1 00:00:22,240 --> 00:00:20,230 hi guys my name is Ryan Sprague and I am 2 00:00:24,430 --> 00:00:22,250 the author and host of somewhere in the 3 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:24,440 skies and I'm also a contributing writer 4 00:00:30,310 --> 00:00:27,170 for wrote planet the amazing company 5 00:00:31,630 --> 00:00:30,320 putting on this virtual Expo today so my 6 00:00:33,820 --> 00:00:31,640 special thanks to everyone at rogue 7 00:00:36,100 --> 00:00:33,830 planet for doing this and I'm so honored 8 00:00:38,530 --> 00:00:36,110 to be here so today I'm going to be 9 00:00:41,770 --> 00:00:38,540 talking about a topic that doesn't get 10 00:00:46,150 --> 00:00:41,780 covered in ufology that often and that 11 00:00:47,470 --> 00:00:46,160 is UFO cults and UFO religions so I have 12 00:00:49,570 --> 00:00:47,480 a question right off the bat for you 13 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:49,580 what is the first thing you think of 14 00:00:55,360 --> 00:00:53,330 when you hear the term UFO cult is it 15 00:00:57,970 --> 00:00:55,370 this it's the largest suicide in the 16 00:01:00,220 --> 00:00:57,980 United States history and it has all the 17 00:01:02,710 --> 00:01:00,230 components of just being so bizarre it's 18 00:01:05,079 --> 00:01:02,720 been 20 years since 39 members of the 19 00:01:07,060 --> 00:01:05,089 Heaven's Gate cult were found dead their 20 00:01:10,180 --> 00:01:07,070 bodies discovered under purple shrouds 21 00:01:11,320 --> 00:01:10,190 inside a mansion in Rancho Santa Fe yeah 22 00:01:13,990 --> 00:01:11,330 was for me too 23 00:01:16,210 --> 00:01:14,000 I remember when I was 13 years old and I 24 00:01:19,149 --> 00:01:16,220 was in school I was so excited because I 25 00:01:21,250 --> 00:01:19,159 had a brand-new pair of Nike sneakers my 26 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:21,260 first name brand sneakers I ever owned 27 00:01:25,450 --> 00:01:23,450 and I remember one of the kids coming up 28 00:01:26,260 --> 00:01:25,460 to me and pointing up the sneakers and I 29 00:01:28,420 --> 00:01:26,270 thought he was gonna give me a 30 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:28,430 compliment but instead he just pointed 31 00:01:33,220 --> 00:01:31,370 and he laughed at me and he said look 32 00:01:35,830 --> 00:01:33,230 Ryan's part of one of those groups that 33 00:01:38,140 --> 00:01:35,840 killed themselves and I had absolutely 34 00:01:40,660 --> 00:01:38,150 no idea what he was talking about when I 35 00:01:43,210 --> 00:01:40,670 went home from school that day I saw on 36 00:01:45,850 --> 00:01:43,220 the news about the Heaven's Gate cult 37 00:01:48,850 --> 00:01:45,860 and they just so happened to be wearing 38 00:01:51,070 --> 00:01:48,860 the same exact sneakers as I had and I 39 00:01:55,330 --> 00:01:51,080 just so happened to be into the topic of 40 00:01:57,760 --> 00:01:55,340 UFOs starting that year so it was purely 41 00:02:00,790 --> 00:01:57,770 coincidental but it really got me 42 00:02:03,310 --> 00:02:00,800 worried I was becoming obsessed with 43 00:02:05,890 --> 00:02:03,320 UFOs at this point I was writing essays 44 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:05,900 to myself about Roswell Rendlesham 45 00:02:10,150 --> 00:02:07,730 anything you can think of when it came 46 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:10,160 to flying saucers and when I saw what 47 00:02:15,759 --> 00:02:12,890 this group had done and that they 48 00:02:18,309 --> 00:02:15,769 believed that a flying saucer was coming 49 00:02:20,770 --> 00:02:18,319 on the back of a comet to pick them up 50 00:02:23,890 --> 00:02:20,780 and take them away and 39 people died 51 00:02:25,959 --> 00:02:23,900 that day I was worried I was worried 52 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:25,969 about where my obsession would 53 00:02:30,330 --> 00:02:28,090 ultimately lead me and I 54 00:02:31,770 --> 00:02:30,340 hoped that it wouldn't be like what 55 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:31,780 happened to these people but we will get 56 00:02:37,290 --> 00:02:34,450 to Heaven's Gate in just a little bit so 57 00:02:40,740 --> 00:02:37,300 originally I titled this talk UFO cults 58 00:02:42,390 --> 00:02:40,750 the power and danger of belief but the 59 00:02:45,570 --> 00:02:42,400 more I looked into this topic the more I 60 00:02:47,850 --> 00:02:45,580 realized there is a very fine line and I 61 00:02:51,030 --> 00:02:47,860 guess gray area when it comes to calling 62 00:02:53,820 --> 00:02:51,040 something a cult or a religion or a 63 00:02:56,880 --> 00:02:53,830 movement so before we go any further I 64 00:02:59,400 --> 00:02:56,890 just want to separate the definitions of 65 00:03:02,910 --> 00:02:59,410 a cult and a religion for you so take a 66 00:03:05,190 --> 00:03:02,920 look at this the religion is a personal 67 00:03:07,170 --> 00:03:05,200 set or institutionalized system of 68 00:03:10,710 --> 00:03:07,180 religious attitudes beliefs and 69 00:03:12,869 --> 00:03:10,720 practices a cult is a relatively small 70 00:03:15,619 --> 00:03:12,879 group of people having religious beliefs 71 00:03:19,559 --> 00:03:15,629 or practices regarded by others as 72 00:03:20,630 --> 00:03:19,569 strange or sinister so basically you 73 00:03:23,819 --> 00:03:20,640 could even look at something like 74 00:03:25,830 --> 00:03:23,829 Christianity being a cult offshoot of 75 00:03:29,550 --> 00:03:25,840 Judaism once you've gained enough 76 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:29,560 cultural currency money respectability 77 00:03:37,289 --> 00:03:33,130 you then become a institution or a 78 00:03:40,650 --> 00:03:37,299 Orthodox religion so you can start to 79 00:03:43,589 --> 00:03:40,660 kind of see how these things connect and 80 00:03:45,509 --> 00:03:43,599 disconnect at one point or another so 81 00:03:47,729 --> 00:03:45,519 without going into a huge debate about 82 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:47,739 what's a cult what's a religion we're 83 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:50,170 just gonna sort of paint everything as a 84 00:03:55,050 --> 00:03:52,690 movement a religious movement for 85 00:03:57,690 --> 00:03:55,060 today's purposes so my next question 86 00:03:59,940 --> 00:03:57,700 probably has a pretty simple answer but 87 00:04:02,039 --> 00:03:59,950 I'm gonna