Topic: Pope John Paul Ii

Mark Booth claims that a young Karol Wojtyła, the future Pope John Paul II, participated in Rosicrucian spiritual exercises in Poland. According to Booth, a near-fatal accident involving a truck triggered an altered state of consciousness and a mystical experience that directed him toward the priesthood. This claim of Rosicrucian influence on a future Pope was a primary source of outrage for traditional Catholic critics of Booth's work.