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== The 1990s ==
After several falls and surgeries in the late eighties, Ruth had more limited physical contact with the students and members, but said she was "psychically" communicating with them on a day-to-day basis.

Ruth became bedridden, rarely visiting the center herself, and let members know that her work was over before dying in 1993.<ref name=T1995p97/> Her death disproved a long-held prophecy that the landing would take place in her lifetime.<ref name=T2003p69/>  Her will stated that she would return with the Space Brothers in 2001.<ref>Tumminia, Diana (2003) p72</ref>

Spiegel assumed leadership in the organization.<ref>Tumminia, Diana (2003) p77</ref> As director, he wrote many books on reincarnation and consciousness. Unlike the Normans, he did not claim to have made "psychic/mental voyages" to other planets, but has claimed to have channeled Ruth.<ref name=S2003p192/>

After Ruth's death, some long-term students left over disagreements with Spiegel in the 1990s; they wanted to refocus on Ernest's original teachings and the more "scientific" aspects of Unarius. Some students disputed the importance of Ruth and prophecies concerning her.<ref>Tumminia, Diana (2005) p170-171</ref>

Spiegel died in December 1999, and in 2000, a board of directors formed to guide the center. The board legitimized its cooperative authority through channeled messages, in particular from Ruth and Spiegel, who are now Space Brothers. Channeling theorized that the Space Brothers guide the world invisibly and cannot become visible until the world becomes less warlike.<ref>Tumminia, Diana (2003) pp77-80</ref>

Students also left or became home-study students because they disagreed with Spiegel's channelings, particularly one which claimed that it was time for Ruth, then quite ill but still living, to return to the unseen world. It was in complete opposition to previously expounded Unarian principle, wherein members, no matter how far advanced, never interfered or predicted future human activities. Many Unarians perceived this as a power-grab against Ruth. In the belief system of the school, this was related to a "negative reliving" of a previous existence, creating false, negative messages.<ref>''Unarius Light'', 1991–1993</ref>

Ruth's flamboyance and costumes worn in later years were the subject of some attention. Alex Heard, in ''Apocalypse Pretty Soon: Travels In End-Time America'', described her as "a true American original who combined the couture sensibilities of a [[drag queen]] with the ''joie de vivre'' of a [[Frisbee]]-chasing [[Irish Setter]]."{{Citation needed|date=November 2021}}

Around 2000, local public access channels screened weekly showings of Unarian films in several cities in Southern California.<ref name=t2000/>