Index

A

"A" seminar, 139 -141, 152 , 162

Abdul Baha, 39

Abel, 104 , 239

Able ceremony, 111

Abortion, 176 , 254 , 255

Adam and Eve ceremony, 116

Adultery, 94 , 143 , 147 , 174 , 176

African heritage festival, 245

Albertson, Robert G., 105 , 106

Alcohol, 88 , 93 , 147 , 189 , 224 , 262 , 263 , 277 . See also Drinking

Alcoholics Anonymous, 46 , 90 , 262

Alpha Psi Zeta, 23 , 24 , 53

American Friends Service Committee, 47 , 61 . See also Quakers

AMR, courses, 269

Anchell, Melvin, 175

"Angel's Advice," theatrical production, 241

Angels, 113 , 114 , 241

Anima, 105 , 162 , 179

Animus, 105 , 162 , 163

Another Mother for Peace, 273

Antinormanism, 143 , 147

Anti-Semitism, 67

Anti-war activity. See War

Apocalypticism, 73 , 133 , 134 , 146 , 150 , 192 , 235 , 261 , 272 , 279

Arab-Israeli war, 273

Archetypes, Jungian. See Jungian influence

Arnold, Matthew, 166

Asians, 243

Asilomar conference center, 41 , 42 , 46 , 58

Astronomical signs, 101 , 108 , 116

At-one-ment, 77 , 116 , 136

Atomic bomb, 58 , 72 , 73 , 213 , 272 , 276

Authority of God, 76 -78, 98 , 109 , 121 , 135 -159, 181 , 242

B

"B" seminar, 152

Bahai religion, 39

Bainbridge, William S., 3

Baptist Church, 33 , 43 , 244

Beauty, role in ideology, 74 , 150 , 168 , 169 , 173

Becker, Gary S., 3

Beijing, 15 , 30

Ben Lomond retreat center, 47 , 50 -54, 63 , 100 , 102 , 137 , 139 , 140 , 151 , 183 , 194 -197, 202 , 203

Berkeley, University of California, 42 , 57 , 230 , 232

Beyond War, 6 , 7 , 114 , 117 -119, 188 , 195 , 203 -204, 220 , 226 , 267 , 274 -287

Bible, 103 , 116

Bible study, 7 , 13 , 14 , 155 . See also Gospel study; Records

Bicentennial of American Revolution, 253 , 254

Birth control, 176

Black, Shirley Temple, 273

Blacks, 41 , 61 , 94 , 100 , 113 , 114 , 226 -227, 236 , 243 -247, 250 , 252 , 257 . See also Minorities

Black Student Union, 114

"Bless Man," theatrical production, 237 , 238 , 257 , 264

Blessman, 116 , 165 , 179

Blessman calendar, 116

Boyden, Elizabeth, 23 , 42 -44, 65 , 66 , 71 , 82 , 85 . See also Howes, Elizabeth Boyden

Boys, 112 , 164 , 168 , 170 , 183 -188. See also Children; Sons

Bracelets, symbols, 99 , 100 , 104 , 119

Bradley, Raymond Trevor, 107 -110, 178

Brainstorming sessions, 197 , 246

Buchman, Frank, 49 , 65 -67, 71 , 81 , 143

"Building the Earth," theatrical production, 114 , 129 , 249

Build the Earth, 7 , 203 , 207 , 208 , 249 , 250 , 254 , 255 , 263 , 272 -274

Burch, James, 163 , 267 , 268 , 287

Burch, Wileta, 287

Busse, William, 199

C

"C" seminar, 153 , 176

Cain, 101 , 104 , 239 , 240

Caldicott, Helen, 276

California Energy Commission, 257

Camp, children's, 63 , 183 , 184

Camp Minnesing. See Minnesing

Campbell, Joseph, 105 , 126

Candles, ceremonial, 99 , 100 , 103 , 104 , 112 , 116 -118, 187 , 220 , 275

Capitalism. See Economic ideas

Capitulation, to authority, 164 , 173 . See also Authority of God

Carlson, Del, 59 , 60 , 83 , 84 , 244 , 287

Carter, Jimmy, 262

"Celebration of New Beginnings," theatrical production, 116

Central Group of Camp Minnesing, 24 -26, 29 , 32 , 53

Ceremonies, 6 , 40 , 88 , 99 -106, 111 -119, 170 , 171 , 185 -187, 219 , 236 , 238 , 244 , 268 , 275 -277

"Challenge of Time," course, 126 , 151

"Challenge to Change," course, 151 , 153 , 156 , 159 , 211 , 262 , 280

Charismatic leadership, 5 , 44 , 95 , 107 -111, 122 , 178 , 268 -269, 278

Child care, 53

Children, 53 , 112 , 113 , 164 , 176 , 180 -192, 197 -199, 218 , 220 -222, 230 , 234 , 241 , 246 , 247 , 263 , 264 , 268 . See also Boys; Youth

