J. Z. Knight

Judy Zebra "J. Z." Knight (born Judith Darlene Hampton; March 16, 1946) is an American New Age teacher and author known for her purported channelling of a spiritual entity named Ramtha.

J. Z. Knight
Born
Judith Darlene Hampton

(1946-03-16) March 16, 1946
Roswell, New Mexico, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Other namesJudy Zebra Knight
CitizenshipUnited States
OccupationNew Age channeler, author, speaker
Years active1977–present
Known forRamtha's School of Enlightenment
Children2
Parent(s)Charles and Helen Hampton
Websitewww.jzknight.com

Knight has appeared on US TV shows, such as Larry King,[1] MSNBC[2] and The Merv Griffin Show, as well as in media such as Psychology Today.[3] Her teachings have attracted figures from the entertainment and political world such as Linda Evans and Shirley MacLaine.[4]

Knight claims to bridge ancient wisdom and the power of consciousness together with the latest discoveries in science.[5] Some of the ideas are similar to those of Shirley MacLaine,[6] which have in turn been criticized for being "kindergarten metaphysics" by mathematician and skeptic Martin Gardner.[7] Shirley Maclaine claimed in her book [8] that she was the brother of Ramtha in their Atlantean past lives. Ramtha's teachings have been criticized by scientists and skeptics. The Southern Poverty Law Center has criticized Knight for "homophobic, anti-Catholic, anti-Semitic racist rants".[9]

Knight lives in a 12,800-square-foot (1,190 m2) French chateau-style home in Yelm, Washington, and next door, teaches courses and runs Ramtha's School of Enlightenment.[10]

Knight has been married three times and is the mother of two children from her first marriage (Brandy and Christopher),[11] which ended in divorce.[12][13]

Career

Knight grew up in poverty. After graduating from high school, she dropped out of business school. She later worked in the cable television industry, and due to her work moved to Tacoma, Washington, where, according to her autobiography, a psychic told her the "Enlightened One" would appear to her in the future.[12] She says that Ramtha first appeared to her in her kitchen in 1977.[12][14]

Knight appeared on The Merv Griffin Show in 1985 and wrote the autobiographical A State of Mind in 1987. Time called her "probably the most celebrated of all current channelers".[15] She is currently the president of JZK, Inc and Ramtha's School of Enlightenment, located near the town of Yelm, Washington. Knight owns several U.S. trademark registrations featuring the "Ramtha" name.[16] She appeared in the 2004 documentary What the Bleep Do We Know!?, produced by members of the Ramtha School.[17][18]

After an absence from public view of several years, she returned to public speaking on radio and in magazines and workshops. She was a guest on Coast To Coast AM with George Noory on August 14, 2011.

Ramtha

"Ramtha" (the name is claimed to be derived from Ram and to mean "the God" in Ramtha's language) is the name of a reputed entity whom Knight says she channels. According to Knight, Ramtha was a Lemurian warrior who fought the Atlanteans over 35,000 years ago.[19] Knight claims Ramtha speaks of leading an army over 2.5 million strong (more than twice the estimated world population at about 30,000 BC) for 63 years, and conquering three fourths of the known world (which was allegedly going through cataclysmic geological changes). According to Knight, Ramtha led the army for 10 years until he was betrayed and almost killed.[20]

Knight maintains Ramtha spent the next seven years in isolation recovering and observing nature, the seasons, his army making homes and families, and many other things. She says he later mastered many skills, including foresight and out-of-body experiences, until he led his army to the Indus River while in his late fifties (after having led his army for 63 years). According to Knight, Ramtha taught his soldiers everything he knew for 120 days, he bid them farewell, rose into the air and in a bright flash of light he ascended before them. Knight says he made a promise to his army he would come back to teach them everything he had learned. JZ Knight says in 1977 Ramtha appeared before her and told her he had come to help her over the ditch. JZ Knight claims to have become his first student of what she calls the great work.[19]

Teachings
Further information: Ramtha's School of Enlightenment § Teachings

Ramtha is the central figure (the "master teacher") of Ramtha's School of Enlightenment, started by Knight in 1987 near the town Yelm, Washington. Classes (or "dialogues") had been held around the world for the previous 10 years. There are currently over 6,000 students of Knight's teachings.[11]

