Utopias — The New Civilization, Chapter 1, sections 1 and 2, by Robert Bayer (2019)[31 pages]

Utopias — the New Civilization Part V, Chapter One, §1 &§2

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Discovering the True Path of Oahspe Part V Shalam: The Father’s Kingdom on Earth Chapter 1: New Age Community Origins

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Statement of Explanation June 23rd, 2018

The full book of which this section is a small part is not yet finished.

That book is called Discovery the True Path of Oahspe.

Currently

it is but the first version. It may be several years more before it is completely finished, for example, footnotes are not standardized nor are the sources yet included. However, it is being made public, one section at a time, and even though some errors may still be found in this book of research. The motivation for doing this is to admonish right now all who mistakenly and blindly follow those who work to make Oahspe into a religious cult, thereby seeking to glorify themselves instead of really practicing what Oahspe emphatically advises. In essence, Oahspe was channeled for the new age for three main purposes: (1) to teach every person how to hear the Creator’s Voice directly without the need of a priest or seer, (2) to teach all the importance of making sacrifices, of achieving good works of service for the benefit of those in need or in darkness, and (3) to begin to work together to establish communities that are developing in Oneness with the Creator and in Harmony with the angelic heavens.

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Discovering the True Path of Oahspe Part V Shalam: The Father’s Kingdom on Earth Chapter 1: New Age Community Origins §1

Intro to Oahspe’s Utopia

Utopian City *e2312323

Shalam is the save-the-world utopia wistfully dreamed of by the writers and readers of Oahspe.

For many Oahspe readers, the

spiritual community as described by Oahspe is perceived as unique, ideal, and yet potentially achievable. There is inherent in many new age seekers the desire to ascend into heavenly realms here and now.

Why cannot all of us live in a “dream” community while still yet 3

mortal? This kind of Aquarian-Kosmon perspective can be noticed in new age seekers who have never even heard of Oahspe. For instance, the 1960s “hippie” communes were one kind of expression of such heaven-and-peace-on-earth lifestyles. Many, many more of such communities exist, past and present.

Interestingly, for myself and many other Oahspe readers, our initial reaction to reading text in Oahspe concerning The Father’s Kingdom on Earth was likely that Shalam as presented was that of being so remarkable — an original first-of-its-kind community —

long

overdue for being attempted since it would bring our world into a kind of paradiscal state. However, by no means is the utopia of Shalam, as described in Oahspe, nor the one as created in New Mexico, the first or even necessarily the highest spiritual path community in conception or application. A little further on, the §2 section shall examine new age path communities from the past.

For the search for the spiritual path is the search for truth. This has been the central clarion call for those willing to explore the new age bible Oahspe.

I can recall as a youth, while walking in my

neighborhood woods, being immersed in a sudden fiery burst of prayer where I asked for the real truth of what the universe and our lives together are all about — no matter what. That sincere prayer was answered, when a few months later, I began reading Oahspe.

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Over the past century or more, many Faithists have literally attempted to create Shalam-style communities. Others such as myself, have had visions of the Shalam that is to be. Here is one such vision:

I Looked Up*99999999999999

I looked up and saw white clouds swirling. Out of the center of a revolving firmament, a shaft of light shone down. It also seemed like a spaceship was just behind these clouds. Then the words given in the next paragraph were proclaimed as the vision unfolded. This Single Ray of Light met our world where flames of darkness swirled to stop it, yet it soon pierced the darkness and where it fell on our earth, there sprang up green circular gardens filled with children and flowers playing together in great joy.

Then another and another light issued forth from the ship, piercing the darkness of the world at hundreds of locations around the world.

The same resulted in each case — gardens of happy families who were together.

Then in a sudden stellar burst of angelic light, the garden communities united themselves into a Radiant Constellation Cosmic.

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From this Heavenly Radiance, our whole world became illuminated, with no darkness remaining. Our world had become a star shining brightly into the universe.

