The True Nature of Sun Myung Moon !
Updated January 16, 2026
All the 30 of the photos in the picture section of this book have been posted here.
As a bonus, about 120 photos have been added, including those of more recent Moon family owned properties.
The Identity of Sun Myung Moon (1)
by Kim Myung-hee
Published in Korea
선한사
1987 March 25 and March 31 – 1st edition
선교신학연구회 Mission Theology Research Society
1989 November 20 – 2nd edition
Front cover text:
Kim Myung-hee, who was once a fervent member of the Unification Church and carried out Sun Myung Moon’s secret directives, reveals Sun Myung Moon’s terrifying true nature!
He is a madman who dreams of becoming emperor of the world. Look at Sun Myung Moon’s power spreading like cancer cells throughout the world through schemes surpassing even Hitler and Kim Il-sung! He will soon launch a total offensive to seize this country’s political power by mobilizing all the forces at his disposal.
A Religious Megalomaniac
Statements by Sun Myung Moon
• Confucius, the Buddha, and even Jesus are my subordinates. (1975. 3. 15)
• The time will come when my words will function as law. (1971. 11. 26)
• The world must be made to submit before a single ruler. (1976. 3. 2)
• If only the necessary financial power is secured, the established churches can be brought down. (1969. 12. 3)
• The Unification Church will develop and conquer the world. (1976. 2. 22)
• In the future, a time will come when people will have to choose one of three things: believe in the Unification Church, die, or run away. I am creating that time. (1972. 6. 25)
• Because all these internal and external activities are meticulously planned, the day will come when people will say, “I never imagined it would be like this.” (1972. 9. 26)
• All women do not belong to you. They belong to me. (1972. 9. 25)
• Therefore, this means that God desires that I become someone who receives more love and longing than any man in history. Thus, God has allowed me to set the highest record in receiving the love of so many women. (1977. 5. 3)
inside flap of front cover:
About the author, Kim Myung-hee
Kim Myung-hee the author of this book, was a person who devoted himself to Sun Myung Moon for about fifteen years, from January 26, 1963, until March 1978. At one time, he held a position of such authority that he was entrusted with full discretionary power to handle Sun Myung Moon’s secret special directives, including matters such as the Sutaek-ri land incident and the tax evasion case involving Ilhwa Pharmaceutical. However, in the process of resolving and handling Sun Myung Moon’s secret affairs, he came to learn of Sun Myung Moon’s and his organization’s corruption, irregularities, fraudulence, and enormous sinister schemes. Out of a sense of mission to correct these issues for the future of the organization and of society, he made efforts both internally and externally to bring about reform.
As part of these efforts, on August 12, 1977, he gathered 37 core executives of the Unification Church and presented reform measures. However, when no signs of reflection or correction appeared within the stated deadline, he declared a break and devoted himself to exposing and informing various sectors of society about Sun Myung Moon’s fraudulence and dangerous nature.
As the author’s anti-Sun Myung Moon activities intensified, Sun Myung Moon’s organization, becoming desperate, seized upon the money that the organization had provided to the author to reimburse him for the personal funds he had willingly spent while taking the lead in resolving organizational problems. They twisted this matter and turned it against him, falsely framing him as a blackmailer and extortionist, resulting in his imprisonment. They also attempted to appease him with offers such as giving him one billion won if he would stop his anti-Sun Myung Moon movement, or arranging for him to immigrate to the United States. He did not yield to these tactics, and after his release from prison, he meticulously collected materials on Sun Myung Moon for about seven years and wrote this book.
inside flap of back cover:
Sun Myung Moon’s Sinister Scheme
Sun Myung Moon founded the Unification Church with a plan to become an “emperor of the world.” Using causes that are difficult to reject such as God, history, world peace, anti-communism, and unification [of the Koreas], etc., he gathered people and collected wealth. On that foundation he has assembled organizations such as the International Federation for Victory over Communism, the Professors’ World Peace Academy, the Collegiate Association for the Research of Principles (CARP), the National Federation of University Students for North-South Unification, and the National Student Volunteer Corps for North-South Unification, along with approximately 150 corporations, various institutions, and newspaper companies across countries throughout the world. At a decisive moment, he intends to mobilize all of these forces to seize political power in Korea, Japan, and the United States and to advance a sinister scheme to rule the entire world.
He loudly boasts, “The time will come when my words will function as law,” and on holidays he has conducted ceremonies in which he assigns his church leaders to play the roles of heads of state such as President Reagan, the Japanese Emperor, and the presidents of other countries, as well as historical sages such as Confucius, Jesus, the Buddha, and Muhammad, making them bow to the ground before him. From the outset, numerous materials reveal that Sun Myung Moon’s objective has been “world conquest and domination.”
He has recruited and kept on standby thousands of martial artists, and he boasts, “ In the future, a time will come when people will have to choose one of three things: believe in the Unification Church, die, or run away. I am creating that time,” and “The day will come when those who oppose the Unification Church will collapse in broad daylight.” If his cruel scheme is not stopped in time, the entire world will find it difficult to avoid once again a dark age like that under Hitler.
page 388: “Moon has always enjoyed reading Hitler’s Mein Kampf, and members who have left unanimously say that his methods are coming to resemble Hitler’s.”
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Table of Contents
Preface – Catch that great thief …………………………………… 3
1. Sun Myung Moon’s true nature ………………………………… 17
2. Sun Myung Moon’s goal ………………………………………… 32
Flag ……………………………………………………………………… 35
My Pledge ……………………………………………………………… 36
Pledge Service / Pray in the name of True Parents ………………… 38
Church Holidays ……………………………………………..………… 39
List of Church Holidays (Material 1) …………………………………… 40
Subjugation of Satan and Pledge Ceremony ………………………… 43
A strange bowing ceremony …………………………………………… 43
3. Sun Myung Moon’s power ……………………………………… 45
Organizations and corporations ……………………………………… 45
Religious organizations ………………………………………………… 45
Social organizations …………………………………………………… 46
Cultural organizations …………………………………………………… 47
Educational institutions ………………………………………………… 48
Art organizations ………………………………………………………… 49
News organizations …………………………………………………… 50
Publishing companies / Printing companies …………………………… 52
Corporations ………………………………………………………………… 53
Real estate / Buildings …………………………………………………… 56
The Unification Church …………………………………………………… 58
The regular workshops of the Unification Church (Material 2) ………… 66
A brief history of the various educational programs of the UC (Material 3) … 69
Touring Evangelism Team Activity Chart (Material 4) ……………………… 77
Schedule of Sun Myung Moon’s speeches in 70 U.S. cities (Material 5) … 79
Countries where the Unification Church has penetrated (Material 6) … 82
List of the world’s ‘Holy Grounds’ (Material 7) …………………………… 84
International Federation for Victory over Communism (IFVC) ………… 88
Brief history of IFVC’s education and various rallies (Material 8) ………… 89
Summary list of invited guests (Material 9) ………………………………… 95
Problems in the the national organization of the IFVC …………………… 97
Interdenominational Christian Association ……………………………… 99
Sun Myung Moon’s statements ………………………………………… 102
History of the Interdenominational movement ………………………… 103
Trips to Jeju Island for established church elders and deacons ………… 107
Plan to purchase 1,000 rural churches at 1.2 billon won ……………… 108
Banquet by Moon, leader of the Unification Church …………………… 109
Banquet for lay members of existing churches ………………………… 109
“I am an ashamed minister.” ……………………………………………… 110
I tremble at the tactics of the Unification Church. ……………………… 116
Professors World Peace Academy (PWPA) …………………………… 120
PWPA’s activities ………………………………………………………… 123
List of professors related to PWPA (Material 10) ……………………… 125
99 professors issued a statement supporting UC activities (Material 11) … 140
“About Sun Myung Moon – A person full of love and tears” …………… 144
“Regarding Kim Il-Sung – A great person” ……………………………… 144
State funeral of General Yamamoto ……………………………………… 145
“We are the people of greater Japan” …………………………………… 145
International Christian Professors Association …………………………… 147
Founding of the International Conference for Christian Professors …… 148
Seminar for Invited Professors …………………………………………… 149
History of Professors’ Principle Seminars (Material 12) ………………… 151
Conference organized by the Unification Theological Seminary
and the New ERA (Material 13) ….………………………………………… 153
Summary of PWPA’s academy award winners (Material 14) …………… 162
Brief history of education by Unification Philosophy Research Center
(Material 15) ………………………………………………………………… 163
Collegiate Association for the Research of Principles (CARP) …………… 167
History of CARP’s major summer workshops (Material 16) ……………… 169
History of CARP’s 21 day workshops (Material 17) ……………………… 170
Telephone numbers of CARP Campus Centers and Dormitories
(Material 18) ………………………………………………………………… 171
International seminar on Victory over Communism for college students
(Material 19) ………………………………………………………………… 172
International Christian Students Association ……………………………… 173
The Tempting Hand Extended to Christian Students of
Established Churches ……………………………………………………… 173
CARP activities in Japanese colleges ……………………………………… 175
Colleges that have been penetrated by CARP …………………………… 175
The Little Angels …………………………………………………………… 193
History of the Little Angels’ overseas performances (Material 20) ……… 195
Korean Americans’ public hearing of principles ………………………… 196
Korean Americans’ public hearing of principles (Material 21) …………… 196
Controversy regarding the support of travel costs for Korean Americans
visiting Korea ……………………………………………………………… 198
Exposing the truth of the UC’s seminar for overseas Korean leaders … 199
4. Photo section: True nature of Sun Myung Moon
seen through photos …………………………………………………… 213
5. Sun Myung Moon’s words (Related to front organizations) …… 235
6. Sun Myung Moon, — in 1986 ……………………………………… 242
Special report, activities of Sun Myung Moon …………………………… 243
7. Political ambitions …………………………………………………… 259
The Unification Church is a political group disguised as a religion …… 260
8. Sun Myung Moon’s words (Political ambitions) ………………… 262
9. Sun Myung Moon’s determination/resolutions ………………… 263
10. Wrongdoings/corruption of the Japanese Unification Church
This section, translated to English from the original Japanese, can be found HERE
The original Japanese text is here:
「これが『統一教会』の秘部だ―世界日報事件で『追放』された側の告発」
Original title of the article published in the ‘Bungei Shunjū’ in July 1984 was
“This is the secret side of the ‘Unification Church’ – Accusations from those ‘expelled’ in the Sekai Nippo ‘World Daily News’ scandal”
Former editor-in-chief Yoshikazu Soejima and sales director Hiroaki Inoue jointly wrote the article.
The Violent Occupation [of the newspaper offices in Japan] …………… 269
A Bizarre Bowing Ceremony ……………………………………………… 275
A Frenzy Over Collecting Money …………………………………………… 277
What is the “Happy World” company? …………………………………… 279
Tax evasion methods ……………………………………………………… 280
Handbook for Salespeople (Your Honey Talk) …………………………… 282
Table showing the costs and profits of Unification Church products
sold in Japan (Material 22) ……………………………………………… 285
Tax Evasion Trial in the United States …………………………………… 285
11. Petition ……………………………………………………………… 289
“I was Deceived for 25 years.” …………………………………………… 289
12. Reactions to the activities of Sun Myung Moon ………………… 296
Statement by the Council of Leaders of Pan-Christian Denominations … 296
Conclusions of the U.S. Congressional report LINK ………………… 299
A Directive from the Holy See (The Vatican) ……………………………… 302
13. Who is Sun Myung Moon? ………………………………………… 306
The Footsteps of Sun Myung Moon, the Cult Leader …………………… 308
1. Sun Myung Moon’s activities and career ……………………………… 308
1) Moon’s family background …………………………………………… 308
2) Moon’s education and career path …………………………………… 309
3) Moon’s religious background ………………………………………… 310
4) Moon and the Spiritist movement in North Korea …………………… 312
5) Moon’s imprisonments (投獄生活) …………………………………… 314
6) Moon and the birth of the Unification Church ………………………… 316
2. The Founding and development of the Unification Church …………… 318
1) The beginning of the Unification Church ……………………………… 318
2) Full account of the so-called Ewha Womans University incident …… 320
3) Unification Church’s activities in Korea (1955-1979) ………………… 322
4) Unification Church’s activities overseas (1959-1979) ………………… 326
Sun Myung Moon, Who is he really? ……………………………………… 331
Stubborn Yong-myung ……………………………………………………. 331
No academic record of Sun Myung Moon at Waseda University ………… 333
He failed the middle school entrance exam because of poor eyesight … 333
Sun Myung Moon was good at embellishing stories ……………………… 334
Moon even said, “The Queen of England Will Come Bearing Gifts” ……… 335
The Marriage of Kim Young-oon did not last even one year ……………… 336
Sun Myung Moon was defrauded …………………………………………… 336
There are fortune-tellers and heterodox practitioners in
Sun Myung Moon’s entourage… …………………………………………… 338
Moon abandoned his first wife ………………………………………………… 341
“My Father Is a Fake Second Coming Messiah” …………………………… 343
Untold Stories related to Heungnam Prison ………………………………… 343
The charge against Sun Myung Moon was “the crime of disrupting society
through relationships with women.” ………………………………………… 346
The perilous escape to the south …………………………………………… 347
Another “marriage supper of the lamb” at an Inn …………………………… 349
Kim Myung-hee, pregnant with Moon’s child, stowed away to Japan …… 350
Sun Myung Moon and his activities in North Korea ………………………… 350
Moon’s greatest fear is discovery of his adulterous relationships
with women …………………………………………………………………… 351
The Process of Forming the Theory of Bloodline Restoration ……………… 352
Moon’s doctrine was based on the theories of Hwang Kuk-ju,
Kim Baek-moon and Chong Deuk-eun …………………………………… 353
The claims of bloodline restoration in “Divine Principle” …………………… 354
The full text of “The Principle of Life” by the spirit possessed
Chong Deuk-eun ……………………………………………………………… 355
Sun Myung Moon’s “Principle” Is a Plagiarism of Chong Deuk-eun’s
Doctrine …..………………………………………………………………… 360
Kim Baek-moon’s Holy Spirit Theology and the Principle ………………. 362
The relationship between Chong Deuk-eun, Park Tae-seon, and
Sun Myung Moon ………………………………………………………… 363
Chong Deuk-eun’s daughter said, “My mother is less than human…” … 366
Park Tae-seon and Sun Myung Moon had an older-younger
alumni relationship …………………………………………………………… 367
Sun Myung Moon’s exceptional record of sexual promiscuity escapades … 367
It would be better to draw blood with a syringe and mix it ………………… 368
“Hey, you religious con artist bastard!” ……………………………………… 370
A woman surnamed Choi who became pregnant with Moon’s child …… 373
Blessed family pledge ………………………………………………………… 376
Sun Myung Moon praised Japanese-Korean Intermarriage ……………… 377
Sun Myung Moon’s fear of his secrets being revealed …………………… 377
Illicit Affairs of Unification Church leaders …………………………………… 378
Cult Leader Moon’s view of history and his true nature …………………… 381
“Offer Everything” ……………………………………………………………… 386
The suffering of members of the Unification Church ……………………… 387
Jang Young-ja and Lee Chul-hee were persuaded to the join the UC … 388
Bo Hi Pak declared he was leaving the Unification Church ……………… 389
Sun Myung Moon uses people and then discards them ………………… 391
Suspicions surrounding the death of Eu Hyo-won, the first president
of the Unification Church …………………………………………………… 391
Praying for courageous whistleblowing ……………………………………… 394
14. Sun Myung Moon’s relationships with women …………………… 395
15. The dangerous nature of Sun Myung Moon ……………………… 404
pages 213-233
Photo section:
The true nature of Sun Myung Moon as Seen Through Photographs
Sun Myung Moon’s life was one lived “in dedication to evil,” driven by a single ambition: to at some rule the world. And just as such people commonly do, he put forward grand and difficult-to-refuse justifications — God, history, world peace, unification, the survival of the nation, and so on. He used those to collect money, create corporations, and, with the enormous wealth he accumulated from those, he ravaged various places and build fences around himself so that he would appear to be a true messiah. Domestic and foreign people in positions of power, including U.S. presidents, university professors, the senior pastors of established Christian denominations, as well as university and high school students, were the targets of Sun Myung Moon’s strategy. At this time he has achieved a certain degree of success in building a rather impressive fence. The greatest thief always ends up acting the part of a saint or a messiah.
It is said that in Korea alone there are more than 250 such self-proclaimed messiahs.
pages 2 and 3
▲ Here is painting that was displayed across the front of the Cheongpa-dong Church during the third celebration of Sun Myung Moon’s birthday in the early 1960s. The infant who is being nursed is Sun Myung Moon, and beside him a globe is being held [representing the whole earth], while winged angels bow and worship him. From his birth, Sun Myung Moon was portrayed as the “King of Kings, Emperor of the World.” Therefore, all Sun Myung Moon’s activities are directed towards his goal of becoming emperor. Unification Church members are very enthusiastic that they will become part of the imperial family of this emperor and will direct those under him. This is the typical nature of all pseudo-religions.
▲ Sun Myung Moon, aiming to become the “Ruler of the World, Emperor of the World,” shown seated wearing a crown and dressed in imperial robes.
page 4 (with added material)
A Record of the Revelations [of the woman] titled “Great Holy Mother”
(Handwritten by the official Baek Un-Do 白雲道 himself) ↓
Director of the Great Sacred Heart Prayer Institute,
Lady Chong Deuk-eun (丁得恩)
▲ Chong Deuk-eun (丁得恩), the “Great Holy Mother” (大聖母) as she appeared in 1953. She is believed to be the key person who qualified Sun Myung Moon to be the “Second Coming of Christ”.
This is the cover of a pamphlet titled “Record of the Revelations [of the woman] titled “Great Holy Mother.” It appears that Chong Deuk-eun, too, became the “Great Holy Mother” through a “revelation” she received from God.
▲ A photograph of the cover of the book “The Principle of Life,” which is said to have been produced by transcribing the words spoken by Chong Deuk-eun.