ask it anyway what exactly is 88 00:04:04,500 --> 00:04:02,049 a UFO religion and how did these start 89 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:04,510 well it actually starts a lot sooner 90 00:04:10,530 --> 00:04:06,370 than I think a lot of people think it 91 00:04:14,610 --> 00:04:10,540 does it started with a modern UFO era in 92 00:04:17,009 --> 00:04:14,620 that era basically began in 1947 when a 93 00:04:19,259 --> 00:04:17,019 pilot witnessed nine unknown aerial 94 00:04:21,810 --> 00:04:19,269 objects over Mount Rainier in Washington 95 00:04:23,969 --> 00:04:21,820 State Kenneth Arnold would report what 96 00:04:25,860 --> 00:04:23,979 he'd seen to several newspapers he 97 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:25,870 described the movement of these objects 98 00:04:31,159 --> 00:04:28,090 like saucers skipping off of water and 99 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:31,169 thus the term flying saucers was born 100 00:04:35,550 --> 00:04:33,370 even though the objects weren't actually 101 00:04:38,399 --> 00:04:35,560 saucer shaped but that's a conversation 102 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:38,409 for another time not two weeks later 103 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:41,090 something crashed in the New Mexico 104 00:04:45,490 --> 00:04:43,370 the military swooped in retrieved it and 105 00:04:49,330 --> 00:04:45,500 the headline hit the newspaper 106 00:04:54,129 --> 00:04:49,340 within hours RAAF captures flying saucer 107 00:04:56,590 --> 00:04:54,139 on ranch in roswell region so now flying 108 00:04:59,020 --> 00:04:56,600 saucers were on the minds of everyone 109 00:05:02,350 --> 00:04:59,030 and this would lead into the 50s the 60s 110 00:05:04,840 --> 00:05:02,360 the 70s with the contactee movement and 111 00:05:07,330 --> 00:05:04,850 this is basically individuals who claim 112 00:05:11,020 --> 00:05:07,340 to have made contact with beings from 113 00:05:14,740 --> 00:05:11,030 other worlds in this spawned a huge 114 00:05:16,810 --> 00:05:14,750 movement people from all over were now 115 00:05:19,840 --> 00:05:16,820 convening in large groups to discuss 116 00:05:22,300 --> 00:05:19,850 these contacts and the supposin messages 117 00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:22,310 these space brothers and sisters wanted 118 00:05:27,550 --> 00:05:25,370 to impart to humanity and from these 119 00:05:30,760 --> 00:05:27,560 early movements came specific belief 120 00:05:33,909 --> 00:05:30,770 systems and guidelines from whichever 121 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:33,919 alien race had made contact and thus 122 00:05:38,980 --> 00:05:36,050 religious movements were born from 123 00:05:42,219 --> 00:05:38,990 flying saucers from these beliefs 124 00:05:44,950 --> 00:05:42,229 spawned UFO movements religions and 125 00:05:47,890 --> 00:05:44,960 eventually cults and trust me there are 126 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:47,900 dozens and dozens of these out there but 127 00:05:51,790 --> 00:05:50,090 today we're gonna focus on six of them 128 00:05:56,290 --> 00:05:51,800 and the first one we're gonna talk about 129 00:05:58,750 --> 00:05:56,300 is the ashtar galactic command the 130 00:06:01,450 --> 00:05:58,760 ashtar galactic command actually refers 131 00:06:02,980 --> 00:06:01,460 to multiple religions as multiple 132 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:02,990 different people and groups over the 133 00:06:08,640 --> 00:06:05,450 years have kind of claimed contact with 134 00:06:12,550 --> 00:06:08,650 a certain extraterrestrial named Ashtar 135 00:06:14,969 --> 00:06:12,560 George Van Tassel was the first in the 136 00:06:18,340 --> 00:06:14,979 late forties Van Tassel created an event 137 00:06:20,950 --> 00:06:18,350 known as the giant rock spacecraft 138 00:06:23,620 --> 00:06:20,960 convention which some of the photos you 139 00:06:25,570 --> 00:06:23,630 saw earlier were actually from during 140 00:06:28,870 --> 00:06:25,580 this event he and his followers would 141 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:28,880 channel messages from Ashtar now Ashtar 142 00:06:34,330 --> 00:06:32,210 was a extraterrestrial being or a group 143 00:06:37,570 --> 00:06:34,340 of beings that were part of a galactic 144 00:06:39,730 --> 00:06:37,580 law enforcement agency preparing an 145 00:06:41,590 --> 00:06:39,740 imminent rescue of humanity from 146 00:06:43,870 --> 00:06:41,600 destroying themselves with nuclear 147 00:06:47,170 --> 00:06:43,880 weapons and the destruction of our 148 00:06:49,750 --> 00:06:47,180 planet George Van Tassel also integrated 149 00:06:52,330 --> 00:06:49,760 the idea that the Christian Bible could 150 00:06:54,820 --> 00:06:52,340 be read as alien intervention on our 151 00:06:57,700 --> 00:06:54,830 planet and he even claimed that 152 00:07:00,580 --> 00:06:57,710 Jesus was an alien the supposed 153 00:07:03,190 --> 00:07:00,590 channeling of a star with a backdrop of 154 00:07:06,370 --> 00:07:03,200 Christianity influencing its messages 155 00:07:08,050 --> 00:07:06,380 followers became divisive and the Van 156 00:07:11,620 --> 00:07:08,060 Tassel movement of the ashtar command 157 00:07:14,190 --> 00:07:11,630 soon collapsed thereafter many other 158 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:14,200 people claimed the ashtar command and 159 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:16,970 recycled it into their own ways either 160 00:07:22,450 --> 00:07:19,610 going full-blown Galactic Federation or 161 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:22,460 sticking to the more spiritual side of a 162 00:07:26,650 --> 00:07:24,650 star's messages and that we needed to 163 00:07:29,740 --> 00:07:26,660 ascend into higher levels of 164 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:29,750 spiritualism to solidify our place in 165 00:07:35,590 --> 00:07:33,410 the cosmic heavens a woman named Yvonne 166 00:07:38,650 --> 00:07:35,600 Cole claimed to be getting messages from 167 00:07:41,590 --> 00:07:38,660 Ashtar in the late 80s and through 168 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:41,600 Ashtar she predicted that in 1994 169 00:07:46,870 --> 00:07:44,570 multiple alien races would arrive on the 170 00:07:52,590 --> 00:07:46,880 earth and proceed to destroy human 171 00:07:55,390 --> 00:07:52,600 