A central theme of Knight's teachings involves the internalization of divinity ("God is in Us", "You are God, Behold God"). Knight describes Ramtha as having brought his knowledge to many ancient civilizations in the world such as the Ancient Egyptians. Her website also suggests traces of the lineage of the original teachings and philosophies she claims Ramtha taught 35,000 years ago have appeared throughout history in the schools of philosophers such as Socrates, religions such as Hinduism and Judaism, and the works of great minds such as Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo.[21]

The four cornerstones of Knight's philosophy are:[21]

  1. The statement 'You are god'
  2. The directive to make known the unknown
  3. The concept that consciousness and energy create the nature of reality
  4. The challenge to conquer yourself

Knight's teachings appear to be a mixture of Jungian philosophy, Western occult traditions and contemporary positive-thinking attitudes (such as New Age beliefs)[22] and have yet to stand against elementary skepticism or scrutiny.[23] Predictions made by Knight in the name of the disembodied entity have either failed to come true (e.g. predicting a holocaust would take place in 1985, or the USA would be involved in a major war in 1985) or the predicted scenarios are too wide to evaluate and/or have too large an error margin to be considered, which is usually the case with channelers.[22]

When Knight says she is channeling Ramtha she speaks mostly in English in what sounds like an accent from the Indian Raj,[23][24] sometimes in a simplistic way. The claimed entity "Ramtha" has expressed confusion about modern items (or even the ability to read English),[25] although he seems to have clear understanding of complex issues of modern physics, such as the quantum field or neurology, which appear frequently in his speeches.[26] During the alleged channeling of Ramtha, JZ Knight behaves a bit differently and speaks in a deeper and stern voice.

In her teachings "Ramtha" has made several controversial statements such as Christianity is a "backward" religion, that Jesus' parables can be explained by means of photon waves and probability,[27] that "murder isn't really wrong or evil" (if one believes in reincarnation),[28] or (during the court case JZ Knight v Jeff Knight) Jeff Knight stated Ramtha had declared HIV is Nature's way of 'getting rid of' homosexuality.[27] The Southern Poverty Law Center observed "Ramtha" has made anti-semitic comments such as ""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".[9]

Controversy and criticism
Further information: Ramtha's School of Enlightenment § Controversy and criticism, and Mediumship § Criticism

Most books regarding Ramtha and RSE come from JZK Publishing, one of the several companies started by Knight. Other books somewhat sympathetic to Ramtha, such as Finding Enlightenment: Ramtha's School of Ancient Wisdom by Gordon Melton, have ties to RSE in other ways. The author of Finding Enlightenment testified for Knight in Knight vs. Knight (1992–1995) against her former husband, Jeffery Knight (see below).

Skeptics point to Ramtha's story as proof that he does not exist. Ramtha claims to come from the continent of Lemuria and to have conquered Atlantis. The existence of the two locations is considered of legendary nature, and neither has been found. Furthermore, the claim that Ramtha led an army of 2.5 million contradicts estimates of the world population at 33,000 BC, and her claims of clairvoyant, telepathic, telekinetic and other ESP abilities, for which there is no scientific support, have been heavily criticized by skeptics and scientific communities.[29][30][31]

Ramtha's claim that every person can learn to create their own reality[32] is itself a philosophical paradox. Julian Baggini, in his book The pig that wants to be eaten, argues that if everyone was capable of creating their own realities with their minds, it would be problematic as one person could then create a reality in which no one was allowed to create their own realities.[33]

Magician and skeptic James Randi said that Ramtha's believers have "no way of evaluating [her teachings]",[34] while Carl Sagan in his book The Demon-Haunted World says that "the simplest hypothesis is that Ms. Knight makes 'Ramtha' speak all by herself, and that she has no contact with disembodied entities from the Pleistocene Ice Age." He goes on to write a list of questions that Ramtha's answers to would help us determine whether he is actually a disembodied entity from the paleolithic times (such as "What were the indigenous languages, and social structure?", "What was their writing like?" or "How do we know that he lived 35,000 years ago?"), and ends by saying that "[i]nstead, all we are offered are banal homilies."[23]

Knight's former husband, Jeff Knight, in an interview in 1992 with Joe Szimhart, said that Ramtha's teachings are a "farce" and that they are "just a money making business for [JZ Knight]". He also said that students of Ramtha's School of Enlightenment are "involved in a very dangerous, very evil corrupt thing".[35]