There are very many similarities in parts of Sun Myung Moon’s “Principle”, and in his main teachings and assertions, that closely resemble the contents of “The Principle of Life”.
It also contains statements such as “one must find the lineage that has inherited God’s pure bloodline.” Sun Myung Moon frequently mentioned his close relationship with this woman, Chong Deuk-eun, to his followers in the 1950s.
[Chong and Moon had worked together in Pyongyang for about seven months from June 1946 to February 1947 when she moved to Seoul.]
❖ Additional information and photographs:
About 17 of her ideas appear in the Divine Principle.
The Principle of Life has three sections:
一 創造論 1. Discourse on Creation page 11
二 復歸役事 2. The History of Restoration page 36
三 生의 原役 3. The Principle of Life page 55
▲ In this photograph taken in Busan in the summer of 1951, Kim Won-pil is in the back row on the left. Clayton O. Wadsworth, a US Army chaplain is back right. In front of him is Lee Kee-hwan 이기환 who joined around this time. She was the daughter of Kang Suk-kyong, who was a follower of Kim Baek-moon. It was also around this time that Moon borrowed Kim Baek-moon’s theology notes and copied them. In 1951 Kim was also living in Busan with some of his followers. He did not get his notes back for about six months. Kim was furious with Moon. Moon was not writing original material as he sat by his oil lamp – he was stealing another man’s work. Sun Myung Moon is standing right behind Chong Deuk-eun. If you look at the photograph which is printed in the front of Mrs Chong’s book (above), you can see that it is the same person.
This photo was taken by Park Kyung-do who had also been a follower of Kim Baek-moon. His sister, a Kim follower, had delivered Moon’s first son, Seong-jin in Seoul in 1946!
LINK to Korean page on her book: 정득은 丁得恩 / 鄭得恩
▲ Unification Church leaders in Daegu on February 9, 1954. Front row from the left: Elder Kim (Tonghwadang), Lee Yo-han (이요한), Sun Myung Moon, Pak Chung-hwa (박정화) (who had been in Heungnam prison with Moon) and next to him is Eu Hyo-min (유효민).
Back row: Eu Hyo-won (유효원), Kang So-yong (강서용), Lee Han-seong (이한성), Lee Bong-wun (이봉운) and Shin Seong-muk (신성묵) who was the husband of Eu Shin-hee (유신희).
Lee Yo-han had been Chong Deuk-eun’s assistant pastor. He left her and joined Moon in Busan in 1952; he knew all her teachings very well. Eu Hyo-won wrote the 1957 Divine Principle with a copy of the notes of the teachings of Chong Deuk-eun and a copy of Kim Baek-moon’s first book on his desk.
page 5
A comparison between the Tables of Contents of Kim Baek-moon’s Christian Fundamental Principles (published March 2, 1954) and Sun Myung Moon’s Principle. The first edition of Sun Myung Moon’s Principle, Exposition of the Divine Principle, was published on August 15, 1957, and the Divine Principle presented here was published on May 1, 1966.
The so-called Principle that Sun Myung Moon claimed to have discovered through battling countless satans is nothing more than a rearrangement, according to his own scheme, of the theories of the spirit-medium woman Chong Deuk-eun and the theological theories of Kim Baek-moon. Even by comparing only the tables of contents, one can see at a glance how similar they are.
If one reads Sun Myung Moon’s Principle alongside Chong Deuk-eun’s Principle of Life and Kim Baek-moon’s Christian Fundamental Principles, it becomes immediately apparent which parts were plagiarized and how they were reorganized.
The two Tables of Contents:
▲ Above is Kim Baek-moon’s book and below is the Divine Principle.
page 6
Sun Myung Moon Sermon No. 182 (1975. 3. 15)
Everyone, in the spirit world there are several hundred billion spirit beings gathered together and they have been fully mobilized in order to make Teacher Moon of the Unification Church rise to prominence. Do you understand what I am saying? If you go to someone who communicates deeply with the spirit world and present the three characters of Teacher’s name and ask them to pray for this person, they begin praying and then bow in worship. Do you understand? That is how it is. Therefore, without unifying the spirit world, it is impossible to unify the earthly world. The person standing here possesses the ability to unify the spirit world. Confucius, the Buddha, and even Jesus are my subordinates. Just yesterday, a person who believes in Buddhism came before me and said, “Shakyamuni Buddha ordered me to pray for Teacher Moon for 24 hours, so I cannot refuse.” If even Shakyamuni Buddha does not cooperate, he will fall under heavenly law. In the future, even the communist world will completely melt away. (page 29)
Sun Myung Moon Sermon No. 184 (1975)
Therefore, one must reach the position where one can govern all things and govern the angels and make them one, and only then will heaven cooperate. You must know that the spirit world has already come under the command of Teacher Moon of the Unification Church. That is why those with Buddhist spiritual abilities come before Teacher and bow. Can people who believed in Buddhism or Confucianism do such a thing? It is because Confucius and the Buddha are all disciples of Teacher. Do you understand what I am saying? If you think I am lying, try praying yourself.
Because there is such a reality, we are presenting global issues. Only after passing through such fierce struggles can we, based on principles and laws, pass through the stage of hoped-for growth and responsibility. The stage of formation was the era of offering all things as sacrifices; next, the stage of growth is the present era of adopted sons. Jesus was the history for the salvation of adopted sons; he did not achieve completion as a true son. Therefore, he must come again. He must come again and govern the angels and govern the world of all things in order to return before God. He has not entered before God, into heaven. He is now in paradise, the waiting room of heaven. Christians ignorantly boast without knowing this, but whose words are correct? If you doubt what I am saying, try dying right now and you will see.
These are the problematic passages from the printed Collection of Sermons (No. 182, page 29, and No. 184, page 64), where Sun Myung Moon’s statement “Confucius, the Buddha, and even Jesus are my subordinates” appears.
When controversy arose, a false apology was issued claiming it was “an editorial mistake,” but Moon’s reckless and delusional statements such as “Even God cannot move against me” and “Christianity is a group of fools” (January 1, 1969) can be found everywhere throughout his sermon collections.
[Shakyamuni (also Shakuson or Shakamuni) are other names for Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism. “Shakyamuni” means “sage of the Shākyas,” Shākya being the name of the tribe or clan to which his family belonged.]
[Sun Myung Moon thought Buddha came from China, when in fact he came from India.]
page 7 (with added material)
▲ Sun Myung Moon’s September 18, 1974 rally at Madison Square Gardens, New York. It is notable that Moon had never held a public speaking rally in Korea before those he held in the US.
▲ Sun Myung Moon speaking at the 1974 Madison Square Gardens rally.
▲ Sun Myung Moon hosted a dinner banquet at the Chosun Hotel at 7:00 p.m on January 16, 1975. Invited were 650 figures from various sectors of society, and Moon said to the guests he had “ridden in on a tide of good fortune”.
▲ Adolf Hitler with his most dedicated followers. Note the similarity between the symbols of Sun Myung Moon’s group and the symbols of Hitler’s Third Reich.
page 388: “Moon has always enjoyed reading Hitler’s Mein Kampf, and members who have left unanimously say that his methods are coming to resemble Hitler’s.”
It has been reported that Sun Myung Moon also studied the Hitler propaganda film, Triumph of the Will.
1935: Triumph of the Will – The Power of Propaganda
Triumph of the Will is regarded as one of the most powerful propaganda pieces ever made, but how did the film advance the racist and anti-Semitic ideology of the Nazi party? What is the history of cinema as a tool of propaganda?
Triumph of the Will is one of the most famous propaganda movies ever made. The film is a semi-documentary take on sixth annual National Socialist conference in Nuremberg in 1934, by director Leni Riefenstahl. It covers 4 days worth of speeches, parades and city wide celebration. It’s edited together out of hundreds of hours of footage, and it unveils the core message of the conference without commentary or inter title.
Although it’s often praised as revolutionising the art of film propaganda, it actually adds very few techniques of its own, instead drawing on the decades of development in propaganda that came before. So let’s take a look at the history of the propaganda film and how theses techniques were used by Riefenstahl to advance the Nazi Ideology.
VIDEO:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triumph_of_the_Will
Triumph of the Will (German: Triumph des Willens) is a propaganda film made by Leni Riefenstahl. It chronicles the 1934 Nazi Party Congress in Nuremberg, which was attended by more than 700,000 Nazi supporters.[1] The film contains excerpts from speeches given by various Nazi leaders at the Congress, including portions of speeches by Adolf Hitler, interspersed with footage of massed party members. Hitler commissioned the film and served as an unofficial executive producer; his name appears in the opening titles. The overriding theme of the film is the return of Germany as a great power, with Hitler as the True German Leader who will bring glory to the nation.
Triumph of the Will was released in 1935 and rapidly became one of the best-known examples of propaganda in film history. Riefenstahl’s techniques, such as moving cameras, the use of long focus lenses to create a distorted perspective, aerial photography, and revolutionary approach to the use of music and cinematography, have earned Triumph recognition as one of the greatest films in history. Riefenstahl won several awards, not only in Germany but also in the United States, France, Sweden, and other countries. The film was popular in the Third Reich and elsewhere, and has continued to influence movies, documentaries, and commercials to this day.[2]
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▲ Hitler’s rally at Nuremburg
▲ Sun Myung Moon’s mass marriages held in Seoul in 1992 and 1995. Their main purpose was to provide propaganda for Moon, and to lock members in to his system.
page 8
▲ The crowd at the September 18, 1976 Washington Monument Rally in the United States which Sun Myung Moon addressed. Many had come for the entertainment, free meal and the fireworks – which were heralded to be spectacular. Free transport was also provided. Blood from about 100 members was extracted by syringe and buried at the site before the event as a shaman condition to protect Moon from harm.
page 9
▲ Sun Myung Moon delivering a fiery speech.
▲ The New Yorker Hotel in New York, USA – owned by the Unification Church.
page 10 (with added material)
▲ The Unification Church Seminary at Barrytown, New York set in a land area of nearly 41 acres. It was closed in about 2019 and subsequently sold.
▲ Sun Myung Moon’s residence, East Garden, near New York, USA. It is a large mansion set in 18 acres of land (22,000 pyeong).
▲ Moon had this new building constructed in the grounds of the East Garden property at a cost of $40 million. The roof leaked.
page 11
▲ The first Interdenominational Clergy Conference, August 4 1975. As lecturers, Lee Jae-seok and Kwak Chung-hwan of the Unification Church were invited. What did these lecturers speak about for four days? This so-called ecumenical movement is Sun Myung Moon’s operation to infiltrate established churches. (August 4-8, 1975)
▲ An advertisement by the Ecumenical Christian Association for a public hearing held at the Ambassador Hotel under the theme “Is the Unification Church Christian?” (August 27, 1979)
page 12 (with added photo)
▲ Pastors from established Christian denominations resting during a break from presentations. At a lavish hotel banquet of the ecumenical movement, it is said that one elderly pastor remarked, “I am moved to tears that we old men are being treated like this.”
Sun Myung Moon loudly boasted, “If only the necessary financial power is secured, the established churches can be brought down,” (December 3, 1969, Newsletter No. 14, page 2). This ecumenical movement is an example of how he laid his hands on powerless elderly pastors.
▲ Elderly people were mobilized for Sun Myung Moon’s one-million-person “National Salvation and Victory over Communism Rally” at Yeouido, Seoul. They were brought in from provincial areas by bus, under the pretense of “Let’s go sightseeing in Seoul” and “Let’s go on an outing”. (June 7, 1975)
▲ In English it was also known as “The World Rally for Korean Freedom”
▲ The “National Salvation and Victory over Communism Rally” at Yeouido in Seoul in June 1975.
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▲ A scene from the “Professors’ Association for Principle Research” meeting held at the Songnisan Tourist Hotel. It was the 16th Unification Principle Seminar. The Professors’ Association for Principle Research is a gathering of professors who have almost all become devotees of Sun Myung Moon, and they constitute the core force of the Sun Myung Moon movement within the academic community. It is said that Dr. Han Tae-su delivered the opening address titled “The Influence of the Unification Church Movement on Modern History.” What influence has Sun Myung Moon truly had on modern history? (January 20-22, 1977)
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▲ Choi Yong-seok of Sun Myung Moon’s subordinate organization, the “International Federation for Victory over Communism,” is receiving the May 16 National Award in the Security Division for his significant contributions to anti-communist activities. At the time, it was not yet widely recognized that the Federation for Victory over Communism was a preparatory political third tier, publicizing Sun Myung Moon and consolidating its organization in preparation for elections. (May 16, 1975)
▲ A view of the “International Conference on the Unity of the Sciences,” which Sun Myung Moon presided over. He advertises it as always being attended by dozens of Nobel laureates. It is this kind of grandiose spectacle that leaves professors and prominent figures at a loss. (November 10, 1981, Seoul)
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原理研究会夏季修錬会
CARP (Collegiate Association for the Research of Principles) Summer Training session
▲ College students who participated in the 10th CARP Training Retreat held in Cheongpyeong. (July 21-27, 1975)
▲ CARP banners on display at the Chung-Ang University campus.
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▲ Young people being indoctrinated with Sun Myung Moon’s ideology.
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▲ The Little Angels children were like flower buds. Sun Myung Moon fully utilized these Little Angels to make his mark on the world stage.
▲ On April 2, 1976, at a gathering of Korean expatriates in the United States, what do you think Bo-hi Pak, with his arm raised, was speaking about? The main content of the Unification Church-related meeting, regardless of its official name, was likely something along the lines of, “We must stop communism, and Korea’s role is crucial,” followed by, “The greatest leader is Sun Myung Moon.”
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▲ A poster used to promote the Yankee Stadium rally in New York where Sun Myung Moon spoke on June 1, 1976.
▲ The Yankee Stadium rally
▲ Sun Myung Moon met with Nixon. This short meeting was the result of a series of events orchestrated by Moon, including having his followers conduct a fasting prayer in front of the U.S. Capitol and the White House, and placing advertisements to “Support President Nixon” in newspapers across the United States, ultimately moving the isolated Nixon.
Despite the meeting and support from Sun Myung Moon, who claimed to be “God’s representative, His son,” Nixon was forced out of the presidency 20 days later. (February 1, 1974)
▲ One of many paid ads: Statement by Sun Myung Moon on President Nixon and Watergate, this one printed in The New York Times. Such UC activities were also to acquire photos that Moon could use to impress politicians in Korea, members and new contacts.
▲ Sun Myung Moon’s purpose and strategy on how to influence Nixon during his Watergate impeachment. “We are right on the edge of influencing people. Master wants to give an address to a joint session of Congress. As someone other than a head of state, this is difficult. We must push hard for the victory between now and January 14 as a foundation for nationwide impact.”
See Footnote for the full text of the Unification Church ‘Project Watergate’
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▲ Two days before the US election vote counting was complete (in November 1980), President Reagan was happy to hold up the Unification Church’s News World newspaper. The headline was “Reagan Landslide – Will win by more than 350 electoral votes and carry New York as well.” Sun Myung Moon deliberately printed such a heading in order to curry favor with the US President. It is said that Bo-hi Pak rushed to Reagan’s campaign headquarters with this newspaper in hand.
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▲ One recent example of the disguises the Sun Myung Moon group uses is an anti-communist and unification [of Korea] offensive. Hidden behind the “tempting words” that seem to express concern about the future of the country and modern youth are schemes to attract the public into Sun Myung Moon’s fold.
In-tae Hwang, Yong-soo Seol, and Dae-oh Son, who appeared as lecturers here, are individuals who have dedicated themselves to the Unification Church for 20 to 30 years or more and have been at the forefront of promoting Sun Myung Moon’s propaganda. (advertisement printed in the Chosun Ilbo of February 13, 1987).
“오늘의 학생운동과 좌경사상”에 대한 공개강좌
대학 신입생과 학부모를 초대합니다
지금 우리나라는 심각한 정치적 갈등과 더불어 만성화된 학원문제에 시달리고 있읍니다.
나라의 장래를 이끌어 갈 우리의 젊은이들이 현실의 부조리에 아픔을 느끼다 못해 스스로 계급투쟁을 앞세운 폭력혁명 이론의 덫에 몸을 던지고 있는 이 비극적 상황은 이제 새로이 대학에 입학한 학생과 그들을 지켜보는 학부모 모두의 걱정거 리요, 고민이기도 합니다.
이렇듯 사상적으로 혼미한 대학가의 상황을 보고만 있을 수 없어 고심해 온 많은 교수와 학생들은 그 해결을 위한 구체적인 이념으로서 승공통일사상과 그 실천운동으로 새로운 학생운동의 성과를 확인하고 이에 “오늘의 학생운동과 좌경사상”에 대한 공개강좌를 아래와 같이 마련하여 대학 신입생과 학부모 여러분에게 일조가 되고자 합니다. 여러분의 깊은 관심과 참여를 바랍니다.
1987년 2월 일
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Public Lecture on “Today’s Student Movement and Leftist Ideology”
Inviting Parents of University Freshmen
Our country is currently suffering from serious political conflict and chronic problems in the academic world.
This tragic situation, where our young people who will lead the future of the nation are so pained by the injustices of reality that they are throwing themselves into the trap of violent revolutionary theories based on class struggle, is a source of worry and concern for both newly admitted university students and their parents.
Unable to simply stand by and watch this ideologically confused situation in the universities, many professors and students have been deeply considering solutions. They have confirmed the effectiveness of the ideology of unification through victory over communism and its practical movement as a concrete solution, and have therefore organized this public lecture on “Today’s Student Movement and Leftist Ideology” as follows, hoping to be of assistance to university freshmen and their parents. We request your interest and participation.
February, 1987
● 주최 : 전국대학교수학생 남북통일운동연합
● 후원 : 사단법인 세계평화교수협의회
● 협찬 : 전국대학원리연구회(CARP), 국제기독학생연합회(ICSA), 남북통일전국학생총연합
● Organized by: National University Professors and Students’ Association for North-South Unification Movement
● Sponsored by: Professors’ World Peace Association (PWPA)
● Supported by: Collegiate Association for the Research of Principles (CARP), International Christian Students Association (ICSA), National Federation of Students for North-South Unification
❖ Additional information:
Shamanism lies at the heart of Sun Myung Moon and Hak Ja Han’s church – even if it uses a Christian signboard.
