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Guy Warren Ballard
Born
(1878-07-28)July 28, 1878
Newton, Kansas, United States
Died
December 29, 1939(1939-12-29) (aged 61)
Other names
Godfré Ray King
Occupation
Mining engineer
Known for
Founder of the "I AM" Activity
Spouse
Edna Anne Wheeler Ballard
Children
Donald Ballard
Guy Warren Ballard (July 28, 1878 – December 29, 1939) was an American mining engineer who, with his wife Edna Anne Wheeler Ballard, founded the "I AM" Activity.
Ballard was born in Newton, Kansas and married his wife in Chicago in 1916. Ballard served in the U.S. Army in World War I, and then became a mining engineer. Both Edna and Guy studied Theosophy and the occult extensively.[1][2][3]
^Melton, J. Gordon (2001). "Ballard, Guy Warren". Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology (5 ed.). Gale Group, Inc. p. 148. ISBN 0-8103-8570-8.
^Jones, Lindsay (2005). "I Am". Encyclopedia of religion (vol. 6) (second ed.). Detroit : Macmillan Reference USA. pp. 4245–4247. ISBN 0-02-865739-X.
^Melton, J. Gordon (1991). "Ballard, Guy Warren". Religious leaders of America. Gale Research Inc. p. 26. ISBN 0-8103-4921-3.
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