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Date: 2004-09-29 11:23:56

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This film is produced by adherents of JZ Knight, who has built a highly lucrative empire by disseminating the messages of a disembodied 35,000 year old warrior from Atlantis whom she calls Ramtha.  Central to the Ramtha cult is the belief that God does not exist, except in the minds of the untaught, who once becoming enlightened, will understand that they themselves are, in fact, God. And from whence comes this enlightenment?  Only from Ramtha, the Avatar of whom, JZ Knight, is now cleverly using the powerful technologies of film and video to spread her deceptions. The fact that she masks her motives by associating herself with generally very wise and accomplished experts in quantum physics and consciousness studies in the film, is actually a further extension of techniques she has perfected, over the past 22 years, at her school in Yelm, Washington, where she holds regular, and expensive, "Consciousness and Enlightenment" training for her followers.  Regarding the content of the film, it is difficult to dispute that many of the concepts represent important new developments in science and psychology, some of which may be substantiated through rigorous analytical experimentation.  However, other elements are pure conjecture, presented as fact and associated with credible expert testimony in a way that distracts valid objective criticism and engenders confusion.  By insinuating her not very subtle message amidst such stimulating and sometimes witty content, JZ Knight as Ramtha very astutely achieves a subliminal connection with some highly accomplished and respectable scientists and philosophers, some of whom very likely are completely unaware of the dogmatic agenda of the producers.  Now, all of that said, the actual style and design of the film, as well as its effort to reach a new audience of intelligent and thoughtful viewers hungry for something beyond the ordinary tripe of most Hollywood product, is commendable. But people must be aware that there is more to this phenomenon than meets the uncritical eye...We should all welcome the constantly flowing emergence of Truth, as our conceptual capacities for receiving and understanding evolve.  But we must be aware that just because the message is new or entertaining, doesn?t mean it?s True?