In the modern world, UFO reports have long ceased to be a sensation. Moreover, UFO religions are being born before our very eyes. The adepts of the new teachings choose space aliens as gods.
WHICH DIDN'T COME
The majority of modern UFO religions are classified by experts as totalitarian sects. And, probably, in vain. They are inherently harmless enough. For example, the cult of Chen Tao ("True Way") was formed by a professional psychologist and sociology teacher Hong Min Chen.
The scientist decided to try to shift Christianity into a modern technogenic way. In his opinion, the solar system appeared during the war of the Supreme Forces using nuclear weapons. In addition, Hong Min Chen claimed to be the true father of Jesus Christ, and predicted his son's return on a flying saucer on March 31, 1998 at 10 a.m. The Taiwanese, according to him, drew his predictions from the drawings remaining in the sky after the flight of jet planes.
If his "son" does not come off the plate on the appointed day and hour and does not appear on television, Hong Min Chen promised to give himself up to reprisal the crowd, believing that the most just punishment for him would be death on a cross or under a hail of stones of deceived adherents …
In the press, the unusual UFO-religion was listed as "The Church of the Lord's Salvation", or "The Foundation of the Flying Saucer of the Lord's Salvation for the Earth." Came on March 31, 1998. But neither at 10 o'clock in the morning, nor at noon, nor for dinner, the long-awaited plate did not appear. The disappointed Hon Ming Chen, who was waiting for the arrival of the "son" in the TV studio in front of the cameras, sighed and said that God was obviously too humble to appear on the air.
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And then Mr. Chen said absolutely incredible: “Since the Lord's appearance on television did not take place, you can think that we are professing absurdity. I would prefer you not to believe what I have ever said."
None of the founders of the sects, either before or after Hon Ming Chen, has ever done such a courageous act. The failed messiah was not stoned or nailed to a cross. The entire flock, along with their idol, moved to the Great Lakes region, and then to New York to await the end of the world in 1999. They did not wait for him either this year or the next, and in 2001 the sect peacefully disintegrated. Since then, nothing has been heard about her.
WAR AND THE GERMANS
A funny religious order appeared in 1973 in Switzerland. The story of its creation looks like a nasty anecdote. Once the secretary Erica Bertschinger, riding a horse, could not resist and fell headlong. There are well-known cases when people, after such traumas, begin to write poetry, paintings or music. Well, Erica imagines herself to be the Virgin Mary. According to her, from now on she could freely communicate with transcendental beings, including Jesus Christ.
Changing her own name to Uriella, the woman in 1980 created a sect "Fiat Lux" ("Let there be light"). Erica based her religion on a chaotic theory: supposedly, no later than 1988, the world will be destroyed by Nazi flying saucers.
The chosen ones, including the members of Fiat Lux, will be relocated by kind aliens to a new world like paradise. As time went on, Nazi plates did not appear. Realizing the fiasco of her "enlightenment", the founder of Fiat Lux did not call for mass suicides, but simply disbanded the order, planning the end of the world at a later date. The woman promised to inform about his date additionally.
ACADEMIC SCAM
Sometimes ufological sects hide under the guise of pseudoscientific foundations. Among ufologists, the Unarius Academy of Sciences is well known, however, in its homeland in the United States, it is called the Foundation for a Universal Clear Interdimensional Understanding of Science.
It was founded in 1954 by a married couple - Ruth and Ernst Norman. The fatal meeting of two like-minded people took place at a congress of spiritualists. Ruth came as a simple listener, and Ernst has long and successfully interpreted the vague predictions of famous mediums.
He told the pretty woman that in a past life she was the daughter of Pharaoh, who raised Moses himself. The grain laid down on fertile soil: young people got married and continued to shock the audience together. Ernst allegedly came into contact with aliens, after which the couple published a series of books "The Pulse of the Universe." Each volume included extensive messages from beings on other planets, mostly from Mars and Venus. The aliens, of course, offered Earthlings to communicate through the Normans.
With their help, the aliens argued, the adherents of the new sect will be able to tune in to the vibrations of representatives of other worlds and comprehend the infinite knowledge of the Universe, and at the same time recover from all ailments and travel astrally to other planets to study at local universities. Then, unexpectedly, Ernst Norman died, and Ruth went down the crooked path of falsifications.
She agreed to the fact that she declared herself a certain Uriel, the queen of the archangels, engaged to the archangel Michael himself. They had a wedding in the sect, but, alas, in the absence of the groom. From that moment on, Ruth completely lost control of her fantasies. More than thirty different races of aliens were constantly in direct communication with her.
To whet the public's interest in her person, the indefatigable woman bet $ 4,000 on a tote that the first aliens would land in 1975. When the aliens ignored the strange bet, the woman announced that in 2001, in the Bermuda Triangle, a landing party of the intergalactic confederation would solemnly land. At the same time, people will discover the library of Atlantis.
Its volumes will reveal to people the secrets of the social organization of a society in which there will be no economic and social problems. Alas, the miracle did not happen. Ruth Norman left this world in 1993 at the venerable age of 92 and in her will promised to return in 2001 by the time of the alien landing, but she did not keep her word. Despite everything, members of Yunarius still hold meetings at their California headquarters.
FROM PEOPLE TO LORD
The oldest and most influential is considered to be the UFO-religion with the strange name "I am". The sect appeared in the 1930s thanks to the American Guy Ballard, although in its foundation it was largely based on the teachings of H. P. Blavatsky and the Roerichs. In keeping with the established tradition, the founder of an unusual spiritual teaching was helped by his wife, who later continued her husband's work - Edna Ballard.
The spouses approached the matter thoroughly, trying not only to rely in their activities on the previous meters of spiritual teachings, but also to accept them into their organization. It was announced that there are Supreme Lords in the world who have unlimited knowledge and power. Further, Guy Ballard told the public that he talked to Saint-Germain himself no less than in 1930 in California.
The long-deceased count told him about certain laws of the Cosmos, the origin, development and mission of mankind on Earth. At the end of the conversation, the great mystic stated that the teachings and knowledge of the Ascended Masters can no longer remain secret and must become available to people. There is only one way: dictation of books directly into Ballard's mind. After the first conversation, Guy Ballard wrote the first book - "Disclosure of the Mysteries". Then off we go.
The society "I Am" appeared, the theory of the Violet Flame and a list of rules on how to ascend and become the heavenly Master yourself. Society quickly gained weight. The number of his adherents numbered tens, if not hundreds of thousands. Despite the fact that Guy Ballard himself "ascended", or simply died, in 1939, his society is still alive.
New branches have appeared, some of them operate in Russia: "Bridge to Freedom", "The Ecumenical Church and the Foundation for Higher Spiritual Education", "Lighthouse at the Top".
All of them are united by one common idea: the receipt of knowledge from the Higher Masters through the mediumistic way and independent ascension in the role of a new Lord. In fact, Guy Ballard and his followers planned to put on stream the transition of a person from an earthly state to a divine one.
At the same time, the creators of the doctrine decided not to torment their followers with the question of the location of the Supreme Lords, "settling" them on Venus. Today, the headquarters of the I Am movement is managed by a board of directors in Illinois and has over 300 groups of followers around the world.
Nowadays, the number of UFO religions, sects, teachings scattered all over the planet is hundreds. The official religions, feeling serious competition, declare such cults to be the intrigues of evil spirits. At the same time, the church is looking for arguments in favor of the existence of aliens.
So, the Pope some time ago said that aliens, as God's creations, have a right to exist. Who knows, maybe soon little green men will look at us from the icons …