China, 15 , 30 , 33

Christ, 13 -16, 21 , 40 , 96 , 97 , 110 . See also Second coming

Christianty, 2 , 20 , 21 , 41 , 73 , 89 , 98 , 147 , 193 , 209 , 213

Christmas, 113 , 114

Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples, 61

Churches: 86 , 285 , 286 ;

relationship with, 24 , 34 , 35 , 39 , 40 , 43 , 44 , 48 -51, 54 , 59 -61, 64 , 87 -90, 113 , 212 , 213 , 222 , 243 -245;

and sect, 1 -5, 86 , 285 , 286

City on a hill, 10 , 194 , 198

Clergy, 46 , 88 , 89

Colima, Mexico, 39

Colleges: and Rathbuns, 38 , 41 , 58 , 85 , 151 , 157 , 158 ;

and Sharman, 12 -15, 23 , 30 , 33 .

See also specific college names

Committee on Children's Television, 264

Communal ideas, 21 , 29 , 50 , 107 -111, 198 -201

Communion, 97 , 101 , 108 -110, 129

Communism, 21 , 29 -33, 273

Community for Relevant Education, 247

Community of believers, 9 , 28 , 78 , 193 -234

Complexification, 126

Confession, 66 -68, 82 , 142 , 143 , 146

Confrontation as a psychological technique, 137 , 143 -146. See also Criticism

Consciousness, higher, 69 -71, 126 , 129 , 135

Continuation seminars, 63 , 82 , 170 , 189

Conversion, 20 , 66 , 111 . See also Transformation of the individual

Cost of membership in economic model, 3 -4, 7 , 34 , 86 , 121 , 159 , 180 , 196 , 219 , 233 , 243 , 248 , 275

Costumes, 103 , 119 , 236 -238, 256 -258, 273 . See also Rainbow colored clothes

Counseling, 67 , 138 , 186

Counselors, camp, 183 , 184

Courses: of Creative Initiative, 151 -153, 195 , 206 -208, 219 ;

and Harry Rathbun, 37 , 38 ;

of Sequoia Seminar, 63 , 64 ;

of Sharman, 13 , 15

Covenant of the third age, 97 -99, 101 , 105 , 115 , 118 , 136 , 237

Creative Initiative Foundation, 7 , 71 , 203 , 204 , 208 , 229 , 267

Creed, 75 , 102 , 104 , 137 , 209 , 243

Criticism, mutual, of fellow members, 137 -145, 179 , 189 , 190 . See also Confrontation

Cross of Fulfillment, 100 , 104 , 114 , 116 , 119 , 244

Curriculum. See Courses

Czechoslovak Women's Council, 273

D

Daughters, 168 , 181 , 186 , 187

Dawn, 155 , 239 , 240

Dawn Ceremony, 101 -103, 105 , 110 , 111 , 113 , 116 , 118 , 119 , 120

Death as a metaphor for evil, 146 -148, 150 , 201 , 281

Declaration of Interdependence, 254

Deconditioning process, 64 , 139 , 141 , 142 , 213

Degrees, academic, 14 , 36 , 82 , 228 -231

Demography of Creative Initiative, 226 , 287

Denver, 226

Detachment, 136 , 154 , 181 , 182

Devil, in Emilia's thought, 17 , 68 , 121 , 134 , 136 , 147

Dinners, 52 , 117 , 171 ;

recruiting 218 , 223 , 224 , 236 .

See also Food

Dispensation, third, 120 , 179 , 209 , 210 , 244 , 280 . See also Third age

Divorce, 90 , 92 , 171 , 282

Dominant male, 163

Donations, 195 , 196 , 201

Draft, military, 247 , 251

Drama, 114 , 236 -243, 254 . See also Pageants; specific names of shows; Theatrical productions

Drinking, 35 , 147 , 188 , 189 , 218 , 219 , 224 , 262 , 263 . See also Alcohol

Drugs, 9 , 112 , 187 , 189 , 190 , 235 , 262 , 263 . See also LSD

Drummond, Henry, 13

Dualism, 9 , 70 , 121 , 122 , 146 , 148 -150, 157 -161, 191 , 281

E

Eagle ceremony, 112 , 113 , 184 -187

East Palo Alto, 113 , 226 , 243 -245

Ecology. See Environment

Econolution, 200 , 201

Economic ideas, 62 , 70 , 133 , 149 , 150 , 166 , 171 , 200 -202, 229 -230

Economic model of church and sect, 3 , 4 , 48 , 86 , 121 , 196 , 219 , 285 , 286

Ecumenicism, 111 , 212 , 226 , 243 , 244

Education: achievement of members, 230 -234, 238 , 242 , 246 ;

