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Sun Myung Moon is seen as an object to whom faith and obedience is to be rendered by his followers, even as an often recited promises, "I will become a dutiful son and a child of goodness to attend to our Father Moon forever.<ref>Ronald Enroth, ''Youth, Brainwashing and the cult extremists'', p. 19.</ref>
Sun Myung Moon is seen as an object to whom faith and obedience is to be rendered by his followers, even as an often recited promises, "I will become a dutiful son and a child of goodness to attend to our Father Moon forever.<ref>Ronald Enroth, ''Youth, Brainwashing and the cult extremists'', p. 19.</ref>
===Spirituality===
During a tour of America in 1965, in which Moon established ''Holy Grounds'' at various locations, Moon and former South Korean Colonel and C.I A. officer Bo Hi Pak (later president of the Washington Times) met with [[occult]] spirit medium Arthur Ford (1879-1971) in [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania. Ford claimed that his "spirit guide" named "Fletcher, would communicate through him. Ford stated, "I go to sleep because I was trained by a [[yoga]], In this state of unconsciousness in which my objective mind is pushed aside there is a personality called Fletcher [which] comes through". Fletcher confirmed Moon to be a spiritual leader through whom the Spirit of Truth could speak "more clearly than any one individual" at that time.<ref>''Unknown But Known'', pp. 131-139</ref> Moon then advised Ford to "find out what level Fletcher is at, so you can understand best how to work with him."<ref>Blessing Quarterly, Autumn 1991/Winter 1992</ref>
Moon's use of spiritism would continue, being one that "continually receives 'new revelations,' and practices a form of soul travel whereby he allegedly projects himself into the spirit realm to see Jesus and the saints, and claims to be an 'expert' on the spirit world."<ref>James Bjornstad, The Moon Is Not The Son, p. 30.</ref><ref>http://www.wfial.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=artMoonie.article_1.</ref>
Unification sources also state that Moon has offered spiritual guidance and blessing to various notable historical figures, and has enabled seminars to take place in the spirit world, attended by a variety of leaders, from [[Confucius]] to [[Mao Zedung]].<ref>Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (2002), ‘A Cloud of Witnesses: The Saints’ Testimonies to True Parents; http://www.cesnur.org/2003/vil2003_chryssides.htm.</ref> For 20 years Moon has sought to develop a ''Spirit World Machine'', hoping to establish a reliable connection to the spirit world. <ref>Unification theological seminary</ref>
Primarily in earlier days, Unificationists themselves placed a heavy emphasis upon visions, revelatory dream and hearing voices. A study of members in the New York City area between 1979 and 1980 showed 32 percent describing having personally meaningful visions of Sun Myung Moon in different postures.<ref>Irving Hexham, Karla Poewe, J. I. Packer, ''Understanding Cults and New Age Religions'', p. 114-116.</ref>
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