The Process Church of the Final Judgement was a religious cult that flourished in the 1960s and '70s, founded by the Englishman Robert de Grimston (originally, Robert Moore) and MaryAnne MacLean. It originally developed as a splinter client cult group from Scientology, so that they were declared "suppressive persons" by L. Ron Hubbard in December 1965. In 1966 the members of the group underwent a social implosion and moved to Xtul on Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, where they developed Processean theology. They later established a base of operations in the United States. In religion and sociology, a cult is a cohesive group of people (often a relatively small and recently founded religious movement) devoted to beliefs or practices that the surrounding culture or society considers to be far outside the mainstream. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the British Isles Languages English (de facto) Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st... A client cult is a term used in sociology of religion for religions which model themselves on, and use practices resembling or inspired by, clinical psychology, psychotheraphy, psychoanalysis and psychiatry. ... Scientology is a new religious movement based on a system of beliefs, teachings, practices, and rituals that was originated as a philosophy in 1952 by the science fiction author L. Ron Hubbard. ... An official Church of Scientology portrait of L. Ron Hubbard, circa 1970 Lafayette Ronald Hubbard (March 13, 1911 – January 24, 1986), better known as L. Ron Hubbard, was a prolific American author and founder of the controversial Church of Scientology. ... In sociology, a social implosion refers to an event where a subgroup of a larger group suddenly becomes separated from the larger group -- the members of the subgroup sever their connections to the larger group (often society as a whole), and their entire social lives become involved in the smaller... Xtul, (pronounced shtool), is a small village in the state of Yucatan, Mexico. ... The Yucatán Peninsula separates the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Mexico. ... Theology is reasoned discourse concerning God (Greek θεος, theos, God, + λογος, logos, word or reason). It can also refer to the study of other religious topics. ...

They were often viewed as Satanic on the grounds that they worshipped both Christ and Satan; however they believed that Satan would become reconciled to Christ, and that they were coming at the end of the world to judge humanity, Christ to judge and Satan to execute judgment. They are comparable to the Yezidis, both in their worship of a being generally considered evil but which they believed had become good, and in the impression this created of them being Satanists. The prosecutor of the Charles Manson Family trial comments in his book that there may be evidence Manson borrowed philosophically from the Process Church, and that representatives of the Church visited him after his arrest in jail. According to one of these representatives, the purpose of the visit was to interview Manson about whether he had ever had any contact with Church members or ever received any literature about the Church. Subsequently, the publisher of Ed Sander's book The Family agreed to remove the chapter about the Process from this book. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... For God so loved the world he gave his only begotten son ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Yezidi or Yazidi (Kurdish; Êzidî) are adherents of a small Middle Eastern religion with ancient origins. ... Charles Manson Charles Milles Manson (born November 12, 1934) is an American career criminal and was the leader of a group known as The Family, in the late 1960s and early 1970s. ...

In April, 1974 Robert de Grimston was removed by the Council of Masters as Teacher. They renounced The Unity, his exposition of the above-noted doctrines, and most of his other teachings. After this the group fell apart; the Council went on to form the Foundation Church of the Millennium, later called the Foundation Faith of God. This group moved further away from the original Processean beliefs, and increasingly resembled a traditional Christian denomination. Eventually religion was dropped altogether by The Foundation and they went on to become The Best Friends Animal Sanctuary near Kanab, Utah, where some of the original Process members can be found even today (such as Faith Maloney, a.k.a. Mother Hathor) caring for some 1500+ cats, dogs and other abandoned animals. De Grimston attempted to restart the Process Church several times, but he could never replace his original following. He then went on and eventually settled down and was last known to be holding a high position with one of America's leading telecommunications companies. Doctrine, from Latin doctrina, (compare doctor), means a body of teachings or instructions, taught principles or positions, as the body of teachings in a branch of knowledge or belief system. ... A religious denomination, (also simply denomination) is a large, long-established subgroup within a religion that has existed for many years. ... Kanab is a city located in Kane County, Utah. ... Statue of Hathor (Luxor Museum) In Egyptian mythology, Hathor (Egyptian for house of Horus) was originally a personification of the Milky Way, which was seen as the milk that flowed from the udders of a heavenly cow. ...

A detailed account of the history of and life within Process Church at told by a participant-observer is contained in William S. Bainbridge's book Satan's Power. (Note he employed a pseudonym to stand in for the name of the group, referring to it as "The Power". He would disguise the name of individual people involved with it in order to hide their identities, possibly in an effort to reduce potential lawsuits.)