in Beyond War, 271 ;

of children, 112 , 182 , 183 ;

process for members, 142 , 151 , 157 -160, 206 , 207 ;

of public, 105 , 122 , 238 , 242 , 246 -263

Ego, 69 , 99 , 136 , 138 , 147 , 180 , 190 , 238 , 281

Einstein, Albert, 79 , 279

Eisner, Betty, 82 -84, 94 , 96 , 287

Employment. See also Jobs of members

Energy conservation, 254 -262

Environment, 28 , 105 , 121 , 128 , 133 , 150 , 199 , 202 , 253 -263, 265 , 272 , 276

Esalen, 84 , 85

Escuela de Luz, 182 , 183

Est, 221

Eve, 101 , 116 , 164 , 179 , 239

Evil, 76 , 77 , 117 , 136 , 146 -150, 173 , 239 , 281 . See also Sin

Evolutionary theory, 8 , 70 -74, 79 -81, 124 -129, 133 , 135 , 137 , 145 , 150 , 154 , 236 , 265 , 280

F

Fahs, Sophia, 18

Family: in Beyond War, 282 ;

in Creative Initiative ideology, 136 , 157 , 165 -192, 196 , 198 -199, 220 -222;

demography of member, 231 -234;

in early new religion, 117 ;

in theory of sects, 109 ;

in thought of Sharman, 20

"Fate of the Earth," 58 , 192 , 276

Father, role in ideology, 112 , 182 , 185 , 186

Feminine role, 101 , 112 , 161 -164, 167 , 172 -174, 178 , 179 , 187 , 237 , 239 , 240

Films, 241 , 242 , 249 , 254 , 276

Finances. See Money

First cause, God as, 76 , 123 , 125 , 148 , 279

First Paper, 102

Fitton, Donald, 250

Fitton, Virginia, 274 , 277 , 278

Food, 223 -224. See also Dinners

Ford Foundation, 245

Fornication, 143 , 174 , 176

Four absolutes, 68 , 143 , 176

Four Winds, 199

Frame of reference, 141 , 172 , 281

Free will, 137 , 180 , 213

Freedom, personal, 78 , 92 , 137 -138, 161 , 183

Fresno, 188 , 256

Fromm, Erich, 66 , 82

Frost Amphitheater, 250

G

Gender roles, 105 , 106 , 162 , 163 , 170 , 172 , 184 -187, 191 , 192 , 282 . See also Marriage, Role of; Sex and sexulaity

General Electric, 259

Global 2000, 262 , 272 , 276

Gnostic plane, 99 , 106 , 111 , 120 , 125 , 129 -131

Gnosticism, 111 , 114 , 279

God, 57 , 66 , 76 , 81 , 101 , 146 , 148 , 152 , 242 ;

Emilia's ideas about, 43 , 47 , 66 -68, 74 , 95 -98, 108 ;

Harry Rathbun's ideas about, 35 , 44 , 74 , 126 ;

Heard's ideas about, 71 ;

and natural law, 9 , 125 , 159 , 279 -280;

and prayer, 131 ;

and psychology, 121 ;

and sex, 92 , 108 , 178 ;

Sharman's ideas about, 13 , 15 -18;

women and love of, 168 , 173 .

See also Authority of God

God's will. See Will of God

Golden thread, 116

Gospel of Thomas, 106 , 108

Gospel study: in Creative Initiative, 155 -157;

and Emilia, 41 , 43 , 44 ;

under Harry, 57 , 59 ;

under Sharman, 13 -16;

in Students Concerned, 60 .

See also Records

Great paradox of Jesus, 8 , 118 , 137 , 148 , 183 , 242

Greed, 8 , 147 , 148 , 169

Greene, Felix, 30

Guidelines for Conscious Viewing, 264

Guild for Psychological Studies, 33 , 66 , 71 , 91

Guilt, 142 , 143 , 171 , 176 , 189

H

Hammond, Pixie, 112

"Hark the Harold," children's show, 113

Harman, Willis, 84

Heard, Gerald, 27 , 63 , 68 -72, 131 , 177 ;

ideas in Creative Initiative, 124 , 126 ;

ideas in Sequoia Seminar 79 -86

Hellman, Irving, 47

Hellman, Martin, 279

Hierarchy, 108 , 190 , 206 , 214 , 215

High Holy Days, 116

Higher criticism, 6 , 13 , 14 , 16

Home, role in ideology, 101 , 116 , 117 , 166 -170, 197 -199, 206 , 224 , 236 , 252 , 262 , 287

