J. Z. Knight
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<div role="note" class="hatnote" >"Ramtha" redirects here. For a town in Jordan, see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramtha,_Jordan" class="mw-redirect" title="Ramtha, Jordan" >Ramtha, Jordan</a>.</div>
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<th scope="row" >Born</th>
<td >Judith Darlene Hampton
March 16, 1946 (age 70)
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roswell,_New_Mexico" title="Roswell, New Mexico" >Roswell, New Mexico</a></td>
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<td class="label" ><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yelm,_Washington" title="Yelm, Washington" >Yelm, Washington</a></td>
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<th scope="row" >Nationality</th>
<td class="category" ><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States" >American</a></td>
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<th scope="row" >Ethnicity</th>
<td class="category" ><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caucasian_race" title="Caucasian race" >Caucasian</a></td>
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<td class="category" ><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States" >United States</a></td>
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<th scope="row" >Occupation</th>
<td class="role" >Channeler, author, speaker</td>
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<th scope="row" >Years active</th>
<td >1977–present</td>
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<th scope="row" >Known for</th>
<td ><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramtha%27s_School_of_Enlightenment" title="Ramtha's School of Enlightenment" >Ramtha's School of Enlightenment</a></td>
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<td ><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roswell,_New_Mexico" title="Roswell, New Mexico" >Roswell, New Mexico</a></td>
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<th scope="row" >Children</th>
<td >Brandy and Christopher</td>
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<th scope="row" >Parent(s)</th>
<td >Charles and Helen Hampton</td>
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<th scope="row" >Website</th>
<td ><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.jzknight.com/" >JZKnight.com</a></td>
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<p ><b>Judy Zebra Knight</b>, born <b>Judith Darlene Hampton</b> (born March 16, 1946), usually known as <b>JZ Knight</b>, is an American mystic teacher and author, and is known for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediumship" title="Mediumship" >channelling</a> of a spiritual entity named Ramtha.
Knight has appeared on US TV shows, such as <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_King" title="Larry King" >Larry King</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-larryking_1-0" class="reference" ><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.Z.Knight#cite_note-larryking-1" >[1]</a></sup> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSNBC" title="MSNBC" >MSNBC</a><sup id="cite_ref-msnbc_2-0" class="reference" ><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.Z.Knight#cite_note-msnbc-2" >[2]</a></sup> and <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Merv_Griffin_Show" title="The Merv Griffin Show" >The Merv Griffin Show</a></i>, as well as in media such as <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychology_Today" title="Psychology Today" >Psychology Today</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference" ><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.Z.Knight#cite_note-3" >[3]</a></sup> Her teachings have attracted figures from the entertainment and political world such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Evans" title="Linda Evans" >Linda Evans</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_MacLaine" title="Shirley MacLaine" >Shirley MacLaine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference" ><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.Z.Knight#cite_note-4" >[4]</a></sup>
Knight claims to bridge ancient wisdom and the power of consciousness together with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_physics" title="Modern physics" >latest discoveries in science</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference" ><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.Z.Knight#cite_note-5" >[5]</a></sup> Some of the ideas are similar to those of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_MacLaine" title="Shirley MacLaine" >Shirley MacLaine</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-shirley1_6-0" class="reference" ><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.Z.Knight#cite_note-shirley1-6" >[6]</a></sup> which have in turn been criticized for being "kindergarten metaphysics" by mathematician and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeptic" class="mw-redirect" title="Skeptic" >skeptic</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Gardner" title="Martin Gardner" >Martin Gardner</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-gardner_7-0" class="reference" ><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.Z.Knight#cite_note-gardner-7" >[7]</a></sup>Ramtha's teachings have been criticized by scientists and skeptics.
Knight lives in a 12,800-square-foot (1,190 m<sup >2</sup>) French chateau-style home and, next door, teaches courses and runs <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramtha%27s_School_of_Enlightenment" title="Ramtha's School of Enlightenment" >Ramtha's School of Enlightenment</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-olympian-qna_8-0" class="reference" ><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.Z.Knight#cite_note-olympian-qna-8" >[8]</a></sup>
Knight has been married three times and is the mother of two children from her first marriage (Brandy and Christopher),<sup id="cite_ref-olympian3_9-0" class="reference" ><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.Z.Knight#cite_note-olympian3-9" >[9]</a></sup> which ended in divorce.</p>
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