Years ago John got a most wonderful documentary, In Advance of the Landing. The documentary follows a book of the same name by Douglas Curran. They're both delightful. They look at folk concepts of outer space and experiences with extraterrestrials. John and I have watched the film many times with increasing enjoyment. John has a special interest in such stuff. Another book he recommends is Apocalypse Pretty Soon.
One of the groups profiled by In Advance of the Landing is the Unarius Academy of Science. The group started out in a rather sleepy way after being founded in the mid-1950s by Ernest and Ruth E. Norman. After Ernest passed on, Ruth transformed herself and the group and produced a prodigious number of books and video presentations - including two feature-length films. (Sort of.) In Advance of the Landing profiles Ruth Norman, who 'came out' as Uriel. She plays a very prominant role in all the Unarius productions - and she's a special effect that not even Steven Spielberg can reproduce! Miles of organza and purple gauze: her costumes are a drag queen's dream! The short of it is the Unarius folks believe in reincarnation and that we have lived lives before, not only here, but also on sister planets. We are part of a fabulous interplanetary brotherhood of worlds. The teachings include past-life regressions and psychodramas.
John and I splurged on one of the Unarius films several years ago. I had a hankering for more Uriel and I plunked down $40 for four DVDs, including A Round Table with Uriel. We had a Unarius fest last week.
Now I've been poking fun at these good folks perhaps a bit too hard. I do love Uriel: she's an absolute trip and well worth a visit to their website to see. The interplanetary stuff - especially the part where 32 spaceships will form a magnetically linked tower on Earth where we'll all learn space stuff - well, there it is - or isn't: she prophesised before she passed on that the ships would turn up in 2001 and she'd come back and be in command of the top-most ship. So far, no good. But the basic notion is a good deal more solid: take personal responsibility for yourself; make amends for your past actions; live in a positive way. One of Uriel's favorite phrases is 'positive, progressive'. Many of the religions that play such a decisive role in today's events could take a lesson from Uriel: drop the blame game and clean up after yourself!
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