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...Another large seminar is held in the summer in Canada, and "this is really great," Marsic says, because the "open-minded, very peaceful" gathering attracts Raelians and those interested in the movement from North America, Europe and Asia. "We talk about enjoying life and developing ourselves. We practice meditation...
...guide" or a Raelian priest, puts his or her hand on the forehead of the person wishing to be baptized in order to transfer the baptized person?s "genetic information" to extraterrestrials. The ceremony can only occur between 3 and 4 p.m. "We believe at that particular time," says Marsic, "that there is some spaceship that records what is happening...
...Marsic has been training for three years to become a guide. There is no formal teaching. "It?s just a life teaching," he says. To become guides, trainees must pass the approval of Raelian bishops. There are only 25 Raelian bishops in the world, but there are approximately 150 guides...
...marriage celebrates partnerships of people who wish to live together, with a benevolent look to future separations. "The idea is people commit themselves to keep a high level of love and harmony between them and to have the wisdom to separate before this level of harmony decreases too much," Marsic says. "So, we actually encourage divorce when people don?t feel like being together...
...annual seminar in Las Vegas, Marsic saw a ritual in which the ashes of a deceased Raelian, who had been cremated, were sprinkled in a forest to demonstrate that "we are a part of the infinite." The ceremony, he says, also helped "to remind us that life is something that we should care for and that we never know how long we will live. That?s why we should appreciate every moment we are alive...