civilization I don't think it happened 172 00:07:58,030 --> 00:07:55,400 but this didn't stop people like Cole 173 00:08:01,900 --> 00:07:58,040 who kept making bold predictions and 174 00:08:05,230 --> 00:08:01,910 failing at every corner in fact a really 175 00:08:07,330 --> 00:08:05,240 weird thing happened in 1977 when a 176 00:08:09,790 --> 00:08:07,340 British television broadcast was 177 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:09,800 illegally interrupted with what 178 00:08:13,300 --> 00:08:10,970 adherents cult 179 00:08:15,490 --> 00:08:13,310 a message from really on a 180 00:08:24,070 --> 00:08:15,500 representative of the ashtar galactic 181 00:08:24,080 --> 00:08:48,000 [Music] 182 00:08:53,230 --> 00:08:50,710 nobody ever took credit for this 183 00:08:55,360 --> 00:08:53,240 broadcast interruption so we're left 184 00:08:57,250 --> 00:08:55,370 wondering was this some kind of prank 185 00:09:00,160 --> 00:08:57,260 was it a member of the ashtar galactic 186 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:00,170 command actually making contact with 187 00:09:05,199 --> 00:09:03,170 humans we'll probably never know the 188 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:05,209 ashtar galactic command literally became 189 00:09:11,710 --> 00:09:08,450 the Wild West of UFO cults with so many 190 00:09:14,590 --> 00:09:11,720 people claiming to be a part of this or 191 00:09:18,190 --> 00:09:14,600 to be channeling Ashtar themselves and 192 00:09:21,130 --> 00:09:18,200 the idealism of Ashtar and its brand 193 00:09:23,110 --> 00:09:21,140 just continued from there on out even up 194 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:23,120 until today and the same could be said 195 00:09:27,910 --> 00:09:25,610 for the idea of ascension which we'll 196 00:09:30,430 --> 00:09:27,920 get to in a little bit but let's move to 197 00:09:34,360 --> 00:09:30,440 our next movement and this is the 198 00:09:36,970 --> 00:09:34,370 ethereal society the ethereal society 199 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:36,980 was founded in 1954 by a man named 200 00:09:43,390 --> 00:09:39,650 George King the Society is named after 201 00:09:45,430 --> 00:09:43,400 the cosmic master a furious who like in 202 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:45,440 the case of Van Tassel's claims was an 203 00:09:51,190 --> 00:09:47,810 alien being who represented a godly 204 00:09:53,890 --> 00:09:51,200 figure Buddha and Jesus in Kings eyes 205 00:09:56,650 --> 00:09:53,900 were also alien beings from the planet 206 00:09:59,500 --> 00:09:56,660 Venus and they invited King into their 207 00:10:02,530 --> 00:09:59,510 cosmic Brotherhood of sorts to help heal 208 00:10:04,900 --> 00:10:02,540 and save the world this would be done 209 00:10:08,199 --> 00:10:04,910 with the help of the ethereal society 210 00:10:10,930 --> 00:10:08,209 which would practice yoga mix theosophy 211 00:10:13,690 --> 00:10:10,940 x' and even use harnessed psychic and 212 00:10:16,750 --> 00:10:13,700 supernatural abilities to heal through 213 00:10:18,940 --> 00:10:16,760 astral projection so at the center of 214 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:18,950 this belief system and the cosmic 215 00:10:24,760 --> 00:10:22,010 masters is to save the earth and uplift 216 00:10:29,430 --> 00:10:24,770 humans to a higher state of evolutionary 217 00:10:33,310 --> 00:10:29,440 consciousness ascension your name is I 218 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:33,320 am noon is 219 00:10:44,889 --> 00:10:39,730 he's here us where do you come from the 220 00:10:47,680 --> 00:10:44,899 planet Venus a specific mission as a 221 00:10:50,379 --> 00:10:47,690 cosmic master was the channel messages 222 00:10:53,290 --> 00:10:50,389 from the Masters and launched what he 223 00:10:55,150 --> 00:10:53,300 called Operation Prayer power which 224 00:10:58,600 --> 00:10:55,160 allowed followers to wield their own 225 00:11:01,170 --> 00:10:58,610 spiritual karmic powers and pursue their 226 00:11:04,420 --> 00:11:01,180 own evolutionary paths to enlightenment 227 00:11:06,759 --> 00:11:04,430 King even created a spiritual battery 228 00:11:09,370 --> 00:11:06,769 which contained materials like gold and 229 00:11:12,550 --> 00:11:09,380 quartz and he claimed this could be used 230 00:11:15,189 --> 00:11:12,560 to store and harness prayer energy with 231 00:11:17,769 --> 00:11:15,199 enough energy all members could begin to 232 00:11:20,590 --> 00:11:17,779 heal the world and bring us to cosmic 233 00:11:22,509 --> 00:11:20,600 enlightenment the ethereal Society 234 00:11:25,030 --> 00:11:22,519 boasts thousands of members around the 235 00:11:28,300 --> 00:11:25,040 world but they presently still practice 236 00:11:30,579 --> 00:11:28,310 mostly in the UK and in California so 237 00:11:32,379 --> 00:11:30,589 without actually promoting this group or 238 00:11:34,930 --> 00:11:32,389 any of the others that you're gonna hear 239 00:11:37,949 --> 00:11:34,940 about today I will say this the 240 00:11:40,990 --> 00:11:37,959 Aetherius society seems to be pretty 241 00:11:43,689 --> 00:11:41,000 innocuous in terms of UFO cults or 242 00:11:46,059 --> 00:11:43,699 religions they honestly just want to 243 00:11:47,590 --> 00:11:46,069 heal and help the world they don't 244 00:11:50,050 --> 00:11:47,600 charge to become a member 245 00:11:51,639 --> 00:11:50,060 everyone's invited and there's no 246 00:11:54,309 --> 00:11:51,649 commitments to make they just want to 247 00:11:57,360 --> 00:11:54,319 heal what has already been so broken in 248 00:12:00,490 --> 00:11:57,370 the world so they're still going and 249 00:12:02,259 --> 00:12:00,500 good on them for that and I guess the 250 00:12:05,230 --> 00:12:02,269 same could be said about our next group 251 00:12:07,809 --> 00:12:05,240 and as a personal theater nerd this one 252 00:12:10,059 --> 00:12:07,819 kinda spoke to me not enough to join but 253 00:12:13,620 --> 00:12:10,069 I found it pretty interesting and this 254 00:12:16,660 --> 00:12:13,630 was the yoon arias academy of silence 255 00:12:19,389 --> 00:12:16,670 moon arias is a spiritual non-profit 256 00:12:22,689 --> 00:12:19,399 educational foundation established in 257 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:22,699 1954 by Ernest Norman and his wife Ruth 258 00:12:27,639 --> 00:12:25,610 une aureus stands for universal 