Church Universal and Triumphant ― A MetaPhysical Orientation as to Tradition, Culture or Preferred Flavour, is primarily defined, usually selfdefined by it's members and/or adherents as such, and holding the teachings of the I AM Movement lineage, and teachings of Mark and Elizabeth Clare Prophet as primary or critical parameters of their Spiritual Paradigm. Currently led by Elizabeth Clare Prophet, Church Universal and Triumphant was founded by Mark and Elizabeth Clare Prophet in 1958. Pearls of Wisdom is an official weekly publication of Church Universal and Triumphant and Heart is a Church Universal and Triumphant quarterly magazine. The current direction of the Church is determined by revelations from the Great White Brotherhood are received directly by the leader of the movement and then passed on to the members. Church Universal and Triumphant is sometimes abbreviated as CUT, it is also called Summit Lighthouse or Summit University. According to Mark Prophet, "When we speak of the Creator and His Consciousness, we must include in our awareness the concept of the Father-Mother God, of a Being that is both masculine and feminine in nature, whose oneness is found in the perfect balance of the energies of Spirit and Matter. If God is Father-Mother, what, then, is the Trinity? When we refer to God the Father, God the Son, and God as Holy Spirit, we are actually referring to God as He is found in Spirit and in Matter, thus recognizing that His Being and Consciousness appears in the Persons of the Trinity according to the level or plane in individual awareness (Climb the Highest Mountain, p. 321). Simply stated, Church Universal and Triumphant's doctrine of the Trinity is "All of life is God. All of being is God. all of consciousness is God" (Cosmic Consciousness, p. 29). Mark Prophet went on to write, "God in the Person of Father includes the Mother principle, for He is forever the Androgynous Whole" (Climb the Highest Mountain, pp. 321-322). Church Universal and Triumphant makes a distinction between Jesus the man and the impersonal Christ consciousness. In The Lost Teachings of Jesus the Prophets explain, "Jesus was both the actual and symbolical representative of this Christ Self. Jesus was the example, the one who self-realized the Christ Mind and was at one with it at all times. Jesus himself was not the only begotten Son of the Father. The Christ of him was and is the only begotten Son of the Father; and Jesus was the pure vessel of that Universal One. He was the One Sent, chosen from among the Sons of heaven to embody the Christ on earth as the avatar, the exemplar for all to follow for the two-thousand-year Piscean cycle" (p. 241). The Holy Spirit is seen by Church Universal and Triumphant as an impersonal essence or force. Mark Prophet declared, "The essence of the Holy Spirit is dispersed throughout Cosmos as vastness of creative potential that can be measured only in light-years. The Holy Spirit is the energy man uses either to expand Good or to expand an energy veil" (Climb the Highest Mountain, p. 132). Through the various I AM Flame ceremonies, the chelas are to realize their own Christ consciousness, thereby becoming one with the ascended masters . Mark Prophet, quoting one of these masters, explains, "To make you one with us in all planes of being is the goal of our communication. And our love for evolving humanity is so great that if it were possible, we would lay down our very life for the salvation of all" (Cosmic Consciousness, p. 31).

Even Jesus could not overcome the cosmic law of Karma. Mark Prophet explains, "God the Father did not require the sacrifice of his son Christ Jesus, or of any other incarnation of the Christ, as an atonement for the sins of the world; nor is it possible according to cosmic law for any man's sacrifice to balance either the original sin or the subsequent sins - the karma - of the one or the many" (Science of the Spoken Word, p. 87).

