Manhattan’s Secret Cult: Congregation For The Light
Awaiting doomsday, non-human children, and karma.
The Congregation for the Light, or just The Light, has been around since the 1960s. However, its teachings originated in 19th century England. A married couple, known as the Wyeths, awoke from a shared dream and wrote down what they could remember. These writings became The Light’s ideology.
Fast forward to the 21st century and the mysterious society now has around 200 members in New York and an unknown number in Washington DC and Atlanta.
Every Thursday evening, without exception, the members gather at their leader’s building to hear him preach. The building is located in a Manhattan neighborhood: 160 East 35th Street, Murray Hill.
Tom Baer, the current leader, stands in the middle of the room and preaches, reading from pieces of paper that have been passed down to him. There are no religious texts and under no circumstance are members allowed to take notes.
The Light’s first leader, during the 60s and 70s, was Morris Kate. He believed that after doomsday took place, members would be reincarnated on a planet called ‘Nay’, be genderless…