259 00:12:30,699 --> 00:12:27,649 articulate interdimensional 260 00:12:32,710 --> 00:12:30,709 understanding of science it's the study 261 00:12:35,199 --> 00:12:32,720 of four-dimensional science and the 262 00:12:37,870 --> 00:12:35,209 sacred transmissions by these space 263 00:12:40,660 --> 00:12:37,880 brothers who are an advanced intelligent 264 00:12:43,689 --> 00:12:40,670 race of aliens existing on a different 265 00:12:45,730 --> 00:12:43,699 frequency Ernest and Ruth set up shop in 266 00:12:47,020 --> 00:12:45,740 Southern California and followers 267 00:12:49,390 --> 00:12:47,030 started to slowly 268 00:12:51,910 --> 00:12:49,400 : they started teaching people about 269 00:12:54,370 --> 00:12:51,920 their sacred transmissions and through 270 00:12:56,470 --> 00:12:54,380 these transmissions Ruth channeled news 271 00:12:59,140 --> 00:12:56,480 from the space brothers who said 33 272 00:13:01,510 --> 00:12:59,150 giant spaceships would be landing on the 273 00:13:06,100 --> 00:13:01,520 earth soon but just as things seem to be 274 00:13:08,350 --> 00:13:06,110 gearing up ernest died in 1971 ruth who 275 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:08,360 now went by arielle became the 276 00:13:12,820 --> 00:13:11,090 organization's leader the Academy 277 00:13:15,670 --> 00:13:12,830 started taking on a different set of 278 00:13:17,850 --> 00:13:15,680 goals and that was to promote the study 279 00:13:21,610 --> 00:13:17,860 of extraterrestrial intelligence 280 00:13:23,950 --> 00:13:21,620 reincarnation and free energy but its 281 00:13:27,400 --> 00:13:23,960 fundamental purpose remained channeling 282 00:13:29,320 --> 00:13:27,410 alien beings for creativity from 283 00:13:32,830 --> 00:13:29,330 churning out mind-blowing public-access 284 00:13:36,100 --> 00:13:32,840 TV shows to a variety of UFO themed 285 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:36,110 paintings music books you name it they 286 00:13:40,810 --> 00:13:38,810 were creating it what also distinguishes 287 00:13:42,910 --> 00:13:40,820 une aureus from other cult-like 288 00:13:45,430 --> 00:13:42,920 movements was their emphasis on 289 00:13:48,880 --> 00:13:45,440 spiritual healing through past life 290 00:13:51,670 --> 00:13:48,890 therapy and reenactments on film in 291 00:13:53,890 --> 00:13:51,680 their time even stretching up to today 292 00:13:57,370 --> 00:13:53,900 the Academy has produced three feature 293 00:14:00,250 --> 00:13:57,380 films 80 television shows as well as 294 00:14:02,380 --> 00:14:00,260 scores of student paintings hundreds of 295 00:14:05,170 --> 00:14:02,390 handmade costumes thousands of 296 00:14:09,070 --> 00:14:05,180 photographs in over 200 self-published 297 00:14:11,950 --> 00:14:09,080 books and while Ruth or REO might be a 298 00:14:14,530 --> 00:14:11,960 little wacky and eccentric and the fact 299 00:14:16,750 --> 00:14:14,540 that her prophecy about 33 spaceships 300 00:14:18,370 --> 00:14:16,760 showing up never really panned out it 301 00:14:21,010 --> 00:14:18,380 seems like a pretty positive and 302 00:14:24,610 --> 00:14:21,020 creative atmosphere helping people who 303 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:24,620 were lost find creativity and I mean if 304 00:14:30,310 --> 00:14:26,810 anything this could go down as the 305 00:14:32,650 --> 00:14:30,320 biggest performance piece in UFO history 306 00:14:35,470 --> 00:14:32,660 so looks like they are having a lot of 307 00:14:37,390 --> 00:14:35,480 fun going out trying to vectoring UFOs 308 00:14:39,670 --> 00:14:37,400 as long as no one's getting hurt and 309 00:14:42,190 --> 00:14:39,680 nobody's making a ton of money this 310 00:14:44,650 --> 00:14:42,200 sounds like a lot of fun and our next 311 00:14:48,220 --> 00:14:44,660 group also likes to have a lot of fun 312 00:14:50,990 --> 00:14:48,230 but in many very controversial ways this 313 00:14:53,960 --> 00:14:51,000 is the story of realism 314 00:14:55,910 --> 00:14:53,970 the core foundations of realism is the 315 00:14:58,999 --> 00:14:55,920 belief that a group of extraterrestrials 316 00:15:02,509 --> 00:14:59,009 called the Elohim created the human race 317 00:15:04,790 --> 00:15:02,519 in a science experiment that yellow heme 318 00:15:07,309 --> 00:15:04,800 appeared to early humans as godlike 319 00:15:10,309 --> 00:15:07,319 beings and may be the cause for the 320 00:15:13,369 --> 00:15:10,319 mystifying cave drawings that many claim 321 00:15:15,769 --> 00:15:13,379 to be ancient astronauts once again as 322 00:15:18,439 --> 00:15:15,779 with other UFO religions buddha jesus 323 00:15:20,869 --> 00:15:18,449 and other historical figures start to 324 00:15:24,199 --> 00:15:20,879 arise as prophets in the ralien 325 00:15:28,249 --> 00:15:24,209 narrative founded by claude vorilhon or 326 00:15:30,530 --> 00:15:28,259 rel in 1974 this dude was in close 327 00:15:32,509 --> 00:15:30,540 contact with a HeLa heme and they came 328 00:15:34,910 --> 00:15:32,519 to earth and told them their reasons for 329 00:15:37,850 --> 00:15:34,920 coming here and what Claude should do 330 00:15:40,670 --> 00:15:37,860 the basic idea is that if humans could 331 00:15:43,730 --> 00:15:40,680 just get their act together and become 332 00:15:46,490 --> 00:15:43,740 peaceful and aware the eloheem would 333 00:15:49,879 --> 00:15:46,500 contact us again this is sort of the 334 00:15:52,220 --> 00:15:49,889 Raelians version of the apocalypse the 335 00:15:54,139 --> 00:15:52,230 eloheem will come down and meet humans 336 00:15:57,829 --> 00:15:54,149 and an embassy they've asked their 337 00:16:00,079 --> 00:15:57,839 aliens to build for them this embassy 338 00:16:02,329 --> 00:16:00,089 will have a landing pad for the eloheem 339 00:16:04,249 --> 00:16:02,339 spacecraft they will then tell the 340 00:16:06,470 --> 00:16:04,259 humans about their advanced science and 341 00:16:09,259 --> 00:16:06,480 technology and humans will be able to 342 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:09,269 build a life on other planets as the 343 00:16:13,970 --> 00:16:11,250 eloheem have done for us 344 00:16:16,879 --> 00:16:13,980 the ralien Church has a fully fleshed 345 00:16:19,850 --> 00:16:16,889 out clergy that practices sensual 346 00:16:23,299 --> 00:16:19,860 meditation and advocates strongly for 347 00:16:26,660 --> 00:16:23,309 political causes including pro GMO crops 348 00:16:30,319 --> 00:16:26,670 