Christian Cyclopedia

Movement organized in Chicago 1934 by Guy Warren Ballard (pseudonym Godfré Ray King; 1878–1939) and his wife Edna (nee Wheeler; pseudonyms: Chanera; Lotus Ray King). Ballard claimed to be an accredited messenger of a group of spirits called “The Ascended Masters,” who included Christ, Moses, and esp. St. Germain. The movement is a conglomeration of elements including Hinduism,* Mazdaism (see Zoroastrianism), theosophy,* Spiritism,* and New* Thought.