About this episode

This episode explores the bizarre story of JZ Knight and her New Age empire centered around Ramtha.

A purple, 35,000-year-old warrior from Atlantis shows up in a woman’s kitchen… and somehow turns her into a millionaire. Totally normal. Today’s Timesuck unpacks the wild, weird, and wildly profitable story of JZ Knight, Ramtha, and the New Age empire based in Yelm, Washington that asks: what if enlightenment… was just really confident nonsense?

Topics covered

• New Age
• enlightenment
• JZ Knight
• Ramtha
• Yelm
• Lizard People
• Lemurians

Keywords

• JZ Knight
• Ramtha
• New Age
• Yelm
• Atlantis
• Lizard People
• Lemurians
• enlightenment
• confidence
• nonsense

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Ramtha

Places: Yelm, Washington

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