the topless rights of women they are 349 00:16:33,499 --> 00:16:30,329 very Pro sex in fact the October 2004 350 00:16:36,019 --> 00:16:33,509 issue of Playboy features rails girls a 351 00:16:37,910 --> 00:16:36,029 group of ralien ex strippers and call 352 00:16:41,809 --> 00:16:37,920 girls and the group is also 353 00:16:44,389 --> 00:16:41,819 anti-catholicism the anti-catholicism is 354 00:16:46,999 --> 00:16:44,399 no small issue in a stunt known as 355 00:16:49,879 --> 00:16:47,009 Operation condom Raelians handed out 356 00:16:52,999 --> 00:16:49,889 10,000 condoms to Catholic school 357 00:16:56,749 --> 00:16:53,009 children in another effort they incited 358 00:17:00,230 --> 00:16:56,759 Catholic children to burn crosses now 359 00:17:02,179 --> 00:17:00,240 now that's not cool if you've heard of 360 00:17:03,810 --> 00:17:02,189 the Raelians you probably know them from 361 00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:03,820 the media frenzy 362 00:17:09,180 --> 00:17:06,730 created in 2002 when a quote-unquote 363 00:17:11,850 --> 00:17:09,190 ralien bishop by the name of Bridget 364 00:17:13,410 --> 00:17:11,860 boss Alire announced that her biotech 365 00:17:16,500 --> 00:17:13,420 company clonaid 366 00:17:20,699 --> 00:17:16,510 had produced the first cloned human baby 367 00:17:23,400 --> 00:17:20,709 named Eve the claim has never been 100% 368 00:17:25,680 --> 00:17:23,410 substantiated though it is worth noting 369 00:17:28,110 --> 00:17:25,690 WikiLeaks released a cable showing that 370 00:17:30,300 --> 00:17:28,120 the US government investigated the 371 00:17:31,950 --> 00:17:30,310 Raelians claims it would it be too 372 00:17:34,740 --> 00:17:31,960 surprising as the group has long 373 00:17:37,860 --> 00:17:34,750 supported the ideas of biotechnology and 374 00:17:41,430 --> 00:17:37,870 mind uploading technologies in attaining 375 00:17:43,530 --> 00:17:41,440 physical immortality one final point 376 00:17:46,830 --> 00:17:43,540 worth noting about the Raelians before a 377 00:17:50,100 --> 00:17:46,840 PR move in 1991 one of the Raelians 378 00:17:53,730 --> 00:17:50,110 symbols was a swastika over the Star of 379 00:17:55,290 --> 00:17:53,740 David that didn't go over too well and 380 00:17:57,390 --> 00:17:55,300 it was eventually turned into the Star 381 00:17:59,580 --> 00:17:57,400 of David with a swirling galaxy within 382 00:18:02,250 --> 00:17:59,590 it there is a lot to cover with our 383 00:18:05,760 --> 00:18:02,260 aliens and they are still very active 384 00:18:08,250 --> 00:18:05,770 today and recruiting I know from 385 00:18:11,190 --> 00:18:08,260 personal experience I've been contacted 386 00:18:14,910 --> 00:18:11,200 by several of them within the last few 387 00:18:17,160 --> 00:18:14,920 weeks or so but let's move on so this is 388 00:18:20,430 --> 00:18:17,170 where things start to sort of veer into 389 00:18:23,130 --> 00:18:20,440 very dangerous territory probably one of 390 00:18:26,240 --> 00:18:23,140 the most visible cults in the last what 391 00:18:28,650 --> 00:18:26,250 10 to 20 years or so would have to be 392 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:28,660 Scientology and while there have been 393 00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:31,810 many exposes and TV shows books 394 00:18:37,760 --> 00:18:34,210 documentaries about the religion itself 395 00:18:41,010 --> 00:18:37,770 I thought let's cut to the actual core 396 00:18:43,380 --> 00:18:41,020 scripture and story behind this religion 397 00:18:46,290 --> 00:18:43,390 the most well-known story publicized and 398 00:18:49,320 --> 00:18:46,300 held up to ridicule by critics is that 399 00:18:51,540 --> 00:18:49,330 of Xenu the ruler of the Galactic 400 00:18:54,780 --> 00:18:51,550 Confederacy who was said to have brought 401 00:18:57,750 --> 00:18:54,790 billions of frozen people to Earth 75 402 00:18:59,940 --> 00:18:57,760 million years ago and place them near a 403 00:19:03,030 --> 00:18:59,950 number of volcanoes and dropped in 404 00:19:05,870 --> 00:19:03,040 hydrogen bombs thus killing the entire 405 00:19:09,090 --> 00:19:05,880 population in an effort to solve 406 00:19:11,460 --> 00:19:09,100 overpopulation the spirits of these 407 00:19:14,580 --> 00:19:11,470 people were then captured by Zeno and 408 00:19:17,060 --> 00:19:14,590 mass implanted with numerous suggestions 409 00:19:20,090 --> 00:19:17,070 and then packaged into 410 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:20,100 stirs of spirits from the early 1950s 411 00:19:25,070 --> 00:19:23,250 onward Scientology's founder l ron 412 00:19:28,070 --> 00:19:25,080 Hubbard published a number of books 413 00:19:32,210 --> 00:19:28,080 lectures and other works describing what 414 00:19:37,330 --> 00:19:32,220 he termed a space opera wait a minute I 415 00:19:41,960 --> 00:19:39,710 Scientology teaches that all humans have 416 00:19:44,980 --> 00:19:41,970 experienced innumerable past lives 417 00:19:48,080 --> 00:19:44,990 including lives in ancient advanced 418 00:19:49,999 --> 00:19:48,090 extraterrestrial societies traumatic 419 00:19:52,009 --> 00:19:50,009 memories from these past lives are said 420 00:19:54,999 --> 00:19:52,019 to be the cause of many present-day 421 00:19:57,320 --> 00:19:55,009 physical and mental ailments 422 00:20:00,379 --> 00:19:57,330 Scientologists also believe that human 423 00:20:02,480 --> 00:20:00,389 beings possess superhuman powers which 424 00:20:05,720 --> 00:20:02,490 cannot be restored until they have been 425 00:20:09,680 --> 00:20:05,730 fully rehabilitated as spiritual beings 426 00:20:12,019 --> 00:20:09,690 through the practice of auditing using 427 00:20:15,379 --> 00:20:12,029 methods set out by l ron Hubbard in his 428 00:20:19,279 --> 00:20:15,389 various works according to Hubbard a 429 00:20:22,610 --> 00:20:19,289 satan has a body this is their term for 430 00:20:25,430 --> 00:20:22,620 a soul when the body dies the thaen goes 431 00:20:33,139 --> 00:20:25,440 to a landing station on the planet Venus 432 00:20:35,899 --> 00:20:33,149 where they are reimplantation s-- then 433 00:20:38,180 --> 00:20:35,909 capsule each thing and send them back to 434 00:20:41,180 --> 00:20:38,190 earth to be dumped into the Gulf of 435 00:20:43,960 --> 00:20:41,190 California whereupon each day in 436 00:20:47,389 --> 00:20:43,970 searches for a new body to inhabit and 437 00:20:50,419 --> 00:20:47,399 only