The sect that says aliens created us, our god is aliens: Who is Rael or Claude Vorilhon?

On December 13, 1973, Claude Vorilhon, a 28-year-old young rallyist, went to the extinct Auvergne Volcano near Clermont Ferrand, France, for a tour. Suddenly, a brightly shining UFO lands within 10 meters and an alien with almond eyes, long hair, and a short black beard emerges.

He puts Vorilhon on the flying saucer. The alien, who says his name is Elohim, tells Vorilhon, "You will tell people the truth about what you and we are." Surprised, Vorilhon asks why he was chosen. They give the following interesting answer: "France has the title of being the birthplace of democracy and a free country throughout the world. We also needed someone who was intelligent and had a clear memory of everything. Above all, we wanted someone who was free-thinking and not against religion. A Jew." "Because you were born to a Catholic father and a Catholic mother, we decided that you were an important link between two important groups of people in world history."

Raël (born Claude Maurice Marcel Vorilhon, 30 September 1946) is a French journalist who founded and leads the Raëlian Movement, an international UFO religion. Before becoming a cult leader, Raël, then known as Claude Vorilhon, worked as a sports-car journalist and test driver for his car-racing magazine, Autopop.

EVERYTHING MUST BE ALLOWED

Vorilhon comes to the same place again the next day. This time, the aliens tell him what he should do as a chosen human. The Rael sect is an organization that believes that aliens created humans, claims to have cloned humans through a company called Clonaid in the early 2000s, and has come to the fore with group sex rituals. Claude Vorilhon, the leader of the sect, which came to the fore with the images of a sex ritual in a luxury hotel two years ago, gives interesting orders in his book where he writes the rules of their 'religion': "If you feel the desire to experience sensuality or sexuality with someone or several people, regardless of their gender, you can do whatever you want, as long as the others consent. You can act as if anything is allowed in the way of awakening your body and thus your mind."

According to Vorilhon, children should be taught to have sex only for pleasure and without becoming emotionally attached.

Who is Rael or Claude Vorilhon?

One of the notable names of the 1970s was undoubtedly Claude Vorilhon, aka Raël. Raël, who tries to be with women by making interesting claims about aliens, is now on the agenda again with the documentary published on Netflix.

A cult that grows day by day

Claude Vorilhon, who was of French origin, was actually a journalist and automobile racer. However, he founded a cult by claiming that aliens abducted him twice and taught him the secret of humanity. Vorilhon, who changed his name to Raël, used these promises not only to be with women but also to grow his sect day by day.

The documentary, four episodes of which were released on Netflix, examined the sect, whose members frequently appeared in television programs for a while.

IT CLONES PEOPLE AND GIVES THE SECRET OF IMMORTALITY

In a book he wrote, Raël describes his encounter with aliens deep in the crater of a volcano in France. He wrote that these beings encouraged him to pursue human cloning and uncover the secret of immortality.

The documentary examines accusations that Raël forced women to sign a contract that gave him sexual privilege, and naked meditation sessions, and claims that the Raëlians had mastered human cloning.

In the early 1980s, as Raël's cult was growing rapidly, Raëlians (people who follow Raël's cult) purchased a campground in the south of France and used it to house Claude or the 'Elohim', a Biblically themed race of ancient aliens whose wisdom Raël claimed. They used it for mass nude worship ceremonies to meet.

The group also named their wilderness retreat in France Eden.

According to a former member named Jean-Paul, "He had a key saying: 'If you want to take the pants off your head, you first have to take the pants off your ass.' Finding myself shamelessly naked in a group... It wasn't easy, but we did it."

SEXUAL ABUSE ALLEGATIONS RECEIVED REACTIONS

In the 1990s, as the group's following increased internationally, Raël and his followers frequently appeared on television programs and became the subject of news programs.

In 1992, the sect purchased a 284-acre property in Quebec, Canada, which they named Le Jardin du Prophète (Garden of the Prophet). And they built a museum for UFO research to raise money for the 'Elohim Embassy'. Allegations of sexual abuse regarding Raël and leading members of the sect also emerged for the first time in Canada.

THEY BECAME SEX SLAVES

Although journalist Brigitte McCann, who sneaked into the group, called the cult members sex slaves, they were known as the 'Order of Angels' in the Raëlian culture. McCann even says he saw ceremonies in which naked angels fulfilled the prophet's every wish.

The sect now began to receive wide media coverage with scandals and controversies. These debates came to a head during George W. Bush's presidency, after the Raëlians founded a human cloning research company called Clonaid in the Bahamas.

In March 2001, while the ban on human cloning was being debated, Raël and his followers were summoned to testify about the ethics of their enterprise. And during the same period, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Bureau of Criminal Investigation inspected a Clonaid lab rented from a high school in Nitro, West Virginia.

Raëlians announced the first claimed human cloning success in December 2002. President Bush called the idea of human cloning deeply disturbing. Democrats also worried that the Clonaid and Raël-related scandals would negatively impact medical research on therapeutic cloning.

Dr Brigitte Boisselier, who serves as the scientific director of the movement's cloning company Clonaid, also gave an interview to the producers of the new Netflix documentary.

It seems that the Netflix documentary will be talked about for a long time and will bring controversy with new information about the sect.