Star Amphitheatre

Star Amphitheatre

The Star Amphitheatre was an open air temple constructed by the Order of the Star of the East, a branch of the Theosophical Society in 1923-1924 at Balmoral Beach in Sydney, Australia.

It was intended as a platform for lectures by the expected 'World Teacher', widely believed at the time to be Jiddu Krishnamurti, and cost around 10,000 pounds. It was demolished in 1951.

A persistent urban legend in Sydney says that the Amphitheatre was built in anticipation of the second coming, when it would provide a viewing platform for Jesus Christ's walking across the water either through, or between Sydney Heads. Some versions of the story include tickets for the spectacle being sold to a gullible public.

External links

* [http://www.abc.net.au/rn/relig/enc/stories/s746134.htm ABC Radio National Encounter: Krishnamurti]
* [http://www.allsaintschurch.org/sermons/Nov3003.htm Jesus is Coming] - Sermon by Fr Tony Noble of All Saint's Episcopal Church San Diego quoting the Jesus myth
* [http://www.austheos.org.au/news/n20071114.htm Balmoral Amphitheatre - Facts and Fiction]


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