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The best review I can give of the book is to say what effect it had on me. I first read it in the early '80's, and five years later finally took action, moved to the Dallas area to contact the Adelphi group, and see what it was all about. That was one of the most important decisions I've ever made, and it has led me on an always-interesting adventure of working on new challenges. Richard is one of the nicest people I've ever met, who just happens to have a lot of information (TUF contains less than a third of the info he's been given, evidently) -- but he'll remind you that You have to try that info out for yourself to make sure that it's Truth (or not). Many people will focus on the May 5, 2000 predictions that are made in the book, but it is advancement-of-Self that is the main message. This is not a book that is easy to put down, and whether you agree or not, it will certainly make you think. Just a few of the topics covered in it would include: religion, evolution, history, politics, the physical body, and so on. None of these are treated lightly.... The reason the book is so inexpensive is simply to get the word out -- not to make $. Hope you get as much (or more!) out of it as I did.
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I read the book in 1969 and became involved with the Stelle Group for the next five years--until the author/leader was exposed as a regular human of questionable integrity; was expelled; and went off to start his Adelphi project in Texas. The Great White Brotherhood stories presented in the book were allegedly learned by the author during his involvement with the same organization in Southern California that Elizabeth Clair Prophet sprang from. None of this material is new to anyone who has studied the esoteric traditions. Standard Masonic, Illuminati Grand Plan drama reading. Helpful, insightful, but of questionable relevance to the author and his projects. The author does a good job of casting himself as a significant player.
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I read this book around 1979, and it ignited an odyssey of discovery that continues to this day. Although specific predictions may be flawed and some concepts contained in the book can be criticized, the net effect of the book on this reviewer has been phenomenal. A must read!
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I read UFs original edition in 1963 and joined the Stelle Group in Chicago; wonderful people from all over the world. Worked on the site as the "city" came into being. It grew more and more "cult-like" with Richard making personal decisions--I quit when he suggested that my wife was not for me and that we should separate. Then Richard was asked to leave for Clintonesque reasons; he did and went to Texas while his second wife, Gail, mentioned in the orig book, took a splinter group to Wisconsin. Learned a lot in my time w/the group and have verified the philosophy many times over thru other sources--but not the predictions. Never saw a more committed group of fine people--the book is worth a read but be careful. Richard is a very complex person, seems cool, highly objective and intelligent both as RK and as Ejlal Kueshana, his pen name. Haven't seen him since 1973. Have no idea how many of the orig group remain in Stelle or at "Philadelphia", the "city" he's building in Texas!
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I went to a bookshelf filled with books in a rental house I lived in 20 years ago and, after browsing, picked out a book to read and took it back to my chair. When I opened it up, it was not the book I had meant to pick out, but The Ultimate Frontier. I still wonder if this "mistake" wasn't some sort of quirk of fate. Being too lazy to get back up at the time, I started reading the book in my hands.
It was fascinating. In the first few pages, it explained the true nature of energy and matter, and the nature of the world in words that were so simple, yet they rang true (still do). THEN, it took on the heavier subject of the meaning of life!
I still don't know how much of the material here I believe, but I know this book changed my life. If nothing else, it causes an open-minded person to challenge the beliefs held for a lifetime, and examine the possibilities of a much more logical and reasonable cosmos.
If you aren't afraid to examine your belief system, try it -- you'll love it!
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