As of September 2003, an internet-based effort to form a new group following the original The Process teachings was underway.

People claiming to be part of the Process Church are still around. The first was the ‘Four-P Movement.’ Author Michael Newton wrote that the cult, “is also deeply involved in white slavery, child pornography and the international narcotics trade.”

However, the members of the original group who remained together became The Foundation Church of the Millennium, The Foundation Faith of God and then Best Friends Animal Sanctuary. Today it is known as The Best Friends Animal Society and is located in Kanab, Utah. Gone are the days when Process members journeyed to San Quentin to interview Manson. Gone too are all references to Satan and doomsday. Some members now softpedal their involvement in the Process Church of the Final Judgement citing juvenile misguidance. The goal of the group now is to save animals. The large compound in southern Utah is their testament to this end. And the animal sanctuary is a huge cash cow. In 2003 the Society raised more than $20 million. Robert currently works in New York City as a business consultant.

Processean theology

The term "Processean Theology" distinguishes these ideas from the process theology derived from the thoughts of Alfred North Whitehead. Process theology (also known as Neoclassical theology) is a school of thought influenced by the metaphysical process philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead (1861 - 1947). ... Alfred North Whitehead, OM (February 15, 1861 – December 30, 1947) was a British mathematician who became a philosopher. ...

At Xtul was the first 'channeling' of GOD. After Xtul, Jehovah was the only recognised God. Later, with Jehovah, Lucifer and Satan were recognised as "The Three Great Gods of the Universe" and Christ as the Emissary to the Gods. The Three Great Gods represent three basic human patterns of reality: Yohoua [1]is a medieval era Latin transcription of the Biblical Hebrew name יְהֹוָה. Its first known appearance is in a work by Spanish monk Raymundus Martini, in 1278 A.D. Jehovah is a late medieval era German transcription of the Biblical Hebrew name יְהֹוָה. Iehouah [2]is the first English transcription... Michelangelos depiction of God in the painting Creation of the Sun and Moon in the Sistine Chapel Krishna, the eighth incarnation of Vishnu, one of the manifestations of the ultimate reality or God in Hinduism This article discusses the term God in the context of monotheism and henotheism. ... Lucifer as depicted in Collin de Plancys Dictionnaire Infernal (1863) Lucifer is a Latin word made up of two words, lux (light; genitive lucis) and ferre (to bear, to bring), meaning light-bearer. ...

• Jehovah, the wrathful God of vengeance and retribution, demands discipline, courage and ruthlessness, and a single-minded dedication to duty, purity and self-denial.
• Lucifer, the Light Bearer, urges us to enjoy life to the full, to value success in human terms, to be gentle and kind and loving, and to live in peace and harmony with one another. Man's apparent inability to value success without descending into greed, jealousy and an exaggerated sense of his own importance, has brought the God Lucifer into disrepute. He has become mistakenly identified with Satan.
• Satan, the receiver of transcendent souls and corrupted bodies, instills in us two directly opposite qualities; at one end an urge to rise above all human and physical needs and appetites, to become all soul and no body, all spirit and no mind, and at the other end a desire to sink beneath all human codes of behavior, and to wallow in a morass of violence, lunacy and excessive physical indulgence. But it is the lower end of Satan's nature that men fear, which is why Satan, by whatever name, is seen as the Adversary.

And in between these Three Great Gods and man, is an entire Hierarchy of Gods and Beings and Superbeings and Angels and Archangels and Demons and Archdemons, and Elementals and Guides and Fallen Angels and Watchers.

There is all this and more too, in Heaven and in Hell and on earth. Michelangelos interpretation of Heaven Heaven is an afterlife concept found in many religions or spiritual philosophies. ... Medieval illustration of Hell in the Hortus deliciarum manuscript of Herrad of Landsberg (about 1180) Hell, according to many religious beliefs, is a place and/or a state of painful suffering. ...

The Process believes that, to varying degrees, these "God-patterns" exist within all of us. The main doctrine of The Process is The Unity of Christ and Satan, who exist as opposites. Jehovah and Lucifer exist as opposites and when Christ and Satan are united this will unite Jehovah and Lucifer.

(The descriptions of the Gods comes from a Process Teaching called "The Hierarchy" published in December 1967, as a part of "The Tide of the End".)

Links

• Gary Lachman on the Process Church Of the Final Judgement