Homocentricity, 12 , 27 -29, 32 , 34 , 60 -62, 69 , 77 , 251 , 285

Homosexuality, 176

Howes, Elizabeth Boyden, 33 , 45 , 90 -92. See also Boyden, Elizabeth

Howes, Fred, 45 , 90

Hub leadership group, 144 , 177 , 215 , 225 , 246

Human potential movement, 83 -85

Husbands, role in ideology, 53 , 102 , 164 -168, 171 -174. See also Men

Huxley, Aldous, 68

I

Iannaccone, Laurence, 3 , 4

Identification process, 100 , 110 , 111 , 138 , 139 , 143 , 196 -197, 245 , 281 , 284

Income: of Sequoia Seminar, 54 ;

of Creative Initiative, 195 , 196 ;

of members, 201 , 229 , 230 , 233 ;

of Rathbuns, 93

Initiation ceremonies, 104 , 105 , 118 , 187 , 240 , 244 , 284

Integrity, concept of, 76 , 77

Interdependence Day, 116

International Foundation for Internal Freedom, 85

Involvement Corps, 247 , 250

Iota Sigma, 23

Ireland, 274

Ivy League, 232

J

Jeremiah, Book of, 105 , 118

Jesus as Teacher seminars: in Creative Ini-

tiative, 133 , 152 , 156 -159;

and Emilia, 41 ;

under Harry, 38 , 53 , 57 , 76 ;

in Sequoia Seminar, 63 -65;

under Sharman, 22 .

See also Sequoia Seminar

Jesus in the Records,15

Jews, 61 , 98 , 103 , 115 , 116 , 133 , 227 , 231

Jobs of members, 26 , 150 , 187 , 230 -233

John, Gospel of, 13 , 25 , 89 , 92 , 93 , 130 , 147 , 244 , 245 , 262

Johnson, Benton, 2

Johnson, Nicholas, 264

Jones, Jim, 213

Jordan, David Starr, 35

Jovencitas, 184

Judas, 101 , 240

Jung, C. G., 65 -69, 105 , 126 -127, 153 , 239 , 282

Jungian influence, 82 , 91 , 111 , 153 , 155 , 157 , 162 -163, 208 , 239 . See also Anima, Animus

K

Kidd, Phyllis, 261

King, Martin Luther, 239 , 245 , 246 , 250

Kingdom of God, 10 , 215 ;

in Beyond War, 280 , 281 ;

Rathbuns' concept of, 62 , 96 , 97 ;

Sharman's concept of, 20 , 27 , 29

Kinsolving, Lester, 213

Kipling, Rudyard, 80

Kunkel, Fritz, 65 -69, 71 , 82

L

Last Epidemic, The,276

Levy, John, 89 , 92 , 93

"Life of the Spirit," course, 155 , 156 , 172

Lindeman, Emilia. See Rathbun, Emilia

Liturgical year, 111 , 113 , 115 , 116 , 118

Los Angeles, 36 , 40 , 54 , 65 , 225 , 256 , 273 , 275 , 276

LSD, 84 , 85 , 94 , 263 . See also Drugs

Luke, Gospel of, 8 , 15 , 19 , 103

Lust, 91 , 175 , 177

M

Mantra, 100 , 132

Marriage, role of, 20 , 89 -93, 109 , 152 , 168 -178, 220 , 221 , 231 , 276 , 282 . See also Sex and sexuality

Marxism, 21 , 22 , 30

Mary, 106

Mary Day, 116

Masculinity, 104 , 131 , 161 -164, 172 , 174 , 179 , 189

Maslow, Abraham, 181

Masonic Auditorium, 237

Materialism, 9 , 133 , 149 , 157 , 168 , 177 , 200 , 201 , 240 -242

Matthew, Gospel of, 15 , 146 , 166

May, Rollo, 82 , 153

Meditation: of Emilia, 98 -101;

process, 63 , 64 , 69 , 84 , 119 , 131 -132, 283 .

See also Prayer

Membership, 6 , 64 , 204 , 220 , 223 -233, 271 ;

in Beyond War, 278 ;

cost of, in economic model, 3 , 4 , 7 , 86 , 145 , 196 ;

issue at Camp Minnesing, 24 -26, 31 ;

in Sequoia Seminar, 51 -54.