< Out of the darkness, into the Light, do My Children of this new age come. The Light of all My Children shall unite, that darkness shall be no more in My Garden, this world, nor within My Children. Let all who would find My Light, turn to Me, and they shall make this world a Garden of Light that shall bear the fairest fruits and flowers this world shall ever know. All Light, All Beauty are My Gifts to My Children, who share all they have with those in need. Let no darkness come between you and your brothers and sisters. Rather look to unite the good that is in each of you, and you will find that the Light and Goodness in each of you will grow to accomplish My Will: which is that My Children shall blossom ever in Love for one another and all the Universe.>

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ยง2 The Era of Utopia

New Harmony Buildings Present Day (1825 to 1829) *3232323238787878

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The Amana Colony (1854 to 1932) *3232329999999999999

The Shakers at Worship (1772 to 1920) 8

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Amish Family, 2012

(1730 to Present Day)

*3392911188

Civilization might be described as the foundation of communities for the united purpose of improving our lives in all ways. Throughout the tens of thousands of years of recorded history, humankind has engaged in continual united-efforts to make our lives happier, more prosperous and more fulfilling.

It is easy to discern the vast technological improvements that have raised the standard of living from eons past to the present day. Less easy

to

discern,

however,

have

been

the

societal-ethical

improvements that have taken place over the past 20,000 years.

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Are people happier than they were in millennium past? Are they more moral? More spiritual? More or less like the angels who abide in the heavens above?

Having lived in the undeveloped world for a number of years, where the highest technology was unavailable, it is not necessarily true that modern mankind has been either more moral or happier despite what seem to be advances in science and manufacturing. My conclusion is that citizens of modern society are regressing in these areas, not advancing.

Many past generations of the past few centuries would agree with me; that modern civilization has not necessarily made people happier or more fulfilling.

Their viewpoint was that despite the best

efforts of their nation and local communities to come together for the betterment of all, they have nonetheless failed to foster truly spiritual, fulfilling lifestyles. At best, economics, conveniences, and technology have been successfully fostered.

Therefore, being dissatisfied and yet unwilling to simply endure their current living conditions, there have been, especially in recent centuries, pioneering efforts to create and recreate new communities and societies that would foster the best spiritual, philosophical and educational elements possible in each person.

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Such social-religious movements were encapsulated in The Great Awakening movements from the 1700s to the present day.

These

new communities, also known as utopias, while having been seriously or fatally flawed in various aspects, nevertheless, have been started up in the thousands over the past few centuries. Each of these communitiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; members perceived serious flaws or evils inherit in their current-day society and so sought to circumvent or escape from the negative consequences of belonging to their regular societal communities of the time, through establishing a new religious-philosophical-spiritual order of how to live in the most ideal manner possible. *838388

For from times primeval, we humankind have been seekers of our unfolding immortality, â&#x20AC;Ś of how to achieve salvation â&#x20AC;Ś and of our place in the universe. We have been seeking how to answer such timeless questions as:

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What is the meaning of life?

Is there life after death?

Who is God?

For only to the degree that answers to these questions may be discovered, have any correspondingly been able to achieve their dreams, to develop a real happiness and inner peace.

Nevertheless, in order to discover these kind of answers — those which are the real spiritual truths — in order to be “saved” — multitudes have joined or been coerced into or even most commonly, been born into a multitude of religious groups and mystical paths.

The result has found the majority of these persons falling more under the sway of darkness and bondage rather than the original goals: universal light and personal freedom.

In truth, we have been seeking heaven itself, and yet for some even more so — sometimes seeking heaven on earth as well. This second case may be aptly summarized as millions of Christians have prayed for thousands of years:

Thy Kingdom come, Thy Will be done On Earth as it is in Heaven* 3212111 12

With the possible exception of the Amish and the Quakers, the Christians and other

world religions have failed to deliver any unto

some kind of utopian community — where earth becomes heaven, so have millions sought to build their own utopia, or at the least, escape the violent or freedomless oppression of the world religions.

This phenomena of utopia-creation took off many decades before Shalam came to be, before it was even idealized in Oahspe. To demonstrate this, let us consider some of the utopia of the 1880s.

