Marcus Lyle "Mark" Prophet (December 24, 1918 — February 26, 1973) was a controversial American New Age religious figure, self-proclaimed

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, orator, and husband of Elizabeth Prophet. He claimed to be a Messenger of the Ascended Masters and founded The Summit Lighthouse organization on August 7, 1958 in

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Personal life

Marcus Lyle "Mark" Prophet was born on December 24, 1918, in

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. With his wife Phyllis Margaret Lee he had five children. In 1960, he met

Elizabeth Clare Prophet Elizabeth Clare Prophet (''née'': Wulf, a.k.a. Guru Ma) (April 8, 1939 – October 15, 2009) was an American spiritual leader, author, orator, and writer. In 1963 she married Mark L. Prophet (after ending her first marriage), who had founded ...

(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. Upon his death, his widow Elizabeth took over the leadership of the organization, changing its name to

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 believe that the Master Lanello was previously incarnated as a high priest at the Temple of the Solar Logos in

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; Noah; Ikhnaton;

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; Mark the Evangelist;

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; Sir Launcelot; Bodhidharma, founder of Zen Buddhism; Clovis I, first king of France;

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; St. Bonaventure;

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;

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; and Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia.

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 {{US-reli-bio-stub