Attacks and criticism against Ramtha's teachings and Ramtha's School of Enlightenment have also been made by former students of the school. David McCarthy, a Yelm resident and former student of the school between 1989 and 1996, has accused the school of being a cult. He further claims that he was intimidated during his studies there, and he felt like mind control was being exerted by Knight and the school. He said "At one point I was running around scared I was going to get eaten by the lizard people."[36] McCarthy became disappointed, not only with his own experience of Ramtha's teachings but also as he had cut ties from his family to become a student as they lived in a different country.[37] This led McCarthy to form a group called "Life After Ramtha's School of Enlightenment", which questions the authenticity of Ramtha and encourages people to come out and express their experiences after their realization that the RSE is a cult. The school has also been characterized as a cult by skeptic Michael Shermer in his book Why People Believe Weird Things.[24]

Glenn Cunningham, a former bodyguard of Knight's, in an interview with David McCarthy details the inner workings of Ramtha's School of Enlightenment and criticizes various activities (such as trademarking ideas and phrases that had been coined by other authors many years before - for example, the idea of "Blue Body", or mixing quantum physics with new age ideas, which can be found in Vera Stanley Alder's From the Mundane to the Magnificent, first published in 1979) of Knight's and aspects of Ramtha which he simply saw as Knight acting. Among the things he mentions is the fact that Ramtha mispronounces the same words that Knight mispronounces, and that Ramtha quotes the same books that Knight has read.[25] Glenn Cunningham admits in the video interview, that he was prone to lying to students when he saw fit or thought that it may help them.[25]

Furthermore, Ramtha's teachings as they are portrayed in the movie What the Bleep Do We Know!?, not only in the general gist of the film (which was directed and funded by students of Ramtha's School of Enlightenment) but also in instances where Ramtha is interviewed on screen, have been heavily criticized by the scientific community,[38][39][40][41] and skeptics,[42] such as James Randi.[43]

Court cases

Knight has been involved in several court disputes, some personal and others business-related. She brought a suit against a woman from Berlin named Julie Ravell for disturbing Knight's psychic state and leaving her "hanging in spiritual limbo" during the five years Ravell claimed she was also channeling Ramtha. The case was brought to the supreme court in Vienna and lasted over five years, at the end of which Austria's supreme court awarded copyright to Knight as the sole channeler of Ramtha, and Ravell was made to pay $800 in psychic damages to Knight.[44] Another case involving copyright and trademark ownership was JZK, Inc vs. Glandon, in which Joseph Glandon was accused of distributing copyrighted teachings of Ramtha.[45]

In Knight vs. Knight (1992–1995), Jeff Knight alleges that he lost years of his life by postponing modern medical treatment for his HIV infection, due to advice from his wife that Ramtha could heal him. The court decided against him; he died before he could appeal the court's decision.[46]

Knight, through JZK Inc., accused WhiteWind Weaver, a Thurston County, Washington citizen, of stealing her ideas and using her and Ramtha's teachings in her workshops. A trial began on March 10, 2008, in Thurston County Superior Court and at the end of it Knight was awarded about $10,000 after the court's decision against WhiteWind Weaver.[47]

Knight also refused to attend court as a witness in a case involving a 15-year-old who claimed rape against two students of Ramtha's School of Enlightenment. The 15-year-old girl had written a letter to Knight which mentioned that Wayne Allen Geis, her dancing and acting teacher, had engaged in sexual intercourse with her from 1995 to 1997. The illicit activities had also involved Ruth Beverly Martin. They had apparently told the girl that sexual intercourse would help her to relax and improve her acting ability. Knight invited the girl to a retreat at the school in November 1999. In the retreat, Ramtha questioned the girl, her father, Geis and Martin. This inquiry took place on stage in front of an audience of over 800 people for about an hour. Geis and Martin confessed to having molested the girl, and the school contacted authorities. Charged with 10 counts of first-degree sexual misconduct with a minor, Geis and Martin pleaded not guilty and the case went to trial.[48] Prosecutors were reluctant to have Knight appear in court due to the "circus atmosphere" that would have been created. Knight herself claimed that she had been in a trance and did not remember anything of what was said in the retreat inquiry.[49]

Writings

Books by Knight
  • A State of Mind, My Story Ramtha: The Adventure Begins (1987) ISBN 1578730023