It should be kept in mind that this utopia summary table is far from comprehensive when in fact hundreds of such communities were attempted just in the 1880s alone.

At any rate, just as spiritualism in

the 1880s became a worldwide movement to enlighten — and yet at times deceive — many tens of thousands, so too would the utopian movement also at times bring about a higher harmonious communal lifestyle for several hundred thousand — yet even more often, decimate or even destroy the lives of its participants.

One easy conclusion to make is that the new eras of spiritualism and utopia-building were fostered by the heavens above and were planned by the divine powers as a new spiritual transformation to 13

change the world for the better. I say “for the better” — despite the frequent tragedies that occurred to thousands who participated in such new age lifestyles — because both paths are paths to greater spiritual attunement and ascension — for the individual and for the world.

In truth, there is no alternative to real knowledge and real community — the elements of resurrection — otherwise only anarchy and sinful bondange can, has, and will result. Simply taking a look at our current societal collapse would help one to realize just that.

For the paths of spiritualism and utopia are a sign of the maturing of our world where all persons and peoples must learn how to discriminate the true from the false, and how to set themselves and others free from the darkness and tetracts by which mortals or spirits so often intend to enslave and harm those who would listen to them.

Basically, a new era of civilization has begun and this beginning can be measured as lasting several centuries, the “dan” of the new age of Aquarius-Kosmon. Fortunately, this will be an era of greater and greater light, love and harmony, though not without the dark entities, the beasts of religious and political tyranny,

seeking to destroy all

before their time is ended.

Some American Utopian Communities in the 1880s*1098765 14

Year

Colony Name

USA State

Founder

(Duration)

Begun

Notes

and ended

Christian Bible-based yet nevertheless, an even greater emphasis is placed on personal commitment to one’s inner light, to pacifism, and the equality of all races and sexes.

Quakers (Friends) (363+years)

Endured deadly persecution, even execution

Mary PA, NJ, Fischer DE Ann Austin

1656 present

to for their beliefs, in the Quakers’ early stages, especially in Europe, but also in America. The Quakers

founded

communities

superb

which

were

rural

farming

preponderantly

successful. Worldwide communities in the hundreds of thousands of members exist, with about 87,000 members in the USA currently.

Christian Bible-based with formal worship in the members’ homes. Their core values include

pacifism,

nonresistance,

manual labor, and rural life.

As with the

to Quakers, Amish were murdered in Europe and so sought to escape persecution by taking present haven in America, particularly in William 1730

Amish PA (299+years)

humility,

Jacob Amman

Penn’s religious protection laws of the time in Pennsylvania.

Amish in the present day

number several hundred thousand belonging to several sects, with the older order being the group that rejects modern conveniences.

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God is male-female. Second Coming of Jesus.

Self-sufficient

communities,

skillful

in

all

related rural-farm life professions. Major Shakers NY (138 years)

Mother Ann Lee

1772 to

values included celibacy, pacifism, care of orphans, equality of sexes. Shakers were

1920

especially

known

for

their

ecstatic

spontaneous prayer, dance and song during worship. At its peak, over 20 communities and over 4,000 members.

This was a Harmonites Village. The Harmony Old

Society

Economy Village

PA

George

1824

Rapp

1906

is

a Christian

to theosophy and pietist society in Iptingen, Germany,

in

founded 1785.

Inititially

celibate while generating revenue via

(82 years )

rural

and industrial enterprises.

Nashoba TN (3 years)

Frances Wright

New Harmony

IN

Robert Owen

(4 years)

1825 to

An abolitionist, free-love community in theory but freedom was only obtained by slaves

1828

1825 to 1829

earning enough money to buy their freedom.

Harmonites

Village.

Naturalist

research

achievements.

A libertarian socialist community that broke New

away from the Old Economy Village because

Philadelphia Colony

PA

Bernhard MĂźller

1832 to 1833

1 leader declared himself the messiah. This group would later on move to Louisiana in order to be

(1 year)

latitude.

