Who are we?
We are delighted to dive into the studying and practicing the Ascended Master Teachings transmitted through Mark and Elizabeth Clare Prophet. We do our best to create educational programs that will help our children and teenagers develop not only physically but also spiritually.
Our programs are based on the principles of the Scout movement created by Robert Baden-Powell and the educational methods of Maria Montessori.
The Scout movement was founded by the English Colonel Robert Baden-Powell. The first Scout camp was held on August 1, 1907, on Brownsea Island in the UK. The Ascended Masters informed us that Baden-Powell received inspiration for this on the spiritual plane from the Lord Saint Germain (who incarnated as Saint Joseph, the father of Jesus Christ).
The Scout method is based on a voluntary commitment that teenagers make to live up to the image described in scouts’ promise and laws. This means the awareness of one’s duty to God, one’s civic duty, and one’s duty to oneself. Today, Scouting is recognized by UNESCO as the best system of education for adolescents and young adults.
January 6, 1907 a significant day took place: the “House of Children” was opened, founded by the outstanding educator and scientist Maria Montessori. The Ascended Masters informed us that her mission was to transmit the pedagogy of the golden age, based on the teachings of the beloved Mother Mary (who was incarnated as Saint Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ).
The uniqueness of the Montessori system is that the educator exercises indirect guidance, allowing children to learn independently. This allows to avoid imposing adults’ own attitudes and does not inhibit the natural development of children.
During the two semesters of 1907, two pedagogical dispensations were transmitted through Maria Montessori and Robert Baden-Powell – one from Mother Mary and other one from the Lord Saint Germain. These two unique systems, one for educating children (the Montessori system) and the other for raising teenagers (Scouting), haven’t yet realized their potential fully.
Exactly 100 years later, in 2007, in Ufa, Russia, where the Summit Lighthouse study group has been active from 1998 to this day, the first group of teenagers, calling themselves the Scouts of Saint Germain, was founded.
It is symbolic that the first gathering took place on May 1 – the day of the ascension of the Lord Saint Germain.
The work of this movement in Ufa was initiated by one of Keepers of the Flame, who has medical, psychological and pedagogical education. In 2006, he took part in the children's and youth retreat in the Royal Teton Ranch, Montana, USA, at the invitation of Tina Storti and Mary Helen Montz as a mentor for the exchange of experience. In 2007, he began to supplement the scout system with the ideas and spirit of the Teachings of the Ascended Masters.