Elizabeth Clare Prophet on all and everything

Elizabeth Clare Prophet was the leader of The Summit Lighthouse until her death a few years ago. I don't deny that she was very charismatic and strangely fascinating. Unfortunately, her group was probably a cult. As for her message, it seems to have been an eclectic potpourri of almost everything...except Islam! Her writings have the same eclectic quality. This book is no exception.

The main message of "Saint Germain's prophecy for the new millennium" is that prophecy isn't set in stone, and that even the gloomiest forecasts can be changed. The Biblical story of Jonah is used as evidence for this. Indeed, the book contains very few concrete prophecies. Published in 1999, it claims that the period until 2025 will contain both positive and negative aspects, and it's up to humanity to choose which path it will tread. One of Prophet's co-authors, the astrologer Murray Steinman, discusses various planetary transits and comes to the conclusion that we are entering a period of wars and clashes between civilizations...or democratic revolutions and spiritual transformations.

Otherwise, what struck me about this book was Prophet's attempt to cover as much ground as possible. She and her co-authors Steinman and Spadaro discusses Nostradamus, Edgar Cayce, the Marian apparitions at Fatima and Medjugorje, the life of Saint Germain, the power of the violet flame, and (briefly) the movie "Ghostbusters II" (!). It should be noted that The Summit Lighthouse considers the Statue of Liberty to be literally divine, so they must have loved the closing scenes of that motion picture...

The book also contains channelled messages from Mary, Saint Germain and elemental spirits, including The Hierarchs of the Water Element, who call upon us to save the majestic whales. Well, Elizabeth, since your group has a techno-fix, I really don't see your point! More disturbing is a prophecy by a female spirit (Mary again?) supposedly given to George Washington, foretelling the foreign occupation of the United States. The book, published two years before 9/11, also contain a quatrain by Nostradamus about an attack on New York.

More as a sideshow, "Saint Germain's prophecy for the new millennium" reveals that Dannion Brinkley is a Summit Lighthouse fellow traveller. Aha! Gotcha, Dannyboy! Apparently, Brinkley (author of "Saved by the Light") saw the violet flame during one of his near-death experiences.

I'm not sure how to rate a work I don't really agree with, but since it might be of interest to spiritual seekers and I feel generous, I give it four.