Summit Lighthouse”
Religieuze bewegingen in Nederland 16 (Summer 1988):
82-120.
Flawed Dutch academic study of The Summit Lighthouse, riddled
with stereotypes about ‘sects.’ With an extensive
reaction by the board of the Dutch branch of the organization.
Spalding, Baird T.
Life and Teaching of the Masters of the Far East
(Los Angeles: DeVorss & Company, 1924)
Fictitious autobiographical account of a member of a scientific
party meeting some of the Masters in India in the 1890s.
Szimhart, Joseph P.
"Denouement of the Prophets’ Cult: The Church
Universal and Triumphant in Decline." Paper presented
at the American Family Foundation annual conference, June
14-15, 2002, at Orlando, FL. Critical account by ex-member
with historical overview, including the group's roots in
Theosophy, the I AM movement, Agni Yoga and other groups.
(Online
version)
Tame, David
"An Introduction to Ascended Master Teachings with
Comparisons to Vedanta" (Carol Stream, IL: Alpheus.org,
2003)
Article by David Tame laying out some relatively new Ascended
Master concepts, for example the Ascension and the I AM
Presence, and making comparisons with Vedic concepts like
Samadhi and Atman.
Yogananda, Paramahansa
Autobiography of a Yogi (Los Angeles: Self-Realization
Fellowship, 1994 [1946])
The mystical and supranatural experiences and teachings
of a Hindu Yogi and his Gurus, some of whom have allegedly
become Ascended Masters. (Online
version)
Whitsel, Bradley C.
The Church Universal and Triumphant: Elizabeth Clare
Prophet's Apocalyptic Movement (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse
University Press, 2003)
An overall balanced, informative, but also somewhat
dry, academic study. Maybe the best so far. (Review)
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