through auditing and Scientologists 438 00:20:53,899 --> 00:20:50,429 go clear and become the greatest self 439 00:20:57,710 --> 00:20:53,909 they can possibly be with superpowers of 440 00:21:01,220 --> 00:20:57,720 course so from here we all kind of know 441 00:21:04,700 --> 00:21:01,230 this story Scientologists are extremely 442 00:21:06,740 --> 00:21:04,710 litigious they will stalk members who 443 00:21:08,899 --> 00:21:06,750 leave the church they will bribe them 444 00:21:11,029 --> 00:21:08,909 with all the confessions they've made 445 00:21:14,659 --> 00:21:11,039 during auditing and they will literally 446 00:21:17,240 --> 00:21:14,669 rip families apart they are extremely 447 00:21:19,700 --> 00:21:17,250 dangerous and we did not learn that any 448 00:21:21,440 --> 00:21:19,710 more clear than with the television 449 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:21,450 shows that came out about it and also 450 00:21:25,430 --> 00:21:23,610 from ex members coming forward to talk 451 00:21:28,490 --> 00:21:25,440 about it and one of those individuals 452 00:21:30,019 --> 00:21:28,500 Joe each eight is an ex member and I had 453 00:21:30,620 --> 00:21:30,029 him on the someone disguise podcast to 454 00:21:33,169 --> 00:21:30,630 talk all 455 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:33,179 how he got into it how he climbed the 456 00:21:37,520 --> 00:21:35,010 ranks and how he was eventually able to 457 00:21:39,590 --> 00:21:37,530 get out of Scientology but without going 458 00:21:46,230 --> 00:21:39,600 into that I'm gonna let Joey talk for 459 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:49,320 well I was born into it I'm a what they 460 00:21:53,220 --> 00:21:51,610 call a second-generation Scientologist 461 00:21:55,740 --> 00:21:53,230 so my parents got into it back in the 462 00:21:58,590 --> 00:21:55,750 70s in the early 70s before I was born 463 00:22:00,660 --> 00:21:58,600 and they got suckered into it and then 464 00:22:02,190 --> 00:22:00,670 by the time I was born and by the time 465 00:22:04,290 --> 00:22:02,200 my two younger brothers were born they 466 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:04,300 were already fully indoctrinated into 467 00:22:10,050 --> 00:22:08,170 Scientology so I it was basically the 468 00:22:12,180 --> 00:22:10,060 religion that I was raised with I didn't 469 00:22:16,020 --> 00:22:12,190 really have a choice in the matter they 470 00:22:17,580 --> 00:22:16,030 they did which was stupid so I I ended 471 00:22:19,260 --> 00:22:17,590 up suffering for their mistakes which 472 00:22:24,120 --> 00:22:19,270 most kids do especially when it comes to 473 00:22:28,390 --> 00:22:26,169 Scientologists are not allowed to talk 474 00:22:29,740 --> 00:22:28,400 to or be in any sort of relationship 475 00:22:33,159 --> 00:22:29,750 with anybody who is labeled a 476 00:22:35,799 --> 00:22:33,169 suppressive person so my entire family 477 00:22:38,710 --> 00:22:35,809 is in Scientology so all of my friends 478 00:22:41,890 --> 00:22:38,720 that are still in Scientology they 479 00:22:47,470 --> 00:22:41,900 stopped talking to me they blocked me on 480 00:22:52,659 --> 00:22:50,019 if the FBI or some government agency 481 00:22:54,610 --> 00:22:52,669 decided to do a raid on any on any 482 00:22:57,370 --> 00:22:54,620 Church of Scientology where people are 483 00:22:59,350 --> 00:22:57,380 being held under watch 99% of the people 484 00:23:01,600 --> 00:22:59,360 would be oh I'm not being held against 485 00:23:04,029 --> 00:23:01,610 my will I'm I'm here of my own volition 486 00:23:05,850 --> 00:23:04,039 you know this is my religion because 487 00:23:08,500 --> 00:23:05,860 that's what you're trained to do the the 488 00:23:10,570 --> 00:23:08,510 brainwashing and the mental conditioning 489 00:23:13,899 --> 00:23:10,580 that you go through you protect the 490 00:23:20,600 --> 00:23:13,909 church at above and beyond all cost 491 00:23:24,490 --> 00:23:23,450 I would say run as far away as you 492 00:23:26,750 --> 00:23:24,500 possibly can 493 00:23:28,580 --> 00:23:26,760 especially with Scientology because it's 494 00:23:30,500 --> 00:23:28,590 like you're gonna spend so much money 495 00:23:32,930 --> 00:23:30,510 you're gonna get sucked into this cult 496 00:23:36,140 --> 00:23:32,940 it's just it's just not worth it 497 00:23:38,270 --> 00:23:36,150 I get that everybody in life is always 498 00:23:39,890 --> 00:23:38,280 looking for spur something everybody 499 00:23:42,950 --> 00:23:39,900 wants the answers and that's something 500 00:23:45,049 --> 00:23:42,960 that I think that people can just figure 501 00:23:47,360 --> 00:23:45,059 it out on their own if you want to study 502 00:23:49,100 --> 00:23:47,370 something about Scientology do it for 503 00:23:50,750 --> 00:23:49,110 free on the internet that's my biggest 504 00:23:52,900 --> 00:23:50,760 thing with Scientology if you wanted to 505 00:23:55,370 --> 00:23:52,910 become a Catholic you can go into any 506 00:23:57,560 --> 00:23:55,380 Catholic Church or Protestant Church or 507 00:23:59,360 --> 00:23:57,570 whatever you want to study the materials 508 00:24:01,159 --> 00:23:59,370 are there the bible is free you don't 509 00:24:03,710 --> 00:24:01,169 have to pay money to them if you wanted 510 00:24:05,659 --> 00:24:03,720 to study about Judaism go to it go to a 511 00:24:09,740 --> 00:24:05,669 temple or go to a synagogue and read the 512 00:24:12,500 --> 00:24:09,750 Torah it's free Scientology charges 513 00:24:14,570 --> 00:24:12,510 people for salvation that's the biggest 514 00:24:16,340 --> 00:24:14,580 thing that drives me crazy I mean you 515 00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:16,350 know outside of the physical abuse and 516 00:24:20,180 --> 00:24:18,330 the sexual abuse and the mint and the 517 00:24:22,159 --> 00:24:20,190 medical malpractice and all that stuff 518 00:24:24,230 --> 00:24:22,169 the fact that they charge for it that 519 00:24:26,680 --> 00:24:24,240 should be that should be the thing that 520 00:24:29,630 --> 00:24:26,690 makes you go okay no this is [\h__\h] 521 00:24:32,870 --> 00:24:29,640 so while Scientology seems to be 522 00:24:34,580 --> 00:24:32,880 fizzling these days there's no doubt 523 00:24:36,980 --> 00:24:34,590 that people are still falling for it and 524 00:24:39,710 --> 00:24:36,990 still joining and that's just sad and 525 00:24:42,169 --> 00:24:39,720 