Mark L. Prophet
{{Short description|American New Age religious figure, self-proclaimed prophet and orator}}
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Marcus Lyle "Mark" Prophet (December 24, 1918 — February 26, 1973) was a controversial American New Age religious figure, self-proclaimed prophet, orator, and husband of Elizabeth Prophet. He claimed to be a Messenger of the Ascended Masters and founded The Summit Lighthouse organization on August 7, 1958 in Washington D.C.{{cite book |last=Jones |first=Lindsay |author-link= |date=2005 |title=Encyclopedia of religion (volume 11) |publisher= Detroit : Macmillan Reference USA |edition=second |pages=7445–7446 |chapter=Prophet, Mark and Elizabeth Clare |url= https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofre0011unse/mode/2up |isbn=0-02-865980-5 }}{{cite book |last= Melton |first= J. Gordon |author-link= J. Gordon Melton |date=1991 |title= Religious leaders of America |publisher= Gale Research Inc. |edition= |pages=376–377 |chapter=Prophet, Marcus L. |url= https://archive.org/details/religiousleaders00jgor |isbn= 0-8103-4921-3 }}{{cite news|title=Mark L. Prophet Dies; Rites Friday |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5019423/mark_l_prophet_19181973/|newspaper=Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph|date=February 27, 1973|page=15|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = April 22, 2016}} {{Open access}}
Personal life
Marcus Lyle "Mark" Prophet was born on December 24, 1918, in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. With his wife Phyllis Margaret Lee{{Cite web|url=http://www.icsahome.com/articles/denouement-of-the-prophets--cult-the-church-universal-and-triumphant-in-decline|title=Denouement of the Prophets' Cult The Church Universal and Triumphant in Decline - International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA)|website=www.icsahome.com|access-date=2017-08-04|archive-date=2015-07-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706191507/http://www.icsahome.com/articles/denouement-of-the-prophets--cult-the-church-universal-and-triumphant-in-decline|url-status=dead}} he had five children.{{Cite web|url=http://world-news-research.com/complete.html|title=Complete|last=|website=world-news-research.com|access-date=2017-08-04}} In 1960, he met Elizabeth Clare Prophet (born Wulf), whom he married in 1962 after divorcing his first wife. Mark and Elizabeth Prophet had four children.{{Cite news|url=http://www.hcn.org/issues/150/4852|title=A biography of Prophet's most recent life|access-date=2017-08-01|language=en-us}}
Death
Prophet died of a stroke on February 26, 1973, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Upon his death, 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.Prophet, Elizabeth Clare and Prophet, Mark (as compiled by Annice Booth) The Masters and Their Retreats Corwin Springs, Montana:2003 Summit University Press, pp. 176–182 Master Lanello
Transition to an Ascended Master
Upon his death, Elizabeth Prophet taught that he became an Ascended Master known as the Ascended Master Lanello{{Cite web|url=https://www.summitlighthouse.org/category/mark-prophet/page/3/|title=Mark Prophet Archives - Page 3 of 3 - The Summit Lighthouse|website=The Summit Lighthouse|language=en-US|access-date=2017-08-04|archive-date=2018-12-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181228223325/https://www.summitlighthouse.org/category/mark-prophet/page/3/|url-status=dead}} (the name comes from the combination of two of the names of his many asserted former incarnations, Sir Launcelot and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow).
Adherents to the Church Universal and Triumphant and other Ascended Master Teachings believe that the Master Lanello was previously incarnated as 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; and Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia.
Works
- The Masters and Their Retreats (by Mark L. Prophet, Elizabeth Clare Prophet, Booth Annice (Editor){{Cite book|title=The masters and their retreats|last=Prophet, Mark.|date=2003|publisher=Summit University Press|others=Prophet, Elizabeth Clare., Booth, Annice.|isbn=0972040242|location=Corwin Springs, Mont.|oclc=53117044}}
- Lords of the Seven Rays: Seven Masters: Their Past Lives and Keys to Our Future (by Mark L. Prophet and Elizabeth Clare Prophet){{Cite book|title=Lords of the Seven Rays: Seven Masters: Their Past Lives and Keys to Our Future|last=Prophet|first=Mark L.|publisher=Summit University Press|date=April 27, 2018|isbn=9781609882891|location=Gardiner (Montana)|pages=428}}
- Saint Germain on Alchemy (by Mark L. Prophet and Elizabeth Clare Prophet){{Cite book|title=Saint Germain on alchemy : for the adept in the Aquarian age|last=Saint-Germain, comte de, -1784 (Spirit)|date=1985|publisher=Summit University Press|others=Prophet, Mark., Prophet, Elizabeth Clare.|isbn=0916766683|location=Malibu, CA|oclc=13903099}}
References
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Category:20th-century apocalypticists
Category:Founders of new religious movements
Category:New Age spiritual leaders
Category:People from Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin
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