Marcus Lyle "Mark" Prophet (December 24, 1918 — February 26, 1973)
[ ] was a controversial American
New Age religious figure, self-proclaimed
prophet, orator, and husband of
Elizabeth Prophet. He claimed to be a Messenger of the
Ascended Masters and founded
The Summit Lighthouse
The Church Universal and Triumphant (CUT) is an international New Age religious organization founded in 1975 by Elizabeth Clare Prophet. It is an outgrowth (and is now the corporate parent) of The Summit Lighthouse, founded in 1958 by Prophet's ...
organization on August 7, 1958 in
Washington D.C.[Prophet, Elizabeth Clare and Prophet, Mark (as compiled by Annice Booth) ''The Masters and Their Retreats'' Corwin Springs, Montana:2003 Summit University Press, pp. 176–182 Master Lanello]
Personal life
Marcus Lyle "Mark" Prophet was born on December 24, 1918, in
Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin.
With his wife Phyllis Margaret Lee
he had five children. In 1960, he met
Elizabeth Clare Prophet (born Wulf), whom he married in 1962 after divorcing his first wife. Mark and Elizabeth Prophet had four children.
Death
Prophet died of a stroke on February 26, 1973, in
Colorado Springs, Colorado
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.
Church Universal and Triumphant
The Church Universal and Triumphant (CUT) is an international New Age religious organization founded in 1975 by Elizabeth Clare Prophet. It is an outgrowth (and is now the corporate parent) of The Summit Lighthouse, founded in 1958 by Prophet's ...
in 1975, and built the new church into a worldwide movement which continues to the present day.
Transition to an Ascended Master
Upon his death, Elizabeth Prophet taught that he became an Ascended Master known as the Ascended Master Lanello (the name comes from the combination of two of the names of his many asserted former incarnations, Sir Launcelot and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow).
Adherents to the Church Universal and Triumphant and other Ascended Master Teachings
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believe that the Master Lanello was previously incarnated as a high priest
The term "high priest" usually refers either to an individual who holds the office of ruler-priest, or to one who is the head of a religious caste.
Ancient Egypt
In ancient Egypt, a high priest was the chief priest of any of the many gods rever ...
at the Temple of the Solar Logos in Atlantis; Noah
Noah ''Nukh''; am, ኖህ, ''Noḥ''; ar, نُوح '; grc, Νῶε ''Nôe'' () is the tenth and last of the pre-Flood patriarchs in the traditions of Abrahamic religions. His story appears in the Hebrew Bible (Book of Genesis, chapters 5– ...
; Ikhnaton
Akhenaten (pronounced ), also spelled Echnaton, Akhenaton, ( egy, ꜣḫ-n-jtn ''ʾŪḫə-nə-yātəy'', , meaning "Effective for the Aten"), was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh reigning or 1351–1334 BC, the tenth ruler of the Eighteenth D ...
; Aesop; Mark the Evangelist
Mark the Evangelist ( la, Marcus; grc-gre, Μᾶρκος, Mârkos; arc, ܡܪܩܘܣ, translit=Marqōs; Ge'ez: ማርቆስ; ), also known as Saint Mark, is the person who is traditionally ascribed to be the author of the Gospel of Mark. Acco ...
; Origen; Sir Launcelot
Lancelot du Lac (French for Lancelot of the Lake), also written as Launcelot and other variants (such as early German ''Lanzelet'', early French ''Lanselos'', early Welsh ''Lanslod Lak'', Italian ''Lancillotto'', Spanish ''Lanzarote del Lago' ...
; Bodhidharma
Bodhidharma was a semi-legendary Buddhist monk who lived during the 5th or 6th century CE. He is traditionally credited as the transmitter of Chan Buddhism to China, and regarded as its first Chinese patriarch. According to a 17th century apo ...
, founder of Zen Buddhism; Clovis I
Clovis ( la, Chlodovechus; reconstructed Frankish: ; – 27 November 511) was the first king of the Franks to unite all of the Frankish tribes under one ruler, changing the form of leadership from a group of petty kings to rule by a single kin ...
, first king of France; Saladin; St. Bonaventure; Louis XIV; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; and Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia
Alexei Nikolaevich (russian: link=no, Алексе́й Никола́евич) (12 August .S. 30 July1904 – 17 July 1918) was the last Tsesarevich (heir apparent to the throne of the Russian Empire). He was the youngest child and only son of ...
.
Works
* ''The Masters and Their Retreats'' (by Mark L. Prophet, Elizabeth Clare Prophet, Booth Annice (Editor)
* ''Lords of the Seven Rays: Seven Masters: Their Past Lives and Keys to Our Future'' (by Mark L. Prophet and Elizabeth Clare Prophet)
* ''Saint Germain on Alchemy'' (by Mark L. Prophet and Elizabeth Clare Prophet)
References
1918 births
1973 deaths
20th-century apocalypticists
Founders of new religious movements
New Age spiritual leaders
People from Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin
Prophets
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