Editing Raël (section)

==Early life==
Vorilhon was born in [[Vichy]], [[Allier]], France.<ref name="Raël, Intelligent Design, p. 123.">Raël, ''Intelligent Design'', p. 123.</ref> He was raised in [[Ambert]] in the home of his maternal grandmother, who was [[Atheism|atheist]].<ref name="Palmer, p. 32.">Palmer, p. 32.</ref> His unknown father was [[Jews|Jewish]] and his mother a "devout atheist".<ref>Susan Palmer, Aliens Adored: Raël's UFO Religion, Rutgers University Press, 2004, p. 3.2</ref> He attended a Catholic boarding school in [[Le Puy-en-Velay]] and caused a scandal by taking part in [[Communion (Christian)|communion]] without being baptized.<ref name="Palmer, p. 32."/> His parents withdrew him from the boarding school to put him in school in [[Ambert]].<ref name="Palmer, p. 32."/> He later advocated that [[Huguenot]] descendants receive reparations from the Church.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Palmer |first1=Susan J. |title=Aliens Adored: Rael's UFO Religion |title-link=Aliens Adored |publisher=Rutgers University Press |year=2004 |isbn=9780813534763}}</ref>

At age 15, Vorilhon ran away from boarding school and hitchhiked to Paris, where he spent three years playing music on the streets and in cafés and cabarets. He met with {{Ill|Lucien Morisse|fr|Lucien Morisse}}, the director of a national radio program (on [[Europe 1]]), who was scouting for young talent. Vorilhon signed a record contract<ref name="Palmer, pp. 33–34."/> and became a rising teen pop star on the radio.<ref name="Palmer, pp. 33–34."/> He took on a new identity, assuming the name Claude Celler, and released six [[Single (music)|singles]], including a minor hit song, "Le miel et la cannelle" ("Honey and Cinnamon").<ref name="Palmer, pp. 33–34.">Palmer, pp. 32–33.</ref> Vorilhon had a passion for the songs of Belgian singer [[Jacques Brel]], and tried to imitate his singing style.<ref name="Palmer, p. 32."/> He was saving up his money to buy a racing car, a dream he had since he was a young boy, but his prospects as a singer came to an abrupt end when Morisse killed himself in September 1970.<ref name="Palmer, p. 34.">Palmer, p. 34.</ref>

Vorilhon decided to work as a sports journalist to gain access to the world of car racing. He met Marie-Paul Cristini, a nurse.<ref name="Palmer, p. 34."/> They moved to [[Clermont-Ferrand]], where Vorilhon started his own publishing house.<ref name="Raël, Intelligent Design, 135-6.">Raël, ''Intelligent Design'' 135–6.</ref> He created a sports car magazine, ''Autopop'', whose first issue was released in May 1971.<ref name="AutoPop"/> One of the tasks for his new startup was the position of testing new automobiles, which enabled him to enter the motor racing world.<ref name="Raël, Intelligent Design, 135-6."/>