George King (author)

George King (January 23, 1919, Wellington, Shropshire – July 12, 1997, Santa Barbara, California) was a British author who founded the Aetherius Society, a new religious movement, during the mid-1950s.

Biography
George King was born on January 23, 1919, in Wellington, Shropshire, England and brought up in a Protestant family with strong occult interests.

In 1954, he claimed that a voice told him "Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament." Afterwards in 1955, he founded the Aetherius Society and published the book Contact Your Higher Self Through Yoga.

George King died in Santa Barbara, California, on July 12, 1997, at the age of 78, according to the Aetherius Society. However, his death was not reported in major newspapers.

Reception and criticism
His claims have been denounced as pseudoscience by skeptics such as James Randi.

Publications
Selected writings:


 * 1955. Contact Your Higher Self Through Yoga. Los Angeles: Aetherius Society.
 * 1958. Life on the Planets. Hollywood, CA: Aetherius Society.
 * 1961. ''You Are Responsible! Hollywood, CA: Aetherius Society.
 * 1962. The Twelve Blessings. Hollywood, CA: Aetherius Society.
 * 1963. The Nine Freedoms. Hollywood, CA: Aetherius Society.
 * 1964a. The Flying Saucers: A Report on the Flying Saucers, Their Crews and Their Mission to Earth. Hollywood, CA: Aetherius Society.
 * 1964b. Contact Your Higher Self Through Yoga. Hollywood, CA: Aetherius Society.
 * 1966. A Book of Sacred Prayers. Hollywood, CA: Aetherius Society.
 * c. 1975. The Five Temples of God. Hollywood, CA: Aetherius Society.
 * 1979. Operation Sunbeam: God's Magic in Action. Hollywood, CA: Aetherius Society. [First published in 1958.]
 * 1982. Operation Space Magic: The Cosmic Connection. Hollywood, CA: Aetherius Society.
 * 1987. Operation Space Power: The Solution of the Spiritual Energy Crisis. Hollywood, CA: Aetherius Society.
 * 1988. Life on the Planets. Hollywood, CA: Aetherius Society. [First published in 1958.]
 * 1989. Contact with a Lord of Karma. Hollywood, CA: Aetherius Society.
 * n.d. The Practices of Aetherius. Hollywood, CA: Aetherius Society.
 * 1996. With Richard Lawrence. Contacts with the Gods From Space: Pathway to the New Millennium. Hollywood, CA: Aetherius Society.