Dr George King, the Aetherius Society,

RE: Dr George King, the Aetherius Society,

I have respect for other peoples' beliefs and so I respect these people too - though IMHO they are loony. 😀

George King reckoned he was taken on board a flying saucer to Mars (or something like that. Venus?). It grew out of the saucer cults of the 1950s, pretty old hat in 2005. But they'd evolved by the 80s to fairly simple rituals for which they may dress up, in which they all chant the OM and "gather the energy" of that in some receptacle.

So just IMHO it's all rather irrational - e.g. the flying saucer angle - but hey, people differ, what? I'm sure a good google search would bring up the real info - though some might be sanitised by the movement and other sites would be "anti-cult" Christians. But I'm not aware of any people claiming negative effects from belonging such as financial rip-offs or 'brainwashing'. Though I may have missed it. If you found a nice bunch of people and they appealed to you ...

(But good to keep looking, don't settle necessarily for the early things you find if you are seeking a movement to join, I'd say. Get to know a good spread of them all.)

Edit to add: I just had a quick search. It's based on channelling and such organisations are a dime a dozen, frankly. Though if it appeals, all well and good. The problem with channelling is that it's often not what it appears to be. I personally reject the notion that these messages are from the named Masters, for example. More likely the unconscious of Gearge King. Quote: "In 1954, King was researching the field of radionics (a form of distant healing) while practicing an intense regimen of yoga, when he claims to have received a message during a meditative trance. This was a summons from a Yoga Master, later identified as the Master Aetherius, who instructed him: "Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament." Oh, of course! LOL.

The UFO connection is another common thing in such groups - be aware that in these movements there are no actual UFOs 😀 - only talk about them in the channelled messages. In other words, it all comes from one man, but then people start to believe in the complete reality of "interplanetary federations" from that one man. It could be a test of one's sanity?

Venetian

RE: Dr George King, the Aetherius Society,

Crikey Charlie,

You made it sound fantastic, right up my street, im going to settle down with a cup of tea maybe ring an estate agent sell the house andmove to the middle of a sacred mountain,

Cheers!! you should be the pa man for King cos im sold!;)

RE: Dr George King, the Aetherius Society,

I wish you all well in your searches, but I am posting this as I'm rather puzzled as to why this thread has been left here, when it so obviously belongs in the Paranormal Pages. After all, a thread that I posted on a question by the atheist scientist Richard Dawkins in Philosophy was moved to the religion and faith pages! [&:]

Judy

RE: Dr George King, the Aetherius Society,

Hi Judy,

I'd say Aetherius is definitely what the academics call a NRM - New Religious Movement. Now, to many of us if we don't belong to any particular movement, they do seem wacky from the outside. 😀 But it's been around a long time and is certainly more to do with faith and spiritual practice than concerning UFOs.

That then makes it a question of whether NRMs belong under 'faith - general' or if that category is preserved for the Big Six, or whatever number. Personally I'd call it a faith, and if the members call it a religion (I don't know) then out of respect I'd accept that too.

(Just being academically picky here... 😉 )

Venetian

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