▲ She was known as Nonsan Halmeoni ( = Grandmother from Nonsan 논산 할머니 ). Her real name was Lee Baek-im 李白任, 이백임. She is sitting in the center, wearing a hanbok with a white top. She was born in 1909 and joined the UC in 1972. Sun Myung Moon asked her to do nationwide ancestor liberation tours in Korea – which she did in the mid 1970s. Here she is pictured with members at the 청주 통일교회 Cheongju Unification Church in September 1973. Moon incorporated some of her shaman practices into the UC.
▲ There is a pig’s head on the altar, to the left of the black object. In the Bible the pig is known as a dirty animal. Shaman ceremonies like this, performed by the Moons and Won-pok Choi, contradict Christian beliefs. Mrs Choi, who was known as second mother, is on Moon’s left; Hak Ja Han is on his right. Moon put the two women in the positions of Leah and Rachel, the two wives of Jacob, since he claimed to be restoring ‘Jacob’s course’. The ceremony above may be to liberate or mobilize spirits, or it may be to ask for many children, since pigs have many piglets and, in Korea, represent prosperity.
▲ Here the two wives can clearly be identified. Choi Won-bok is on Moon’s left and Hak Ja Han is on his right. This photo was taken on January 1, 1968 on the occasion of the establishment of ‘God’s Day’ when other shaman ceremonies were performed. They involved six women in two trinities. One trinity was led by Choi Won-bok and the other by Hak Ja Han. LINK
Sun Myung Moon – Emperor, and God
▲ The Enthronement Hall of Kyongbok Palace, Seoul.
The Sun and Moon Screen which a background for the throne chairs formerly belonging to the rulers of the Empire of Korea. Such a screen with the Sun and Moon symbolized the physical sway which rulers held over the elements, as well as over the lives of their subjects. The screen still remains in the empty Enthronement Hall, although the Yi family which reigned for over five centuries has given way to democracy.
Sun Myung Moon frequently uses such a screen:
▲ The Moons dressed in royal robes wearing Shilla crowns in front of a Sun and Moon screen denoting the Moon’s Lordship. The food offering is in traditional shaman style.
▲ Both of the Moon’s crowns have shaman motifs featuring Cosmic Trees and deer antlers. The seven branches on the Cosmic Tree indicate the wearer could travel through the seven levels of heaven. The pinnacle of each of their trees represent the residence of the chief shaman deity.
▲ Diagram of Shilla gold crown showing three cosmic trees and two deer antlers.
▲ Shilla crown from Kyŏngju
▲ Shilla crowns and a Sun and Moon screen
▲ The Cosmic Trees are prominent.
▲ The Moons claim dominion over America in 2004. They are wearing Cosmic Tree crowns.
▲ Minions bow to the Moons at the ‘Original Palace’ beside the Lake at Cheongpyeong. A second palace was built on the hillside above the lake.
▲ The Moons’ ‘Original Palace’ beside the Lake at Cheongpyeong.
▲ Kim Hyo-nam, shown here, conducted ancestor liberation and ancestor marriage blessings in the main hall at the Original Palace.
▲ Payment booths in the basement of the Original Palace. Cash preferred. Unification Church members came from all over the world to free their ancestors from hell. They paid millions and millions. For one non-Japanese member to liberate and bless all their ancestors could cost $25,000 or more. Japanese members were charged many times that amount.
▲ The 2006 opening ceremony for the $1billion palace at Cheongpyeong.
▲ A view of the palace from above. The largest indoor stadium in South Korea can be seen in the upper left. One of the reasons it was built was as a venue for Sun Myung Moon’s 2012 funeral.
LINKS for further information:
Shamanism is at the heart of the church of Sun Myung Moon and Hak Ja Han
Sun Myung Moon – Emperor, and God
Holy Grounds and the Shamanic Guardians of the Five Directions in Moon’s church
Shamanism: The Spirit World of Korea
Any understanding of the so-called New Religions of Korea would be difficult without some knowledge of shamanistic influences upon them.
Hananim and other Spirits in Korean Shamanism
How were the vast extravagances of the Moons funded:
A huge Moon Church scam in Japan is revealed
Shocking video of UC of Japan demanding money – English transcript
Top Japanese ex-UC leader, Yoshikazu Soejima, interviewed
Moon extracted $500 million from Japanese female members
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Sun Myung Moon was Good at Embellishing Stories
Reverend Moon tells the story of how he met his first wife, Choi Seon-gil, in a very plausible, almost third-rate novel-like manner.
In 1959, more than ten female college students had run away from home were living communally in a women’s dormitory he had named “Myeongwonhoe” near the Cheongpa-dong Unification Church headquarters. Reverend Moon would visit them and often recounted, in great detail, stories about how he used to frequent his future in-laws’ home before marrying Choi Seon-gil.
Whenever Reverend Moon visited Choi’s home, he was warmly welcomed. Once, he said, Reverend Moon went to his future in-laws’ house on horseback. He tied the horse to a pine tree on the hill behind the house and went inside to see his fiancée, Choi Seon-gil. For some reason, Choi begged him to take her away with him.
Moon rejected Choi’s plea outright, told her to stay where she was, mounted his horse, and rode across the open fields. Wearing a black skirt and a white jacket, Choi Seon-gil kept calling out endlessly, “Teacher—.” Her voice echoed in his ears so persistently that he could not continue on. He stopped the horse, picked up Choi, who had chased after him, placed her on the horse, and brought her to his own home in Sangsari, Deogeon-myeon, Jeongju County, Pyeonganbuk-do.
Regarding such stories, Mr. Eu, one of the 36 Couples Blessed who had once been very close to Reverend Moon but later left the church, counters that these tales told by Reverend Moon are absurd fabrications.
He claims that the home of Reverend Moon’s in-laws, the Choi family, was the Choi village located in Gwaksan-myeon, Gwanseop-dong, Jeongju County, and that the house of Choi Seon-gil was situated right next to the Jangyo Presbyterian Church.
Furthermore, he says that to reach the Choi family home from Gwaksan Station, one would take a cart road running alongside a small stream, passing Yeongchang Elementary School, then the long Heori-dong area, and next Jangyo-ri, which was the Choi village. About one kilometer away from there, he says, was the village where Eu Hyo-won, the former association president who later died, had lived.
According to this account, there was not even a back hill, let alone a pine tree, at the place where Reverend Moon claimed to have tied his horse. To see a pine tree, one would have had to go as far as Maemsan, more than ten ri away. It was a vast open plain, with nothing but the embankment path behind the rice paddies leading toward Jangyo-ri. This makes it seem that Reverend Moon possesses a genius-level talent for embellishing stories and making them sound like real events.
In the 1970s, he would sometimes boast in conversations with senior followers that if he wanted to write a novel, he could write an astonishing one, and that if asked to tell old stories, he could spin wonderful tales all night long. His eloquence was said to surpass that of anyone else, to the extent that he would often talk through the night.
He also frequently bragged that he had confidence in completely captivating another person’s soul, saying that he could take out even their gallbladder and drive them mad.
It was difficult to know how much of Reverend Moon’s words should be believed. Many of his stories lacked not only credibility but even substance. When speaking to his followers, he would deliberately clench his fists, stomp on the floorboards, and use all his strength in exaggerated gestures, acting almost like a comic actor to seize people’s hearts. Women, in particular, almost one hundred percent lost themselves to his words and followed him.
Reverend Moon’s story about rice flour during his imprisonment at the Heungnam Prison is well known. Stories such as his mother coming to visit him there, and other myth-like rumors, when the claims of fellow inmates who served time with him are taken together, reveal that there were countless stories that were enormously exaggerated or fabricated.
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Moon even said, “The Queen of England Will Come Bearing Gifts”
This story, from around 1956, was conveyed by a former member from the inner circle, who later left the UC. After Reverend Moon went to see the movie Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, he said that Solomon’s ideal was symbolized as the ideal of the Returning Lord. And that the Queen of Sheba was the fallen Eve who, in order to be restored, would before long come, bringing gifts, seeking Reverend Moon himself—since he was the Returning Lord who had reappeared in the East.
In 1954, at the Cheongpa-dong headquarters church, Reverend Moon prophesied that within three years North and South Korea would be unified. At that time, a former senior member surnamed Yoo, who believed Reverend Moon’s prophecy, made a bet with his friends, who were deacons and elders of Youngnak Church, on the basis of Reverend Moon’s prediction, even writing a written pledge and waiting for 1957. But not only did unification not occur, nothing at all happened, and in the end Yoo lost the bet and became a laughingstock among his friends.
Around 1955, Reverend Moon prophesied that communism would collapse by the third generation from its very beginning.
Just as the ideal of Moses’ tabernacle was realized through the ideal of the construction of the temple over three generations—King Saul, King David, and King Solomon—he presented what sounded like a plausible rationale by predicting that Karl Marx’s communist theory would end with Lenin, Stalin, and Khrushchev. But this too proved false.
Reverend Moon also prophesied, frequently stating in public in the 1950s, that when the United Nations reached 120 member countries, a historic end would come and the sinful world would completely end. However, even though the number of member countries has exceeded 120, the world has not ended.
All of Reverend Moon’s false prophecies failed, serving only as convenient tools for agitation and deception. Unification Church members should carefully examine the fact that none of Reverend Moon’s prophecies as the Returning Lord have come true.
[Moon predicted that the world would be restored by 1967, a seven year course from the holy marriage of the lamb of 1960. When nothing happened Kim Young-oon, who had shared this prophecy with members, was troubled. A number of members left in 1967 because of the failure of Moon’s prophecy. (See John Lofland: Doomsday Cult – A Study of Conversion, Proselytization and Maintenance of Faith, pages 2-4 and 25-28.)
In the 1980s, members were told that the Queen of England, representing world Christianity, should have married Sun Myung Moon, then the providence would have swiftly advanced.]
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Kim Young-oon’s marriage did not last even one year
According to Reverend Moon’s Principle, even while completely condemning people outside the Unification Church as Satan, missionary Kim Young-oon, who was in the United States as a missionary, bestowed a blessing on her marriage with a secular person. However, they separated not long after.
In fact, Mrs. Kim Young-oon was a person of fine character and was an excellent scholar among the pioneers of the Unification Church’s mission in America, who had suffered greatly from the early days. She was also well known for speaking frankly, which made her a headache for Reverend Moon. While other followers blindly believed in Reverend Moon, Mrs. Kim Young-oon tended to question things, and because Reverend Moon was weak in biblical knowledge and theology, she was a dangerous figure to him. It may be that by having her marry a secular person, he caused her to be naturally eliminated.
From the standpoint of their doctrine, marriage with a secular non-believer is unimaginable, yet Reverend Moon committed such an impossible act, making it impossible to understand his ulterior motives.
At the wedding ceremony of Mrs. Kim Young-oon, held at the Cheongpa-dong headquarters church of the Unification Church, elderly women close to the church leader, who were said to have spiritual communication, claimed to have received a revelation that the wedding was an event blessed by heaven and rejoiced as they offered their blessing. Yet it did not even last a year before the couple separated…
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Sun Myung Moon was defrauded
Remembered as having occurred around 1956. At that time, Pastor Kim, who was the chaplain of Paichai School, stayed and took meals for about one month at the Cheongpa-dong Unification Church headquarters in order to study the theories of the Unification Church. During that time, he listened to the Divine Principle from the leader and studied the leader’s way of life. The conclusion he reached after one month, and upon which he turned away, was that the leader was the Antichrist.
▲ Hong Soon-ae in about 1957
In 1957, there was also such an incident. An approximately 18-year-old mentally ill boy was excessively subjected to the laying on of hands and physical manipulation by an old woman named Kim Jaegon and by Hong Soon-ae (the mother of Han Hak-ja, Sun Myung Moon’s wife), who insisted that they could cure the mental illness with their miraculous powers. In the end, the boy was beaten to death, and the two women served prison terms of two years at Chuncheon Prison in Gangwon Province before being released.
The Unification Church, in its early days, publicized that there were many miracles or healings, but in fact all of these were nothing more than disguised falsehoods.
In the Bible, a madman possessed by an evil spirit recognized Jesus, the Son of God. Yet, when mentally disturbed individuals who stayed overnight at the Unification Church headquarters raged and caused disturbances, and were scolded, they sometimes hurled insults and shouted abuse at the so-called Returning Lord, Moon. Judging by the eyes of the people supposedly possessed by evil spirits, it can be surmised that they saw him not as the Returning Lord but unmistakably as a ridiculous false messiah.
At the very least, if Moon were truly the Returning Lord, then as stated in his own Divine Principle’s theory of resurrection, “religious unification through the return of spiritual beings,” he should have been able to drive out a demon from a possessed youth with a single word.
This also happened in 1957. Kang Dae-seong, the father of Mr. Yang of the 36 Blessed Couples, approached the Unification Church and told Moon and senior leaders that “there is a large vacant confiscated house in Malli-dong that would be good to use as a meeting place,” adding that “I will go and retrieve this house, which is currently in litigation, and donate it to the Unification Church.” Inflamed with greed, Moon and the leaders went to look at the house in Malli-dong.
Deceived by Kang’s claim that the house could be retrieved with just 1 million won, Moon hurriedly raised 1 million won and handed it over to Kang. After receiving the money, Kang disappeared without a trace.
This incident plainly reveals both the material greed of Moon, who claimed to be the Returning Lord, and his inability to discern people at all. While the swindler is certainly at fault, those who are deceived are also at fault. The Unification Church was embarrassed by this fact and has kept it quiet and covered up.
In the early 1960s, there was another incident. A very well-dressed and attractive woman in her fifties came to Moon, identifying herself as a spirit medium, and approached him.
Her name was Lee Dong-seok, and she claimed that beneath the wardrobe in her home were hidden gold and treasures that she had prepared over her lifetime in order to fulfill heaven’s will, along with the Tripitaka Koreana housed at Haeinsa Temple.
Because he coveted the precious metal treasures said to be inside the wardrobe, Moon grew greedy. Thus, Moon and the woman became close, the leader treated her with great courtesy, and even took her around in his private jeep.
The leader devised a scheme in which his disciple Kim In-cheol and this woman would form a foster son-mother relationship, so that Kim could verify the treasures worth tens of billions hidden in the wardrobe. One day, the woman said she urgently needed money, received 400,000 won from the leader, and then disappeared without a trace. Moon was left like a dog chasing a chicken, staring at the fence, which can also be seen as another dramatic failure of a fake returning messiah who could not see even an inch ahead.
There is yet another humiliating incident of fraud caused by Moon’s excessive greed. It was the Oh Chang-hwan incident that occurred in the mid-1950s. At the time of the Ewha Womans University incident, Moon was incarcerated in Seoul Prison together with several headquarters executives.
At that time, a 37-year-old prisoner named Oh Chang-hwan, who was serving his sentence in the same cell as the Unification Church President Eu Hyo-won, later completed his term and was released earlier. He then sought out Eu Hyo-won and appeared at the Church headquarters.
When Eu Hyo-won introduced Oh to Moon, a few days later Oh made this sweet-sounding proposal to Eu Hyo-won and Moon:
“There is a lot of lumber in Incheon, and with just 800,000 won, you can make several times the profit.”
Upon hearing this, Moon urgently instructed Mrs. Kim to prepare funds, raised the cash in haste, and the next day Mr. Eu, who was an church leader, took a bag of money and departed for Incheon together with Mr. Oh.
On the bus to Incheon, Oh ran away with the bag of money. Enraged by Oh’s fraud, Moon mobilized several believers to track down Oh’s whereabouts.
Based on reports that Oh had been in Incheon and at the Noryangjin U.S. military base, Kim Young-oon, who was fluent in English, went around various U.S. military bases searching for Oh, but it was in vain. Eventually, Jo Dong-seok happened to catch Oh, and there was an incident in which Moon sent him back to prison.
From this incident, one can see that if Moon were truly the Returning Lord, he should at least have been able to discern a mere swindler.
Moreover, Jesus bore the cross even unto death for sinners and enemies, but the modern self-proclaimed returning messiah Moon Yong-myeong, instead, turned coldly against Mr. Oh, who apologized for his wrongdoing, and sent him back to prison. This is more than enough to reveal what kind of magnanimity Moon, who calls himself the true parent of humanity, actually possesses for other people.
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There are Fortune-tellers and Heterodox Practitioners in Sun Myung Moon’s Entourage…
The story involving Yun Cheong-jeong Sim Bosal (Yun Bosal), who lived on Wonhyo-ro in Yongsan District from the 1950s and was murdered in 1981, and her entanglement with Moon, clearly shows what kind of group the Unification Church is.
Yun Bosal was originally a self-proclaimed spirit medium who read saju (four pillars of destiny) and told fortunes at Yongsan Station Square, and she had ties with the Unification Church from the 1950s.
[Saju reading (사주) is a traditional Korean fortune-telling method, similar to Chinese Bazi, that analyzes your destiny using the “Four Pillars” of your birth year, month, day, and time to map personality, potential, and life paths, revealing insights into career, relationships, and health through cosmic energy patterns. It’s a popular cultural practice in Korea, offering guidance and entertainment, and is available through fortune-tellers and cafes, etc.]
She read the saju and physiognomy of many Unification Church members and testified that Moon was the Returning Lord. Because of this, Unification Church members promoted her as a spiritually connected heterodox practitioner who recognized Moon as the Returning Lord and bore witness to him, using Yun Bosal as an example in their doctrine of resurrection to advocate religious unification centered on the Unification Church.
However, when Yun Bosal was murdered on Wonhyo-ro in 1981, their promotional material disappeared, and the Weekly Religion church newspaper even ran an article mourning Yun Bosal’s death, displaying an absurdity.
