Aliens Adored Raels UFO Religion Rals UFO Religion by Susan J. Palmer PAPERBACK

Aliens AdoredRal's UFO Religion\nAuthor(s): Susan J. Palmer\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Rutgers University Press, United States\nImprint: Rutgers University Press\nISBN-13: 9780813534763, 978-0813534763\nSynopsis\nAliens Adored is the first full length, in-depth look at the Ralian movement, a fascinating new religion founded in the 1970s by the charismatic prophet, Ral. Born in France as Claude Vorilhon, the former race-car driver founded the religion after he experienced a visitation from the aliens (the \""elohim\"") who, in his cosmology, created humans by cloning themselves. The millenarian movement awaits the return of the alien creators, and in the meantime seeks to develop the potential of its adherents through free love, sexual experimentation, opposition to nuclear proliferation and war, and the development of the science of cloning. \n\nSociologist Susan J. Palmer has studied the Raelian movement for more than a decade, observing meetings and rituals and enjoying unprecede.