Other Doctrines
1) The Ascended Masters are a group of spiritual leaders, including, but not restricted to: Jesus, Buddha, El Morya, Saint Germain and Mark Prophet. How does one become an ascended master? Mark and Elizabeth Clare Prophet explained Saint Germain's journey. "Saint Germain said that his salvation, his ascension whereby he became an Ascended Master, was the result of two million right decisions that he made. Now, if you stop and think about that from a mathematical standpoint, you will see that it would take a man quite a few lifetimes to make two million right decisions" (The Lost Teachings of Jesus, p. 138).
2) Reincarnation is a central doctrine for Church Universal and Triumphant. Its necessity is explained in a passage by Elizabeth Clare Prophet in which she is speaking about Jesus' titles Son of Man and Son of David. She states, "Both refer to the soul (solar) identity that reincarnates again and again until it reunites with the individual Christ Self, referred to in much of the Old Testament scripture as Adonai, meaning 'Lord,' or 'Master.' "The Christ Self, then, has communication with the Father who in both Principle and Person is the Presence of God, the I AM THAT I AM, or the I AM Presence. Thus we find that the soul of David, endued by the Holy Ghost, addressed his own Christ Self, the archetype of the Messiah, and received of him the report that God the Father, his own beloved I AM Presence, had addressed his own Christ Self, saying 'Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool'" (Mysteries of the Holy Grail: Archangel Gabriel, p. 217).
3) The Bible is not believed to contain all the teachings of Jesus, hence the need for modern instructions from the ascended masters.
4) Law of Karma is the cycle of good/evil which must be worked through during endless reincarnations.
5) The I AM Flame ceremonies consist of seemingly endless monotone chants and rhythmic breathing for the purpose of gaining Christ consciousness . Through these ceremonies, Prophet teaches, each chela can find their own Christ Self which can in turn communicate with their Divine I AM Presence (as was discussed in the reincarnation section above).

Church Universal and Triumphant broke away from the Bridge to Freedom movement which had broken away from the I AM Movement. In the 1930's Guy and Edna Ballard drew from sources such as Helena Petrovna Blavatsky's Theosophy , the writings of Baird Spalding and William D. Pelley as well as from their own inspiration. This resulted in an eclectic approach which the Ballards called the I AM. Breaking away from the I AM , Thomas Printz, in 1954, founded the Bridge to Freedom. This group taught much of the same theology as the I AM, including the need for followers to "purge the soul of karma, the consequences of evil done in former incarnations. To accomplish this end, students invoke the Divine Presence 'I AM' through decree, rhythmic breathing and monthly Transmission Flame Classes, when the power of a particular ascended master is available".

Born in December 1918, Mark Prophet began receiving revelations at the age of 18 from what he would later call the Great White Brotherhood. Elizabeth Clare Wulf was born in April 1940 and rejected traditional Christianity early in her life as well. Being former members of the Bridge to Freedom, they met in 1961 at Boston University and began studying the mystical teachings of these ascended masters. From this initial meeting the Church Universal and Triumphant grew. Church Universal and Triumphant's headquarters would move several times, including stays in Colorado and California. In 1973 Mark Prophet suffered a fatal stroke. As with any group basing its teachings on a single instructor, when the leader dies there is a sudden vacuum. As Robert Burrows writes, "After Mark Prophet's death in 1973, Elizabeth had to contend with a number of staff who began receiving dictations, thus threatening to undermine her authority as the Great White Brotherhood's sole representative. The threat was averted through a number of timely dictations from key ascended masters who condemned Elizabeth's rivals as false prophets" (Church Universal and Triumphant, The Summit Lighthouse, SCP, 1984). With her position now firmly secured, Elizabeth Clare Prophet (Guru Ma and World Mother), was ready to move Church Universal and Triumphant forward into its next phase Camelot! This campus, formerly Claretville Seminary in Santa Monica, had become "today's thrust of the Great White Brotherhood" and therefore her thrust (Chamelot: A Thrust for a Purpose, p. 6). It would, according to Prophet, "open (the) door of salvation for millions of souls." At Camelot, "the chela's own ascension into the I AM THAT I AM" could be obtained. The only thing that stood in their way was finances. In 1978, Church Universal and Triumphant sent a booklet to its chelas. After describing the glories of Camelot, the bottom line was given. That bottom line was a $7 million need by July 1980 but the goal that was evidently not met. After several other problems, Church Universal and Triumphant moved to its present location near Corwin Springs, Montana next to Yellowstone National Park. However, even in this secluded area, Church Universal and Triumphant still had troubles. One problem was Prophet's predictions of a coming holocaust which would result in the need for bomb-shelters and weapons. In preparation for this catastrophe, Church Universal and Triumphant built several underground shelters. These shelters have resulted in court injunction by Federal authorities due to their environmental impact.

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