Kim Deok-jin (currently a pastor), who was a fellow inmate of Moon at Heungnam Prison [it was Kim Won-deok in Heungnam, not Kim Deok-jin], was traveling down to Busan when Yun Bosal saw Kim on the train and said, “Sir, your fortune is bright; you will do great things in the future,” striking up a conversation.
As they talked, Sun Myung Moon came up, and this became the occasion for her, together with Song Sang-ro, to meet and associate with senior leaders of the Unification Church.
Through a prearranged script by Yun Bosal and Elder Song, Moon was made to be testified to as the Returning Lord.
Moon made full use of Yun Bosal, who testified that he was the Returning Lord, and Yun Bosal, for her part, read the saju of Unification Church members. In the early days, there were hardly any believers who had not had their saju read by Yun Bosal, and she profited from this, so the mutually beneficial relationship between Moon and Yun Bosal continued.
Yun Bosal, who was by nature flirtatious, even admitted that she had the same kind of relationship with a certain Mr. Kim, suggesting that her relationships with other Unification Church executives were also questionable.
Whether fake or real, Moon shows interest and pleasure whenever someone testifies that he is the Returning Lord, and he uses it as promotional material.
Moon favored fortune-tellers and physiognomists. In the early 1960s, Moon was close to an elderly man named Lee Myeong-hak, who made a living telling fortunes in Insa-dong, Jongno District.
Lee read the saju (four pillars of destiny) of Unification Church “Blessed Families” (families married with Moon’s blessing), and according to those readings Moon matched the couples of the 36 Blessed Couples and the 72 Blessed Couples. At that time, the person who ran errands carrying the bundles of saju charts was Elder Song.
Moon, who played the role of the Returning Lord arranging marriages by relying on the judgments of a fortune-teller regarding the compatibility of men and women, matched couples if the fortune-teller Lee said it was good, and did not match them if he said it was bad. In the end, although Moon claimed to look into even the innermost core of believers when arranging their matches, the credulous followers do not realize that, absurdly, their matches were determined not by Moon but by a fortune-teller.
Such superstitious practices by Moon, who claims to serve Heaven and unfold God’s will, are incomprehensible. Yet the Unification Church perversely promotes this by claiming that even external Satan bears witness to Moon’s decisions, revealing them to be masters of falsehood.
Why is it that the Blessed Couples joined together by the decisions of famous fortune-tellers and the Returning Lord are frequently leaving the UC and even divorcing?
Let us hear the story involving the fortune-teller Lee Jae-deok that occurred in 1965. After forming ties with the Unification Church through Elder Song, Lee Jae-deok came to know the inner workings of the church better than anyone.
There was a time when Moon found it difficult to advance his goals. At that time, Choi Won-pok went to seek out the so-called Daoist fortune-teller Lee, and the female members of the Unification Church frequented Lee’s house in Sangdo-dong as if it were their own.
Lee said that Moon himself was the Son of God and that he, Lee, stood in the position of Moon’s father.
When Choi visited Lee, he immediately said, “You are the Mother of Humanity,” whereupon she reportedly fell prostrate and made a deep bow. An ex-member relates that Lee went on to say, “For the Unification Church to be completed, it must be reborn by receiving my bloodline,” and that “Moon’s mission in Heaven has already ended.”
The problem is that it is impossible to understand why Unification Church members, who claim to believe in God, must run about everywhere seeking even so-called heterodox spirit mediums in order to prove that Sun Myung Moon is the Returning Lord.
This is nothing more than an artificial and improper way to promote Sun Myung Moon as the Returning Lord.
In 1973, Moon gathered the 36 Blessed Couples and the evangelists who had completed their three-year course that began in 1970 at the Cheongpyeong retreat in Gyeonggi Province and conducted an ancestral liberation (haewon) shamanistic rite.
At that time, ritual tables were set with makgeolli, pig heads, rice cakes, and other offerings, and under the leadership of an elderly woman named Lee Baek-im from Nonsan (also known as Nonsan Halmeoni = Nonsan grandmother), they performed shaman-style bows and rites, claiming to be offering sacrifices to Heaven.
At the time, the elderly Lee Baek-im was 67 years old. She had originally been a follower of Daejonggyo, but in 1973 she became connected with Sun Myung Moon and was treated with great honor in the Unification Church as a spirit medium. Whenever ancestral rites were performed in the Unification Church, she always served as the ritual officiant until she died of cancer in September 1979.
Moon set up the ritual table and, flanked on both sides by women referred to as Rachel and Leah, performed deep bows, explaining that this was a ceremony to liberate the spirit world.
▲ There is a pig’s head on the altar. Moon bows with Choi Won-pok on his left and Hak Ja Han on his right.
The so-called “Nonsan Halmeoni”, a famous “spirit medium” known to every Unification Church member, even toured the various Unification Church-affiliated companies, and Unification Church members all participated in such rites.
These appeasement (liberation) rites are exactly the same as traditional Korean shamanistic rituals. From the fact that the Unification Church, which puts up a Christian signboard, possesses such secret rituals, it can be seen that the Unification Church is not Christian but a quasi-Christian religion.
Within the Unification Church, in addition to ancestor liberation rites, there are countless events in which ritual tables are set up and bows are made, and in particular, believers also make deep bows to Moon himself.
In Moon’s room on the second floor of the Cheongpa-dong Unification Church headquarters, truly bizarre ceremonies were held. These consisted of several people, including executive Yoo Gwang-ryeol, dressing up as representatives of various countries and performing submission bows to the floor before Moon. For example, someone would shout loudly, “Representative of the Soviet Union,” and then bow.
It goes without saying that enormous expenses were required for the lavish ritual tables and costumes prepared in order to carry out such absurd ceremonies.
Moon performs liberation rituals to release the resentment of the dead, but in reality, what is far more urgent in the history of the Unification Church is to resolve the resentment of living people whose youth, wealth, and chastity have been sacrificed.
To perform rituals to appease even the resentment of dead ancestors while remaining hostile with living people is utter nonsense.
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Moon abandoned his first wife
On April 28, 1945, at the age of 25, Moon Yong-myeong held a wedding ceremony with Choi Seon-gil at Jangyo Church located in Gwanseopyong, Gwanju-myeon, Jeongju County, Pyeonganbuk-do.
Choi Seon-gil was a devout follower in the Jangyo Presbyterian Church, and following the wishes of her eldest brother, Choi Jung-gil, who was a deacon at that church, she transferred her church membership to the Reconstructionist Church. Her younger brother’s name was Choi Jung-geon, and their father was Choi Yong-il.
In the lunar month of March 1946, while living their newlywed life in Heukseok-dong, Seoul, she gave birth to their first son, Moon Seong-jin. In June 1946, Moon went north to Pyongyang, then during the January 4, 1950 Retreat in the Korean War he came south to Busan. The following year, while secretly holding meetings in Busan, he reunited with his lawful wife, Choi Seon-gil. By that time, however, women constantly surrounded Moon Seong-myeong, and Choi, whose values did not align with Moon’s promiscuous lifestyle and religious views, clashed with her husband and made determined efforts to sever his relationships with the women around him.
As a result, Moon secretly avoided his wife. Having betrayed and abandoned even his first wife and child, he wandered through places such as Beomnaetgol (Beomcheon-dong) and Sujeong-dong in Busan, beginning to hold gatherings and evangelize centered on the “restoration principle” (the doctrine of pikareum).
Choi also sought her husband who had betrayed both her and their child, even mobilizing detectives to find him.
Because Choi knew the secret of Moon’s blood purification pikareum doctrine, whenever she went searching for him she was obstructed by fanatical followers, and on more than one occasion she even became involved in direct physical altercations.
Moon became extremely sensitive regarding his lawful wife Choi Seon-gil, and each time he used bundles of believers’ money at his disposal, squandering large sums to block Choi’s opposition activities, according to testimony by X, a former close associate who followed him at the time.
Out of burning resentment toward her betraying husband, Choi continued to pursue him, until finally on January 8, 1957, she separated from Moon through a consensual divorce.
At that time, Choi’s younger brother, Choi Jung-geon, and X, who was the Unification Church’s representative, were related by marriage, and thus they reached the conclusion of a consensual divorce between Moon and Choi.
According to testimony, X, who was then the Unification Church’s representative (and has since defected from the church), gave Choi 500,000 won as alimony, and their son Seong-jin was “exchanged” in a manner likened to the exchange of anti-communist prisoners. As a result, Choi was left alone while Moon took the son. However, the resentment embedded in Choi’s heart did not subside, and she continued to trouble Moon, leading to a vicious cycle in which the son was repeatedly taken and taken back again between the parents.
Choi’s younger brother gives the following testimony:
“At first, I too tried to understand Yong-myeong, ‘that Moon cult leader,’ from the standpoint of a fellow man, and I tried to console my younger sister Seon-gil by telling her to ‘endure it.’ But now I just explode in anger, saying, ‘Yong-myeong, that son of a bitch, that bastard dog.’”
After that, in the 1960s, Choi resolved to expose the true nature of the Unification Church to the world together with two other women (the wives of Eu Hyo-yeong and Eu Hyo-min) who had also been victimized by Moon’s group and had had their husbands taken away. She ran about in all directions pursuing this effort.
Choi then affiliated herself with Seoul’s Youngnak Church and soothed the painful wounds of betrayal through her faith, and now attends a certain church in Sangdo-dong.
In 1975, Yoo (surname omitted), who had been the Unification Church’s representative at the time of the divorce and has since defected, happened to meet one of Choi’s older brothers on the street and asked about Choi’s situation. He was told that at one time investigative authorities had contacted them, saying they would guarantee Choi’s personal safety, and that the substance of the matter was this: Moon’s younger brother, Moon Seung-gyun (representative of Korea Titanium), was secretly sending financial assistance to Choi’s home once a month without the knowledge of Unification Church members.
However, neighbors found it suspicious that a widow living alone was enjoying a comfortable life, and moreover that a middle-aged man speaking with a North Korean accent was coming and going. Suspecting that he might be a spy, they reported it to the investigative authorities.
Defectors speak with one voice in saying that the conduct of Moon, who claims to be the Returning Lord, in abandoning his devout lawful wife and remarrying a 17-year-old immature girl, Hak-ja Han (his current wife), is something that cannot be tolerated even by basic human ethics.
For that reason, his son Moon Seong-jin also must have found his father’s actions distasteful. Moreover, as the eldest brother among half-siblings born under various circumstances, and having to call and serve Hak-ja Han—who is only about three years older than himself—as his mother, he carries many unspoken worries.
▲ A dedication ceremony was held after the birth of Moon Ye-jin in 1961. Following the ceremony, Hak Ja Han put a crown on the head of Moon Seong-Jin and they took a commemorative photo.
▲ The graduation of Moon Seong-Jin from Kyunghee University’s Department of History in 1969.
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“My Father Is a Fake Second Coming Messiah”
Seong-jin Moon caused a major “letter incident” in 1974 in Japan when he personally sent private letters to ten leaders among the thirty-six Blessed Couples. The content of the letters stated: “The man you are following, our Father, is not the Second Coming Messiah, so each of you should seek your own path. It is not too late even now, so it would be best for each of you to go your own way [and make your own future].”
These letters triggered an emergency response from the Unification Church headquarters. There was a great commotion as they tried to retrieve the letters received by each leader.
Immediately afterward, the former UC chairman Kim Won-pil came to South Korea. With the excuse, or rather the explanation, that “Seong-jin was just testing your faith,” the letter incident was provisionally settled.
Seong-jin graduated from the Department of History at Kyung Hee University in 1969.
On July 18 [1973], his father held a wedding ceremony for Seong-jin with Kim Dong-sook (金東淑) in Tokyo, Japan. [It was asserted that she was] the daughter of Kim Won-pil (the former president of Ilhwa Pharmaceutical).
On May 2, 1976, while in San Francisco, US, their son was born, and the child was given the name “Shin-il-nim” (信一님).
When Seong-jin attempted to leave South Korea in 1974, he was barred from departure at Gimpo Airport in Seoul, due to having not completed his military service, yet it is curious how he later managed to leave the country.
[It seems that Moon Seong-jin has mainly lived in Japan. Seong-jin has rarely been seen at official church functions. Dong-sook has attended some since the deaths of Hyo-jin and Sun Myung Moon. She visited Moon in hospital during his final days.
Dong-sook did not resemble Won-pil Kim’s wife at all. The identity of Dong-sook’s real mother is still unknown. However, according to Nansook Hong, one mother of one of Moon’s “illegitimate” children died before 1960.
From when Dong-sook was born in 1955 she has been treated as a blessed child and was listed as such when she visited Sun Myung Moon in 2012 during his final days. She attended his funeral, and other important events such as the funeral of Hyo-jin Moon, standing beside all the other “True Children”. Were Dong-sook and Seong-jin Moon half siblings?]
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Untold Stories Related to Heungnam Prison
The writer met Mr. Park, who had been imprisoned together with Sun Myung Moon at Heungnam Prison and had been one of Sun Myung Moon’s early comrades, at around 7 p.m. on March 20 at the Unification Café located in Euljiro 3-ga, Jung-gu, Seoul.
Below, I will piece together the conversation with Mr. Park.
Using a strong Pyeongan-do dialect, he opened up as soon as we met, saying:
“Right now, my position is the most comfortable. God is right here in my heart. Last summer, a man named Hwang In-tae (黃仁泰), who called himself a Unification Church executive, came with several Unification Church members and said they wanted to write a historical account of their teacher’s (Moon’s) time in Heungnam Prison. At that point, Mr. Park immediately snapped at Hwang like this:
‘If you people now tell me to lie, not even bringing a lump of gold will make me do it; and even if you tell me to speak the truth, I won’t do that either.’ After that, they couldn’t say a word and went back.”
When a person in our group, Mr. Y, remarked, “Brother Park! These days the problem of pseudo-religions keeps appearing in the newspapers, but the Unification Church has never once condemned pseudo-religions or written about them in its organ Weekly Religion. The reason is obvious, isn’t it?” Mr. Park replied to Mr. Y by citing the biblical episode in which Jesus said that whoever is without sin should cast the first stone at an adulterous woman.
Our group, which had been chatting in the café, went out to catch a taxi in order to go to Moraenae.
At that moment, inside the taxi, Mr. Park began to speak again.
“When Sun Myung Moon, Kim Won-pil, and I—just the three of us—were heading south, after crossing the Imjin River, Kim Won-pil asked me in Moon’s presence, ‘If there ever comes a time when I abandon you, what would you do?’ So I answered at that time, ‘Then I would kill you.’ When I said that, Moon’s face turned pale.”
Mr. Park finished his words without concealing his agitation.
Then Mr. Y, who was with us, asked again:
“Brother Park! You know Kim Deok-jin (金德振)—now a pastor who is doing evangelism in detention centers—don’t you? Is it true that Moon ordered him to be eliminated?”
At that point, Mr. Park affirmed that it was true.
“Kim Deok-jin was at the Seojin Mine that Moon was running at the time, and Moon issued the order to eliminate him then. I also stayed together with him at the Seojin Mine for about three years.”
We arrived at Moraenae and entered the Japanese restaurant Eunseong, where we took a quiet private room and sat down.
From here on, Mr. Park’s tightly closed mouth began to loosen, and his words started to pour out freely.
“At that time, there were about 1,500 prisoners in Heungnam Prison. When Moon Yong-myeong was admitted, he, Moon, and Pastor Kim Ji-su—who was the pastor of the Sincheon-dong Church and a patriot and nationalist—were the three of us in one cell. Later on, they crammed as many as 30 people into a single cell so that no one could move an inch.
At that time, I was the chief cell leader overseeing all 1,500 prisoners, serving as the overall squad leader who supervised 15 team leaders, with 10 prisoners forming each team.
Prisoners in the penitentiary often had to chip away hardened piles of fertilizer with pickaxes and dig them out, then put them into sacks, tie them up, and carry them. It was heavy labor, with a daily quota of about 200 sacks per person.
I became the overall squad leader just three months after entering the prison, and at that time the prison warden was two ranks below me. My hometown was Pyongyang. I was a Presbyterian who had even received infant baptism at Seomun-bak Church, and after attending Pyongyang Namsan Elementary School, I graduated from Soongsil Technical College.
While attending the technical college for two years, I held the position of deacon as a student at Seomun-bak Church, which had about 2,000 congregants. After graduating, I went to Japan and then returned to Korea, where I was conscripted into the Japanese army. As a second lieutenant in a Japanese army engineering unit, at the age of 31, I passed through Jilin and served as the person in charge of river crossings on the Songhua River.
After liberation, I returned home and joined the People’s Army again, serving as a company commander in Haeju. At that time, I met my schoolmate Kim In-cheol (金寅哲, one of the Unification Church’s 36 Blessed Couples). Kim In-cheol and I had been active together on the Soongsil School soccer team, and Kim Deok-jin had been the head of the cheering squad.
When I was a company commander in Haeju, my rank in the People’s Army was sangwi (equivalent to captain). Kim In-cheol’s family was running an inn, so I stayed at his house. At that time, Kim In-cheol already had seven children in Haeju. I was sentenced to two years and six months in prison for abuse of authority and dereliction of duty, and thus entered Heungnam Prison.
I was seven years older than Moon Yong-myeong. While serving his sentence, Moon Yong-myeong pleaded with me, the overall squad leader, saying, ‘My hands hurt so badly I feel like I’m dying, so please don’t make me do the work of tying up fertilizer sacks.’ So I assigned Moon to conveyor-belt work and showed him consideration.
Mr. Park exposes as an outright lie the story that Kim Won-pil, speaking on behalf of Moon during testimonies about the Heungnam prison days, constantly repeated—namely, that when airplanes bombed the fertilizer factory, Moon Yong-myeong shouted that anyone who came within ten meters of where he was standing would live. ‘When I am still alive here with my own two eyes open, how could it make sense to fabricate such lies and deify Moon?’ he said.
According to Mr. Park, B-29 bombers were bombing continuously at the time. When Mr. Park shouted, ‘You have to go into the prison to live; if you stay here, you’ll all die,’ all the civilian workers at the site were killed, while the prisoners went into the prison. The airplanes did not bomb the prison, so all the prisoners survived.”
