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Methernitha

Methernitha refers to a religious group and community in Linden, Switzerland founded by Paul Baumann in the 1950s and 1960 respectively. The Methernitha Christian Alliance is a loose association of Christians who live according to the Bible but do not have organized meetings. The Methernitha Cooperative community operates democratically on principles of the Alliance and claims to have developed a free energy device, but the founder was later imprisoned for child abuse.

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Methernitha

Methernitha refers to a religious group and community in Linden, Switzerland founded by Paul Baumann in the 1950s and 1960 respectively. The Methernitha Christian Alliance is a loose association of Christians who live according to the Bible but do not have organized meetings. The Methernitha Cooperative community operates democratically on principles of the Alliance and claims to have developed a free energy device, but the founder was later imprisoned for child abuse.

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Methernitha

Methernitha refers to two related entities, both founded by


Methernitha
Paul Baumann — Methernitha Christian Alliance and
Methernitha Cooperative. One is a religious group, and the
other is a community in Linden, Switzerland, based on the
group's principles.

Classification Christianity
Organizations
Region Switzerland
Founder Paul Baumann
The religious group
Origin 1960
Switzerland
The Methernitha Christian Alliance exists as a loose
association of members who subscribe to the teachings of the Official website www.methernitha.com/
Holy Scriptures. Members do not have organized meetings, (http://www.methernith
nor do they necessarily live in the same area. Current a.com/)
members are distributed throughout Switzerland and other
countries. The Alliance was founded in the 1950s by a small group of Christian oriented people whose goal
was to live according to the teachings of the Bible. Eventually the group founded a commune in Linden in
the canton of Bern.

The community

Originally based on the principles of the Methernitha Christian Alliance, the Methernitha Cooperative is
now more philosophically inclusive and in 1960 was registered with the Swiss Commercial Register as a
legal entity. The organisation was laid down in Articles of Association and adheres to the Rules of the
Swiss Federation.

The Cooperative is a residential joint venture work group operated on a democratic basis. Administration
staff are chosen from the members in a general meeting. It has its own television studios that transmit self-
produced programs. The commune also has its own school and nursing home, and a "club house", which is
the center for worship and their historical archives.

Members are still Swiss citizens, and the Cooperative pays all relevant taxes and social security to the
government.

Beliefs
Methernitha is a Christian group, but it is non-evangelical, refraining from attempts to win new converts.
Members do not indulge in alcohol, tobacco or recreational drugs or money.

Free energy
The Methernitha Cooperative claimed to have developed years ago a free-energy[1] device called the
Testatika:

"This wonder-machine is fueled from nature, nothing else. Nature is the greatest source of
power as well as knowledge which man has, and it still conceals many secrets, which are
only revealed to those, who approach and tie in with them with highest respect and
responsibility ... To understand nature and to perceive its voice, man is obliged to
experience silence and solitude, and it was there, where the knowledge about this
technology was obtained."

Criticism
In France, the religious group was criticized by an anti-cult association ADFI, which considered it a cult
("secte" in French-language).[2] In 1976 Paul Baumann, the founder of the community, was sentenced to
six years imprisonment for sexual abuse of children.[3]

References
1. Carolina Hehenkamp (2 February 2002). "Methernitha — A Community That Runs on Free
Energy and Spiritual Values" (http://www.spiritofmaat.com/archive/feb2/methnith.htm).
Spiritofmaat. Retrieved 27 August 2009.
2. UNADFI (1992). "Association spirituelle ou entreprise plutôt lucrative ?" (http://www.prevens
ectes.com/methern1.htm). Prevensectes (in French). Retrieved 27 August 2009.
3. Martin Baumann, Jörg Stolz (2007). Eine Schweiz, viele Religionen: Risiken und Chancen
des Zusammenlebens (https://books.google.com/books?id=7oKIptxbTiwC&dq=methernitha
&pg=RA1-PA295) (in German). Transcript. p. 295. ISBN 9783899425246. Retrieved
27 August 2009.

External links
Official website (http://www.methernitha.com/)

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