BALLARD, Guy W(arren) 1878-1939 (Godfré Ray King)

PERSONAL: Born July 28, 1878, in Newton, KS; died December 29, 1939, in Los Angeles, CA; married Edna M. Wheeler (a religious leader), 1916; children: Donald. Education: Attended business college.

CAREER: "I AM" Religious Activity, cofounder and leader, beginning 1930s. Cofounder of Saint Germain Foundation and St. Germain Press, Chicago, IL; formerly worked as supervisor of a lead and silver mine in Tucson, AZ. sound recording Beloved Daddy's Benediction, released by St. Germain Press (Schaumburg, IL), 1982.

WRITINGS:

(Under pseudonym Godfré Ray King) Unveiled Mysteries, St. Germain Press (Chicago, IL), 1934, 4th edition, 1982.

The "I Am" Discourses, by the Ascended Master, SaintGermain, St. Germain Press (Chicago, IL), 1935, 4th edition, 1982.

(Under pseudonym Godfré Ray King) The Magic Presence, St. Germain Press (Chicago, IL), 1935, 5th edition, 1982.

(With Edna Wheeler Ballard, writing as Lotus Ray King) Ascended Master Light, by the Great Cosmic Beings, St. Germain Press (Chicago, IL), 1938.

The "I Am" Discourses, by the Great Divine Director, St. Germain Press (Chicago, IL), 1942.

(Transcriber) Great Cosmic Being Beloved Mighty Victory, "I Am" Discourses, Ascended Master Teaching Foundation (Mount Shasta, CA), 1988.

Author of "The Saint Germain Series," St. Germain Press (Chicago, IL), beginning 1934, and "'I Am' Adorations and Affirmations," St. Germain Press (Chicago, IL), beginning 1935.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

books

Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology, 5th edition, Gale (Detroit, MI), 2001.*