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The "I AM" Activity Movement is the original [[Ascended Master]] teachings religious movement founded in the early 1930s by Guy Ballard (1878–1939) and his wife Edna Anne Wheeler Ballard (1886–1971) in Chicago, Illinois. It is an offshoot of theosophy and a major precursor of several New Age religions including the Church Universal and Triumphant. The movement had up to a million followers in 1938 and is still active today on a smaller scale. According to the official website of the parent organization, the Saint Germain Foundation, its worldwide headquarters is located in Schaumburg, Illinois. The term "I AM" is a reference to the ancient Sanskrit mantra So Ham and the divine biblical name "I Am that I Am. | [[File:Beloved Mensagers.jpg|thumb|Saint Germain Foundation, this image is found in I AM Temple, in Illinois.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22I_AM%22_Activity#/media/File:Beloved_Mensagers.jpg]</ref>]] | ||
The "I AM" Activity Movement is the original [[Ascended Master]] teachings religious movement founded in the early 1930s by Guy Ballard (1878–1939) and his wife Edna Anne Wheeler Ballard (1886–1971) in Chicago, Illinois. It is an offshoot of theosophy and a major precursor of several New Age religions including the Church Universal and Triumphant. The movement had up to a million followers in 1938 and is still active today on a smaller scale. According to the official website of the parent organization, the Saint Germain Foundation, its worldwide headquarters is located in Schaumburg, Illinois. The term "I AM" is a reference to the ancient Sanskrit mantra So Ham and the divine biblical name "I Am that I Am". | |||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
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==Saint Germain I AM Discourses== | ==Saint Germain I AM Discourses== | ||
''Quote:'' The thirty-three Discourses contained in this book were dictated over a visible Light and Sound Ray in our home during 1932 by the Ascended Master [[Saint Germain]] and those other [[Ascended Master]]s directly concerned with this Activity. The sound of His Voice was physically audible to everyone in the room. At times, His Visible, Tangible Presence also stood within the room, when He radiated the Power and Energy of the Light Rays to accomplish special work. | ''Quote:'' "The thirty-three Discourses contained in this book were dictated over a visible Light and Sound Ray in our home during 1932 by the Ascended Master [[Saint Germain]] and those other [[Ascended Master]]s directly concerned with this Activity. The sound of His Voice was physically audible to everyone in the room. At times, His Visible, Tangible Presence also stood within the room, when He radiated the Power and Energy of the Light Rays to accomplish special work. | ||
The training and preparation for Him to do this at the present crisis of the outer world was given us over a period of thirty years, that it might be accomplished at this time, and assistance from the Ascended Masters come forth in this way to protect and free all individuals who make conscious effort to correct themselves and attain Mastery over all things on this earth." ''End Quote'' - by Guy Ballard <ref>[https://theiamdiscourses.com/ I AM Discourses]</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
[[Secret Chiefs]] | |||
[[Phantom Black Heaven]] | [[Phantom Black Heaven]] | ||
[[Theosophical Society]] | [[Theosophical Society]] | ||
[[Amethyst Dragon Kings]] | [[Amethyst Dragon Kings]] | ||