Marcus Lyle "Mark" Prophet was born on December 24, 1918, in
Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin.[3] With his wife Phyllis Margaret Lee[4] he had five children.[5] In 1960, he met
Elizabeth Clare Prophet (born Wulf), whom he married in 1962 after divorcing his first wife. Mark and Elizabeth Prophet had four children.[6]
Death
Prophet died of a stroke on February 26, 1973, in
Colorado Springs, Colorado.[4][3] Upon his death, his widow Elizabeth took over the leadership of the organization, changing its name to
Church Universal and Triumphant in 1975, and built the new church into a worldwide movement which continues to the present day.[2][7]
Transition to an Ascended Master
Upon his death, Elizabeth Prophet taught that he became an
Ascended Master known as the Ascended Master Lanello[8] (the name comes from the combination of two of the names of his many asserted former incarnations, Sir Launcelot and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow).
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abProphet, Elizabeth Clare and Prophet, Mark (as compiled by Annice Booth) The Masters and Their Retreats Corwin Springs, Montana:2003 Summit University Press, pp. 176–182 Master Lanello
^Prophet, Mark. (2003). The masters and their retreats. Prophet, Elizabeth Clare., Booth, Annice. Corwin Springs, Mont.: Summit University Press.
ISBN0972040242.
OCLC53117044.
^Prophet, Mark L. (April 27, 2018). Lords of the Seven Rays: Seven Masters: Their Past Lives and Keys to Our Future. Gardiner (Montana): Summit University Press. p. 428.
ISBN9781609882891.
^Saint-Germain, comte de, -1784 (Spirit) (1985). Saint Germain on alchemy : for the adept in the Aquarian age. Prophet, Mark., Prophet, Elizabeth Clare. Malibu, CA: Summit University Press.
ISBN0916766683.
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