Ruth E. Norman was the co-founder of the Unarius Academy of Science

Unarius Academy of Science

Unarius is a non-profit organization founded in 1954 in Los Angeles, California and headquartered in El Cajon, California. The organization purports to advance a new interdimensional science of life based upon fourth dimensional physics principles. Unarius centers exist in Canada, Japan, Nigeria...

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The group was founded in February 1954 in Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

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 by Norman and her husband Ernest L. Norman (1904–1971). The two met after he gave a lecture in Glendale, California

Glendale, California

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. She took over operations following his death. She was later known within the group as both Ioshanna (1972–1979) and Uriel (1980–1993). Uriel stood for "Universal Radiant Infinite Eternal Light."

Norman claimed to be the reincarnation

Reincarnation

Reincarnation best describes the concept where the soul or spirit, after the death of the body, is believed to return to live in a new human body, or, in some traditions, either as a human being, animal or plant...

 of notable figures including Confucius

Confucius

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, Mona Lisa

Mona Lisa

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, Ben Franklin, Socrates

Socrates

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, Queen Elizabeth

Elizabeth I of England

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, and Tsar Peter the Great. She was nicknamed "Spaceship Ruthie" in the press.

External links

• Founders of Unarius via Unarius Academy of Science