Mark L. Prophet

Mark L. Prophet (December 24, 1918 - February 26, 1973) was an American born in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. He claimed to be a Messenger of the Ascended Masters and founded The Summit Lighthouse organization on August 7, 1958 in Washington D.C.. ^[1]

Family life

With his first wife Phyllis he had five children: Becky, Beth, Marcia, Dan, and Allyson. In 1961, he met and married Elizabeth Clare Wulf, who became Elizabeth Clare Prophet. They had four children.

Death

Upon the death of Mark Prophet in Colorado Springs, Colorado, his widow Elizabeth took over the leadership of the organization, changing its name to Church Universal and Triumphant in 1975, and built the new church into a worldwide movement which continues to the present day. ^[2]

Ascended Master Lanello

Elizabeth Clare Prophet taught that her husband Mark Prophet upon his death became an Ascended Master known as the Ascended Master Lanello (the name comes from the combination of two of names of his many asserted former incarnations, Sir Launcelot and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow).

It is believed by those adherent to the Church Universal and Triumphant and other Ascended Master Teachings organizations that the Master Lanello was previously incarnated as: ^[3]

• A high priest at the Temple of the Solar Logos in Atlantis.
• Noah
• Ikhnaton
• Aesop
• Mark the Evangelist
• Origen
• Sir Launcelot
• Bodhidharma, founder of Zen Buddhism
• Clovis I, first King of France
• Saladin
• St. Bonaventure
• Louis XIV
• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
• Alexis, son of Tsar Nicholas II, executed by the Bolsheviks along with his father after the October Revolution

References

1. ^ Prophet, Elizabeth Clare and Prophet, Mark (as compiled by Annice Booth) The Masters and Their Retreats Corwin Springs, Montana:2003 Summit University Press Pages 176-182 Master Lanello
2. ^ Prophet, Elizabeth Clare and Prophet, Mark (as compiled by Annice Booth) The Masters and Their Retreats Corwin Springs, Montana:2003 Summit University Press Pages 176-182 Master Lanello
3. ^ Prophet, Elizabeth Clare and Prophet, Mark (as compiled by Annice Booth) The Masters and Their Retreats Corwin Springs, Montana:2003 Summit University Press Pages 176-182 Master Lanello

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