1975-2000:
The Effort of The New Age Movement and the Counter-effort
of the Chemical Counterfeit Enlightenment of the 60s
Who are the agents of the Brotherhood in this
last quarter of the 20th century? Possible candidates are:
Baghwan Sri Rajneesh. Indian Guru.
Combining eastern spirituality with western psychotherapy
and materialist hedonism.
Sai Baba. Indian mystic and magician.
Sri Aurobindo. Indian mystic, yogi
and philosopher.
Benjamin Creme. British prophet alleges
to be send by Maitreya to announce his coming in 1982.
Lucis Trust. Alice Bailey's legacy.
Claim direction of the Masters.
Krishnamurti (1895-1986). Indian mystic
and religious teacher. Especially since 1975 he claims messianic
status.
David Spangler. British theosophist
and author. Cofounder of Findhorn.
Ken Wilber. American thinker and author.
His first book, The Spectrum of Consciousness,
was published in 1975 by the Theosophical Publishing House.
Jane Roberts. Channeler of The
Seth Material.
Helen Schucman. American psychologist
and channeler of A Course in Miracles.
Mark and Elizabeth Prophet. American
religious teachers.
This timeline is predicated on the assumption
that Mark and Elizabeth Prophet are genuine agents of the
Masters and the books mentioned are important milestones
in the New Age.
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1958
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Founding of the Summit Lighthouse
by Mark Prophet.
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1961
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Founding of the Keepers of the
Flame Fraternity by Ascended Master Saint Germain
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1962
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Founding of the Findhorn community
by Peter and Eilleen Caddy and Dorothy Maclean.
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1969
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The View over Atlantis
by John Michell
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1974
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle
Maintenance by Robert Pirsig
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1975
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Mount Shasta conference of The
Summit Lighthouse. Conference lectures and dictations
later published as The Great White Brotherhood
in the Culture, History and Religion of the United
States. Publications of The Chela and the
Path by El Morya, Raymond Moody's Lifer
after Life and The Spectrum of Consciousness
by Ken Wilber.
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1976
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Revelation, the Birth of a
New Age David Spangler and The Tao
of Physics by Fritjof Capra.
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1980
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Wholeness and the Implicate
Order by David Bohm, The Aquarian Conspiracy
by Marilyn Ferguson
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1981
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A New Science of Life by
Rupert Sheldrake
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Mark Prophet (1918-1973). American
religious teacher and mystic. Founder of The Summit Lighthouse.
Messenger of the Adepts.
Elizabeth Clare Prophet (1939- ).
American religious teacher and writer. Leader of The Summit
Lighthouse and Church Universal and Triumphant between 1973
and 1999. Messenger of the Adepts.
Chemical Counterfeit Enlightenment of the 60s
Birth of Krishnamurtianity
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1943
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Albert Hoffman inadvertently synthesizes
LSD at Sandoz laboratories, Basle, Switzerland.
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1950s
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Coming of the Beatniks, Allen
Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, William Burroughs, Neal
Cassady. Sex & Drugs & Rock-and-Roll part
of the counter-culture. CIA administers LSD to different
marginal population groups.
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1954
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Publication of The Doors of
Perception by Aldous Huxley.
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1960
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Establishment of the Center for
Research in Personality by Timothy Leary and Richard
Alpert.
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1966
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Creation of the Brotherhood of
Love, which organized the mass-marketing of LSD.
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1968
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Publication of The Electric
Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe.
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1969
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Publication of The Teachings
of Don Juan: A Yaqui way of Knowledge by Castaneda.
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1975
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Krishnamurti: The Years of
Awakening by Mary Lutyens. Lutyens' hagiography
more or less claims a messianic status for Krishnamurti.
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1976
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Krishnamurti's Notebook
by Krishnamurti. Most extraordinary journal of this
iconoclastic mystic.
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1977
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Truth and Actuality by
Krishnamurti. Author claims messianic status. (ca.
`When the Lord is here the Masters keep silent.')
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1986
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Krishnamurti dies. Besides his
numerous books and videos his legacy is a network
of foundations, schools and video/dialogue groups,
which are the spiritual foundation of a new religion
and civilization in the making.
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Aldous Huxley (1894-1963). British
author and intellectual. Friend of Krishnamurti. Wrote important
foreword to Krishnamurti's First and Last Freedom (1954).
Experimenter with hallucinogenic drugs. Wrote The
Doors of Perception.
Anton La Vey. American Satanist. Founder
of the Church of Satan. Incarnation of Lenin and Loyola.
Influential in rock music and lyrics.
Timothy Leary (1920-1996). American
psychologist and Counter-culture guru. Popularized the use
of LSD.
Carlos Castaneda. American author
and anthropologist. Author of the fictitious Don Juan books.
Ken Kesey. Counter-culture guru and
writer. Popularized the use of LSD with his Merry Pranksters,
the Magic Bus and the Grateful Dead.
Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895-1986). Mystic,
philosopher and religious teacher. Head of the Order of
the Star in the East (1911-1929). Groomed Messiah. Fiercely
independent spiritual teacher. Founder of Krishnamurtianity
and the Theosophico-Krishnamurtian civilization?
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