Ramtha books
  • Ramtha: The Children's View of Destiny and Purpose
  • To Life 152 pages (selection of Ramtha toasts from May 1988 to May 1996 compiled by Diane Munoz-Smith)
  • Ramtha (1970) ASIN B007U7RNHY
  • Love Yourself Into Life (1983) ASIN B00424L2XY
  • Ominous Dragoon of Dothdura, co-written with Douglas Mahr and Jerry Banghart (1985) ISBN 0931317134
  • I Am Ramtha (1986)
  • Ramtha Intensive Soulmates (1987)
  • Ramtha Intensive: Change the Days to Come (1987)
  • Between Two Worlds: The Message of Ramtha (1987) ISBN 0940539063
  • Voyage to the New World: An Adventure Into Unlimitedness, (co-written with Douglas Mahr (1987) ISBN 0449131858
  • Ramtha (1988)
  • Ramtha: An Introduction (1988) ISBN 0932201768
  • Destination Freedom: A Time-Travel Adventure, Stage II: Arrival Instruction, co-written with Douglas Mahr (1989) ISBN 0132022273
  • UFO's and the Nature of Reality: Understanding Alien Consciousness and Interdimensional Mind (1990)
  • Spinner of Tales, Ramtha stories compiled by Deborah Kerins (1991) ISBN 0962972371
  • Enseignements Choisis (1991)
  • Ramtha: The New Kingdom: The Masterpiece Collection of Ramtha (1991) ISBN 0940539098
  • The Plane of Bliss: On Earth as it is in Heaven (1997) ISBN 1578730260
  • The Ancient Schools of Wisdom, compiled by Diane Munoz-Smith (1998) ISBN 0965262138
  • Ramtha: the Mystery of Birth and Death: Redefining the Self (2000)
  • The Circus, An Adventure Not To Be Missed (2001) ASIN B004FVHPUS
  • Who Are We Really? (2002)
  • A Master's Reflection on the History of Humanity, Part I: Human Civilization, Origins and Evolution (2002) ISBN 1578730406
  • A Master's Reflection on the History of Humanity, Part II: Rediscovering the Pearl of Ancient Wisdom (2003) ISBN 1578730414
  • A Message of Joy and Hope: Ramtha's Address at Seattle Center November 12, 2004 (2005)
  • The Mystery of Love
  • Last Waltz Of the Tyrants: The Prophecy Revisited (1991, Revised: 2009) ISBN 1578731178
  • Ramtha: A Beginner's Guide to Creating Reality: An Introduction to Ramtha & His Teachings (1997, Revised: 2000) ISBN 1578730376
  • Ramtha: the White Book (1999, Revised: 2004) ISBN 1578730457
  • That Elixir Called Love: The Truth About Sexual Attraction, Secret Fantasies, and the Magic of True Love (2004) ASIN B0073HNNWA

Ramtha's Fireside Series
  1. Defining the Master (2000) (Vol. 1, No.1)
  2. Changing the Timeline of Our Destiny (2001) (Vol. 1, No. 2)
  3. Forgotten Gods Waking Up (2001) (Vol. 1, No. 3)
  4. Crossing the River (2002) (Vol. 2, No. 1)
  5. A Master's Key For Manipulating Time (2002) (Vol. 2, No. 2)
  6. Making Contact: Our Soul's Journey and Purpose Through Life (2002) (Vol. 2, No. 3)
  7. Buddha's Neuronet for Levitation: Opening the Lotus of a Thousand Petals (2002) (Vol. 2, No. 4)
  8. Who Are We Really? (2002) (Vol. 2, No. 5)
  9. Gandalf's Battle on the Bridge in the Mines of Moria (2002) (Vol. 2, No. 6) ASIN B006H9BN3Q
  10. When Fairy Tales Do Come True (2003) (Vol. 3, No. 1)
  11. Prophets Of Our Own Destiny (2003) (Vol. 3, No. 2)
  12. Parallel Lifetimes: Fluctuations in the Quantum Field (2003) (Vol. 3, No. 3)
  13. Jesus The Christ: The Life of a Master (2006) (Vol. 4, No. 1)
  14. Awakening To the Extraordinary (2007) (Vol. 4, No. 2)
  15. The New March: Developing a Mind Worth Preserving (2007) (Vol. 4, No. 3)

