Wanting what you've already got is the secret of happiness, but that doesn't stop many of us yearning for what we don't have, for what we know won't make us...
This book is the long-anticipated first volume of a two-volume work that will chronicle intentional communities in the twentieth century. Timothy Miller's chronological account is likely to be the standard work on the subject.
In this book, prominent scholars examine what happened to eleven new movements following the deaths of their leaders, and why. An Introduction by J. Gordon Melton serves to integrate the case studies.
"Robin Cook better start looking over his shoulder, because Practice To Decieve has everything: Hollywood, love, and insider's look at plastic surgery, a remarkable smuggling scheme; and enough excitement and major league writing to keep ...
Convincing readers that wanting what they have is the secret of happiness, the author offers a practical method to achieve this end by applying principles of compassion, attention, and gratitude to everyday living
... Shared Visions, Shared Lives: Communal Living around the Globe (Findhorn, 1996), Chapter 2. 40 Bluejay Way, Eden Zia, and Wise Sun, “Kerista: The Utopian Commune That Invented Polyfidelity”, Communities, 71–72 (Summer–Fall, 1986): pp ...
Portraits of several 70s communes and experimental groups and the trend of intentional communities of today