A COMBINATION OF THE FIRST TWO BOOKS OF THE RAELIAN MOVEMENT
Raël wrote in the first chapter of this 2001 book, “On 13 December 1973… I went to a volcano… in central southern France… I was just about to leave … Suddenly in the fog, I saw a red light flashing; then a sort of helicopter weas descending towards me… It was a flying saucer. I had always believed in their existence, but I had never dreamed I would actually see one. It measured some seven meters in diameter, about 2.5 meters in height, was flat underneath and cone-shaped. On its underside, a very bright red light flashed… A trap door opened beneath the machine and a kind of stairway unfolded to the ground… apparently I was about to meet a man… what at first I took to be a child came down the stairway and walked straight towards me… this was certainly no child… His eyes were slightly almond shaped, his hair was black and long, and he had a small black beard… He wore some sort of green one-piece suit… His skin was white with a slightly greisen tinge… I asked: ‘Where do you come from?... Do you come from another planet?’ ‘Yes,’ he replied… ‘Why did you come here?’ ‘Today, to talk to you… Claude Vorilhon, editor of a small motor sport magazine, married and father of two children… We have been watching you for a long time… I used telepathy to get you to come here because I have many things to tell you. Have you read the Bible?... I have chosen you for a very difficult mission, and I have many things to tell you. So come into my craft where we can talk more comfortably.” (Pg. 13-16)
He asked the being, “But why did you choose me?” “… we needed someone in a country where new ideas are welcomed… Also we needed someone who is intelligent and quite open to everything. Above all we needed someone who is a free thinker without being anti-religious. Because you were born or a Jewish father and a Catholic mother, we consider you to be an ideal link between two very important peoples in the history of the world… Finally, we decided to choose someone who was born after the first atomic explosion in 1945, and you were born in 1946. We have in fact been following you since your birth…” (Pg. 17)
The being explained, “on our distant planet, we had reached a level of technical and scientific knowledge, comparable to that which you will soon reach. Our scientists has started to create primitive, embryonic forms of life, namely living cells in test tubes… The scientists perfected their techniques and began creating bizarre little animals but the government… ordered the scientists to stop their experiments for fear they would create monsters, which would be dangerous to society… the scientists decided to set out for a distant planet where they could find most of the necessary conditions to pursue their experiments. They chose Earth where you live.” (Pg. 20)
Chapters 2-5 are devoted to the alien’s commentary on the Bible; e.g., “‘Elohim,’ translated [in Gen 1:1] without justification in some Bible by the word ‘God’ means in Hebrew ‘those who came from the sky’… It means that the scientists from our world searched for a planet that was suitable to carry out their projects.” (Pg. 20)
He says of Gen 6:4, “There you have proof that the creators could have intercourse with the daughters of humanity whom they had created in their own image, and in so doing produced exceptional children. These actions seemed very dangerous to people on the distant planet. The scientific progress on Earth was fantastic and they decided to destroy what had been created… The government then decided from their distant planet to destroy all life on Earth by sending nuclear missiles. However when the exiled creators were informed of the project they asked Noah to build a spaceship which could orbit the Earth during the cataclysm containing a pair of each species that was to be preserved.” (Pg. 26-27)
He interprets Ezekiel 1:4, “There you have a description, which could not be more precise of the landing of the creators in their flying machines.” (Pg. 46)
He explains, “Christ’s role was to spread the truth of the Biblical scriptures throughout the world so that they could serve as proof for all of humanity when the age of science would finally explain everything. The creators therefore decided to arrange for a child to be born of a woman of the Earth and one of their own people. The child in question would thereby inherit certain telepathic faculties which humans lack…” (Pg. 60)
“When Jesus walked on water, the creators supported hm using an anti-gravity beam which cancelled the effect of weight on a precise point.” (Pg. 66)
Of the Transfiguration, “This scene happens at night and the apostles are frightened to see Jesus illuminated by the powerful searchlights of the spacecraft, out of which Moses and Elijah stepped, still alive thanks to the tree of life from which they had benefited. Immortality is a scientific reality, even if it does not correspond to humanity’s idea of immortality.” (Pg. 67)
“The time of the end of the world has arrived. Not… as a catastrophe destroying the Earth, but the end of the world of the Church, which has completed its work. It performed this role more or less effectively… the Christian church is dying… because its mission has been fulfilled, albeit with quite a few mistakes because it tried for so long to deify to creators. This deification was acceptable until the scientific age began. Then it should have been removed completely.” (Pg. 72)
“The return of the Jewish people to Israel, as it was predicted, is a sign of the golden age…The Jewish people have, in fact, regained their country after having participated in safeguarding the truth.” (Pg. 75-76)
“When we came to Earth to create life, we started by making very simple creations and then improved our techniques of environmental adaptation… man himself… is just an improved model of the monkey to which we added what makes us essentially human. In this way, we made human beings in our image, as it is written in the Bible in Genesis.” (Pg. 82)
He summarizes, “To all of you who believe n God or in Jesus Christ, I say you were right in such a belief… there was a foundation of truth. You were right to believe in the basis of the scriptures, but wrong to sustain the Church… If, however… you wish to participate in the creation and development of the Raëlian Movement, take your pen and write to me…” (Pg. 105-106)
In the next section of the book (which includes subsequent ‘visits’ of the aliens), he states ‘The New Commandments,’ such as: “You will appear at least once in your lifetime before the Guide of Guides [Raël], so that he may transmit … [it] to the computer what will take this into account at your life’s final hour of judgment. You will think at least once a day of the Elohim, your Creators. You will try to radiate the message of the Elohim around you by every possible means. You will, at least once a year, give a donation to the Guide of Guides that is equal to at least one percent of your annual income… You will, at least once a year, invite the Guide of your religion into your home…” (Pg. 162)
He states, “SENSUAL education is one of the most important things… Now thanks to contraceptive techniques, sexual union is freely possible without it becoming a definitive commitment---or even a possible one…” (Pg. 170-171)
In the ‘Author’s Postscript,’ 1997,’ he explains, “I have to say that finance is not the chief obstacle to the completion of this project. The political and diplomatic problems are a thornier issue and to overcome them patience and perseverance will be required.” (Pg. 207)
This book will interest those studying the Raëlian Movement… but probably few others.
i learned from this book that there are people who think that God/s is/are alien/s. awesome.
however, by this time i can no longer read books without sweating, sneezing and a headache so i browse the internet and downloaded the PDF version and even better, they had like the HTML format. now that, i can read very well.
i have this friend who sometimes i think is an alien himself. his name is danu. he once said, i fear that perhaps the difference between God and humans is just technology. or in a sense, the access to information.
he said it in indonesian though, i just english it out for the heck of it.
It was more entertaining than "Yes to cloning" It basically contains the ideas of the Raëlian movement: aliens are our god, one world government, don't cut your hair et cetera. It gets boring and predictable after some time.
This is a summary of the message givento the founder of the Raelian Movement. This is an excellent book for all those who missed the boat on Waco, and Heavens Gate. A really fun, non-scary cult.