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located at the proper biblical

Oberlin Colony

OH

John

J. 1833

Shipherd

to Christian community based on communal

1843

ownership of property

(10 years)

George Brook Farm MA (5 years)

and

1841

Sophia

1846

to A Transcendent community whose members share a mystical outlook on life

Ripley

North American Phalanx

NJ

Charles

1843

Sears

1856

to

A rural-farming, community based on the profit-sharing / performance wage ideas of Charles Fourier, a French philosopher.

(13 years)

A community based on "Practical Christianity", which

Hopedale Community

MA

Adin Ballou

1842

championed

such

to as temperance, abolitionism,

1868

rights, spiritualism and

(26 years)

ideals Women's

education.

The

community finally closed due to financial insolvency.

A Transcendent community which excluded all Fruitlands MA (1 year)

Amos

1843

Alcott

1844

to

animal products and labor. Most of the members knew nothing about farming nor wanted to labor at it, and so the commune soon ended.

Skaneateles Community

Society for NY

Universal Inquiry

1843 1846

to Abolitionists but otherwise equally divided as to atheism, free love, rejection of government authority, the renunciation of private property,

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(3 years)

vegetarianism.

The division in their beliefs

and harshness of living conditions forced the communityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s closure.

One of over 300 Fourier Society communities.

This one started with over 300 members. The land had been already richly developed by the Sodus

Shakers, who left because a canal had been

Bay

Phalanx

NY

Sodus Bay 1844 Fourierists

to proposed to reach this site. Nevertheless,

1846

religious dissension gradually destroyed the

(2 years)

community as half were Christians and half were new thought / new agers, disagreements over when to work and what to eat what to produce tore the group apart.

A Fourier Society community that prospered so much that financial gain became the chief

Wisconsin Phalanx

WI

Albert

1844

to concern of its members. In 1850, the members

Brisbane

1850

unanimously agreed to sell the land at a high

(6 years)

profit, with many of its members leaving for the California gold rush.

Clermont Phalanx

Followers OH

of Charles Fourier

(1 year)

A Fourier Society community which after 1844

to failure, was followed by two more settlement

1845

attempts that soon failed as well, due to the flooding of the Ohio River.

Originally composed of Quakers, A Society for Prairie Home

John

Community

Wattles

1844

Valentine

1845

(1 year)

OH

O.

Universal Inquiry and Reform community,

Nicholson

to

continually sought to bring in new members from prisons, poorhouses and the homeless.

The inclusion of the criminal and immoral, while noble in aim, resulted in chaos and

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violent attacks for the original members who ultimately soon quit the community.

Union Home Community

IN

John Wattles

O. 1844

to

1846

The OH

John Wattles

O. 1846

which never became financially viable and so soon was abandoned.

(2 years)

Brotherhood

A socialist spiritualist farming community

to

1847

A socialist spiritualist farming community which was destroyed by a flood on the Ohio River.

(1 year)

A Fruit Hills OH (7 years)

Orson Murray

S. 1845

to

1852

farming

community

based

on Owenism and anarchism. Maintained close contact with the Kristeen and Grand Prairie Communities. It failed due to disease and to economic failure.

Vegetarian-community whose main industry was the lumber and timber trade. This group, and half-dozen others, were created by the A Kristeen Community

IN

Charles

1845

Mowland

1847

to

Society for Universal Inquiry and Reform community organization. The values of this society included being advocates of education

(2 years)

reform, womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rights, and a non-sectarian humanistic

religion.

They

were

staunch

abolitionists.

Bishop

Hill

Colony

A Swedish Pietist Christian commune known IL

Eric

1846

Jansson

1862

(16 years)

to

for its hard-working dedicated members, close to 2,000, many of whom were immigrants persecuted in Sweden. The community ended

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when its members decided to divide all its holdings equitably among all members to avoid ruinous financial obligations.

A Fourier Society community which disbanded Spring Farm Colony

10 WI

Fourierite Families

(2 years)

1846

to

1848

over disagreements over where the colony should

be

established

and

over

their

application to become incorporated being turned down by the territorial legislation.