See also Recruiting

Men, 92 , 95 , 119 , 128 , 161 -189, 191 -192, 200 , 207 , 217 , 219 -220, 268 , 272 , 280 ;

in Beyond War, 282 -284;

demography, 229 -232;

in demonstrations, 257 -259, 274 ;

in early New Religion, 101 -105;

in Sequoia Seminar, 52 , 58 ;

in theatrical productions, 237 -240

Messiah, idea of, 77 , 108 , 130 , 132 , 133 , 160 , 209 , 235 , 283

Messianic role, 26 , 105 , 121 , 156 , 209

Mexico, 39 , 40 , 45

Millennialism, 102 , 111 , 130 , 209 , 228 . See also Thousand, as a mystical number

Ministers, 35 , 54 , 61 , 89 , 112 , 212 , 213 , 222 , 244

Minnesing, 22 -32, 50 , 65 , 91

Minorities, 223 , 226 , 228 , 243 . See also Blacks

Minute for peace, 272 , 273

Mission Rebels, 246

Missionaries, 29 , 30 , 32 , 33 , 35 , 225 , 226 , 235 , 244 , 284See also Recruiting

Model for Mass Community Involvement, 207

Money, 3 , 47 , 49 , 53 , 54 , 143 , 147 , 195 , 197 , 200 , 201 , 217 ;

in Sharman estate, 85 .

See also Cost of membership in economic model; Materialism

Monism, 9 , 123 , 146 , 149 , 157 , 279

Monterey, 225

Moody, Dwight, 13

Moonies, 149 , 213

Moral Re-Armament, 65 -67, 213 , 240

Morality, 88 -91, 148 -149, 169 , 190 ,

277 ;

and nuclear power, 255 , 256 ;

and Sharman, 18 -20, 91

Moses, 98 , 154 , 155

Mother, role in ideology, 62 , 112 , 136 , 164 , 167 , 170 , 186 -187, 191 , 257

Mott, John R., 13 , 25

Mueller, Juana, 115

Murphy, Michael, 84

mutation, 81 , 128 , 280 . See also Evolution

Mysticism, 68 -70, 84 , 100 , 106 , 113 , 122 , 129 , 130 , 168 , 209 ;

of Emilia, 97 , 99 .

See also Gnostic plane

Myth, 19 -21, 111 , 152 -155, 165 , 176 , 240

N

Nag Hammadi gnostic documents, 106

Napa, 225

National initiative Foundation, 7 , 203 , 207 , 208 , 249 , 258

National service, 7 , 114 , 207 , 241 , 246 -252, 260 . See also Voluntary service

National Service Foundation, 203 , 249

Natural law, 9 , 13 , 125 , 148 , 159

Nature, 70 , 116 , 121 , 122 , 125 , 133 , 137 , 146 , 154 , 176 , 242 , 260

Negro History Week, 61 , 244

Negroes. See Blacks

Nepal, 188 , 268

New Community Experiment Group, 198

New Religion of the Third Age, 1 -5, 26 , 48 , 87 -88, 155 , 165 -166, 204 , 279 ;

candor about, 209 -212;

in crisis, 270 , 272 ;

establishment of, 101 -108;

rituals of, 111 , 115 -119;

secularization of, 274 , 275

New Sphere, 7 , 111 , 129 , 131 , 203 , 204 , 206 , 213

New Testament, 13 , 153 , 155 , 244 , 281

New Thought, 141 , 146 , 148

"New way of thinking," 6 , 132 , 279 , 281 -283, 285

New Year's Day, 116

Niebuhr, H. Richard, 2

Nixon, Richard M., 207 , 253

Noosphere, 129 , 131

Northern Ireland, 274

Nuclear power, 115 , 255 -260, 267 , 270

O

Occupations of members, 232 , 233

Odom, Ralph, 26

Old Testament, 116 , 152 -156, 176

Olds, Glenn, 24 , 187

Ontario, 5 , 12 , 14 , 22 , 287

Ontario Metal Culvert Company, 14

Outposts, 204 , 224 -226

Oxford Group, 46 , 65 -68, 82 , 92 , 142 , 143 , 176 , 213

P

Pageants, 113 , 237 , 238 , 242 , 249 , 250 , 258 . See also Drama; specific names of shows; Theatrical productions

Palo Alto, 6 , 33 , 45 , 121 , 197 , 199 , 252 -253, 255 , 260 -263

Parables, 133 , 134 , 137

Paradox, 9 , 43 , 49 , 161 , 191 . See also Great paradox of Jesus

Parents role, 113 , 136 , 139 -141, 159 , 180 -190. See also Fathers, role in ideology; Mothers, role in ideology

Pass Over, 103 , 152

Passover, 97 , 115 , 116

Peace Corps, 188 , 247 , 268

Peduncle, 8 , 128 , 280

Pendle Hill graduate program, 15 , 22 , 33

"People, War & Destiny," theatrical production, 236

Perry, William, 158 , 159

Phelps, Dryden, 26 , 27 , 29 -33

Phillips, Dorothy, 41

Piaget, Jean, 181

Pin, Beyond War membership, 283

Police, 35 , 200

Political action, 6 , 8 , 12 , 62 , 77 , 133 -134, 235 , 250 -260, 262 , 265 ;

in Sharman era, 20 -22, 27 -30

Pollution, 235 , 260 , 263

Poor people, 41 , 60 , 227 , 228 , 246

Pornography, 143 , 147 , 176 , 235 , 260

Portland, 226

Portola Green community, 199 , 200 , 229

Portola Valley, 199 , 287

Prayer 63 , 64 , 69 , 74 , 100 , 113 , 115 , 130 -132, 156 , 275 , 277 , 283 ;

and Emilia, 68 , 74 , 96 ;

and Gerald Heard, 71 .

