John A. Saliba and Amanda J. Tellefsen's academic profile of the Aetherius Society, World Religions and Spirituality Project, posted 4 April 2012 and read 2026-08-16, reporting Smith's 2003 estimate of about 10,000 people on the Society's UK mailing list, Clark's 2006 estimate of six to seven hundred UK members against an eight thousand strong UK mailing list, and the authors' own 2010 estimate of about 3,000 full and associate members worldwide, noted as incomplete since it excludes membership on other continents.
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AuthorJohn A. Saliba and Amanda J. Tellefsen
PublisherWorld Religions and Spirituality Project (WRSP)
Publication Year2012
URLhttps://wrldrels.org/2016/02/25/aetherius-society/
Source Typeacademic article
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Reliability Tier2
Tier two: a university-affiliated reference project profile by two named academic authors, assembling several named researchers' dated membership estimates rather than a single unsourced figure, and explicit about the estimates' limits. Claims Backed By This Source (15 claims)
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- New Religious Movements, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
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