tragic so I'm glad there's people like 526 00:24:45,350 --> 00:24:42,179 Joey out there being vocal and taking 527 00:24:47,630 --> 00:24:45,360 the risks to try to get to people before 528 00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:47,640 they join or try to get people out of it 529 00:24:55,039 --> 00:24:51,530 and while Scientology is extremely 530 00:24:57,669 --> 00:24:55,049 contentious and dangerous the next cult 531 00:25:01,250 --> 00:24:57,679 we're going to talk about is actually 532 00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:01,260 just tragic and that is the Heaven's 533 00:25:08,900 --> 00:25:05,490 Gate cult founders Marshall H Applewhite 534 00:25:10,700 --> 00:25:08,910 and Bonnie nettles met in 1972 and soon 535 00:25:13,730 --> 00:25:10,710 became convinced that they were they to 536 00:25:16,360 --> 00:25:13,740 endtime witnesses mentioned in the Book 537 00:25:19,549 --> 00:25:16,370 of Revelations in the Christian Bible in 538 00:25:22,430 --> 00:25:19,559 1975 they held gatherings in California 539 00:25:25,549 --> 00:25:22,440 and Oregon that attracted their initial 540 00:25:28,310 --> 00:25:25,559 followers those who attach themselves to 541 00:25:30,830 --> 00:25:28,320 the two dropped out of society and 542 00:25:34,100 --> 00:25:30,840 prepared for the transition to a new 543 00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:34,110 life on a spaceship when the expected 544 00:25:38,930 --> 00:25:36,330 transition did not occur the group 545 00:25:41,030 --> 00:25:38,940 settled in Texas and lived a quiet 546 00:25:43,460 --> 00:25:41,040 communal existence practicing 547 00:25:45,620 --> 00:25:43,470 disciplines that they believed would 548 00:25:48,770 --> 00:25:45,630 prepare them for the eventual movement 549 00:25:51,919 --> 00:25:48,780 to a higher level of existence they had 550 00:25:54,380 --> 00:25:51,929 few contacts with outsiders until 1994 551 00:25:57,140 --> 00:25:54,390 when their expectation of the imminent 552 00:25:59,840 --> 00:25:57,150 transition was again heightened and they 553 00:26:02,900 --> 00:25:59,850 begin a new round of recruitment 554 00:26:05,390 --> 00:26:02,910 they also divested themselves of most of 555 00:26:08,510 --> 00:26:05,400 their possessions and began a pilgrimage 556 00:26:11,060 --> 00:26:08,520 that led them to California settling in 557 00:26:12,250 --> 00:26:11,070 the San Diego area in 1996 they 558 00:26:14,750 --> 00:26:12,260 supported themselves by creating 559 00:26:18,289 --> 00:26:14,760 websites in the early days of the 560 00:26:20,690 --> 00:26:18,299 internet early in 1997 of rumors 561 00:26:24,140 --> 00:26:20,700 circulated among the new-age community 562 00:26:26,330 --> 00:26:24,150 that an artificial object or a spaceship 563 00:26:29,419 --> 00:26:26,340 was following the recently discovered 564 00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:29,429 comet hale-bopp which would approach 565 00:26:34,610 --> 00:26:31,650 close to Earth around the time of the 566 00:26:37,220 --> 00:26:34,620 spring equinox as the comet approached 567 00:26:39,169 --> 00:26:37,230 they would board the spaceship in head 568 00:26:41,780 --> 00:26:39,179 to their next journey this is your 569 00:26:45,220 --> 00:26:41,790 chance I'm here I can take you out of 570 00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:45,230 here I can lead you into that kingdom 571 00:26:50,630 --> 00:26:47,730 level above human that can't happen 572 00:26:53,270 --> 00:26:50,640 unless you leave the human world that 573 00:26:56,560 --> 00:26:53,280 you're in and come and follow me 574 00:26:59,390 --> 00:26:56,570 time is short last chance 575 00:27:02,750 --> 00:26:59,400 the Heaven's Gate group which had shrunk 576 00:27:08,710 --> 00:27:02,760 to only 39 members at this point took 577 00:27:12,080 --> 00:27:08,720 poison in three waves on March 26 1997 578 00:27:14,780 --> 00:27:12,090 following an anonymous tip police found 579 00:27:17,930 --> 00:27:14,790 the bodies of the members neatly lined 580 00:27:21,380 --> 00:27:17,940 up in bunk beds wearing matching outfits 581 00:27:23,690 --> 00:27:21,390 and identical Nike sneakers they donned 582 00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:23,700 patches on their sleeves that simply 583 00:27:29,419 --> 00:27:27,330 read away team doing the recruitments 584 00:27:30,919 --> 00:27:29,429 across the country Heaven's Gate members 585 00:27:33,799 --> 00:27:30,929 were forced to several relationships 586 00:27:36,169 --> 00:27:33,809 with all outside friends and family 587 00:27:39,740 --> 00:27:36,179 members as their entire world became 588 00:27:42,169 --> 00:27:39,750 consumed by this cult this was the same 589 00:27:44,990 --> 00:27:42,179 for Frank Lyford one of the Heaven's 590 00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:45,000 Gate members Lyford defected from the 591 00:27:51,169 --> 00:27:47,610 cult in 1993 but his 592 00:27:55,010 --> 00:27:51,179 friend Erica Ernst remained and died in 593 00:27:57,200 --> 00:27:55,020 the cults mass suicide in 1997 in an 594 00:27:58,549 --> 00:27:57,210 interview with People magazine Frank 595 00:28:01,330 --> 00:27:58,559 said it was one of the most painful 596 00:28:04,669 --> 00:28:01,340 experiences he ever endured in the 597 00:28:06,530 --> 00:28:04,679 impact lasted a lifetime now I was 598 00:28:08,840 --> 00:28:06,540 actually able to catch up with Frank and 599 00:28:12,230 --> 00:28:08,850 talk to him about what life was like 600 00:28:15,260 --> 00:28:12,240 post cult and he was so gracious to give 601 00:28:17,060 --> 00:28:15,270 his time to give us these quotes Frank 602 00:28:19,460 --> 00:28:17,070 said we all have a connection to the 603 00:28:21,980 --> 00:28:19,470 divine within us to tell what our best 604 00:28:24,230 --> 00:28:21,990 path should be we all have that radio 605 00:28:27,560 --> 00:28:24,240 transmitter built in we don't need 606 00:28:29,900 --> 00:28:27,570 anyone to translate that for us that was 607 00:28:32,659 --> 00:28:29,910 the big mistake that we all made in my 608 00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:32,669 mind it was believing we needed someone 609 00:28:37,490 --> 00:28:34,890 else to tell us what our best path 610 00:28:40,130 --> 00:28:37,500 should be Frank also said I've made 611 00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:40,140 peace with my choices I have taken