A Christian whose

utopian

socialism

community

practices included communalism,

polygamy, building the New Jerusalem since Oneida Community

NY

John

H. 1848

Noyes

to

1880

Jesus’ second coming was thought to have occurred in 70 AD. It ended over internal power struggles and the younger members

(32 years)

rebelling over statuatory

rape “underaged”

sex so that they could engage in traditional marriage.

A group of egalitarian communes based on the French

utopian

movement,

primarily

consisting of French immigrants. The colony flourished after some tribulations but the Icarians LA (50 years)

Étienne

1848

to morality of its members who indulged in sinful

Cabet

1898

behavior such as in using drugs, alcohol, tobacco or refused to work or stole and sold community property, or satiated themselves in gluttony, all of these

ultimately

led to the

disbandment of the utopia.

Amana

IA

The Community

1854

20

to

The Amana villages were built one hour apart when traveling by ox cart. Each village had a

Colonies

of

True 1932

church,

Inspiration

a

farm,

multi-family

residences,

workshops and communal kitchens. The

(78 years)

original founders were skilled farmers and builders from Germany who were seeking to escape persecution. These 7 villages peaked in population at 1,800 and in total assets of $1,800,000 in 1908. The communal system continued

until

1932,

when

the

Great

Depression and earlier fires had destroyed much of the communitiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; wealth.

One of the more successful utopias of the century, as a Christian utopian commune, which became known for its orchards, food, Aurora Colony

OR

William Keil

1853

to

1883

music, textiles, furniture, and other crafts as well as its communal lifestyle and German traditions. It peaked at 600 members and

(30 years)

dissolved because its leader, who legally owned all assets, died without any legal contingencies set up.

A

community

based

on free

love

and spiritualism which was not cut off from the regular society where most of its members

Free Lovers at

Davis

House

OH

Francis

1854

Barry

1858

(4 years)

to

earned their income. Its members were 10 men and 10 women. Nearby locals protested the going-onâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in the community vigorously and the nearby law enforcement arrested most of its members, forcing them to leave the country.

Reunion Colony

TX

Victor

P.

Consideran

1855 1857

to A utopian socialism community consisting of French, Swiss, and German immigrants. They built their community from scratch with no

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(2 years)

t

outside help and only the materials and supplies

they

themselves.

had

Initially,

transported despite

the

with harsh

conditions, the community remained upbeat and united. However, as Considerant became more and authoritarian, deep resentments and a lack of trust developed, and so the community ended.

Vegetarianism had become for the first time popular in America. It was seen as healthy and anti-oppressive.

This community never got

off the ground though 50 vegetarian families

Octagon City KS (1 year)

Henry

travelled to Kansas to start the community.

Clubb

Poor planning, poor housing, and a lack of

Charles

1856

to resources meant that the families had to

DeWolfe

1857

choose between abandoning the community

John

or starving to

death. Incidentally, the

McLaurin

founders planned to build 8-sided houses because that shape was more economical and harmonious; however while this was planned, nothing was ever built save for the most primitive shelters.

Workingmen'

A community based on socialism, in this case,

s

Followers

Co-operative

of James

1869

Bronterre

1874

KS

Colony

O'Brien

Colony

KS

William Fey

just 6 families from London. It suddenly ended when infestations of grasshoppers began.

Families then deserted the colony for nearby cheaper land.

(5 years)

Progressive

to

1871 1879

A Russian to Located near Cedar Vale. communist colony known for its strange mixture of atheism and liberal Christianity.

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(8 years)

Fell apart through the domineering and sometimes cruel manner of its founder, William Frey.

A utopian socialist community Located near Danish

Hays which was founded by Danish socialist

Socialist

Louis Pio, convicted of treason and later

Colony

KS

Louis Pio

1877 only

bribed by the police to leave Denmark. The colonists found the emptiness of western

(3 weeks)

Kansas too oppressive. Thus the utopia only survived a few months in 1877.

New

age

bible

Oahspe-based.

