Emissaries of Divine Light

Emissaries of Divine Light is a spiritual network of people from all walks of life initiated by Lloyd Arthur Meeker in 1932. The foundational premise of the network is that human beings are divine by nature, and that their true qualities can only be known as they are expressed in practical daily living. The mission of Emissaries of Divine Light, as cited in its articles of incorporation, is to assist in the spiritual regeneration of humanity under the inspiration of the spirit of God. Meeker saw the work of the Emissaries as the Third Sacred School, an approach to spirituality that transcends physical and mental disciplines, and offers human beings the opportunity to experience their true identity by giving spiritual expression that is consonant with their divine nature.

Lloyd Arthur Meeker was born on February 25, 1907. Meeker had begun to experiment with Attunement in 1929. Emissaries of Divine Light dates its origin to Meeker’s spiritual awakening on September 16, 1932. On three successive evenings, Meeker had been compelled to write and, as he did so, he experienced a higher spiritual awareness that flowed through him. He reported that he had been looking for a teacher but realized through his awakening that the teacher he sought was within him.

Meeker lectured, taught, and practiced Attunement in various locations in North America from 1929 to 1945. He wrote under the pen name Uranda, and he was known to his followers by that name. In 1945 Meeker established his headquarters at Sunrise Ranch, which was a dryland farm at the time. From 1952 to 1954 he conducted six-month Servers Training School classes at Sunrise Ranch, teaching Attunement and the spiritual understanding behind the practice, as well as practical spirituality. These classes were attended by people from many backgrounds, and included GPC (God-Patient-Chiropractor) chiropractors, led by a former Major League Baseball pitcher, George Shears, and others.

In 1954 Meeker died in a plane crash in San Francisco Bay with his wife, Kathy Meeker. A close associate of Meeker’s, Albert Ackerley, and two children also died in the crash.Martin Cecil, who had worked closely with Meeker, assumed the responsibility for leading Emissaries of Divine Light from 1954 until his death in 1988.

Lord Martin Cecil was the second son of William Cecil, 5th Marquess of Exeter and descended from William Cecil, chief advisor to Queen Elizabeth I. He led a ranching operation on his family’s property in the Cariboo country of British Columbia. In 1948 Cecil formed a spiritual community at 100 Mile House, BC. On the death of his brother, David Cecil, in 1981, he became the 7th Marquess of Exeter and a member of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom but never spoke in the House.

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