The I AM Activity, also referred to as the I AM Temple, is a neo-Theosophical religious movement founded in the early 1930s by Guy Ballard (1878–1939) and his wife Edna Anne Wheeler Ballard (1886–1971) in Chicago, Illinois, based on the purported teachings of "ascended masters." It is an offshoot of theosophy and a major precursor of several New Age religions including the Church Universal and Triumphant.