Over

$1,000,000 in financial backing. Vegetarian and spiritualism lifestyle. At its peak, about 40 members and 20 orphans. Serious internal John

Shalam Colony

NM

(17 years)

B.

disputes

Newbrough 1884 Andrew

1901

Howland

over

property

ownership

and

to community operational decisions. Virtually all agricultural efforts were complete failures.

Therefore a mass exodus of almost all members after a few year, leaving only a handful of those closest to Newbrough and Howland to doggedly continue in great hardship for the next 15 years.

A

potpourri

community that George H. Home, Washington (24 years)

Allen WA

Oliver

A.

Verity

of

diverse

included

philosophies

anarchists

(who

insisted that community rules be kept to a 1895 1919

to minimum), nudists, free love advocates, and socialists. For $1, new members received 2 acres of land to use as they wished to support

B. F. O'Dell

themselves. Serious troubles began after the assassination of President McKinley in 1901, for new federal laws were passed against

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many of anarchist or â&#x20AC;&#x153;immoralâ&#x20AC;? practices or against simply the published writings of the community, for which some of its leaders were imprisoned. After all of these conflicts, the younger generation decided to abandon the colony.

The Spirit

Fruit

Society was

a communitarian group in the United States that was organized after a period of repeated business depressions during the 1890s. The Spirit

essential philosophy of the group was based

Fruit

Society

OH, IL, Jacob

1899

CA

1930

Beilhart

to upon a belief in self-renunciation, hard work,

(31 years)

service

unto

others,

tolerance,

self-responsibility, individual freedom, and peace.

Throughout its existence, the society

never claimed more than a couple dozen members. They never actively recruited new members nor proselytized.

And so thousands of brave (or perhaps naive, in many cases), idealistic, and dedicated souls have sacrificed their blood, sweat, tears, treasure, and lives towards the creation of utopias.

And

doing so in the 1800s meant far more starting up hardships than doing so in modern times due to 1800â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s harsher, wilder environments and the absence of all modern / medical conveniences.

On the

other hand, the average rural family of such times often had the skills and temperament to successfully set up a farmstead community as a matter of course owing to the more independent old-fashioned nature-enriched lifestyles of the times.

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As hundreds and hundreds of such communities were initiated in just this 19th century, so we can safely conclude that the heavens above, in alignment with this era’s cosmic cycle forces, inspired these pioneers to take the plunge.

It was also a time of great social

conflict where the evils of slavery, worker exploitation, religious intolerance, and women subjugation blazed away. This effectively meant that millions of Americans were leading miserable lives where they were, more often than not, hungry, freedomless, penniless, homeless, sick, and outcasts, even in “the land of the free.” So yes, there were millions of Americans ready for a very positive change.

Hence, these community founders possessed a basis for their fervent desires to make their nation and their world a better place for themselves, and for all, if only a Utopian Model Community might first be established.

No doubt such founders, despite their utopia-foundation hardships, had their share of “universal transcendence” moments, where the higher consciousness of being one with the surrounding beauty-filled nature, as well as with their new family, their “brothers and sisters” of “the new community,” were in fact, pure exhilaration.

Nevertheless, while undergoing the grueling process of establishing 25

a community, there must at times have been crushing exhaustion.

There must have been nerve-wracking uncertainty about the future.

Furthermore, learning to live with those few (or many) whose negative personalities and personal views might have been painful to adjust to, were also major reasons why so many quit their communes after just a few months.

A utopia by definition is a society of perfect happiness and tranquility.

Thus those about to embark upon entering into the same can be forgiven for believing heaven on earth awaited them.

Thus many of

these new age workers must have been somewhat shocked to discover reality did not exactly match their idealized expectations.

Naturally, it is doubly difficult to face challenges which are unexpected.

Nonetheless, we can all be invincible versus any challenge with the right determination, intentions, and faith in the Great Spirit Omnipresent. create

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You see, besides the heavenly inspiration to join or

new

society,

these

idealists

often

held

special

spiritual-religious-political beliefs that they desired their new community to more fully unfold in its hoped-for harmonious utopia.