full 612 00:28:44,659 --> 00:28:42,690 responsibility for them also realizing 613 00:28:46,970 --> 00:28:44,669 that my experiences have served an 614 00:28:49,159 --> 00:28:46,980 amazing cornucopia of learning and 615 00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:49,169 wisdom that I likely would not have 616 00:28:54,590 --> 00:28:52,650 gained through a more normal life to me 617 00:28:56,780 --> 00:28:54,600 the more important part of my life is 618 00:28:59,539 --> 00:28:56,790 the time following being in Heaven's 619 00:29:03,320 --> 00:28:59,549 Gate and that is my journey post cult 620 00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:03,330 back to myself Frank explained the end 621 00:29:09,500 --> 00:29:06,210 goal of the Heaven's Gate cult saying 622 00:29:11,360 --> 00:29:09,510 that it was in effect ascension to a 623 00:29:13,940 --> 00:29:11,370 higher level of existence 624 00:29:16,130 --> 00:29:13,950 Applewhite led classes designed to help 625 00:29:19,789 --> 00:29:16,140 the cult members transform into a 626 00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:19,799 different world now I'm sure you've 627 00:29:23,870 --> 00:29:21,450 noticed the running theme throughout 628 00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:23,880 this entire presentation and that is the 629 00:29:29,240 --> 00:29:26,610 use of the word ascension this word 630 00:29:32,120 --> 00:29:29,250 seems to be used in almost every single 631 00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:32,130 movement or cult that we covered today 632 00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:35,250 and honestly that goes up even till 633 00:29:41,299 --> 00:29:37,890 today there are so many classes being 634 00:29:44,659 --> 00:29:41,309 offered and UFO centric speakers who are 635 00:29:48,710 --> 00:29:44,669 offering this ascension to raise to a 636 00:29:50,690 --> 00:29:48,720 higher level for a price in a recent 637 00:29:52,430 --> 00:29:50,700 article published by vice news and 638 00:29:55,100 --> 00:29:52,440 written by one of our speakers today 639 00:29:57,770 --> 00:29:55,110 MJ baniyas we've learned that ascension 640 00:29:59,150 --> 00:29:57,780 seems to be the key word for those who 641 00:30:02,030 --> 00:29:59,160 offer this 642 00:30:04,580 --> 00:30:02,040 the stories of alien saviors continued 643 00:30:07,730 --> 00:30:04,590 to integrate themselves into past 644 00:30:10,190 --> 00:30:07,740 movements recycled and morphed into 645 00:30:12,860 --> 00:30:10,200 different figures different alien races 646 00:30:16,220 --> 00:30:12,870 different teachings from established 647 00:30:19,220 --> 00:30:16,230 religions turned upside down in promises 648 00:30:22,040 --> 00:30:19,230 of cosmic disclosure energy healing 649 00:30:24,560 --> 00:30:22,050 queuing on like conspiracy theories that 650 00:30:28,370 --> 00:30:24,570 are based on absolutely unsubstantiated 651 00:30:30,950 --> 00:30:28,380 claims and questionable motives by those 652 00:30:33,590 --> 00:30:30,960 who pronounce them look I'm not going to 653 00:30:36,020 --> 00:30:33,600 name names but these individuals who are 654 00:30:38,180 --> 00:30:36,030 doing this today they are a LITTLEST 655 00:30:40,160 --> 00:30:38,190 bunch and that's not a can of worms I 656 00:30:42,710 --> 00:30:40,170 want to open up here but if you want to 657 00:30:44,870 --> 00:30:42,720 learn more about ascension and those 658 00:30:47,750 --> 00:30:44,880 offering it today definitely go check 659 00:30:51,020 --> 00:30:47,760 out MJ pan diocese article over at vice 660 00:30:54,080 --> 00:30:51,030 news the title of the article is UFO 661 00:30:59,300 --> 00:30:54,090 conspiracy theorists offer ascension 662 00:31:01,610 --> 00:30:59,310 from our hell world for 333 dollars that 663 00:31:04,610 --> 00:31:01,620 seems pretty cheap to me there are so 664 00:31:07,640 --> 00:31:04,620 many cults and movements within the UFO 665 00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:07,650 field to even cover today so I highly 666 00:31:11,750 --> 00:31:09,090 suggest if you really want to know how 667 00:31:14,660 --> 00:31:11,760 many are out there go online and go down 668 00:31:16,400 --> 00:31:14,670 the rabbit hole like I did it's pretty 669 00:31:18,320 --> 00:31:16,410 concerning and look at the end of the 670 00:31:20,360 --> 00:31:18,330 day we all just have to make up our own 671 00:31:22,550 --> 00:31:20,370 minds you know these existential 672 00:31:25,940 --> 00:31:22,560 questions we have in life why are we 673 00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:25,950 here are we alone what comes next 674 00:31:31,430 --> 00:31:29,010 you can pay someone to give you those 675 00:31:34,130 --> 00:31:31,440 answers according to their own belief 676 00:31:37,130 --> 00:31:34,140 systems their own concocted stories of 677 00:31:39,590 --> 00:31:37,140 alien saviors or UFOs coming on the back 678 00:31:43,640 --> 00:31:39,600 of a comet but at the end of the day I 679 00:31:45,890 --> 00:31:43,650 always refer to the x-files poster that 680 00:31:48,500 --> 00:31:45,900 Mulder had in his office the one that 681 00:31:51,920 --> 00:31:48,510 said I want to believe by the way the 682 00:31:55,430 --> 00:31:51,930 UFO in that poster definitely taken by a 683 00:31:57,830 --> 00:31:55,440 possible UFO cult leader but that is a 684 00:32:00,170 --> 00:31:57,840 presentation in itself and we do not 685 00:32:03,110 --> 00:32:00,180 have time to cover that here maybe next 686 00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:03,120 time but the words on that poster they 687 00:32:08,120 --> 00:32:04,890 really do speak volumes 688 00:32:10,760 --> 00:32:08,130 I want to believe not need to believe 689 00:32:13,100 --> 00:32:10,770 not must believe but want 690 00:32:15,260 --> 00:32:13,110 that's a curiosity 691 00:32:17,630 --> 00:32:15,270 that we're all seeking in this life and 692 00:32:21,110 --> 00:32:17,640 while some of us use that curiosity to 693 00:32:24,350 --> 00:32:21,120 look for UFOs summer in the skies others 694 00:32:27,080 --> 00:32:24,360 use it to find their Savior somewhere in 695 00:32:28,460 --> 00:32:27,090 the skies and you know what maybe they 696 00:32:30,740 --> 00:32:28,470 are one in the same 697 00:32:34,370 --> 00:32:30,750 who's to really say but all I'm gonna 698 00:32:37,700 --> 00:32:34,380 tell you is this keep looking keep