Audio recordings
  • Ramtha on God's Only Law (CD-0230) (2002) ISBN 157873195X
  • Ramtha on Love Born in the 4th Seal: Beginning The Journey (CD-9201) (2003) ISBN 1578731933
  • Ramtha on How the Brain Creates Reality (Dimensional Mind V: Part 1) (CD-9227) (2003) ISBN 157873133X
  • Ramtha on Demonology and the Freedom from Possession: The Neuronet of Disease (CD-9804) (2003) ISBN 1578732999
  • Ramtha on The Difference Between Consciousness and Mind (CD-9215) (2004) ISBN 1578731763
  • Ramtha on A Master's First Step: Achieving Clear-Mindedness (CD-9520) (2004) ISBN 1578731798
  • Ramtha on Waking Up to Greatness (CD-0405) (2004) ISBN 1578731755
  • Ramtha on Experiencing the Teachings of No Words (CD-9207.1) (2004) 157873181X
  • Ramtha on Concepts of Predestination and Free Will (CD-0513) (2005) ISBN 1578731887
  • Ramtha on The Plane of Bliss, Part 2 (CD-9716) (2005) ISBN 1578732360
  • Ramtha on Animals, Music, Crystals and Mythical Creatures (CD-001) (2006) ISBN 1578732670
  • Ramtha on The Brain (CD-002) (2006) ISBN 1578732689
  • Ramtha on Pyramids (CD-020) (2006) ISBN 1578732700
  • Ramtha on Yahweh - Jehovah (CD-029) (2006) ISBN 1578732727
  • Ramtha on Winds of Change I (CD-030) (2006) ISBN 1578733006
  • Ramtha on The Great Architect (CD-046) (2006) ISBN 1578732735
  • Ramtha on From Suppression To Love and The Power of Change (CD-0613) (2006) ISBN 1578732913
  • Ramtha on The Neuronet To The Levitating Buddha (CD-9603.2) (2006) ISBN 1578732905
  • Ramtha on Where the Journey Begins (CD-0610) (2006) ISBN 1578732921
  • Ramtha on Winds of Change II (CD-030.1) (2007) ISBN 1578733014)
  • Ramtha on Children and Parenting (CD-004.1) (2007) ISBN 1578733103
  • Ramtha on Inner Earth (CD-013) ISBN 1578732697
  • Ramtha on Understanding Womanhood (CD-027) ISBN 1578732719
  • Ramtha on The 12 Days of Light (CD-019) (2007) ISBN 1578733022
  • Ramtha on Love and Relationships (CD-018) (2007) ISBN 1578733073
  • Ramtha on Winds of Change III (CD-052) (2007) ISBN 157873309X
  • Ramtha on Change: The Days That Are Here (Prophecy Series) (CD-0705) (2007) ISBN 1578733286
  • Ramtha on Gods Clothed As Humans (CD-0608) (2007) ISBN 1578733316
  • Ramtha on Genetic Memory and the Sixth Sense: Soul Choice (CD-9303.1) (2007) ISBN 1578732948
  • Ramtha on Unfolding into the Continuum of Consciousness (CD-9409) (2007) ISBN 1578733359
  • Ramtha on Acceptance: The Key to Magic (CD-9411) (2007) ISBN 1578732980
  • Ramtha on Cell Biology, Associative Memory, and the Personality (CD-9424.1) (2007) ISBN 1578732956
  • Ramtha on The Mechanics of Creating (CD-9424.2) (2007) ISBN 1578733251
  • Ramtha on Magnetic Signature & How The Soul Determines Destiny (CD-9424.3) (2007) ISBN 157873326X
  • Ramtha on Taking Back Your Power (CD-0618) (2007) ISBN 1578733278
  • Ramtha on The Bounty of List and Twilight (CD-9419) (2007) ISBN 1578732263
  • Ramtha on Self-Discovery: Going Beyond Gender (CD-0612) (2007) ISBN 1578733308
  • Ramtha on Australia - Change: The Days That Are Here (Prophecy Series) (CD-0708) (2007) ISBN 1578733340
  • Ramtha on Siege Upon the City of the Blue Race (CD-037) (2007) ISBN 1578733049
  • Ramtha on The Great Work: From the Caterpillar To the Butterfly (CD-0606) (2007) ISBN 1578733294
  • Ramtha on Miami - Change: The Days That Are Here (Prophecy Series) (CD-0706) (2007) ISBN 1578733324

