Editing Unarius Academy of Science (section)

== The 1970s ==
When Ernest died in 1971, the mission was continued by Ruth. New "sub-channels" authored the books with her. The two sub-channels, Thomas Miller and Louis Spiegel, are credited on a number of the organization's books starting in 1972.<ref name=T1995p88/><ref name=T2005p165/>

After a channeling revealed a lifetime lived in ancient [[Atlantis]] with the name ''Ioshanna'', Ruth adopted the name.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/1083751452.html?dids=1083751452:1083751452&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Oct+25%2C+1986&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Unarius+Students+Await+Dawning+of+a+New+Age&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201062234/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/1083751452.html?dids=1083751452:1083751452&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Oct+25,+1986&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Unarius+Students+Await+Dawning+of+a+New+Age&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 1, 2013|title=Unarius Students Await Dawning of a New Age|last=Granberry|first=Mike|date=October 26, 1986|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=24 September 2012}}</ref> She claimed to have lived over 200 previous lives.<ref>Tumminia, Diana (2003) p67</ref><ref>Tumminia, Diana (2005) Appendix III</ref> Much of Unarian cosmology and lore revolves around the past lives of Uriel.<ref name="T2000p300" />

From 1954 to 1974, meetings were held in Ruth's home or at public meeting facilities.<ref name="Unarius Light, 1975">''Unarius Light'', 1975</ref> In 1972, the channeled messages referred to "33 worlds of an interplanetary confederation".

Ruth became a visionary, and with help rapidly increased the frequency of "messages from space".   In 1973, she became known as "Uriel the Archangel", said to be her "higher self".<ref name="S2003p192" /><ref>Tumminia, Diana (1995) pp88-89</ref> In November 1973, Ruth purchased 67 acres in Jamul, California, for a proposed landing site for the Space Brothers.<ref name="T2005p166" />

In 1974, in the "Tesla Speaks" volumes, Ruth redefined the Unarian mission by introducing the concept of the Interplanetary Confederation and the prophecy of a 33-vehicle spacefleet landing. The landing date was revised to 2001. All unfulfilled prophecies were explained as being a reliving of Unarian past lives in the Isis-Osiris cycle.<ref>Tumminia, Diana (2005) pp38-42</ref><ref>Tumminia, Diana (1995) pp89-93</ref>

In 1975, the organization moved its base from Glendale, California, to El Cajon, California, where a storefront center was opened.<ref name="tumm" /><ref>Tumminia, Diana (1995) p93</ref> Unarius was also incorporated as a non-profit, tax-exempt, educational foundation.<ref>Tumminia, Diana (2005) pp166-7</ref> In El Cajon, Ruth became well known for driving a blue 1969 Cadillac Coupe d’Ville adorned with airbrushed depictions of spaceships with a large metal flying saucer on the roof; the car remains with Unarius and is driven every year in the annual El Cajon Mother Goose Parade.<ref name="Schmidt" />

In 1976, past life therapy (called psychic group therapy) became formalized as part of the curriculum, became the main activity of students, and was regarded as a healing practice.<ref name="S2003p199" /><ref name="T2005p167">Tumminia, Diana (2005) p167</ref> The content of Unarian belief increased as these revelations evolved into collective biographies of members who are believed to have acted under Uriel on Earth and many other planets throughout millennia. Tumminia comments that this type of collective weaving of past-life narratives as a regular practice of [[intersubjectivity]] may be unique to Unarius.<ref>Tumminia, Diana (2005) p7</ref><ref>Tumminia, Diana (1995) p93-96</ref>

Most Unarians were skeptical about the future predictions of a space fleet landing, also channeled by Louis Spiegel, and felt that they undermined Ernest's original mission and a [[schism]] happened. Around 1980, Miller left the organization, leaving Spiegel as the only sub-channel.<ref name="Unarius Light, 1980">''Unarius Light'', 1980</ref> From this point forward, more activities revolved around these predictions. Ruth participated less in the goings-on at the center and Unarians turned to Spiegel for guidance and instruction.<ref>''Unarius Light'', 1981–88</ref>

In the early 1970s, a Conclave of Light celebration was held at the U.S. Grant Hotel in [[San Diego]], California, and repeated yearly at different venues, and at the Unarius center in El Cajon, California, from 1975 onwards.<ref name="Unarius Light, 1975" /> Every October, Unarius stages its "Interplanetary Conclave of Light".<ref name="Schmidt">{{cite news|url=http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/sep/17/la-mesas-wizard-of-weird-walks-on-the-wilder-side/?page=1#article|title=David Moye, La Mesa's wizard of weird, works the wilder side|last=Schmidt|first=Steve|date=September 17, 2012|work=San Diego Union Tribune|access-date=24 September 2012}}</ref> In the late 1970s, Unarius started to make films and videos.<ref name="T2005p167" /><ref>Tumminia, Diana (1995) p94</ref>