At that time, the prisoners survived because of Mr. Park’s orders. Mr. Park knew well that under international law prisons are not bombed, so he exercised such presence of mind and saved lives. Yet Moon fabricated it as if he himself had done it and testified that way, showing what a master of lies he was.
The story involving rice flour at that time is also a famous one within the Unification Church. The content of it is as follows: Moon allegedly shared his own meals with fellow prisoners, also shared rice flour, and one day, when about half a bowl of rice flour that remained was stolen by someone, he returned to the cell after work and found the prisoners in the same cell staring only at the empty rice-flour bag. Moon supposedly already knew who had stolen it, and when distributing what remained, he gave the largest portion to the thief. Moved and stricken with conscience, the would-be rice-flour thief allegedly confessed that he had stolen it out of hunger and, shedding tears, begged for forgiveness.
There is also a well-known story in the Unification Church that, in circumstances where one had to chew a single bowl of rice for a very long time to make it last, Moon always shared with the person next to him. Whenever Moon repeated such false testimonies countless times in the Unification Church, some female believers were said to be so moved that they even wept. However, this too is proven to be a lie by Mr. Park.
Life in the prison at that time was marked by hunger, and because of the heavy labor of fertilizer work, it was said that one could not survive long without eating taffy. There were 30 people in a single cell, and on the shelves inside the cell were placed rice flour and taffy sent from prisoners’ families. At first, each person ate his own share, but later everyone agreed to divide everything equally.
When they were eating individually at first, a suit of clothes was exchanged for a bowl of rice flour, which shows how hungry they were. Mr. Park said that at one point he himself felt so hungry that he even thought about stealing food. In such circumstances, the claim that Moon himself, as if he were an embodiment of compassion, shared rice and rice flour with the prisoners is an utterly groundless lie.
According to Mr. Park’s memory, Moon was greedy and never shared his meals, and since rice flour was strictly controlled, rather than giving to others, Moon was the one who was indebted to Mr. Park and the other prisoners. Mr. Park does not recall ever seeing Moon give food to others.
While Moon was in prison, a woman named Ok Se-hyeon occasionally loaned him rice flour.
Moon’s mother visited him exactly twice, and each time Moon asked his mother to bring him rice flour.
The stories of life in Heungnam Prison were fabricated myths told to believers in order to deify and idolize Moon, even though witnesses from that time are still very much alive.
Besides Mr. Park, another former fellow inmate, Mr. Kim Won-deok, is also still alive, so Moon’s lies cannot be concealed. Mr. Park completed his sentence and was released on August 2, 1950.
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Bo Hi Pak declared he was leaving the UC and tore up his membership form at a top leader’s meeting in Korea
▲ Bo Hi Pak, Choi Won-pok, Sun Myung Moon, Mrs Pak and Hak Ja Han.
“The Little Angels Dance Troupe was the crystallization of the tears, blood, and sweat of all Unification Church members. By what route did it become the exclusive property of Mr. Bo Hi Pak? Why is it that the Little Angels are operating under the Bo Hi Pak clan system? These are questions that Unification Church members ought to think about at least once.
▲ The Little Angels School in Seoul, now called the Sunhwa Arts School.
Unification Church believers went hungry and poured out blood, sweat, and toil to raise the Little Angels, and even amid hardship they felt pride and fulfillment in contributing to national prestige through the activities of the Little Angels. Meanwhile, Mr. Bo Hi Pak also established the Korea-U.S. Cultural Freedom Foundation (KCFF) in the United States and personally carried out outreach activities by visiting numerous prominent figures, including the late Yang Yu-chan, a former ambassador to the United States, achieving a certain degree of success.
The justification for the Little Angels’ performances in the United States was framed with plausible grand causes such as consolation performances for bereaved families of those who fought in the Korean War and the promotion of Korea’s national prestige, and they achieved great success both domestically and internationally. Innocent people in many countries, unaware that the Unification Church was lurking behind the Little Angels, enthusiastically welcomed them, greatly enhancing Korea’s image.
In 1965, the first tour in the United States, lasting 100 days, was a success.
▲ 1. Col. Pak with former US President Eisenhower in 1965
2. Col. Pak with the Queen of England in 1971
3. The Little Angels at UNESCO in 1973
4. The Little Angels meet unknown
5. The Little Angels with Raisa Gorbachev in 1990
6. The Little Angels meet the Japanese Crown Prince and Princess in 1971
At that time, Sun Myung Moon was on a world tour to establish “holy grounds” and Mr. Park used the foreign currency earned by the Little Angels to cover Moon’s enormous travel expenses. The money earned by the cute children was thus used for an entirely different purpose.
[ LINK to a page on the ‘Holy Grounds’ and Moon’s 1965 world tour.]
Mr. Bo Hi Pak, who had experienced conflict with Sun Myung Moon over the financial revenues generated through the Little Angels, hurriedly returned to Korea and invited executives of the Unification Church headquarters to the Sejong Hotel. The invited executives went to the hotel to learn about the situation of the leader, who was then staying in the United States.
At the gathering, Mr. Park declared that he would leave the Unification Church and, as he had planned in advance, tore into pieces his Unification Church membership form in front of the leaders.
The leaders were stunned, and the shocking news was immediately reported to Sun Myung Moon in the United States. This was understandable, as Mr. Park had served as Moon’s right-hand man, was a leading family among the core 36 Blessed Couples of the Unification Church. He ranked as at least the fourth most important leader in terms of hierarchy.
Sun Myung Moon had already tried to persuade Mr. Park in the United States, spending nights talking with him, but without reaching a conclusion. Mr. Park then returned to Korea and caused this enormous incident.
More than anyone else, Mr. Park knew Moon’s weaknesses and the inner workings of the Unification Church in depth. He was a disciple who had been loyal to Moon. Moreover, Moon had even registered Moon’s son Samuel Moon, whom Moon had fathered in the United States through [Choi Soon-wha, Annie Choi], into Mr. Park’s family registry, to be raised in disguise as if he were Mr. and Mrs. Park’s own son.
For this reason, Sun Myung Moon and Bo Hi Pak were bound together with a shared fate through life and death.
▲ Sam Park sitting on the lap of Bo Hi Pak in about 1972
[Sun Myung Moon had sex with Choi Soon-wha, aka Annie Choi, many times in 1965 at the home of Bo Hi Pak in Arlington, Virginia, while he was on his world tour. Moon did not leave the Washington, DC, area until he knew she was pregnant. That explains why he was in the Eastern US for most of the time over about three months. Sam Park was born on January 28, 1966. Mrs. Pak had put cushions under her clothes to fake a pregnancy. The Paks pretended to be the parents of Sam and made false declarations on Sam’s birth certificate. When Sam was about 12 he figured his friendly ‘aunt’, Annie Choi, was his mother and Sun Myung Moon was his father.]
▲ Annie Choi with Sam in the house of Pak Bo Hi.
However, whether Samuel Moon, whom Mr. Park is currently raising, is Mr. Park’s son or Sun Myung Moon’s son cannot be stated definitively by people outside the Unification Church. Yet, according to the account of a journalist who owns a house in Arlington, Washington, D.C., where Bo Hi Pak lives, the child reportedly strikingly resembles Sun Myung Moon, to the point of seeming as if he were the spitting image of him. This gives rise to the thought that bloodlines cannot be concealed. Nevertheless, as outsiders, it is difficult to reach a firm conclusion with certainty.
▲ Inside the Little Angels School
Thus, at that time Sun Myung Moon handed over the Little Angels—into which the devotion of the Unification Church had been poured and poured—to Mr. Park. Since then the Little Angels have been operated under the Park system. There are also rumors circulating that Sun Myung Moon provided 200 million won in support of the establishment of the Sunhwa Arts School.
▲ The Theater at the Little Angels School, Seoul
Behind the growth of the Unification Church into what it is today lies the fact that there were believers who collapsed and died while working in unfamiliar frontier areas for the sake of the church, enduring persecution as heretics from established churches, and others who died from coal-gas poisoning. Toward such believers who suffered and shed blood, sweat, and toil, Sun Myung Moon would offer only a few words—cheap, cost-free flattery or praise—and the believers or executives who received such praise regarded it as the highest honor.
Tearing up a membership form is, in the eyes of Unification Church members, a shock and horror even greater than the prospect of going to hell. Then why did Sun Myung Moon spend nights persuading Mr. Park, who had declared of his own accord that he would withdraw? Sun Myung Moon treats well and fully exploits people who are well dressed, well educated, capable, good-looking, and useful, but he is an unfeeling person who thoroughly ignores believers who are uneducated and poor.
▲ Bo Hi Pak with former President George Bush, Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il
▲ Samuel Park’s birth certificate with the names of Pak Bo Hi and his wife falsely listed as his parents
Unification Church leader, Pak Bo Hi, was detained on fraud charges in 2004
JoonAng Daily July 20, 2004
by Min Dong-ki
Pak Bo-hi, 74, allegedly the second-ranking official of the Unification Church, has been arrested and detained by prosecutors in Seoul on charges of fraud. The church was founded by Rev. Moon Sun Myung, a controversial religious figure who has called himself the “son of God.”
Mr. Pak allegedly received 2 billion won ($1.7 million) from a real estate developer in December [2003] after promising the developer the rights to build an apartment complex on land in [Sutaek-ri], Guri, Gyeonggi province, owned by Ilhwa Corp., a food processing company owned by the church. The sum was a down payment for the sale of the land, prosecutors said.
Mr. Pak failed to make good on the promise, although the circumstances surrounding the contract are not fully known. Mr. Pak returned only 1.3 billion won to the developer.
A Unification Church official told the JoongAng Ilbo that Mr. Pak was no longer an official of the church, and is only a lay member. He said Mr. Pak had not asked the church to pay back any of the funds that had been given to the developer. It was not clear whether Mr. Pak had any church sanction for the contract.
Mr. Pak was the key official in arranging for Rev. Moon to meet the late North Korean dictator, Kim Il Sung, in Pyeongyang. He founded the Washington Times, a church-owned daily newspaper in Washington, D.C. in 1982; he was also the publisher and president of the Segye Ilbo, a Seoul daily, from 1991 to 1993.
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Sun Myung Moon Uses People and then Discards Them
Sun Myung Moon received as a donation the land in Sutaek-ri, Guri-eup, Yangju-gun, Gyeonggi Province, and a building in Myeong-dong from a widowed believer, Mrs. Lee Sin-sil. He even received as a donation the X middle and high school that this woman had been operating.
▲ The Central Training Center at Sutaek-ri, Guri, built on the donated land, has now been demolished.
But what is the present situation of this once-prominent woman? She receives only a small amount of subsistence assistance from a Unification Church foundation, and it is said that once her usefulness was exhausted, she was completely relegated to the status of a forgotten back-room guest.
Most of the assets built up through the sweat of believers are operated by Sun Myung Moon’s clan system, and only a handful of favored executives live in comfort and luxury. The resentment of the executives and believers excluded from this circle has piled up to the heavens, and the day when it will erupt at least once is bound to come soon.
Once it starts to shake, it will undoubtedly collapse all at once, like the fall of the walls of Jericho.
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Suspicions surrounding the death of Eu Hyo-won, the first president of the UC
▲ Eu Hyo-won sitting on a chair because of his health problems.
Mr. Park Chung-hwa also recounts that when he went to visit Eu Hyo-won, a loyal subordinate of Moon and the foremost contributor of the Unification Church who created the doctrinal text Divine Principle, while Eu was hospitalized, all visits were prohibited. Park wrote a note to Yang Yun-shin, and fortunately permission was granted, allowing him to speak with Eu for 30 minutes.
When Eu Hyo-won saw Park enter the hospital room, he shed tears and expressed joy at seeing him. At the time, Eu was limping due to osteomyelitis. Moon had urged Eu to undergo another surgery, but Eu, knowing that he had no hope of recovery, rejected the leader’s proposal for a second operation. He said tearfully that Moon had not even come to visit him for seven days and insisted that he would rather die than undergo another surgery.
Recommending another operation to a dying patient would hasten death, and thus suspicions arise as to whether Moon, seeing Eu Hyo-won—who knew the most about Moon’s secrets—as an inconvenient presence, may have attempted to shorten Eu’s life through an excessive and forced reoperation.
Eu Hyo-won, who had been the church president in the early days of the Unification Church, can in fact be regarded as the second church president. The first church president may be considered to have been Lee Chang-hwan, with Eu serving as the first head of evangelism and the second church president.
In the early days of the Unification Church, when it was based in Bukhak-dong, Seongdong-gu, Seoul, four people—Sun Myung Moon, Eu Hyo-won, Lee Chang-hwan, and Kim Sang-cheol (aka David SC Kim), whom they had recruited—gathered and established the official name of today’s Unification Church, the Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity. The English name was devised by Kim Sang-cheol.
Lee Chang-hwan, a graduate of Yonhi College, had made unification of religions the goal of his life. In 1953, his friend Aum Deok-mun visited Lee’s office and suggested that he go down to Daegu to meet Sun Myung Moon. There, Lee met Moon together with Mr. Park.
The following spring, in 1954, Moon and Lee Yo-han visited Lee Chang-hwan, formally put up a church signboard in Bukhak-dong, Seongdong-gu, and appointed Lee Chang-hwan as the first church president.
After working together for two months with shared purpose, Moon gradually began to introduce the issue of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, the core of the sexual doctrine. Lee Chang-hwan then thought that things could not continue this way, broke with Moon, and pursued independent activities. Thereafter, whenever Lee happened to meet Eu Hyo-won in the city, Eu would candidly share his worries with him, according to accounts.
Each time, Lee advised Eu that given his physical condition (Eu had a limp in one leg), it would be better for him to remain within the Unification Church. However, Eu reportedly said that his anguish over the sexual doctrine was only increasing, according to Lee Chang-hwan’s testimony.
Eu Hyo-won was a graduate of Osan School in Jeongju, North Pyeongan Province. He dropped out of Keijō Medical College and was a devout believer who testified that he was drawn to Moon’s interpretation of the doctrine of the Fall. He was a major contributor to the theoretical development of the Unification Church and was widely acknowledged as Moon’s foremost disciple.
He had suffered from a leg disease caused by caries [카리에스 is a Latin name for decay, in this case a progressive decay of bone] during his middle school years and became disabled with a lifelong limp; in his later years, he was reportedly unable even to use his lower back. To such a man, Moon urged that surgery was necessary in order to establish a heavenly image for his worldwide activities, and Eu accepted that proposal.
Eu was the very person who knew all of Moon’s blood-separation doctrine and secrets. Although he knew better than anyone that his disability could not be completely cured through surgery, the fact that he nevertheless underwent the operation suggests that he may have been hoping for a miraculous heavenly cure.
After the first operation, he refused second surgery, but upon receiving renewed persuasion from Moon, he underwent another operation and eventually died in August 1970.
When Eu passed away, public opinion arose that Moon, who had recommended the surgery, bore indirect responsibility for Eu’s death.
Moreover, the circumstances under which Moon urged Eu—who had adamantly refused more surgery—to undergo another operation, and had believers pray for him, are secrets known only to Moon himself. Some speculate, in a rather extreme interpretation, that because Eu knew too many of Moon’s secrets, he was naturally eliminated through such means. However, as third parties, we can only speculate or conjecture; the truth is known to no one except Moon himself.
It is said that at Eu’s funeral, Moon cried out that Eu had gone to hell. We have no way of knowing the reason for this. There is much debate over whether such words of curse could or could not have been uttered about Eu, who devoted his entire life to the leader.
When one compares this with the fact that, when Hee-jin, the son born to Moon and Miss Kim, died in a train incident [he leant of of a train window and was hit by a trackside post] while in middle school, Moon grieved deeply and lavishly praised him as a loyal subject, a filial son, and a martyr, the stark contrast between that praise and the curse pronounced upon the death of a meritorious figure who had devoted his entire life gives much cause for reflection, prompting one to wonder whether this is truly the nature of a heretical sect.
From the standpoint that Moon’s words and actions were meant to erase Eu’s contributions as the foremost contributor to the development of the Unification Church, the old saying “swallow the sweet and spit out the bitter” seems most unfortunately applicable here.
Eu Hyo-won played dual leading roles within the Unification Church, fulfilling both the mission of the archangel Lucifer and that of the restored son, as implied in Moon’s notion of restoration. Thus, bearing responsibility for the history of sin, and because humanity’s fall was brought about by the archangel Lucifer, the restoration history likewise required the cooperation of the archangel to fulfill Adam’s purpose. In this indemnity providence, Eu bore the responsibility for the alpha of the history of sin and carried the omega mission of the archangel Lucifer, coming before Moon, who appeared as the third Adam, knowing the hidden will of heaven and offering everything in cooperation with him.
Thus, Moon carried out the bloodline providence on the foundation of Eu’s cooperation in indemnifying and restoring the history of sin, while implicitly placing all responsibility upon Eu.
Moon is also said to have declared that even veteran elder Song and former head of the business department Song, who devoted their lives in loyalty to him, went to hell upon their deaths. Former believers unanimously voice their indignation, asking how it could be possible to denigrate in such a way those who died after they had loyally devoted themselves.
Considering Moon’s view of indemnity and restoration, it seems only fitting that if he were to die someday and go to the spirit world, Moon himself would also have to pay indemnity for his loyal followers to the same extent that he made them do so on earth. That would be the natural course of justice.
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Praying for Courageous Whistleblowing
Now that I have laid out at length the stories surrounding the Unification Church and its leader Sun Myung Moon, I feel a sense of relief. Speaking critically about an organization to which I devoted my youth and poured all my passion is truly a painful thing, but I have written this because I felt the truth must be revealed.
During the years that have passed since writing this piece, the Unification Church has undergone many changes. In the United States, Moon was investigated on charges of tax evasion, found guilty, and is now in the process of appeal, but it appears he will soon be deported.
Moon is now seeking to move his base back to Korea and is constructing a leisure complex in Cheongpyeong, Gyeonggi Province.