See also Meditation

Presbyterian Church, 213

Professions. See Jobs

Project Survival, 255 , 258 -260, 267 , 272

Prophet, 5 , 44 , 56 , 97 , 122 , 214 , 215

Proposition, 15 , 258 -260

Protestants, 2 , 9 , 35 , 61 , 88 , 89 , 113 , 149 , 150 , 157 , 231

Psychology, 16 -17, 34 , 65 -66, 75 , 80 , 152 , 153 , 184 , 206 , 232 , 247 ;

of Gerald Heard, 70 , 73 ;

and process of surrendering, 138 -145;

in Sequoia Seminar, 81 -86, 120 -121

Psychotherapy, 65 , 66 , 77 , 83

Purgation, 20 , 142 , 152

Puritans, 148 -150

Q

Quakers, 15 , 33 , 137 , 197 . See also American Friends Service Committee

Questionnaires, 229 -232, 287

R

Race, 134 , 137 , 226 , 231 , 235 , 236 , 243 -244, 249 , 252 , 257 . See also Blacks

Radio, 36 , 241 , 242 , 273

Rainbow colored clothes, 205 , 237 , 249 , 250 , 256 , 257 , 261 , 273 , 274 . See also Costumes

Rathbun, Carolyn, 268

Rathbun, Emilia, 6 , 116 , 120 -121, 127 , 140 -144, 220 , 278 ;

beliefs, 74 , 99 , 124 , 130 -131, 136 , 147 ;

and blacks, 61 , 244 -245;

and Camp Minnesing conflict, 25 -27, 30 -33;

early life and marriage, 33 -34, 39 -42;

and Gerald Heard, 69 ;

ideas about women, 163 -166, 170 -171;

and Jews, 226 -227;

and New Religion, 99 -106;

and Oxford Group, 66 -68;

and process of secularization, 220 ;

and psychology, 82 -85;

as religious leader, 64 , 107 -110, 122 , 214 ;

religious vision, 7 , 93 -99, 122 ;

and Sequoia Seminar, 46 -48;

and sexuality, 91 -92, 176 -177;

and Sharman, 16 , 22 , 23 , 42 -43, 56 ;

and son, Richard, 268 -269;

and Students Concerned, 56 -60;

work with churches, 43 -44, 88 -89, 212 -213

Rathbun, Harry, 6 , 66 , 90 , 94 , 95 , 102 , 163 , 229 , 262 , 278 ;

and Camp Minnesing conflict, 25 -26, 30 -33;

early business and teaching career, 36 -39, 227 ;

and Emilia, 42 -43;

ideas on community, 195 ;

philosophy, 74 , 79 -82, 123 -124, 129 , 132 -137, 146 , 215 ;

public statements of belief, 206 -210, 214 ;

on recruiting, 222 , 225 ;

religious life, 39 ;

and Sequoia Seminar, 46 -47, 50 , 52 , 57 , 76 , 85 ;

youth and schooling, 33 -35;

and Sharman, 44 -45, 53 , 85 ;

and son, Richard, 268 -269

Rathbun, Richard, 2 , 34 , 163 , 188 , 211 , 229 ;

and Beyond War, 267 -270, 277 , 278

Rauschenbusch, Walter, 27

Re-education process, 158 , 234

Records, 33 , 42 , 62 -67, 71 , 102 , 152 ;

and Emilia, 43 ;

and Harry in Sequoia Seminar, 45 -48, 57 ;

and Sharman, 12 , 15 , 17 , 18 , 21 -24.

See also Gospel study; Jesus as Teacher seminars

Records of the Life of Jesus,14 , 15 , 72

Recruiting, 134 , 168 , 169 , 171 , 179 , 202 , 212 , 221 -226, 229 , 236 ;

in early New Religion, 101 ;

in Sequoia Seminar, 46 , 50 , 52 .