Such feelings must have often been empowering in working to overcome the beginning adversities. Additionally, having similar spiritual goals amongst members would have a similar strengthening 26

effect.

In line with the required inner spiritual fortitude, a review of the above communities would find that each group had a blend of philosophical-spiritual tenets that would have been their basis as to why they wished to establish a utopian community. Such shared principles would have included a mixture of the following values: spiritualism, free love, communism, rural-farming lifestyles, celibacy, vegetarianism, mysticism, abolitionism, equality of sexes, pacifism, and non-traditional, non-hierarchical Christianity.

The study of these utopia groups, whether they soon failed or endured for decades, provides an opportunity to learn how to (and how NOT to) build and prosper the new age communities of our dreams. A look at the groups which succeeded best, at least in terms of longevity and harmony, would show that following utopian societies did best: 1. Quakers (363 years and counting) 2. Amish (299 years and counting) 3. Shakers (138 years) 4. Old Economy Village (82 years ) 5. Amana Colonies (78 years) 6. Icarians (50 years) 7. Oneida Community (32 years) 27

8. Spirit Fruit Society (31 years) and 9. Aurora Colony (30 years).

Some of the major factors in these utopian communities being successful

include:

(1) Many members have community-building specialized skills in such critical areas as carpentry, farming, livestock raising, and medicine.

(2) Community decision-making power was distributed fairly equally among all members rather than only in the hands of a few elites Additionally, community operation decisions and justice were rendered in a democratic fashion with individual rights respected.

(3) The communityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s setting has natural resources that can be judiciously used to sustain the colonies agricultural and energy needs.

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(4) Community-wide acceptance of shared spiritual principles such as mutual respect, self-responsibility, industriousness, and artistically creative expression.

These four areas of community-building are each essential for a utopia group to flourish.

Failing in even one area means the group

as a community will, sooner or later, fail. For example, not having enough food to eat — due to increasing weakness — will ruin the community’s capability to raise more food. It would also increase the likelihood of injury or sickness. Correspondingly, a community of abusive leaders who constantly humiliate and insult their constituents while burdening them with oppressive tasks and stupid dogma — yes, the people who live under such a yoke will consider themselves not to be in a utopia but rather in hell — and when they wake up and smell the coffee, they will leave!

Yet nothing mortal is forever, and in the end, all earthly societies, nations and cities will collapse. Based on the above research of 30+ utopian communities, let’s next summarize reasons why such social groups fail and / or are abandoned by their members.

The major reasons why utopian communities fail include: (1) Economic non-sustainability due to being unable to produce enough energy, food, and financial resources; 29

(2) Tyrannical individuals or ruling class making community life oppressive and emotionally painful for the common member; (3) A majority of members either not wanting to earn their keep, or not having the practical skill set to contribute to the economic well-being of their community; (4) In-fighting over incompatible views on diet, lifestyle, community protocol, spiritual viewpoints, and inequities in how the economic wealth was being shared; and (5) Second-generation members deciding their communityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lifestyle is not for them.

Concerning community failure reason number (2), this is one of the key features of how a utopia is transformed into a cult, where the members are mentally brainwashed to submit to the cruelties and falsehoods of the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leader (s). In such cases, the mental, emotional and physical dangers for the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s members can be very extreme. Part Five, Chapter Two, and Part Six, shall cover these tragedies in more detail. Based on the convincing evidence given in Part Four, it is clear that John Newbrough and his associate spirits of the Masonic realms fully intended to run Shalam as a cult. In this Part Five, The Shalam Colony, and future renditions of the cult lodges Newbrough instigated, the cult mentality-spirituality practices will be shown in all their detrimentality. The truth is, even though the community technically existed for about 16 years, virtually everyone 30

left it in less than two years. That is, the Shalam Colony was not just a cult that drove everyone away â&#x20AC;&#x201D; it also absolutely failed as a community on many levels even with massive financial backing.

Nonetheless, the future of our world will be utopian communities where tyranny, poverty, violence, prejudice, alienation, indoctrination, and fear will be replaced by the Spirit of Love.

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