Ancient Wisdom, Ancient Astronauts, and New Age Masters: Theosophy and its UFO Legacy (Part 2)
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Kevin Storrar
- November 9, 2017
- July 19, 2020
- 14 min read
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If you haven't already, you can read the first part of this series (part 1) here. Much of the teachings of Helena Blavatsky’s version of Theosophy centers on accessing the secret wisdom of ancient knowledge. One group that embraced aspects of Theosophy, extraterrestrial contact and an obsession with ‘ancient wisdom’ is the United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors, a religious organization founded by Malachi ‘Dwight’ York in 1993. The group has its origins in the Black Muslim groups of New York that emerged during the late 1960s. York combined elements of The Nation of Islam, Freemasonry and The Moorish Science Temple of America to create a quasi-Muslim Black Nationalist movement, which was originally k...
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Kevin Storrar
Kevin Storrar is an artist and researcher based in the UK. His recent book And They Witness Light Across the Sky: Belief in the Age of UFOs explores cultural, religious and political influences on the nature of belief relevant to the UFO phenomenon.
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You forgot one huge group that created a UFO religion/cult, the Heaven’s Gate.