Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness (or MSIA, sometimes pronounced "messiah") is a 501(c)(3) non-profit religious corporation, incorporated in California on June 25, 1971. Prior to incorporation, the group was founded in California in 1968 by John-Roger (formerly Roger Delano Hinkins). The church has about 5,000 active students, mainly in the United States, as well as in 32 countries around the world. MSIA is alleged by some sources to be a religious cult. Movement_of_Spiritual_Inner_Awareness
Blessing ceremony of the Unification Church Blessing ceremony of the Unification Church is considered by the Unification Church to be the most important and central ceremony in a person’s spiritual life. The Blessing is given to married (or engaged) couples. Through it, members of the Unification Church believe, the couple is removed from the lineage of sinful humanity and engrafted into God’s sinless lineage. Blessing_ceremony_of_the_Unification_Church
Hyun Jin Moon Hyun Jin Moon (Born April 10,1969), is the third son of Unification Church founder Sun Myung Moon and Hak Ja Han. He is married to Jun Sook Kwak (Born December 24,1967), daughter of Unification Church leader Chung Hwan Kwak, through an on March 31, 1987. They have eight children.After Sun Myung Moon and Hak Ja Han Moon's oldest son Hyo Jin Moon manifested long-term problems with substance abuse, infidelity, and violence, and after Heung Jin Moon (the second oldest son) died in 1984, Hyun_Jin_Moon
Frederick Lenz Frederick Philip Lenz, III, Ph.D., also known as Rama and Atmananda (February 9, 1950 in San Diego, California - April 12, 1998), was a spiritual teacher who propounded a syncretic blend of Tibetan Buddhism, Zen, Vedanta, and Mysticism which he called "American Buddhism". Lenz was also an author, software designer, businessman, scam artist, nutter, and record producer. Frederick_Lenz
Swami Omkarananda Swami Omkarananda Saraswati (December 25, 1929 in Secunderabad (Hyderabad) - January 4, 2000 in Langen bei Bregenz) was an Indian monk and disciple of Swami Sivananda Saraswati, the founder of the Divine Life Society in Rishikesh, India. Swami Omkarananda established the Divine Light Zentrum in Winterthur, Switzerland in 1967, the Omkarananda Ashram in Rishikesh, India, in 1982, and the Omkarananda Ashram Austria in Langen bei Bregenz, Austria, in 1986. Swami_Omkarananda
Jacob Cochran Jacob Cochran (also Cochrane, 1782-1836) was a non-denominational preacher born in Enfield, New Hampshire, USA who founded the Cochranites in Saco, Maine. Cochranite worship is said to have resembled Shakerism, but which also practiced a new doctrine called spiritual wifery. Cochranism may have influenced the Mormon doctrines of plural marriage and the United Order, as well as the free love practice called complex marriage once favored by the Oneida Community. Jacob_Cochran
Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident The Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident took place in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, on 23 January 2001. Five people attempted to set themselves on fire in Tiananmen Square, Beijing. Within hours, the news was publicised by China Central Television (CCTV), who claimed the immolators were Falun Gong practitioners. Tiananmen_Square_self-immolation_incident
American Indian Religious Freedom Act The American Indian Religious Freedom Act (commonly abbreviated to AIRFA) is a 1978 United States federal law and a joint resolution of Congress which pledged to protect and preserve the traditional religious rights of American Indians, Eskimos, Aleuts, and Native Hawaiians. American_Indian_Religious_Freedom_Act