In the United Kingdom as well, he suffered a complete defeat in his battle with the Daily Mail newspaper and retreated without securing a foothold.
The judgment of history will inevitably be rendered fairly. Even though the Unification Church, backed by its immense wealth and organizational strength, has cast its spiderweb-like network of influence into every sector of society, and even though it uses third-rate novelists to create propaganda disguised as objective analysis of the Unification Church, the truth will eventually be revealed.
It is an immutable law of God that lies inevitably reveal their tails, and I am confident that this law will also apply to the Unification Church.
Finally, I regret ending this writing without being able to fully give voice to the deep resentment and anguish of the countless people who entered the Unification Church, were wounded both materially and spiritually, left it, and became crippled in both body and soul. As I conclude, I sincerely hope that comrades will emerge who have the courage to publicly expose to society the harm they have suffered.
I also wish to express my gratitude to Director Tahk Myung-hwan, the publisher of Modern Religion, and to all members of the editorial staff, who bravely published this work despite enduring many hardships, threats, and intimidation.
(Serialized in the monthly magazine Modern Religion, November 1982-August 1983)
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Chapter 14.
Sun Myung Moon’s Relationships with Women
Readers will likely have confirmed many truly hard-to-believe facts through the various materials presented in this book up to now. Broadly speaking, these facts fall into two categories. One is the fact that Sun Myung Moon has ceaselessly carried out activities harboring the ambition to “become the ruler of the world.” The other is the set of facts concerning Sun Myung Moon’s enormous “sexual escapades,” as you have just read in the series “Who Is Sun Myung Moon?”
Are these things really true? Is it actually possible for such large-scale and systematic sexual activity, under the guise of “doctrine,” as recorded in the serialized articles?
First, with regard to this question, it should be pointed out that within religious groups, large-scale “woman-hunting” by a leader under the pretext of doctrine is entirely possible, and that especially in morally corrupt pseudo-religions there have been many such examples. To begin with, I would like to quote a passage by Mr. Tahk Myung-hwan, well known as a researcher of problems related to new religious movements. In the October 1981 issue of the monthly Sungbyol, in an article titled “An Overview of New Religions in the Christian World (Part II),” under the section “Problems of New Religions,” he stated that the ninth problem of new religions is precisely the sex issue, saying the following:
“Lastly, the unethical sexual relations of new religions frequently cause social controversy. In new religions, sex-related problems can generally be considered in three forms. One is the esoteric type, in which sex is actually carried out based on doctrine. Because it is done secretly, it rarely surfaces, but the truth sometimes comes to light through accusations or exposés by victims. Another form appears as the religious authority strengthens, whereby the leader abuses female followers. Incidents in which leaders violated female believers at places such as the Ilwolsan Prayer Center and the Paryeongsan Prayer Center serve as good examples.” (Monthly Sangwol, October 1981, pp. 31–32)
In addition, in the 1920s, Cha Gyeong-seok, leader of the Bocheon-gyo religion, is said to have openly lived with “three thousand palace women,” while the case of Jeon Yong-hae, leader of the Baekbaek-gyo in the 1930s, and the extravagant sexual exploits of Seo Baek-il, leader of the Yonghwa-gyo in the 1950s, were widely reported to the public through newspapers.
Then what about the case of Sun Myung Moon? Are all the incidents described in the previous chapter fabricated? Of course, Sun Myung Moon’s organization has reacted strongly, saying things like, “How could that be?” or “My father is such-and-such a prominent figure,” or “I was a university professor—how could such a thing be possible?” and has claimed these are slanderous plots. Unfortunately, however, from the sheer volume of materials, it is not difficult to infer that Sun Myung Moon’s sexual escapades are in fact true.
Let us reason this out from eight perspectives.
First, when considering the credibility of the serialized articles in the previous chapter, the fact that they contain such detailed information as the scenery around the family home of Sun Myung Moon’s lawful wife, his prisoner number while in jail, the routes taken during flight as a refugee, and the names of people Sun Myung Moon contacted in the early days clearly shows that these are records written by someone who was extremely close to Sun Myung Moon. If those events are factual, it is difficult to believe that the matters concerning sexual relations were fabricated.
Second, when those serialized writings were about to be made public in manuscript form, Sun Myung Moon’s organization mobilized every possible means to try to block their publication. Even the author himself, while still loyal to Sun Myung Moon at the time, once met with blackmailers and handed over money in an attempt to prevent the manuscript from being published. If those matters were not true, why would Sun Myung Moon’s group have been so desperately anxious to block the publication of the manuscript?
Third, although it is not possible to reproduce everything here, the rumors that have circulated since the early days within Sun Myung Moon’s organization, along with the various strange incidents that the author has seen and heard, largely coincide with the contents of the articles cited above. The testimonies of women who had direct sexual relations with Sun Myung Moon, insinuations by high-ranking close aides, and the adulterous sexual scandals of executives that became actual incidents are all strikingly similar to what is described in the serialized accounts.
Fourth, there is Sun Myung Moon’s religious background, references to sex found in their scripture, the so-called Exposition of the Principle, and the content of Sun Myung Moon’s own sermons. There is little room for doubt about the close relationships between Sun Myung Moon in his youth and key figures of the so-called spiritualist sects that advocated “sexual mixing or blood exchange = pikareum,” such as Hwang Guk-ju, Chong Deuk-eun, and Kim Baek-moon, and this current is directly reflected in the Exposition of the Principle (see pp. 354–355 of this book, “The Claim of Bloodline Restoration in the Exposition of the Principle”). Moreover, in Sun Myung Moon’s own words there are countless emphases on “blood exchange,” including phrases such as “substantial restoration of love” and “exchange of bloodlines.” His statements on this matter will be separately compiled and listed later.
Fifth, there is Sun Myung Moon’s history of imprisonment. Sun Myung Moon was imprisoned a total of four times: once in the southern part of Korea during the Japanese colonial period, twice in the northern part of Korea before the Korean War, and once again in the South in the mid-1950s. These imprisonments have been glorified as being for “anti-Japanese activities,” “espionage charges,” or “draft evasion,” but in reality, according to eyewitness testimony and documentary evidence such as newspaper articles, it is clear that his arrests both in the North and in the South were essentially due to “relations with women.” In February 1948 in the North, he was arrested after attempting to take another man’s wife and hold a wedding ceremony called the “Marriage Supper of the Lamb,” following a report by the husband. Likewise, that the March 1955 Sun Myung Moon incident, commonly known as the “Ewha Womans University incident,” was a case involving relations with women is made clear by newspapers from that time. It is also hard to believe that his imprisonment during the Japanese colonial period was for “anti-Japanese activities.” If Sun Myung Moon had truly been an “ideological offender” engaged in anti-Japanese movements, it would have been impossible for him to be reinstated immediately after liberation at the Japanese-run construction company Kajima-gumi (鹿島組), since ideological offenders were always kept under surveillance.
▲ Kim Myung-hee (김명희)
▲ Kim Myung-hee · Moon Hee-jin, 1959
▲ Sun Myung Moon · Moon Hee-jin, January 5, 1965, Cheongpa-dong Church
Sixth, above all, there is the fact, openly known and acknowledged among believers, that there are more than ten women around Sun Myung Moon. First, there is his legal wife Choi Seon-gil; then there is Hak-ja Han, whom he married in the 1960s; there is Kim Myung-hee, who secretly gave birth to Moon’s child in 1955; and there is Choi Soon-hwa, who gave birth to a son in the United States in January 1966. In addition to these, there were more than ten women around Sun Myung Moon who were called “Mother” by believers, including women surnamed Choi, Gye, Gye, Bong, Gye, Han, Kang, Cha, Gye, Kim, and others. Could the relationship between Sun Myung Moon, called “Father,” and these women, called “Mother,” really have been merely a “spiritual” relationship?
▲ Sun Myung Moon · Choi Soon-hwa, 1956–57
▲ Sun Myung Moon · Choi Soon-hwa · Hak-ja Han · Choi Won-pok, 1964
▲ Choi Soon-hwa · Park Jin-kyung (Samuel Park), 1978
Matters of relationships between men and women are such that if the individuals involved say they did not do anything, there is no way to know for certain. However, in the cases of the two women who gave birth to Moon’s children, it cannot be denied that Sun Myung Moon was involved. Both women were daughters of fervent believers and were young, beautiful virgins at the time. Since evidence has surfaced for only these two people, does that make it acceptable? If it is true that he violated two virgins, is there not the possibility that he could have violated a hundred, or a thousand?
Seventh, the so-called blessing ceremonies and mass weddings through which Sun Myung Moon organizes his so-called “blood relatives” are highly suspicious. The blessing ceremonies began with three couples and expanded successively to 36, 72, 120, and eventually up to 6,000 couples. Families that went through these mass weddings call themselves Sun Myung Moon’s “flesh and blood” (혈육). (See p. 376, “Blessed Family Pledge.”) Why are they not called core believers, but rather “flesh and blood,” a term implying that they share Sun Myung Moon’s blood and flesh?
[Numerous witnesses claim that Moon’s sperm is in the “Holy Wine” which each person “blessed” by Moon has to consume, or their marriage is not “holy”.]
This matter must be understood in connection with the doctrine of Sun Myung Moon’s organization. In their doctrine, the Exposition of the Principle, there are many statements asserting that the “bloodline” defiled by the wrongful sexual act of the human ancestors Adam and Eve must be cleansed and restored (see p. 354, “The Claim of Bloodline Restoration in the Exposition of the Principle”). Sun Myung Moon has declared that, as the Messiah, he restores the bloodline and physically (육적) regenerates humanity. Therefore, whether in actual practice or in symbolic form, what Sun Myung Moon must do is inevitably “restorative sex, correct sex.” Talk of bloodlines refers to direct or symbolic sex. As far as the author knows, among the highest-ranking families, the so-called 36 Blessed Couples elevated by Sun Myung Moon to the position of “human ancestors,” there were no “symbolic” rituals at all, whereas only the later families underwent symbolic ceremonies involving contact with Sun Myung Moon’s hands and receiving and drinking “holy wine”. The fact that there were no symbolic ceremonies for the highest-ranking families strongly suggests the likelihood that “actual bloodline restoration” took place.
The Exposition of the Principle, the sacred text of the Sun Myung Moon movement, clearly states that the human Fall was the contamination of the bloodline through wrongful sex, and that in order to correct this and cleanse it through “physical salvation,” the Messiah must come. And the central doctrine of Sun Myung Moon’s movement is that this Messiah is none other than Sun Myung Moon himself. Yet when one asks whether blood separation (피가름= pikareum) was carried out if the bloodline is said to be restored, everyone becomes angry and hastily denies it, saying things like, “Our Father is a distinguished public figure, how could that be possible?” or “I was a university professor, how could such a thing be possible according to common sense?”
Then how is the bloodline corrected and a new lineage formed without pikareum blood separation? Do they draw Sun Myung Moon’s blood with a syringe and mix it, or is there some other method? The true substance of this bloodline restoration ritual must be revealed.
Eighth, it is now time to determine the truth of the mixed-sex rituals through Sun Myung Moon’s own words. In 1977, in the United States, Sun Myung Moon made a statement that clearly implied that he had relationships with countless women. Specifically, he said that “God allowed me to set the highest record in receiving women’s love.” Let us look at this directly.
“Therefore, this means that God desires that the Teacher become someone who receives more love and longing than any man in history. Thus, God has allowed the Teacher to set the highest record in receiving the love of so many women.”
(May 3, 1977, New York Belvedere; Monthly Ministry, Fall 1977 issue, p. 26)
What does this mean? Does it not mean that, with God’s “permission,” he had relationships with more women than anyone in history? Did he merely receive permission and stop there? And if Sun Myung Moon exchanged love with so many women, could that have been only “spiritual love”? As everyone knows, for a married man to limit himself to purely spiritual love is extremely difficult.
If he was permitted to set the highest record in history and actually established such a record, how many women would that be? A few hundred would hardly be enough to claim a historical record. Perhaps the Sun Myung Moon movement should disclose this and proudly register it in the Guinness Book of Records. Let us examine some other statements as well.
“At present, all women do not belong to you. They belong to this Teacher.”
(September 25, 1972, Words No. 142, p. 23)
And,
“Since history unfolded through bloodline, unless the bloodline is restored and established, the providence of salvation can never be accomplished.”
(May 4, 1969, Seonghwa, May 1969 issue, p. 16)
The providential history of restoration is the providential history of bloodline restoration.
(April 10, 1960, Words No. 105, p. 17)
Now, at this point, it should not be difficult to infer what kinds of things were taking place within the Sun Myung Moon movement.
Let us look at some more statements.
“Eve fell by engaging in wrongful love and thus defiled the bloodline; since it became corrupted at the level of lineage, this must be reversed.”
(Unification World, July 1972 issue, p. 8)
“Since Eve fell through the lower body, a condition of indemnity must be established.”
(May 4, 1969, Seonghwa, May 1969 issue, p. 16)
“Just as a machine, when it breaks down, must have the broken part repaired, so too a human being broke down there, and therefore a condition of indemnity must be established through that place.”
(May 4, 1969, Seonghwa, May 1969 issue, p. 16)
“One must be reborn through the bloodline of those parents (Sun Myung Moon – author) who are unrelated to the Fall.”
(May 4, 1969, Seonghwa, May 1969 issue, p. 14)
“Tamar deceived her father-in-law and committed sexual immorality (淫行), and even through such an illicit act accomplished bloodline restoration, yet it did not become a sin.”
(Referring to the Old Testament account in which Tamar deceived her father-in-law Judah and committed adultery, giving birth to Perez and Zerah – author)
(Unification World, October 1972 issue, p. 14)
“The True Parent of humankind is Sun Myung Moon.”
(October 1, 1968, lunar calendar; Seonghwa, February 1969 issue, p. 23)
“In the Unification Church, substance is restored through love.”
(November 20, 1968, Seonghwa, November–December 1968 issue, p. 8)
“For that to happen, the false bloodline of Satan must be cut off, and one must be born anew through the new parent (Moon – author), and history must be overturned, parents and children all must be changed (author); I do all of this work of connecting such bloodlines.”
(September 25, 1972, Words No. 142, p. 22)
“Thus, the entire world is restored into one bloodline through bloodline.”
(May 4, 1969, Seonghwa, May 1969 issue, p. 15)
“While establishing the standards for individual, family, clan, tribe, nation, and state restoration, one grafts one to ten, ten to a hundred—step by step in this way.”
(Unification World, July 1972 issue, p. 19)
“One must organize a single lineage sphere centered on one parent.”
(September 25, 1972, Words No. 142, p. 26)
“The men of the world have no wives. All must be restored.”
(September 25, 1972, Words No. 142, p. 21)
From Sun Myung Moon’s own words cited above, readers will likely have come to understand that within Sun Myung Moon’s movement, through the “sermons and teachings” of the leader Sun Myung Moon, who possessed doctrine and absolute authority, “bloodline restoration” rites were unquestionably carried out, and that these were precisely Sun Myung Moon’s indiscriminate sexual exploits. Therefore, it is difficult to view the serialized accounts in the previous chapter as entirely fabricated; rather, they are close to the truth, and it would be more appropriate to regard them as only a very small portion of a much larger body of facts that were reported.
However, the problem does not end there. What is even more astonishing is that traces can be found in many places suggesting that Sun Myung Moon did not use sex merely as a religious ritual based on doctrine, but also as a “technique to immobilize and dominate people.” Let us examine the following statements.
“Is this method of controlling women only for the purpose of restoring and saving them?” (May 4, 1969, Seonghwa, May 1969 issue, p. 16)
“Because the one who engages in love (sexual intercourse – author) first comes to have dominion, the condition in which the archangel (the husband – author) acted first must be overturned.”
(May 4, 1969, Seonghwa, May 1969 issue, p. 16)
“If a poor bachelor forms a love relationship with the eldest daughter of a rich family, then no one can move freely anymore; once a single word comes out of the bachelor’s mouth, even the eldest daughter of a wealthy household has no way out.” (May 4, 1969, Seonghwa, May 1969 issue, p. 6)
“We have put Unification Church members onto paths of hardship so that they could go to prison (draft evasion, lying, adultery – author), but we ourselves do not get caught in the snare.”
(September 25, 1972, Words No. 142, p. 4)
Also, consider the following report.
“On February 1, 1979, it was revealed by Ted Patrick, a leading figure in the anti-Unification Church movement, that Sun Myung Moon’s Unification Church had bribed at least 100 members of the U.S. Congress through means such as sexual enticement and campaign funds, and then used this as a means of blackmail.
In an interview with Playboy magazine that was made public, Patrick stated that defectors from the Unification Church confessed to him that, through their publicity teams, they had bribed legislators with sex and money, and that one woman claimed to have witnessed an envelope sent to a legislator containing 10,000 dollars in cash.
He also said that Unification Church converts deployed women from the United States, Korea, and Japan to launch sexual offensives against legislators, recorded scenes of legislators having sexual relations with these women, and then used the recordings as tools for extortion.”
As if to support this incident, Moon himself, in his sermon collections No. 179 (December 10, 1975), pp. 15–16, and No. 180 (January 15, 1976), p. 21, admits that he used “sexual allure.”
If so, does this not even raise the suspicion that the Yuseong Hot Springs incident was not merely a rumor?
(Tahk Myung-hwan, The Reality and Illusion of the Unification Church (Vol. 1), pp. 158–159).
There is no way to verify whether the contents of the above article are true or not. Even if they were true, there would be no one who would come forward and say, “I was toyed with by so-and-so’s sexual offensive.” Sun Myung Moon likely aimed precisely at this point and used sex as an important weapon to expand his influence.
Readers may recall Sun Myung Moon’s statement that “with only the necessary financial power, existing churches can be brought down.” If someone believes that money can do everything, there is no reason they would refrain from using “sex” to control and manipulate people. The level of thinking is the same.
In reality, powerful organizations operating worldwide, such as the American mafia or Colombian drug trafficking syndicates, provide clear examples showing that “money” and “sex” are the primary factors that move people, and just how much power those factors possess.
