Unarius also boasts a prophecy of the landing of 33 starships, or flying saucers, in the year 2001. Although “communicating” with extraterrestrials remains an important practice, Unarius also focuses on healing and spirituality.Unarius considers its science a corrective therapy that can help anyone.As a benefit of the science, followers believe they can heal themselves of all physical as well as spiritual maladies. Historically, Unarius had three major leaders: Ernest L. Norman (1904-1971), Ruth Norman (1900-1993), and Charles Speigel (1921-1999). Members call themselves “students”; the core members call themselves the “nucleus.” Since all the major leaders have passed away, their center is now being managed by the remaining students in a the form of a board of directors.
Unarius began in 1954 when Ernest Norman (the Moderator) met Ruth Norman (also known as Uriel) at a psychic convention. Ernest, who had worked with spiritualist churches, did a psychic reading for Ruth. In Unarian lore, the initial earthly meeting of these two ascended beings inaugurated the Unarian Mission. The mission is to bring peace and love to earth through the teaching of the celestial science of logic and reason. This science was brought to earth by the channeling efforts of Ernest Norman. His large treatises, The Cosmic Continuum (1956) and The Infinite Concept of Cosmic Creation (1960), are used as the basis for course curricula.
Originally titled the Unarius Science of Life, the group went through several major transitions. Throughout the 1950s Ernest Norman channeled various books; the most widely read is The Voice of Venus (1954), about a clairvoyant tour of Venus. Ruth typed manuscripts while Ernest occupied the limelight. She “transmitted,” or channeled, her first book, Bridge to Heaven, in 1969.Until Ernest's death, they held classes and gave psychic readings through the mail.During this time they discovered their many past lives, including one “cycle” when Ernest lived as Jesus of Nazareth and Ruth was Mary of Bethany (Mary Magdeline).When Ernest passed away,Ruth took over the organization. With the help of two of her students, Cosmon (Thomas Miller) and Antares (other names include Louis Spiegel, Charles or Vaughan Spaegel, Charles von Spraegel, and Sir Charles), Ruth channeled many more messages from the Space Brothers. Ruth's status rose to that of Cosmic Visionary. Cosmon occupied a leadership role for a few years but was evidently expelled from the organization, as was his successor,Arieson (Stephan Yanconski). In 1973 Ruth had a revelation that Antares had been Satan in his past life. Antares became Ruth's most devoted student, and he remained her close assistant while also directing the center until his own demise. His past life as Satan won him great affection from Uriel, because he had supposedly come to her to be healed and transformed by her powers.
Ruth opened the Unarius Center in 1972.Originally, she called it the Academy of Parapsychology, Healing, and Psychic Science. By 1975 Unarius incorporated as an educational foundation, and the organization bought the building that houses it today. The center includes offices, classrooms, a library, a print shop, and a video studio. The most adept students learned to channel “higher intelligence” and transmit messages from the Space Brothers. The transcripts of these channelings, as well as testimonials about past lives, supply the content of Unarian books that are printed on the premises. During 1973 Unarians held a gala celebration at an upscale San Diego hotel to re-create one of Uriel's visions. Uriel and Antares reenacted the celestial marriage of Ioshanna (one of Ruth Norman's personas) and Michiel (a member of their spiritual hierarchy). This vision where “two God forces unite” is transcribed in the book Conclave of Light Beings (1973). At this point, she announced that she progressed in her evolution enough to be crowned Healing Archangel on the inner dimensions, or Queen Uriel.
In 1973-1974 the channeling of messages from outer space began to rapidly increase. Ruth received messages from dead scientists from other dimensions in the universe, specifically the planet Eros. She established the contact with beings on 32 previously unknown planets, and she also spoke to the crews of flying saucers through her channeling mediumship. Ruth proclaimed that an interplanetary confederation had been formed.Unarians believed that the 32 planets in this confederation were now readying themselves to send their starships to earth. Around this time, Ruth purchased 67 acres of land in the mountains near the center in order to establish a landing strip for flying saucers. The prophecy of the spacefleet landing went through several revisions. The first date in 1975 was hastily disconfirmed.A new date was set in March 1976.Ruth and some of her students wagered $4,000 with Ladbrokes, a British bookmaker, that the spaceships would land on earth within a year. The prophecy became a regular news item for the tabloid press. Ruth eventually lost that bet, but the organization endured to set a new date-Ruth's 101st birthday (i.e., 2001; Ruth was expected to live long enough to greet the Space Brothers when they touched down). Ruth's contact with the Space Brothers was only part of her legacy. Ruth's higher self was consid-ered to be a supernatural being by her followers.