See also Missionaries

Relative deprivation, 5

Responsibility, concept of, 76 -78, 143

Revelation of Emilia, 68 , 85 , 87 , 95 -98, 111 , 116 , 120 -122, 125 . See also Vision, religious, of Emilia

Richeson, Gene, 220

Rings, 165

Rituals. See Ceremonies

Robbins, Thomas, 148 , 149

Robinson, Marie N., 174

Rogers, Carl, 66

ROLM corporation, 220

Rosenquist, Norma, 92 , 93

Roses, 100 , 101 , 104 , 112 , 119 , 187 , 237 , 240

S

Sabbath, 116

Sabbatical, 225

St. John Baptist Church, 244 , 245

Salvatierra, 188

San Francisco, 242 , 246 , 250 , 256 , 261 , 273 , 274

San Francisco Foundation, 207

San Jose, 36 , 39 -40, 259

San Jose State College, 41 , 83 , 93

Santa Cruz, 47 , 194 , 225

Santa Rosa, 225

Savior, 8 , 13 , 15 , 77 , 122 , 283

Scarborough, Betsy, 263

Schell, Jonathan, 276

School, 182 -183, 199 ;

action in, 252 -255;

and Emilia, 40 , 43 , 88 , 93 , 94 ,

96 ;

and Harry, 35 -40;

and Sharman, 12 , 14 ;

and members, 230 -232;

and Richard Rathbun, 268 , 269

Schumacher, E. G., 255

Science, role in ideology, 8 , 65 , 123 -126, 129 , 158 -159;

and Gerald Heard, 68 -70;

and Harry, 65 , 79 ;

and Sharman, 12 -19

Second coming, 132 , 157 , 209 -211, 244 . See also Christ

"Secret of Light," theatrical production, 113

Sect, 9 , 86 , 88 , 104 , 159 -160, 184 , 185 , 186 , 194 , 212 -221, 224 , 234 , 260 ;

becoming a, 7 ;

and church, 2 -4;

and cult, 5 , 196 ;

early tendency toward, 48 -55, 56 , 61 , 63 , 64 , 74 , 76 , 78 , 79 ;

end of, 275 , 278 , 285 , 286 ;

in Sharman era, 24 -26

Secularization, 210 , 267 , 274

Sequoia Seminar, 6 , 7 , 195 , 203 , 208 ;

and churches, 88 , 89 ;

descriptive model of, 106 -110;

early years, 45 -55, 61 , 62 , 64 , 65 , 71 ;

philosophy of, 71 -77, 79 -86.

See also Jesus as Teacher seminars

"Seven Steps to Reality," course, 153 , 210

Sex and sexuality, 71 , 88 -93, 109 , 143 , 147 , 166 , 172 -178, 219 . See also Gender roles; Marriage, role of

Shame, 142 , 143 , 176

Sharman, Abbie Lyon, 14 , 18 , 30 , 34 , 53

Sharman, Henry B.: early life, 11 -12;

end of activity, 22 -30;

and Rathbuns, 41 -45, 53 , 85 ;

and Records study, 12 -22;

role in Camp Minnesing conflict, 30 -33

Sharman method, 15 -17, 23 , 33 , 94 , 156

Shema of the New Age, 117 , 275

Shideler, Mary McDermott, 17

Simon Peter, apostle, 106

Sin nombre, 99 , 100 , 109

Sin, 67 , 143 , 146 , 147

Single people, 164 , 170 , 178 , 226 , 282 , 285

Size of movement, 204

Small is Beautiful,255

Smoking, 69 , 188 , 189 , 263 . See also Tobacco

Social action, 7 , 22 , 60 -62, 235 , 243 -266

Social gospel, 27 , 28 , 62 , 251

Socialism, 200

Sociocentrism, 12 , 27 , 28 , 32 , 60 , 62 , 127 , 161 , 194

Socratic method, 16 , 78 , 125 , 161

Sons, 185 , 186 , 188 . See also Boys

Soul, 38 -39, 99 , 126 , 129

South Africa, 268

Soviet Union, 6 , 273

Spirituality, 8 , 12 , 34 , 97 , 124 , 129 , 163 , 166 , 169 , 177 -178, 194 , 221

Spring Maiden ceremony, 112 , 113 , 184 , 187

Stanford Stadium, 249

Stanford University, 6 , 105 , 198 , 227 , 230 , 232 , 249 -250, 268 ;

and Harry, 35 -39;

and Sequoia Seminar, 52 , 57 ;

and Sharman seminars, 42 -45;

and Students Concerned, 58

Star symbols, 99 -101, 103 , 116

Stark, Rodney, 3

Stolaroff, Myron, 84

Stratford, Ontario, 12

Strivers, 114 , 245

Student Christian Movement (SCM), 15 , 23 , 24 , 30

Students Concerned, 58 -60, 63 , 83 , 91

Student Volunteer Movement of Canada (SVM), 13 , 14 , 30

Studies in the Life of Christ,13 , 15

Sunday ceremony, 116 , 117 , 171 , 220 , 275

Sunday school, 35 , 39 , 43 , 46 , 61 , 88

Supernatural, 44 , 107 , 109 , 120 , 129 -132, 164 , 214 , 278

Surrendering process, 19 , 76 , 78 , 120 , 135 -139, 143 , 165 , 173 -174, 180 , 242 , 281 ;

and Emilia, 44 ;

and Harry, 80 ;

and Oxford Group, 68 ;

and Students Concerned, 58 -60.