In any case, Sun Myung Moon himself said, “Is this method of controlling women only for the purpose of restoration and salvation?” If one reverses this statement, it means that there are purposes other than restoration and salvation, second and third purposes beyond that.
Using sex as a technique to immobilize and dominate people is a method employed by gigolos or so-called “home-wreckers,” and among crimes it is one of the most vicious. It is difficult to dispel the impression that Sun Myung Moon’s woman-hunting was something very similar to this.
For reference, Seo Baek-il, the leader of the Yonghwa Church, said, “One must receive the ‘water energy’ of the founder in order to sow the seed in the Dragon Flower Immortal Realm; therefore, one performs ‘casting the yang into the yin,’” and on that basis he preyed upon young maidens. Jeon Yong-hae, the leader of the Baekbaek Church, claimed that he would “create palace maidens of the Great Origin Immortal Realm” and thus ravaged women.
Those who indiscriminately preyed upon women under the guise of religion, Seo Baek-il and Jeon Yong-hae, committed crimes that outrage both heaven and humanity. How, then, are their acts different from Sun Myung Moon’s sexual exploits carried out under the banner of “bloodline restoration”? Sun Myung Moon’s closest disciples are asked to provide a clear explanation.
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Chapter 15.
The Dangerous nature of Sun Myung Moon
At this final stage of this book, is it really necessary to say more to explain the essence of Sun Myung Moon? Sun Myung Moon’s own words most clearly reveal his true nature.
“Confucius, the Buddha, and even Jesus are my subordinates.”
(February 1, 1976, Messages No. 182, p. 29)
“The time will come when my words will function as law.”
(November 26, 1971, Messages No. 135, p. 7)
“God has permitted me to set the highest record in receiving women’s love.”
(May 3, 1977, Pastoral Ministry, Fall 1977 issue, p. 26)
“It is God’s conclusion, centered on His will, that the Unification Church will not perish but will conquer the world.”
(May 14, 1972, Messages No. 138, p. 17)
“In the future, a time will come when people will have to choose one of three things: believe in the Unification Church, die, or run away. I am creating that time.”
(June 25, 1972, Messages No. 153, p. 26)
In the end, these statements mean that he considers himself the greatest figure in history, that he will conquer the world and create a society where a single word from him becomes law, and that when he has power he will cruelly punish or kill those who do not obey him. They also mean that he boasts of having preyed upon so many women that he has set the highest record in history. Is there any other way to interpret Sun Myung Moon’s words above?
In short, there is no alternative but to conclude that Sun Myung Moon is a religious madman beneath common sense, a cunning operator who spares no means to satisfy his own ambition and greed, and an extreme sexual predator beyond comparison. He has used sex as a strategy to dominate people and claims to have set the highest record in history. Among the women Sun Myung Moon preyed upon are cases in which a mother and her daughter were victimized together, so-called “three-generation mother–daughter” cases, in two families.
One cannot help but believe that Sun Myung Moon is a person who conceals an unimaginable cruelty.
Such a person has now built an enormous sphere of power spanning the entire world and is carrying out schemes to place our country and the whole world completely in his grasp.
Under various banners and theories such as world peace, God’s world, victory over communism, unification, scholarship, art, and a new history, he conceals his plots and uses money, women, or blackmail as strategic and tactical tools. As a result, he has now formed a power base so extensive that there seems to be nowhere in the world where anything is impossible for him.
In particular, his final offensive against our country has reached an extremely urgent, almost second-by-second situation. He has placed thousands of university professors within his sphere of influence, using them as a protective fence and taking control of university campuses; he has ravaged the core of the Christian world; he has completed the organization of the Victory over Communism Association with seven million members; and now a scheme is underway to bribe politicians and voters simultaneously with money. He has also co-opted thousands of martial artists, and within this nation’s economic circles as well he wields formidable influence.
“And Sun Myung Moon is a cruel madman who boasts that he will create a time when people must choose one of three: believe, die, or run away.”
Lastly, I would like to explain Sun Myung Moon’s conduct by comparing it to a familiar children’s tale.
There was a house where twelve rabbits lived. One day, the mother rabbit went out to the market, and taking advantage of her absence, a wolf attacked the rabbits’ house. When the young rabbits refused to open the door, the wolf imitated the mother rabbit’s voice and told them to open it. When the rabbits did not believe him and asked to see his paw, the wolf coated his paw with flour and showed it to them. Deceived by this, one rabbit opened the door. Upon seeing the wolf, the young rabbits tried to flee in panic, but in the end they were all caught and eaten, except for those that hid inside a clock and a rice chest. After swallowing ten rabbits, the wolf became full and heavy and lay down by a stream, unable to move. Just then the mother rabbit returned, and after hearing what the surviving rabbits said, she went to the stream, cut open the wolf’s belly while he was unable to move, and rescued the rabbits.
Just as the wolf coated his front paw with flour and deceived the young rabbits into opening the door, Sun Myung Moon has always approached every sector of society wearing different disguises, and in the end has continually turned them into forces that serve and support him.
Religious organizations, anti-communist activities, world peace research, academic support, arts support, world scientists’ conferences, anti-communist unification movements, interdenominational movements, Christian unity movements, world religious leaders’ conferences, support for Nixon, campaigning for Reagan, pro-government activities, and so on—there is nothing among these that is not a form of “flour coating.” Through Sun Myung Moon’s own words and all the materials presented so far, readers have seen all too clearly that his true intention is ultimately to “conquer the world” and “become the emperor of the world.” According to Sun Myung Moon, that is God’s will.
“Jesus was called the King of kings. That is not merely a title; it means that in reality it actually becomes so.”
(November 27, 1960, Words No. 122, p. 38)
Thus, there is not a single activity carried out by Sun Myung Moon and his group, mobilizing every kind of theory, name, and pretext, that does not aim toward this goal. In the early stages they conceal their true intentions, but as circumstances gradually ripen, they reveal their true colors. In this respect, the activities of Sun Myung Moon and his group are very similar to the methods of struggle used by communists. Kim Il-sung, too, at first wore the guise of a promising young man devoted to patriotism and love of the nation, repeatedly holding various rallies, meetings, agitation, and propaganda, and succeeded in seizing control of the masses’ psychology. Then, through terror and intimidation, he established a regime and has ruled North Korea for more than forty years.
What Sun Myung Moon is plotting is precisely such a course of action, and this is made all too clearly evident in all the materials.
When such a person gains decisive power, it is not difficult to imagine what kind of situation will unfold. The examples of Hitler and Kim Il-sung exist. Sun Myung Moon has already gone far beyond the stages of Seo Baek-il and Jeon Yong-hae.
I ask readers to reflect deeply. In the paths of human life, whether for individuals or for society, things dismissed with “surely not” are often the very things that become reality. And the only way to avoid such disasters is to see the facts clearly, muster the courage to establish countermeasures, and prevent them in advance with great force.
(The End)
▲ Sutaek-ri factory construction, April 6, 1966.
▲ 2014. The old Central Training Center at Sutaek-ri, Guri, is in the lower part of the photo. The Il-hwa ginseng factory is in the middle and upper left. The building with the blue roof, upper right, is the newer Training Center with a large hall on the top floor where at least one mass marriage took place. Prior to the ginseng factory, there was a gun factory on the site.
▲ Sun Myung Moon in the hall (under the blue roof) at Sutaek-ri in 2000.
▲ Members demonstrate against the destruction of the Sutaek-ri complex.
▲ The demolition of the entire complex, including the Central Training Center.
▲ 2018. Everything was demolished and high-rise apartments were built. All for profit. Built on the land donated by the widow, Lee Shin-sil.
▲ 2018. The apartment towers under construction.
Yongpyong Resort, covering 4,300 acres, is owned by the Moons
▲ Yongpyong Resort, located on the ridge of Mt. Balwangsan on the east side of Korea, is open all year round. It covers 4,300 acres, which is 6.7 square miles.
It is the first domestic ski resort opening in 1975. With an average of 250cm of snow each year you can enjoy skiing from November until April. Compared to other ski resorts, the ski season is considerably longer. It is 215km from Seoul, and with the construction of a 4-lane highway, the travel time has been shortened to 2 hours. When ski season finishes, you can enjoy golf from April to November as well.
This is where the 1998 World Cup Ski Competition and the 1999 Gangwon Winter Asian Games were held. The Rainbow Red*Silver*Gold slopes have been authorized by the International Ski Federation (ISF). Also there are slopes for beginners such as the Yellow Run and the Pink Run, and the new Red Run and Green Run for intermediates. There are 18 slopes and 15 lifts in total, with a 3.7km long gondola which can accommodate 8 people at once. There are other convenient indoor facilities such as the swimming pool and sauna, and within the complex there is a sledding hill, indoor golf course with a capacity of 6 holes, survival game park and the indoor mountain bike path. There are also the forest bath walk, archery, crocket, tennis courts and the campsites.
For accommodation there are hotels, condos, youth hostels which add up to 1,087 rooms available in total.
130, Yongsan-ri, Doam-myeon, Pyeongchang-gun, Gangwon-do
강원 평창군 도암면 용산리 130
website
http://www.yongpyong.co.kr/index.asp
▲ Greenpia. The Moons have a top floor apartment.
▲ Satellite image of part of the complex. The red marker is for the Greenpia condominiums.
▲ Kook Jin Moon opened the Peak Island Water Park in 2008
▲ Peak Island
▲ Peak Island Water Park
▲ Peak Island swimming pool
Yongpyong Resort has activities for all seasons
Available Facilities
Dragon Plaza, Dragon Peak, Fitness Center, Valley Center, YongPyong Dome
Accommodation
Dragon Valley Hotel, Tower Condominium, Villa Condominium, YongPyong Condominium, YongPyong Hostel, Birch Hill Condominium, Greenpia Condominium
Subsidary Facilities
1) Indoor Leisure – Swimming Pool, Health Club, Bowling Alley, Sports and Health Massage, Sauna
2) Outdoor Leisure – YongPyong Cable Car, ATVs, Alpine Slider, Survival Games, Bicycles
Free parking
▲ The YongPyong Golf Club
45-hole golf course:
1. The YongPyong Golf Club : 18 hole-traditional golf course
6,800 yards Par 72
2. The Birch Hill Golf Club: 18 based on the theme of
“meeting with water” 7,000 yards Par 72
3. The YongPyong 9-hole picturesque course surrounded by water
3,167 yards Par 36
▲ Golf condos
▲ Yongpyong ski runs (lower left & center) and golf courses from satellite
▲ Going to the top of Mount Balyang
▲ Mount Balyang – top station for the cable car
▲ Ski runs
▲ Snowboarders
▲ Yongpyong at night
Ski Season mid-November ~ early April
Maximum Daily Capacity 25,000 guests
Total number of Slopes 31 (including 2 half-pipes)
Total number of lifts 14 (including 1 cable car)
Cross Country Trail 15km
Rental Shops 3,000 sets of Skis and Snowboards
Golf Season Early April ~ Late November
Private Golf Club YongPyong Golf Club : 18 Holes
Birch Hill Golf Club : 18 Hole
Public Golf Course YongPyong 9 Golf Course : 9 Holes
Lodging Facilities 1,078 rooms
Special Facilities
Restaurants, Ball Rooms, Meeting Rooms, Leisure Sports facilities, etc.
▲ Hak Ja Han at her Greenpia apartment at Yongpyong.
▲ A view of the Yongpyong complex.
Beaché Palace is owned by the Moons. Who paid for it?
▲ Beaché Palace was opened in July 2008. It is located at Muchangpo, near Boryeong, South Korea.
78, Yeollinbada 1-gil, Ungcheon-eup, Boryeong-si, Chungcheongnam-do
충청남도 보령시 웅천읍 열린바다1길 78
Muchangpo Beaché Palace is a resort in Muchangpo, one of the most peaceful beachside areas on the west coast (yet to be discovered by many tourists). The resort has themed pools and a spa. Each of the rooms has an ocean view and the entrance of the resort is connected to the beach. During the summer tides, you’ll be able to witness the area’s almost miraculous parting of the sea.
It has 234 rooms, a spa, spa therapy (The Spa Hasta), souvenir shop, convenience store, a swimwear rental shop, etc.
Restaurants:
The Restaurant (Western and Korean food), Dongbaek (Korean restaurant), Robby Lounge Cafe, Umibe (Japanese restaurant), outdoor café.
▲ Hak Ja Han held a WFWP conference at the Beaché Palace in March 2012.
▲ There is a Helipad on the roof for the convenience of VIP guests.
▲ Beaché Palace is on the west coast of Korea. The Yongpyong ski resort is in the north and the Yeosu resort is in the south.
$18 million Ocean Resort in Yeosu is owned by the Moons. Partly paid for by Japanese members.
▲ This resort is near Yeosu, seen in the distance, on the south coast of Korea.
San 99, Soho-dong, Yeosu-si, Jeollanam-do
전남 여수시 소호동 산 99
Video (4 minutes)
Tour of Resort, Water Park and Country Club Golf Course
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXmu7w00gMA
Website: http://www.theoceanresort.co.kr/
The Ocean Resort is part of the Hak Ja Han / Moon family property empire in Korea. Their empire is worth $billions.
▲ The resort was opened by Sun Myung Moon and Hak Ja Han in February 2012.
▲ The governor of South Cholla Province, Chairman of the 2012 Yeosu Expo Organizing Committee and Mayor of Yeosu also attended. True Parents were very satisfied with the completed hotel.
The Ocean Hotel was built by the Tongil Foundation-affiliated Ilsang Oceanic Development Co.
The Ocean Resort is a vacation condominium complex also owned by Ilsang that opened in 2008. Both are part of True Parents’ plans to develop Yeosu as a major world center for leisure activities related to the ocean.
The Tongil Foundation has accumulated much experience in hotel and condominium operations through its properties in Yongpyong and Muchangpo (Beaché Palace).
▲ The Moons’ suite. Their photo is on the wall.
▲ The view from the 12th floor of the hotel.
▲ Resort entrance
▲ Night view
▲ Water park
▲ Swimming pool
▲ The Ocean Hotel’s ballroom can fit over 1,000 people.
▲ Room with a view
The Ocean Resort Condo is an accommodation in ‘The Ocean Resort Water Park’ in Jeollanam-do Yeosu. The water park is set against the beautiful backdrop of Dadohae National Park along the south coast, providing a pleasant mix of wilderness and man-made landscaping.
The condos have 5 different types of room. Each room has bedrooms, a living room, one or two bathrooms, a kitchen, and a balcony looking out towards the ocean. Facilities include a restaurant, a coffee shop, a convenience store, and banquet halls with state-of-the-art AV and lighting systems.
Guests at the condos can easily enjoy the water park in the resort, as well as explore nearby tourist attractions. The beautiful seaside city of Yeosu has numerous tourist attractions such as Suncheon Ecological Park and Dadohae Maritime National Park.
▲ When construction started in 2006 the plan was for a much taller hotel tower with 43 floors, and a water park of twice the size – as shown above. The final hotel tower has 17 floors.
Architectural Company – Jeonin A&E
Executive Company – Unification Company Ltd.
Opposition:
It was also agreed that Japanese and Korean Christian churches would cooperate with the committee tackling the Unification Church problem in Yeosu city in South Korea.
Japanese representatives pointed out that the Unification Church sponsored resort development in Yeosu is supported by funds stolen from Japanese victims. They stated their policy to thoroughly investigate the source of the funds to stop the development in Yeosu.
LINK
▲ The resort
▲ Yeosu on the south coast
Another Moon owned golf course – part of Ocean Resort, Yeosu
바다를 품은 골프장 • 디오션 컨트리클럽
A golf course that embraces the sea • The Ocean Country Club
▲ The Ocean Country Club opened for business in about 2013.
▲ The course
▲ The original plan. The development of the golf course was delayed because of local protests. The many small buildings (illustrated in the foreground) were not permitted.
Website:
http://www.theoceanresort.co.kr/subpage.php?page_code=040101
The Ocean Resort Country Club near Yeosu is owned by Hak Ja Han and the Moon family.
Geomun Island Palace, paid for by members, was built on the orders of Sun Myung Moon. It is now unused.
Sun Myung Moon: “Live for the sake of others.”
▲ Sun Myung Moon and Hak Ja Han open the Ocean Palace on September 12, 2011.
Geomun Island in South Korea
(do = island)
There are three islands, Godo, Dongdo and Seodo in the group. There is a 30m tall phallus shaped rock below the sea near Mt. Suweolsan on Seodo. It was named Munpilam Rock. (Did Sun Myung Moon think that was a reason to buy property on the island?)
According to a folk legend, Admiral Jeong Yeochang of the Chinese Qing Dynasty came to the islands and was deeply impressed and named the group, Geomundo.
– Geomun Island is dotted with thick camellia forests full of mature trees.
– The island has some of the most beautiful views on the southern coast of Korea.
– Many historical sites attract tourists.
– At the furthest south of Mt. Suweolsan on Seodo the Geomundo lighthouse can be viewed. It was first lit in 1905.
▲ Geomun Island is situated between Yeosu on the mainland and Jeju Island.
▲ The Moon’s helicopter and ferry company. The palace is located in the south-west.
The Unification Church got a building permit for a hotel, but built a palace and called it the Ocean Cheonjeong Palace Hotel. Visitors who knocked on the door and asked for accommodation were refused. Many islanders do not like the “hotel”. Moon wanted a bigger palace, but the authorities rejected his plans. The UC also bought the ferry business which links the island to the mainland. About seven members look after the unused palace.
It is possible that Moon bought the land in the 1970s since there were reports of Moon owning a Korean island at that time. Perhaps Moon wanted a remote bolt hole he could escape to if opposition to him got too great.
▲ Building the Palace in 2010
▲ The palace plans, signed by Moon in 2010.
Sun Myung Moon
Sept. 12, 2011 Ocean Cheonjeong Palace Hotel dedication
“… The people of this island, however, do not think on such a large scale, and so the palace grew smaller and smaller until it became what you see now.”
