I was born into this religion. I was then living in Seattle, Washington. The Seattle Washington "I AM" Temple was converted by friends of my fathers from a Theater into a Temple during the 1970s and 1980s. It is based upon experiences of Mr. Ballard with Saint Germain inside and around Mt. Shasta and inside and around the Teton Mountains in Wyoming and also experiences all over the world that likely took place in the late 1920s. The first book that came out was "Unveiled Mysteries' which starts out on Mt. Shasta. Then "The Magic Presence" which as a 5 year old child I found more interesting because of the young people riding horses in the Tetons (which I eventually did with my father when I was 14 in 1962 in the Tetons). So, we rode horseback up to "Spirit lake?" then which was allowed by trail then on rented horses by ourselves. (liability laws likely have changed since then for people who rent horses).
Mt. Shasta has been an amazing place for me ever since I was blessed by Mrs. Ballard there when I was about 2 months old. My parents when I was 6 years old were put in charge of the "I am" Sanctuary at 1320 South Hope Street in Los Angeles. However, when I was 21 the Saint Germain Foundation and I parted ways. However, Saint Germain stayed in my life as a primary teacher along with Jesus thoughout my life as I was lead to meet Gurus and teachers and Tibetan Lamas during my life all over the world. I think there is still a lot to learn from the teachings of this organization in relation to Saint Germain even though I haven't been a part of the organization since 1969.
There are "I AM" Temples and Sanctuaries all over the world especially in the United States, Canada, England, Switzerland, Australia and New Zealand and many other nations around the world.
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Saint Germain Foundation, a spiritual organization in Northern California
Saint Germain Foundation
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Saint Germain Foundation "I Am" Temple, Seattle, Washington. The building is a former cinema on Aurora Avenue North.
The doctrines of the organization are based on teachings and wisdom received by Guy Ballard in 1930. Ballard was hiking on the slopes of Mount Shasta in California, and claimed Saint Germain appeared to him and began training him to be a "Messenger".[2] Ballard published his experiences in a series of books. The organization's philosophies are known as the "I AM" Activity, and its members popularly known as "I AM" Students.[3]
J. Gordon Melton studied the group and ranked it in the category "established cult".[4] Also present in New Zealand, the St. Germain Foundation is considered by writer Robert S. Ellwood as a religious group with theosophical and esoteric roots.[5] The group is recognized by the Theosophical Society and the Great White Brotherhood.[6]
The group was labelled as cult in the 1995 report established by Parliamentary Commission on Cults in France.[7] The group founded a community in France in 1956 and is now located in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. It counts less 50 members.[8] In 1997, the Belgian parliamentary commission established a list of 189 movements containing I AM.
Worldwide, the religious group had over one million members in 1940, but it began to decline after Ballard's death.[9] Among the splinter groups of the Saint Germain Foundation, there have been The Bridge to Freedom, The Summit Lighthouse and the Church Universal and Triumphant.[10]
References
- Jean-François Mayer (1993). Les nouvelles voies spirituelles: enquête sur la religiosité parallèle en Suisse (in French). p. 120. Retrieved 27 August 2009.
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