Ramtha

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{{cquote|Fuck God’s chosen people! I think they have earned enough cash to have paid their way out of the goddamned gas chambers by now.|||"Ramtha"<ref name=splc>[https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2014/ramtha-riled Ramtha Riled], Susy Buchanan, ''Southern Poverty Law Center 24 May 2014</ref>}}
'''Ramtha''' is an alleged old dead guy [[channelling|channeled]] by '''J.Z. Knight''' (born '''Judith Darlene Hampton''') {{lived|1946}}, who lives on a compound in Yelm, near Tacoma, [[Washington]], whence she also runs her channelling operation and sells books and trinkets.

"Ramtha" is allegedly a [[Lemuria]]n who led a large army of warriors to conquer two-thirds of the Earth, by fighting the [[Atlantis|Atlanteans]] during a period of cataclysmic [[Earth changes]] 35,000 years ago.<ref>[http://www.deeptrancenow.com/exc_ramtha.htm DeepTranceNow:Ramatha]</ref> Predictably, "Ramtha" predicts more such "Earth changes" coming very shortly and suggests we [[survivalism|prepare]]. Otherwise, "Ramtha" teaches anyone who will listen that "you are [[God]]," and expresses much knowledge of [[conspiracy theory|conspiracies]] and world affairs, but doesn't seem to know what a carrot is. How this jives with his earlier efforts at world conquest, no one knows.

[[Shirley MacLaine]], something of a [[woo]]-meister in her own right, promoted Knight and "Ramtha" in her book ''Dancing in the Light''.

In recent years, J.Z. Knight (and Ramtha by extension) have jumped aboard the Trump Train, calling for a military takeover of the US in the wake of Trump losing the 2020 election.<ref>Eric Rosane[https://www.yelmonline.com/stories/jz-knight-called-for-military-coup-after-biden-took-lead-in-presidential-bid,86968 JZ Knight Called for ‘Military Coup’ After Biden Took Lead in Presidential Bid] Nisqually Valley News</ref> Knight is also a believer in [[QAnon]] and has invited QAnon promoters to Ramtha's School of Enlightenment to lecture about their shared mass delusion.<ref>Will Sommer [https://www.thedailybeast.com/qanon-teams-up-with-alleged-cult-leader QAnon Teams Up With Alleged Cult Leader] The Daily Beast</ref> "Ramtha" has also promoted extreme [[racism]], [[homophobia]], and [[antisemitism]].<ref name=splc />

==Ramtha's School of Enlightenment==
{{wpl|Ramtha's School of Enlightenment}} (or RSE for short) is where people go to study Ramtha's teachings. According to the official site, his teachings are "[[pseudoscience|a unique science]]" and the school teaches various [[new age]] and [[paranormal]] practices, including [[remote viewing]], [[telepathy]], stuff about [[spirits]] and other wonderful assortment of [[woo]].<ref>[https://www.ramtha.com/content/learn.aspx What will you learn?], 'RSE'</ref>

The school has been considered a [[cult]] by ex-members,<ref>Joe, Bobbi, [https://frankreport.com/2019/08/02/why-i-quit-the-ramtha-school-of-enlightenment/ Why I quit the ramtha school of enlightment] 'Frank report', 2nd August 2019</ref> including a support group for ex-members called Life After RSE,<ref>[https://www.culteducation.com/group/1113-ramtha-school-of-enlightenment/17849-one-time-insider-tells-rse-experience.html One-time insider tells RSE experience], Megan Hansen, ''Cult Education Institute'' 26 September 2008</ref> and by [[skeptic]]s.<ref>Shermer, Michael, [https://books.google.se/books?id=LYIkAkBE7tsC&hl=sv Why people believe weird things], p. 295, 1 September 2002</ref>

==See also==

*[[What the Bleep Do We Know?]]
*[[Lemuria]]
*[[Ancient aliens]]

==References==
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