Methernitha
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Methernitha refers to two related entities, both founded by Paul Baumann. One is the religious group, and the other is the commune in Linden, Switzerland based on the group's principles.
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[edit] The Methernitha Christian Alliance
The Methernitha Christian Alliance exists as a loose association of members who subscribe to the teachings of Paul Baumann. Members do not have organized meetings, nor do they necessarily live in the same area. Current members are distributed throughout Switzerland and other unspecified countries.
The Alliance was founded in the 1950's by Paul Baumann, after "receiving visions."
Eventually the group founded a commune in Linden.
[edit] The Methernitha Cooperative
Originally based on the principles of the Methernitha Christian Alliance, the Methernitha Cooperative is now more philosophically inclusive and in 1960 was registered with the Swiss Commercial Register as a legal entity. The organisation was laid down in Articles of Association and adheres to the Rules of the Swiss Federation.
The Cooperative is a residential joint venture work group operated on a democratic basis. Administration staff are chosen from the members in a general meeting.
Methernithas has their own TV studios which transmit programs they have produced themselves. The commune also has its own school and nursing home, and a "club house" which is the center for worship and their historical archives.
Members are still Swiss citizens, and the Cooperative pays all relevant taxes and social security to the government.
[edit] Beliefs
Methernitha is a Christian group, but it is non-evangelical, refraining from attempts to win new converts.
Members do not indulge in alchocol, tobacco or recreational drugs.
[edit] Free Energy
The Methernitha Cooperative claims to use the Testatika, their own free energy device, for their power needs.
"This wondermachine is lurked from nature, nothing else. Nature is the greatest source of power as well as knowledge which man has, and it still conceals many secrets, which are only revealed to those, who approach and tie in with them with highest respect and responsibility... To understand nature and to perceive its voice, man is obliged to experience silence and solitude, and it was there, where the knowledge about this technology was obtained."
