Heung Jin Moon

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Heung Jin Moon (October 23, 1966 - January 2, 1984), also referred to by members of the Unification Church as Heung Jin Nim or Lord Heung Jin Nim, was the second son of Rev. Sun Myung Moon and Hak Ja Han, the leaders of the Unification Church (later renamed Family Federation for World Peace and Unification). He is officially regarded to be the "king of the spirits" in heaven (ranking higher than Jesus), now conducting seminars in heaven for departed souls who led lives of religious or political significance.

1 Death at age 17
2 Posthumous marriage
3 Significance of Heung Jin Moon's death
4 Reports of channeling
5 Continuous channel
6 References

[edit] Death at age 17

In December 1983, his car collided with a jacknifing tractor-trailer on an icy highway (State Route 9 in Hyde Park). According to reports from his two passengers, Jin Bok Lee and Jin Gil Lee, he swerved to take the brunt of the impact on himself, saving their lives. After weeks in a coma, he died on January 2, 1984, a day regarded as his "ascension" into Heaven by Unificationists and observed as an annual church holiday: the "Day of the Victory of Love."

[edit] Posthumous marriage

Heung Jin Moon's death came before his planned arranged marriage to ballerina Julia Pak, daughter of Rev. Moon's then right hand man, Bo Hi Pak. According to the tenets of Unificationism, only married couples may enter the highest level of heaven. His parents conducted a posthumous marriage ceremony three months later, February 20, 1984.

[edit] Significance of Heung Jin Moon's death

Rev. Moon explained that his son's death was a great victory as it saved his own life; that his assassination by leftist terrorists was foiled on the same day as the accident, and his sacrificial act was merely representative of a similar, longstanding frame of mind, and that there was a karmic connection between the two events.

[edit] Reports of channeling

After Heung Jin Moon's death, various Unification Church members began "channeling" (acting as a medium for) him, receiving messages of love and support.

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[edit] Continuous channel

Main article: Black Heung Jin Nim

A Zimbabwean member named Cleophas was then accepted as Heung Jin Moon's continuous channel, and became known as "the Black Heung Jin Nim." With Sun Myung Moon's approval he toured the world visiting Unification churches in a number of countries over several months, accompanied by church leaders and security guards. Those members who confessed to certain sins received beatings; Damian Anderson (still a current Unification Church member) reports seeing him "knock people's heads together, hit them viciously with a baseball bat, smack them around the head, punch them, and handcuff them with golden handcuffs." Rev. Moon's right hand man Bo Hi Pak received a beating that was potentially life-threatening and required hospitalization. Anderson was particularly upset that top church officials and their assistants prevented people by force from leaving. Eventually Cleophas was sent back to Africa. Anderson continues, "He left the country with the FBI and other authorities after him for his brutal crimes."