Video recordings
  • A Look Within 32 minutes (NTSC/PAL)
This is the first video that highlights the disciplines practiced at Ramtha's School of Enlightenment. Included are interviews with students, scholars, and JZ Knight. Available in English, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Spanish.[20]
  • In Search of the Self: The Role of Consciousness in the Construction of Reality 8-volume video set. 9 hours, 38 minutes (NTSC/PAL)
A Conference on Contemporary Spirituality, February 8–9, 1997, Yelm, Washington. An International group of scholars from the fields of physics, psychology, sociology, and religious studies gathered.[20]
  • JZ Knight/Ramtha: Intimate Conversations 27 minutes (2007)

See also

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  6. MacLaine, Shirley (1983). Out on a Limb. New York: Bantam Books. p. 214.
  7. Gardner, Martin (1988). New Age: Notes of a Fringe-Watcher. Buffalo, N.Y.: Prometheus Books. p. 36. ISBN 978-0-87975-432-7.
  8. MacLaine, Shirley (1985). Dancing in the Light. New York: Bantam Books. p. 119.
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  18. Chris Lydgate, "What the #$*! is Ramtha" Archived 2010-04-26 at the Wayback Machine Willamette Week, December 22, 2004. Page found 2010-10-15.
  19. JZK Publishing; Revised & enlarged edition (February 14, 2005), Language: English, ISBN 1-57873-045-7, ISBN 978-1-57873-045-2
  20. Knight, J.Z. (1999). Ramtha: The White Book. Yelm, Washington: JZK Publishing. p. 28.
  21. Knight, J.Z. "Ramtha's School of Enlightenment - an Introduction (PDF)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 6, 2009. Retrieved November 20, 2009.
  22. Wynn, Charles M.; Wiggins, Arthur W.; Harris, Sidney (2001). Quantum leaps in the wrong direction: where real science ends-- and pseudoscience begins. Berlin: Joseph Henry Press. pp. 85–86. ISBN 978-0-309-07309-7.
  23. Sagan, Carl (March 1997). The Demon-Haunted World: Science As a Candle in the Dark. Ballantine Books. p. 480. ISBN 978-0-394-53512-8.
  24. Shermer, Michael (2002). Why People Believe Weird Things. New York: Henry Holt and Company. p. 295.
  25. Cunningham, Glenn & McCarthy, David (2001). Glenn Cunningham Interview.
  26. An example: JZ Knight/Ramtha (2008). JZ Knight on UFOs. YouTube. Retrieved November 19, 2009.
  27. Gorenfeld, John (2004-09-16). ""Bleep" of faith". Salon. Retrieved 2006-11-29.
  28. Chandler, Russell (1993). Understanding the New Age. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House. p. 265. ISBN 978-0-310-38561-5. J.Z. Knight, channel for Cro-Magnon entity Ramtha, says murder isn't really wrong or evil. "If you believe in the continuation of life [reincarnation] it's a different story," she said on ABC's "20/20."
  29. For telepathy, see for example, Randi, James. Flim-Flam! Psychics, ESP, Unicorns, and Other Delusions. Prometheus Books (June 1982) ISBN 0-87975-198-3 or
    Charpak, Georges and Henri Broch. Translated by Bart K. Holland. Debunked!: ESP, Telekinesis, and Other Pseudoscience. The Johns Hopkins University Press (March 25, 2004), ISBN 0-8018-7867-5
  30. "It would be foolish to accept [psychokinesis] (...) without solid scientific data": Sagan, Carl (1995). The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a candle in the dark. Headline. pp. 208–212. ISBN 978-0-7472-7745-3..
    A similar position is made by Richard Feynmann: Feynman, Richard P. (1999). The Meaning of It All. Penguin. pp. 68–71. ISBN 978-0-14-027635-0.
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  32. Ramtha.com About Us Archived 2009-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
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  38. Kuttner, Fred; Rosenblum, Bruce (November 2006). "Teaching physics mysteries versus pseudoscience". Physics Today. 59 (11): 14. doi:10.1063/1.2435631.
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  41. Wilson, Elizabeth (2005-01-13). "What the Bleep Do We Know?!". American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2007-12-19.
  42. Review by Eric Scerri of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
  43. 2004 Pigasus awards James Randi Educational Foundation
  44. Connolly, Kate (June 9, 1997). "Medium wins channeling right".
  45. Jzk, Inc. v. Joseph Glandon
  46. Szimhart, Joe (July 1998). "Essay on Gordon Melton's Study on Ramtha". Retrieved November 20, 2009.
  47. Rollins, Michael (September 16, 2008). "Ramtha 1, Whitewind Weaver 0". The Oregonian. Retrieved November 20, 2009.
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