What is the I Am Temple?

Washington Street in Chicago’s Loop. The 15-story building started its life as an Elks Lodge in 1916 and was later converted into a temple for a spiritual-awakening organization founded in the early 1930s by Chicagoans Ray and Edna Ballard.

What are the I AM teachings?

The movement teaches that the omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent creator God (‘I AM’ – Exodus 3:14) is in all of us as a spark from the Divine Flame, and that we can experience this presence, love, power and light – and its power of the Violet Consuming Flame of Divine Love – through quiet contemplation and by …

What religion is St Germain?

Germain (Latin: Germanus; c. 496 – 28 May 576) was the bishop of Paris and is a saint of the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church. According to an early biography, he was known as Germain d’Autun, rendered in modern times as the “Father of the Poor”.

What is the IM religion?

I AM movement, theosophical movement founded in Chicago in the early 1930s by Guy W. Ballard (1878–1939), a mining engineer, and his wife, Edna W. Ballard (1886–1971). The name of the movement is a reference to the Bible verse in which God replies to Moses, “I am who I am” (Exodus 3:14).

What does I AM Presence mean?

The Individualized “I AM” Presence. Adherents of the Ascended Master Teachings believe that each person is an incarnation of an “Individualized Presence” of the “Most High Living God” – the “Mighty I AM Presence” – as part of our very Nature and Being.

How many I am discourses are there?

thirty-three Discourses
The thirty-three Discourses contained in this Book were dictated over a visible Light and Sound Ray in our home during 1932 by the Ascended Master Saint Germain and those other Ascended Masters directly concerned with this Activity.

When were the I Am discourses written?

The “I AM” Discourses. Chicago, 1935.

What was Saint Germaine known for?

Germaine was canonized as patron saint of people with disabilities and those who have been abused or abandoned.

How do I know if I am an ascended master?

It is believed that Ascended Masters are individuals who were once embodied on Earth and learned the lessons of life in their incarnations. They gained mastery over the limitations of the matter planes, balanced at least 51% of negative karma, and fulfilled their Dharma (Divine Plan).