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=== Her final embodiment ===
=== Her final embodiment ===


Edna Ballard, often called Mama Ballard by her students, used the pen name of '''Lotus Ray King'''. She went through tremendous trials and persecution during her time as messenger. In Los Angeles in 1940 (the year following Godfre’s [[ascension]]), federal criminal indictments were brought against Mrs. Ballard, her son Donald and others for alleged fraudulent solicitation of funds through the mail. Despite strenuous objections by the defendants’ attorney, a jury was in effect given the task of deciding whether the Ballards really believed what they taught and wrote about their messengership and the ascended masters.
Эдна Баллард, которую ученики часто называли Мама Баллард, исполь­зовала литературный псевдоним '''Лотос Рэй Кинг'''. Будучи Посланником, она прошла через тяжелые испытания и гонения. В 1940 году в Лос-Анджелесе (через год после [[ascension|вознесения]] Годфри) против миссис Баллард, ее сына До­нальда и других были выдвинуты обвинения в незаконном вымогательстве денежных средств по почте. Несмотря на энергичный протест со стороны адвоката обвиняемых, присяжным фактически дали задание определить действительно ли Балларды верят в то, чему учат и что пишут о своем посланничестве и о Вознесенных Владыках.


Over a period of six years, ''United States vs. Ballard'' went through two trials and an extended series of appeals, during which Mrs. Ballard was at one point convicted and sentenced to a year in prison and fined $8,000, although the prison sentence was later suspended. Soon thereafter, the Post Office Department issued an order denying use of the mail to the I AM Activity. In the face of adverse media coverage and extreme prejudice within the criminal justice system, Mrs. Ballard and her students fought on, and their efforts culminated in the U.S. Supreme Court throwing out the conviction in 1946. The written opinion from the case has often been cited in subsequent litigation to prohibit judicial inquiry into the truth or falsity of religious beliefs.
Over a period of six years, ''United States vs. Ballard'' went through two trials and an extended series of appeals, during which Mrs. Ballard was at one point convicted and sentenced to a year in prison and fined $8,000, although the prison sentence was later suspended. Soon thereafter, the Post Office Department issued an order denying use of the mail to the I AM Activity. In the face of adverse media coverage and extreme prejudice within the criminal justice system, Mrs. Ballard and her students fought on, and their efforts culminated in the U.S. Supreme Court throwing out the conviction in 1946. The written opinion from the case has often been cited in subsequent litigation to prohibit judicial inquiry into the truth or falsity of religious beliefs.