In the late 1970s, after putting a homemade pyramid on her head,
Judy Zebra Knight (neé Judith Darlene Hampton) says Ramtha—a
35,000-year-old warrior who supposedly led an army against the
inhabitants of the mythical kingdom of Atlantis—appeared before
her and said that he had returned to spread his wisdom using
Knight as his human vessel.  Such bouts of wisdom, imparted to
Knight’s followers as she “channeled” the warrior spirit—for a
substantial fee, of course—included a recommendation to invest
in Knight’s fail-proof, Ramtha-backed, Arabian horse-breeding
venture (which failed). Knight’s spiritual and publishing
business ventures, however, including Ramtha’s School of
Enlightenment and the sale of all things Ramtha under the
umbrella of JZK Inc., have been glamorous financial successes.
Quack, snake-oil saleswoman, or profiteering prophet—you can
call Knight many things, but what you can’t call her is an
expert on the science of human consciousness or a medical expert
in the field of addiction.  So it was