See also Will of God

Symbols, 40 , 179 , 257 ;

in ceremonies, 112 -119;

in New Religion, 99 -101, 103 -104;

in Old Testament myths, 153 -154;

in theatrical productions, 237 -239

T

Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre, 125 , 126 , 128 , 129

Teleology, 10 , 70 , 236 . See also Evolutionary theory

Television, 260 , 262 -265

Ten Commandments of Good Will, 243

Theatrical productions, 113 -114, 236 -243. See also Drama; Pageants

Theodicy, 146 . See also Evil; Sin

Theta Pi Theta, 23

Third age, 114 , 117 , 130 , 137 , 254 , 280 ;

and Emilia and New Religion, 96 , 98 , 99 , 101 , 107 ;

and Gerald Heard, 70 , 71 .

See also Kingdom of God; New Religion of the Third Age

"Thirteen is a Mystical Number," theatrical production 238 , 257

Thousand, as a mystical number, 99 , 100 , 102 , 111 , 112 , 116 , 128 , 130 -132, 270 , 271 , 284 . See also Dispensation, third; Millennialism

Thurman, Howard, 61

Tithe, 196

Tobacco, 147 , 263 , 277 . See also Smoking

Totality of commitment, 25 , 135 -136, 178 , 233 , 270 -271;

in Beyond War, 281 ;

of children, 189 -190;

and Emilia, 94 , 130 , 147 ;

and families 180 ;

and Harry, 80 -81;

as reason for dropouts, 217 -218;

and Sharman, 19 -20

Trabuco College, 27 , 46 , 47 , 68 , 69

Trailer park living experiment, 199

Transformation of the individual, 6 , 8 , 12 , 196 ;

in ideology 127 , 128 , 135 -146;

in Sequoia Seminar, 59 , 61 -62;

and Sharman, 20 , 22 .

See also Conversion

Troeltsch, Ernst, 2

U

Unitarian Church, 210

United Nations, 237 , 252

University of Chicago, 13 , 14

Unmarried people. See Single people

Up With People, 240

V

Victorian values, 166 , 167 , 170 , 174

Vietnam War, 247 , 257 , 273

Violence, concept of, 6 , 104 , 146 , 260 , 264 , 265 ;

in Beyond War, 279 , 281 , 282 ;

in theatrical productions, 239 , 240

Vision, religious, of Emilia, 7 , 40 , 97 -99, 108 , 110 , 122 . See also Revelation of Emilia

VISTA, 247

Voluntary service, 197 , 207 , 246 -248. See also National service

Volunteer workers, 13 , 47 , 53 , 93 , 232 , 249 -250, 262 , 284

W

Wallace, William. Ross, 166

War, 45 , 67 , 73 , 77 , 79 , 128 , 132 , 141 , 247 , 253 , 257 , 272 -274;

and Emilia, 67 ;

and Harry, 35 -37;

and men, 163 , 168 , 169 , 240 ;

and Students Concerned, 58 , 59

Warneke, Frances, 23

"We are one," slogan, 123 , 237 , 280

Weber, Max, 2 , 3 , 107

"Who Will Answer?," theatrical production, 249

Will of God, 28 , 57 , 75 , 78 , 126 , 279 ;

and children, 181 ;

and Emilia, 43 , 51 , 66 , 74 ;

and Gerald Heard, 71 ;

and Harry, 26 , 27 , 66 , 68 , 80 ;

and Sharman, 11 -12, 19 -20, 72 , 74 , 165 , 281 ;

and Students Concerned, 58 -60;

surrendering the authority of, 135 -143.

See also Authority of God

Willmott, Earl, 24 -26, 29 -33

Wives, role in ideology, 42 , 43 , 53 , 161 , 166 , 170 , 184 , 191 -192;

and sex, 171 -173

Woman to Woman, 7 , 203 , 263 , 272 . See also Build the Earth

Women's Network, 263 , 264

Women's work, 179 , 203

Working class, 227 , 228

World War I, 6 , 11

World War II, 33 , 37 , 58 , 79

WPA, 41

Y

Yenching University, 15 , 30

YMCA, 13 -15, 24 , 41 , 89 , 231

Youth Conservation Corps, 184 , 260

Youth Evolving Solutions, 188

Youths, 30 , 112 , 184 -191, 246 -250, 258 , 260 . See also Boys; Children

YWCA, 41 , 42 , 67 , 223 , 231

Z

Zero Population Growth, 176 , 254