“…Father has said that there must be four palaces, and according to Professor Oh, these will represent the four directions, with True Parents at the center. The main Cheonjeong Palace in Cheongpyeong represents East. This one in Geomun Island represents South. Two others, as yet unbuilt – one in Seoul and one in Switzerland – represent North and West respectively. The Ocean Cheonjeong Palace also represents a palace for the underwater world, which originally True Father had intended to establish in the Pantanal wetlands in South America. The center of the Ocean providence, however, has since moved (via Hawaii) to the Yeosu area. Professor Oh mentioned in particular that, as many have died at sea, this providence opens the way for those unhappy spirits to be liberated.”
https://www.tparents.org/Moon-Talks/SunMyungMoon11/SunMyungMoon-110912b.htm
▲ The opening ceremony: Hak Ja Han and Sun Myung Moon in the palace entrance.
▲ The palace dominates the bay on the beautiful island.
▲ The palace is lower left.
▲ Members bow to Hak Ja Han during the brief visit she made on October 13, 2012.
Video of her 2012 visit: http://vimeo.com/51950518
Hak Ja Han visited the Palace by helicopter for one meal in October 2012
This 12 minute video is in Korean. After her talk (at 9:30 minutes) she eats the meal. Her eyesight is not so good. Then there is a short tour of the palace and departure. Kim Hyo-nam (aka Dae-mo nim) also came on the visit.
Dedication Ceremony of the Ocean Cheonjeong Palace Hotel on Geomun Island
http://www.tparents.org/Moon-Talks/SunMyungMoon11/SunMyungMoon-110912a.htm
and
http://www.tparents.org/Moon-Talks/SunMyungMoon11/SunMyungMoon-110912b.htm
Sun Myung Moon owned shares in the Central City complex in Seoul. They were sold for $925 million to pay for lawsuits in the Yoido Parc1 dispute
▲ Sun Myung Moon, Hak Ja Han and Kook-jin Justin Moon at Central City.
This is an explanation of the 2012 sale of Central City that was put up in the Korea CARP Café.
Regarding the sale of Central City shares:
We ask for our members’ understanding regarding a special situation.
According to a Yeon Hap News article from October 16, 2012, Shin Se Gye Shopping Mall acquired 60.02% of Central City’s shares from 4 separate companies in Malaysia. The price at which the shares were sold was approximately 1.025 trillion won (close to $925.7 million dollars). After quickly checking with representatives of Central City, we confirmed that the news is true.
▲ Central City, Gangnam, Seoul
For several years Central City was at a deficit due to bad management, however, recently that situation was turned around and operations were completely normalized to the point where it was making a profit and the value of the asset increased by several times. This process did not happen on its own, but it was due to True Parents dedication and Heaven’s support, along with the hard work of the management team of Central City. Especially, from the beginning of the project Mr. Dal Soon Shin who worked as president of Central City and his staff showed great administrative and managerial skill, and although he did not interfere with the details of management, Hyun Jin Nim has also been providentially guiding the work from behind the scenes.
From the members’ perspective Central City is not a providential institution like Pyung Hwa Motors or the Peace Cup which carry on specific providential work, but it is purely part of a business foundation. Currently the business is bringing in a profit and it has the potential to grow in the future as well. Naturally, people will wonder why it was decided to sell the company. From a business perspective, people will wonder whether it was the best moment to sell the shares. We asked those questions to representatives of Central City.
The representative said that the sale did not just happen suddenly, he explained that it was a decision based on a careful strategic study. Based on the assumption that this was his personal opinion, the representative said that the current decision was made as a measure to manage risk by reducing the burdensome debt the company acquired from the beginning; and considering the potential of a worldwide economic recession and its impact on the Korean market, it was a wise choice to sell the asset at the best price possible to maximize profits. He also added that selling the asset was a desperate measure of last resort to confront the endless lawsuits from the Tongil Foundation and the Unification Church, and in order to absolutely complete the Yoido Parc1 Project which is the fruit of the jeong-seong of our True Parents.
Although it isn’t appropriate to enter into the details at this moment in time, if the Tongil Foundation had not initiated all types of lawsuits against Y22 which was undertaking the Yoido Parc1 Project, it would have been possible to avoid selling the shares of Central City.
The figures of the legal fees incurred from the ever-increasing lawsuits are an astronomical amount of money that both sides have wasted. Also, the damage from having to stop and prolong the construction for 2 years at the Yoido Parc1 construction site (due to the Tongil Foundation’s lawsuits) has brought financial loss in the millions. But it does not end at that. After losing and appealing the case, chairman Kook Jin Moon of the Tongil Foundation and their board members have taken their Parc1 lawsuit to the Supreme Court and they are of the position of continuing the lawsuits for many years to come. Furthermore, in spite of having been sentenced by court to pay 45 billion won plus overdue interest as the first phase of damages, the [Tongil Foundation is trying to buy time and] refusing to pay up even as they incur a 20% yearly interest rate on the amount promised.
Although the assets that should be invested for God’s providence are being thrown away at a fast rate, and the Parc1 construction site looks like a scar on the city of Seoul, there is no end in sight to the meaningless and futile lawsuits which are creating a sick atmosphere in the entire Unification Movement. Perhaps we will experience the end of the Unification Movement even before the decisions are made on the lawsuits and it will be too late to regret what happened.
In this situation, when having to make a choice between [selling] the Yoido Parc1 project or Central City, perhaps most people would choose to keep the safe and profitable Central City which on its own is a quite big asset instead of choosing the wounded and uncertain Yoido Parc1 project. However, this decision was the complete opposite. This was perhaps a measure taken in order to not allow the foundation of dedication that True Father invested into Parc1 to be lost and to never allow his dream of finalizing the project to go to waste. The measure can be seen as a strong will to bring True Father’s dream to fruition. And it also contains the unbending resolve to fight to the very end these unjust lawsuits that are destroying the providence.
God’s will and the providence are eternal. The dream that True Father had for Yoido was not unrelated to God’s providence. Therefore, it will be accomplished regardless of what sacrifices have to be made. We sincerely pray that the sale of Central City’s shares was done with this kind of big purpose behind it. We also pray that all the lawsuits come to an end as soon as possible, and that we can bring an end to this period of fighting and distrusting one another, so that we may once again join forces and focus on realizing the legacy that True Father left behind for us.
Lonely Planet review for Central City Mall
A popular mall next to the express bus terminal that includes Shinsegae Department store, a food court, a six-cinema multiplex, endless underground shopping and Nolboo Yuhwangorijinheukgui, a great duck restaurant.
Yongpyong Resort, covering 4,300 acres, is owned by the Moons
Yeouido Parc 1 dispute – UC Foundation lose, Y22 win
New Hope Farms International Equestrian Park
Belvedere estate was purchased in October 1972
Footnote
PROJECT WATERGATE REGIONAL MEETING
12/29/73 – 6:30 p.m.
Present at meeting:
Mr. Neil Salonen
Mr. Dan Fefferman
Mr. Torrey
Mr. Dan Stein
Mr. Breland
Mr. Harries
Mr. Brabazon
Mr. Lee
Mr. Gregory Novalis
Dr. Joseph Sheftick
Mr. Lombardi
Mr. David Beard
Miss Marchant
Miss Barbara Mikesell
Miss Goldman
PART ONE: GOAL OF PROJECT – President Salonen
Purpose:
To bring new life to the archangel, Nixon – hence to make him aware of our significance.
Setting:
We are ending the 3-year period for America, when Master is going to decide if He can work in America or not. We must show Him He can by our being adaptable, responsible, and quick.
For deciding Congressmen this is the crucial time. Impeachment proceedings are beginning. Yet polls are indicating that Nixon’s popularity has just gone up by four percentage points to 31%. Now is the time to affect them at the grass-roots level.
The Watergate Statement is a difficult one for many. It is a point of judgment, of Christian conscience. Yet 4 Senators and 31 Congressmen have given their support – it can be done.
Method:
In order to show Nixon and Congress both our own power and the outer support that we can generate, we emphasize 3 aspects. Rallies must accomplish:
1. Impact on the media – visibly, strongly
2. Impact on Congressmen
3. Impact on influential community leaders to approach Congressmen themselves
This is to be done in all fifty states, and before Congress reconvenes. It is to be done in a strong and disciplined fashion, but with as little disruption as possible to the centers. Master expects membership to increase. Get outside groups to participate.
It should not be necessary to have our Family caravan from place to place if you can effectively organize outside participation. There should be as little movement as possible.
This region, #8, is meeting first, in order to serve as a pattern for all other regions.
WORK QUICKLY – ALL MUST BE ACCOMPLISHED BY JANUARY 14, 1974.
Structure:
Dan Fefferman is overall National Project Director.
Each region is headed by a Project Director
Linda Merchant continues in dual capacity as Media Director for Watergate as well as “Day of Hope.”
Keep in touch with Mr. Fefferman constantly.
Regional director should serve needs of his states, but remain in constant communication with headquarters.
Regional director should meet with his state leaders to discuss the most efficient way to accomplish rallies in each state. It may mean a morning rally in one state, an afternoon rally in another, and an evening rally in a third. January 1, New Year’s Day, is a good day to meet and plan. It is not a good day to hold a rally.
Be self-supporting. Day of Hope has left Headquarters with many debts. Pool your resources along the way. You must handle your own mailing; however, we will provide literature for nothing, and “Forgive, Love, Unite!” buttons at cost (10¢ each).
Tone:
If people should push you for a stand, say you are against impeachment and are supporting him – but project forgiveness, love, and unity for America.
Attitude:
This is a direct priority from Master. Each of us must work like 10 people to seem like at least 10,000. Approach this short-range project with a long-range view. We will always be doing and planning things like this. Always be ready.
We are right on the edge of influencing people. Master wants to give an address to a joint session of Congress. As someone other than a head of state, this is difficult. We must push hard for the victory between now and January 14 as a foundation for nationwide impact.
Prayer Meeting:
On January 9, all fifty states should hold a nationwide interfaith service. Master definitely wants this done, but He wants it done well.
If all you can manage is a service in your basement with a few people. He doesn’t want it. The standard is that everything we do must be extremely successful. No unsuccessful things are allowed!
PART TWO EXPLANATION – Mr. Fefferman
Tone:
For purposes of the rally, put a bit less emphasis on “Forgive, Love, Unite” and more on “Support the President – we trust him.” Our approach is a political effect caused by a religious concern. The motivation is nonpolitical: religious and national unity for mankind, instead of the damage the atmosphere of accusation is doing to the world.
The problem is that without a definite stance on Nixon, the media have nothing to sink their teeth into. They will try to pin you down. So be careful, but GET THE PRESS THERE.
When it comes to the prayer meeting January 9, then is the time to emphasize “Forgive, Love, and Unite.”
Media:
A new and necessary area for us. The White House, Congress, and the people will become aware of us through the press. They must see something strong and nationwide. We saw unedited soundless films of our demonstration and meeting Nixon – and it was impressive. Once edited, with sound, we will see something moving and amazing. With 1,000 people, we pulled off a demonstration of 10,000. That’s better than the Communists could do.
It is unlikely that the regional director can be present at every rally. It is essential to have a separate media person, preferably someone who is already trained or experienced.
The media coordinator should phone in a daily report. Let us know what papers ran articles or pictures, on what page, by what reporter. With a list of such articles nationwide, your newspaper can get specific information and photographs by AP wire service (professional, free of charge, and faster than anything we could possibly manage).
Move as quickly as possible. Delivery services deliver their press releases 3:00 – 6:00 p.m., and the various editors don’t pick up the copy till the next day. So get them moving fast, and supply any details you don’t have later. ALWAYS BE ONE STEP AHEAD OF THE PRESS.
It’s good to be in ongoing contact with your press offices, If you have had a sincere but inexperienced member doing public relations, pair him/her up with someone who really knows the ropes – let the one smile and give support and the other cover all the necessary angles.
In this or any area you are working on, know a name, and it really helps. Know names, things about them, their personal situations and sensitivities. All can be used for our benefit. That way we know how to approach the people most fruitfully.
Question: How do you avoid an editor with whom you have had a bad experience?
Answer: It’s good if the City Editor (or the Managing Editor – the same in many papers) is on your side. He determines what news goes in during the week.
The Religion Editor is not exactly under him; but during the week, the City Editor can reject what he wishes. Only once a week does the Religion Editor have a whole page; then he can do what he wants.
Feature editors, assignment editors are good too. The assignment editor is also important for radio and TV.
RALLIES ARE PERFECT FOR TV: they’re pretty, active, and involve timing.
Image (Note):
If necessary, take a more political stance; only do it delicately. No newspaper accepted the Watergate Declaration as an ad at religious rates.
Who are we exactly? The rally and prayer meeting are projects of the National Prayer & Fast for the Watergate Crisis, which is associated with the Unification Church. All the DC press has identified us that way. HOWEVER, STRESS THAT OTHER CHURCHES ARE WORKING WITH US.
The founder of the Unification Church started the project. Of course, the UC wholeheartedly backs the project; UC also coordinates the participation of other churches.
Media Outlets:
Mailagram – goes as a telegram to the post office, then is delivered by mail from there. We sent things to the Day of Hope cities this way. Your story could include notes on the tree lighting ceremony, the. Citywide Day of Prayer on the 19th, and end with a push for the January 9 Day of Prayer.
Religious Wire Service – We sent the Star-News article (“Repent, Forgive, Unite”) this way. (Up to the reporter – in this case, William Willoughby). The service goes out to over 800 outlets, including Christian magazines, major denominational headquarters, etc. They have carried articles on us since the Day of Hope started.
TV Hints:
Small, intimate, personal things can make a large impact (one excerpt showed one person crying as she prayed). It gave weightiness, integrity, and sincerity one level deeper.
After Nixon met Mr. Salonen, the film showed many kneeling down and praying before the White House; this was beautiful.
(Don’t artificially create things, just know that these real details are important.)
On camera, medium strong prayer looks good. Very strong prayer doesn’t. It looks strange.
Don’t clench your fists Hitler-like when you are singing. If you are marking time while you sing, do it with your hand open.
Refer to Master, of course, as “Rev. Moon.” Play Him up as the leader and initiator, but don’t make Him the central focus. He’s coming under in order to lift up the President. (Then people will ask, who’s lifting up the President? We, as the Adam tribe, love the Archangel President.)
Though “Mansei”’s are meaningful to us, on the outside they can look funny, foreign.
For public media exposure, they are inappropriate to this project. Be American.
Media Feedback:
Many liked what we were doing, but were offended by the conclusion. So their support was always qualified. But many see that we’re giving the only pragmatic solution. Plus – we’re giving dignity to the whole issue. So now people are writing about us without including controversial side remarks.
William Willoughby of the Star covered us 3 weeks in a row. He said, “I’m embarrassed. It’ll seem like I’m a member! But I have to admit – you’re the hottest religious news item in town.”
William McKaye of the Washington Post, a sophisticated man, has been luke-warm to us. But because we’re making national impact, he came to see the responses and stayed some 3 hours asking questions. As a result, he is interviewing Mr. Salonen on Monday. He will probably do not only one Prayer and Fast article, but others just on the church as well. This to them is a whole different thing than something like the Day of Hope – a whole new arena.
One final note: Say you are having a rally, and they have promised to come – and they haven’t.
CALL THEM; RIGHT UP TO THE LAST MINUTE. You can always find someone to talk to who can help.
You never know who may have forgotten or who was called out of town suddenly – out of no ill will. It’s almost never too late to get them out.
(Also: have one person remain uninvolved at the rally, especially prepared to spot out press people and talk to them. You should know exactly who they are and exactly what they’ve seen and heard while they are there. This is always true.)
Overview:
Direct impact through the media is essential.
Also, try to get signatures from Congressmen.
Show him there is grass-roots support for this group he met in Washington. Visit Senators, Representatives, and your family’s Congressmen too. Check with the League of Women Voters. Be informed on his stand, background, and approach. The Watergate Political Committee kept excellent records of what aides and Congressmen they contacted.
It is very effective to say, “Well, we talked to Mr. Smith, Senator X’s aide, while in Washington.” Also, get on the Congressman’s mailing list.
If possible, the rally should be in the capital city, or wherever is the center of attention.
Call and inform your Congressman. Involve him somehow – you could march from some prominent historical spot in the city to his office and ask to speak with him.
FEW GROUPS HAVE THE POWER TO SPREAD ORDERS SO QUICKLY. IN THE FUTURE, WE WILL BE VERY POWERFUL BECAUSE OF THIS. EVEN IF HE IS NEGATIVE, A CONGRESSMAN UNDERSTANDS NOTHING BETTER THAN VOTER POWER. EACH ONE TAKES THIS SERIOUSLY.
IF YOU PUT A FULL-PAGE AD IN THE PAPER AND YOUR CONGRESSMAN WON’T SEE YOU, HOLD A DEMONSTRATION; HE WOULD SEEM IRRESPONSIBLE THEN IF HE DIDN’T SEE YOU.
The media are pushing impeachment in January.
The jobs of these representatives of the people depend on their constituents’ response. So for the Republicans, it may be a question of their own jobs if they support an unpopular Nixon.
It is very important that we are getting BIPARTISAN support. It is to us sickening that this is becoming a political issue. Should only be a moral issue, one depending on justice and God.
Logistics:
At least 100 people should participate. It is absolutely necessary for you to have outside groups participating. If you can get those key group leaders, you can get as many as a few thousand out at best.
1. Young Republicans (Mr. Fefferman will contact the National Director to ask if he can send a letter of support to us.) If friendly, can give people. However, we don’t want to come off as being affiliated with them.
2. Committees to support President , e.g. YAF (Young Americans for Freedom.) Very conservative. (Again we’ll try for a letter from the director.)
3. Ethnic groups, e.g., Hungarian, Polish, etc. Eastern European ethnic groups almost always are conservative and anti-Communist. We joined a Support the President rally here, and met many Eastern Europeans. Italians, also.
Example: New Jersey should contact their Hungarian Catholic community.
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