Edna Anne Wheeler Ballard

Edna Anne Wheeler Ballard
Born
Edna Anne Wheeler

(1886-06-25)June 25, 1886[1]
Burlington, Iowa, United States[1]
DiedFebruary 10, 1971(1971-02-10) (aged 84)[1]
Chicago, Illinois, United States[1]
NationalityAmerican
Other namesLotus Ray King[2]
OccupationOccultist[1]
Known forCo-founding the Saint Germain Foundation
Leader of the I AM Movement[1]

Edna Anne Wheeler Ballard, also known as Lotus Ray King[2] (June 25, 1886 - February 10, 1971), was an American theosopher who co-founded the Saint Germain Foundation and served a co-leader of the I AM Movement with her husband Guy Ballard.[3][4][5] In 1944, Ballard and her son Donald Ballard were charged with mail fraud and their court case would eventually be ruled by the US Supreme Court as United States v. Ballard. Ballard's work with the I AM Movement is considered a predecessor to the current new age movement.[5][6]

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Ballard, Edna Ann Wheeler (1886-1971) | Encyclopedia.com". Encyclopedia.com. The Gale Group. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Edna Ballard [aka Lotus Ray King], leader of I AM movement at opening of trial on mail fraud in Los Angeles, Calif., circa 1941". Calisphere. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  3. ^ Melton, J. Gordon (2001). "Ballard, Edna Ann Wheeler". Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology (5 ed.). Gale Group, Inc. pp. 147–148. ISBN 0-8103-8570-8.
  4. ^ Jones, Lindsay (2005). "I Am". Encyclopedia of religion (vol. 6) (second ed.). Detroit : Macmillan Reference USA. pp. 4245–4247. ISBN 0-02-865739-X.
  5. ^ a b Melton, J. Gordon (1991). "Ballard, Edna Anne Wheeler". Religious leaders of America. Gale Research Inc. p. 26. ISBN 0-8103-4921-3.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Christopher1998 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).