But here's what you REALLY should know: The most well known historical recording of DG is written in SamGukYuSa. Like all mythology, DG story contains ridiculous claims by today’s knowledge.
According to the book, DG’s parents were a heavenly being WhanWoong (father) and WoongNyeo (a bear who became a woman after eating garlic and Artemisia in a cave for 100 days). Many primitive societies have totem religions with animal stories like this. DG ruled Korea for 1500, and became an enlightened god when he was 1908 years old. Some Ilchi’s organization members claim the bear ate garlic and Artemisia for 21 before became a human to match Ilchi’s claim of 21 days enlightenment at Moak Mountain.
Now, this story is too fictitious so the story is changed as symbolic representation of great teachings by Ilchi’s GukHak, and they are now saying actually the bear did not become a woman, but it was actually name of a town called “Bear”. Also, DG did not live nearly 2000 year, but DG was a title (like King) that was inherited for 47 generations.
Story of DG is not the only Korean mythology Ilchi fabricated according to his needs. The story of Mago, which Ilchi claims to be Korean history written in BuDoGi, is also a crap, too. The book BuDoJi doesn’t exist and the first print of the book were in 1986 (only 24 years ago). No other book or text in Korean history ever mentioned BuDoJi. If the book existed or important, at least some mention of the story would have passed down.
All these “changes” are systematically fabricated at Ilchi’s organization named “GukHakWon” to support his demented Korean history.
So why is Ilchi so adamant about DG story, and supposedly 3 ancient holy books of Korea – ChunBuKyung, SamIlShinGo and ChamJeonGyeKyung?
DG as a religion diety that did not exist before early 20th century in Korea. DG only existed as shamanic diety. In early 20th century, Japan ruled Korea for 36 years, and Korean nationalism was at the worst shape eclipsed by Japanese imperialism. During the time of turmoil, many nationalistic DG (DongHak) cults sprouted all over Korea feeding on the bad time. Some of them went through elaborate scam of fabricating ancient texts to justify their religion.
The worst one was BaekBaekGyo. The charismatic leader JungWoon-Chun claimed he went into GumGang Mountain for 3 years where he gained the knowledge of ChunJiKiUn and Dahn-gun sprit. He said the doomsday will come on 1904 and everyone will die except BaekBaekGyo followers with white cloth. They will be lead to the land of enlightened paradise and will live forever. To make this paradise more convincing, he used “ancient” stories like BuDoJi and SamIlShinGo.
But when 1904 came and went, the world didn’t end, his followers started to revolt against the leader Chun. But his deception continued on till 1930. After he was caught in 1930, the police found 346 dead bodies and god knows how many he actually killed. He is also known to be a psychopath that buried people alive without guilt. He is known to have more than 60 second wives and biggest temple at the time.
The reason Ilchi is copying dahn-gun cults like BaekBaekGyo’s old doctrine is because of the prophecy of “BulGuangSunIn” (sounds familiar???) or “JungDoRyung” who is the Messiah that will take his followers to the enlighten place. Ilchi is trying to make he is the one – thus dahn-gun face look like him, etc.
This kind of primitive religious organization based on shamanic tradition is almost eliminated from modern Korea, since people are more educated and knowledgeable. But Ilchi is trying to revive this under pretense of “modernization” of Korean tradition GukHak. All I can say is, don’t just accept 3 Korean holy books just because Ilchi tells you so. Get some background and historical context. Then you will realize you are wasting your precious time with this cult organization.
O, one last thing. All 3 books are about the Heaven and the One. These are some clues:
- Ilchi calls himself Ilchi – he is the One. ChunBuKyung POINTS to the One.
- SamIlShinGo and ChamJeonGyeKung are books of trinity – Heaven Earth and Human.
- Ilchi wrote a holy book called Chun Suh (The book of Heaven)
- When Ilchi teaches, it’s called Gang Chun (heaven descending or teachings of heaven)
- When Ilchi went to the jail it’s called YukChunIl (against the heaven day)
- When 27 masters sued him it’s 2nd YukCHunIl (2nd against the heaven day)
- Chun Bu Sung (the heavenly star where all his enlightned followers will go in golden turtle shaped space ship)
- ChunHwaWon (the DW training center means be one with the Heaven)
This is the truth behind Ilchi’s demented psychopathic cult ambition. Some better cult leaders trying to get there by virtue, integrity, deed and spirituality. Ilchi doesn’t have any of those qualities, so he is trying to be the One with money willingly "donated" by his followers: hiring lawyers, buying honors, and hiding like a rat until people forget. If you don’t get this, you deserve to be in that organization.
