Grail Movement

The Grail Movement is a religious group, whose followers at work "In the Light of Truth - The Grail Message " by Abd -ru -shin ( Oskar Ernst Bernhardt ) orient. The Grail Movement sees itself not as a religion, which was not intended by the author of the book. The " Grail " is primarily intended to provide an explanation of creation. The International Grail Movement has its origin on Vomperberg. Entity is the "Association for the realization of the Gralswissens by Abd -ru -shin, Vomperberg " based in Schwaz / Tyrol.

Synonyms and other languages

Other designations are International Grail Movement, Foundation for the dissemination of the Grail Message, " natural philosophy clubs ," Association for the realization of the Gralswissens by Abd -ru -shin. English is called the Grail Movement Movement, French Mouvement du Graal.

History

The movement goes back to Oskar Ernst Bernhardt, until 1930 with the first religious treatises Gralsblättern wrote under the pen name Abd -ru -shin of 1925 and gave public lectures with religious content. 1926, with the Light of Truth his main work. A movement was formed by Bernhardt moved to Tyrol in 1926 and after the appearance of the journal 's reputation, which promoted his ideas. 1929 was built on the Vomperberg the Gralssiedlung after some supporters of Bernhardt's ideas wanted to live in its environment. During the period of membership of Austria to the German Reich from 1938 to 1945, the settlement was temporarily expropriated, but came after the Second World War back to Bernhardt's widow. 1951 there a devotional and ceremonial hall was built.

1999 saw because of the content, familial and financial disputes to a split in the movement, which resulted in Schwaz in Tyrol, Austria, was the seat of the head of the numerically larger International Grail Movement.

There are approximately 23,000 members, about 9,000 in Europe.

Teaching

The main work of Bernhardt is the book "In the Light of Truth - The Grail Message ". Its other main monotheistic doctrine are three self-acting laws of creation:

• The law of reciprocity: Everyone has the arising and developing consequences ( consequences, repercussions ) to carry his thought and action.

Everyone needs to pay for what he caused. ( ie: law of retaliation of reward and punishment, " Law of Karma " )

• The Law of Equality: Like attracts like.
• The law of gravity: Hereafter would the grosser, severity and gross- down ( the earthly world ) fall, move away from God, while the subtle upward ascending ( to God ).

The cooperatively determined by Bernhardt the fate of the people according to the measures taken by these decisions and trigger. Because of the complete ownership was a deputy sin acquisition - for example, by the Cross of Christ - not possible. Furthermore, the doctrine Bernhardt also contains the reincarnation idea.

Devotions and practice

There is every Sunday devotions and three times a year special celebrations. The participation in the worship and the celebrations are only for believers of the Grail Message. The Grail has no actual membership, the contact of the individual countries to the International Grail Movement is different intensive. The local " Gralskreise " hold prayers, lectures and discussion meetings.