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MABA THA TIMELINE 1937 (February 23):  Sithagu Sayadaw (also known by his formal monastic name Ashin Nyanissara) was born. 1939 (February 18):  U Tilawka Bhivamsa (also known as Insein Ywama Sayadaw) was born. 1968 (July 10):  U Wirathu (also known by his formal monastic name Ashin Vicittasārābhivamsa) was born. (“Wirathu” is a pen name and means hero). 2003:  U Wirathu was sentenced to prison on charges, which remain disputed, of instigation of violence against Muslims. 2012 (January 13):  U Wirathu was released from prison, along with a number of political prisoners, as part of the political reforms initiated in 2011. 2012 (June and October):  Waves of Buddhist-Muslim violence took place in the Rakhine state, mostly affecting the Rohingya communities. 2012 (October 30):  The forerunner to the MaBaTha, called 969 at…

MIKALOJUS KONSTANTINAS ČIURLONIS TIMELINE 1875 (September 22):  Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis was born in Varėna, present-day Lithuania. 1878:  The Čiurlionis family moved to Druskininkai, Lithuania. 1885:  Čiurlionis completed the elementary school. Recognizing his gift for music, his teachers recommended to his parents to enroll him in a musical school. 1889-1893:  Čiurlionis attended the musical school of Michał Ogiński in Plungė, Lithuania. 1894-1899:  Čiurlionis studied at the Warsaw Institute of Music, where he earned a diploma in composition. 1900:  Čiurlionis published his first piece of music, Nocturne in F-sharp minor. 1901-1902:  Čiurlionis studied at the Conservatoire of Leipzig, Germany, earning a diploma as teacher of music. 1902-1904:  Čiurlionis lived in Warsaw, where he continued composing but also started seriously devoting himself to painting. 1904-1906:  Čiurlionis studied at the Warsaw School of Fine…

HINDUISM TIMELINE 3600-1700 BCE  The first attested elements that can be argued to be “Hindu” were found in the Indus Valley civilization complex. 1900 BCE  The Sarasvati River dried up due to climate changes. Indus-Sarasvati culture ended; the center of civilization in ancient India relocated from the Sarasvati River to the Ganges River. 1500 BCE  The Rig Veda Samhita (the earliest extant text in Hinduism) was compiled. 1000 BCE  The three original Vedas (Rig, Yajur, and Sama) were completed, and Sanskrit declined as a spoken language over the next 300 years. 800 to 400 BCE  The Orthodox Upanishads were compiled, and with them came the development of the concept of unity of the individual soul (atman) with Infinite Being (brahman). 500 to 200 BCE  Over these 300 years numerous secondary…

CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY TIMELINE 1911 (March 13):  Lafayette Ron Hubbard was born in Tilden, Nebraska. 1938 (January 1):  Hubbard claimed to have a near-death experience and wrote his “Excalibur” manuscript. 1950 (April):  Hubbard and John Campbell formed the Hubbard Dianetic Research Foundation (HDRF). 1950:  “Dianetics” was published in Astounding Science Fiction in May and then in book form as Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health. 1950-1951:  Dianetics practitioners began to report memories from past lives. Hubbard developed the idea of the thetan and past lives. 1951-1952:  Hubbard began to use the E-meter in Dianetics auditing. 1952:  Hubbard Association of Scientologists (HAS) was formed in Phoenix, Arizona. 1953:  (December) Hubbard incorporated three “churches,” including the Church of Scientology. 1954 (February 18):  The first church of Scientology opened in California. 1956: …

AETHERIUS SOCIETY TIMELINE 1919 (January 23) George King was born in Shropshire, England.. 1954 The Aetherius Society was founded by King. 1959 BBC broadcast King, allowing a huge audience to witness his yogic skills. 1959 King expanded the Society to the U.S. where he established a center in Hollywood, CA. 1959 Operation Space Power began. After 1960 The Society continued to expand and open other branches. 1963 The center in Hollywood was incorporated as a non-profit religious, scientific, and educational organization. 1966 Operation Sunbeam began. 1973 Operation Prayer Power began. 1997 (July 12) King passed away. FOUNDER/GROUP HISTORY The Aetherius Society describes itself as “a worldwide spiritual organization comprised of people dedicated to help uplift humanitythrough spiritual action” (Aetherius Society. 2006m; cf. Saliba 2000a, 2000b, 2001). Its goal is to…