DAY 7
Clockwise from upper left: (1) Carla as a toddler. (2) Carla with her parents Jean & Ted Rueckert, and her brothers Jimmy & Tommy. (3) Infant Carla with her mother. (4) Jim & Carla with Atta & Wilson McCarty, Jim’s parents. (5) A very happy baby
Jim. (6) A contemplative baby Don.
Clockwise from upper left: 1. Don with his mother, Elizabeth, known to most as “sister.” 2. Don as a 2nd Lt in his artillery/armor unit.
3. Young Don with his father, Tully. 4. Don Elkins, high school senior. 5. Jim McCarty, high school senior.
Donald Tully Elkins
Below: Don meeting with the original Larsonian physicist, Dewey Larson, about whose work Don would later query Ra. Next page: Though not mentioned in this book, Don’s horizon stopped working during flight. Later in the flight it miraculously, impossibly fixed itself—akin to a flat tire repairing itself while driving, said Don. A few days later he discovered the equally bizarre cause for its repair. Don points to the horizon after landing.
Right: Carla’s Philippine psychic surgery.
Carla Lisbeth Rueckert-McCarty
Above: Don and Carla in their Louisville apartment where they lived together for twelve years. Their next house would become the site of the Ra contact shortly after Jim moved in and joined their efforts.
Clockwise from upper left: 1. Interior of Jim’s cabin. 2. Jim selling his honey and beets at farmer’s market. 3. Jim traveling through Nevada. 4. View of Jim’s built-from-scratch cabin. 5. See 99.5.
James Allen McCarty
Above: The only two photos of the whole group. The one in costume was that mentioned on page 110. Below: A Carla thinned from the Ra contact offers Jim marigolds in the back yard of their home on Watterson Trail during the Ra years.
Above: Jim and Carla married on May 30, 1987. Below: Carla spent multiple years of her life confined to a hospital bed, but always cheerful and with an eye toward praise, thanksgiving, and worship.
Above: An image revealing the shining, boundless nature of Carla L. Rueckert’s optimism, spirit, and faith.
Clockwise from above: (1) The house that Don purchased in 1984: “the domicile…is blessèd [with] angelic presences,” said Ra. (2) One of only a few photos of Carla channeling. Jim serves as battery, in the process holding Carla’s hand as he has since 69.18. (3) Jim on his mower starting out a new day for his lawn service. (4) Carla in her living room glowing despite the medical challenges.
Top to bottom:
1. An L/L Research Homecoming Gathering. 2. Austin & Gary with Don Quixote, obviously. 3. Austin cradling a lamb in his farming days. 4. Gary with his wife, Trisha, on Louisville’s riverboat. 5. Gary and Trish at the canyon which is grand.
