Known for its mass weddings, Mr. Moon's movement teaches a unique brand of Christian theology that emphasizes the sanctity of marriage.
"We did not ask for this, and we did not push this," said Rev. Phillip Schanker, a spokesman for the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, the central organization in Mr. Moon's movement.
Mr. Moon, whose movement is far larger in his native Korea and in Japan than in the United States, has been reaching out to conservative Christians in this country in the last few years by emphasizing shared goals like support for sexual abstinence outside of marriage, and opposition to homosexuality.
The Moons, whose movement echoes that of Martha Graham Mr. Tayloror's onetime boss — are Eran Bugge, Laura Halzack, Jamie Rae Walker and Aileen Roehl.
If gravity accounts for the apple's fall, why shouldn't gravity also account for the moon's movements?
The astronomical clock shows the phases of the moon and the movements of the planets, and it will tell time hours, minutes, seconds, and even sixtieths of seconds until the year 9999.
Measuring the moon's precise movements, they found that Enceladus experiences librations — known as wobbliness to non-astronomers — that are too large to be explained by ice resting on a rocky surface.
Mr. Beavers's central movement, "Winter Moon," is pure tone painting: the crescent moon described in the Langston Hughes poem that inspired him is drawn by dissonant winds that evoke an unforgiving iciness.
At the headquarters of Karaite Judaism in this city southeast of Tel Aviv, the recent festivities were in full swing for the new moon and what the movement's calender says is the start of the Hebrew month of Elul.
